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Your Comments are Needed!

YOUR COMMENTS NEEDED STILL! Tell the Public Service Commission of WV (PSC) that you still don't want Longview.

Your feedback and comments are vital in shaping the mission and impact of Citizens for Alternatives to Longview Power (CALP). As an organization dedicated to advocating for sustainable and responsible energy alternatives, CALP values the voices and perspectives of community members like yourself.

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Please send comments to the PSC.
Here are some talking points.
Here is a Form Letter to the PSC if you don't have time to write a regular letter.

Please circulate as many copies as you can!

Send your letter to

Public Service Commission of West Virginia
c/o Ms. Sandra Squire, Executive Secretary
PO Box 812
Charleston WV 25323
1-800-344-5113 (in WV)

Case Number 05-1467-E-CN, Longview Power

Please remember to copy Governor Manchin and your local representatives (especially the County Commission) on your letter! Their addresses are below.

WRITE A LETTER, MAKE A PHONE CALL, AND SEND AN E MAIL

Start with your local newspaper, the Mon County Commission, and the Mon County Development Authority. If you do not live in Monongalia County, call or write to your county commission as well. Work your way up from there. Mail to U.S Senators and Representatives in Washington is slow, so please consider writing to their state/local offices or faxing your letter to Washington.

Here are a few tips on writing effective letters to public officials (from the League of Women Voters Guide to Government Officials):

    • Be Brief (one issue per letter)

    • Be Courteous

    • Be Specific

    • Be Original

    • Be Available (include your full name, address, and telephone number)

    • Be Early (donít wait; write NOW!)

WEST VIRGINIA OFFICIALS
(Scroll down for Pennsylvania)

MONONGALIA COUNTY COMMISSION

The Monongalia County Commissioners are elected officials. Most of the members of the Mon County Development Authority are appointed by the Commissioners.

Mail:
      Monongalia County Commission

      Monongalia County Courthouse

      263 High Street

      Morgantown WV 26505-5491


      County Administrator, Diane DeMedici,
Phone:
      291-7257


Commissioners Phone Number Term Ends
Bob Bell 291-7257 2004
John Pyles 291-7257 2008
Asel Kennedy 291-7257 2006

Assessor
Rodney Pyles 291-7222 2004

E Mail:
Ask that a copy of your message or letter be placed in the Longview file so that it will be in the public record.


MONONGALIA COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Mail:
      Morgantown Airport

      140 Hart Field Rd

      Morgantown, WV 26505

Phone:
      (304) 296-6684

Fax:
      (304) 296-6689

E Mail:

The following information was obtained from the Development Authorityís web site http://www.co.monongalia.wv.us/mcda.html (some of it is dated, for example, Jim Gaston replaced one of the following members, but which one?):

Name Term Expires
Don Reinke, Executive Director ----
Barry Pallay
Paul DeVore
Joe Strakal
Scott Rotruck
Ed Cosner
Sally Collins
Pat Esposito
Richard Harvey
Tim Saab
Tom Witt
John Spears
Michael Callen
Caulton Irwin
David Marino
David Yoder
Dan Boroff (City of Morgantown) Ex-Officio
John Pyles (Mon County Commission) Ex-Officio
Allen Sharpe (Star City) Ex-Officio
Joseph Janco ? (Westover) Ex-Officio
Bobby Lemley (Blacksville) Ex-Officio
Patricia Lewis (Granville) Ex-Officio

The Mon County Development Authority passed the Payment in Lieu of Taxes Agreement with GenPower for Longview Power without any dissenting votes.


GOVERNOR OF WEST VIRGINIA

      Joe Manchin, III

      State Capitol Complex

      1900 Kanawha Blvd, E

      Charleston WV 25305-0370

      Phone: (304) 558-2000

      E Mail: http://www.wvgov.org/contact.cfm or



WV STATE SENATE (13th District)

      Michael Oliverio, II

      95 Hartford St

      Westover WV 26505

E-mail:
      Please put "Michael Oliverio'' in the Subject Line.


      Roman Prezioso, Jr.

      1806 Dogwood Dr

      Fairmont WV 26554

E-mail:
      Please put "Roman Prezioso, Jr.'' in the Subject Line.




WV HOUSE OF DELEGATES (44th District)

      Robert Beach

      52 Grapevine Village

      Morgantown WV 26505

E-mail:

      Cindy Frich

      1248 Bakers Ridge Rd

      Morgantown WV 26505

E-mail:
      (Delegate Frich has publically voiced concerns over NOx emissions from the plant and their impact on future road projects in the area, as well as other concerns about the project.)


      Charlene Marshall

      Morgantown WV 26505


      Barbara Evans Fleischauer

      235 High St Ste 618

      Morgantown WV 26505

E-mail:


UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (1st District [North Central WV])

The Honorable Alan B. Mollohan
Washington Office
      2346 Rayburn House Building

      Washington, DC 20515

Phone:
      (202) 225-4172

E Mail:
      none


Morgantown Office
      Federal Building Room 232

      Morgantown, WV 26507-0720

Phone:
      (304) 292-3019



UNITED STATES SENATE (WV)

The Honorable Robert C. Byrd
Washington Office
      311 Hart Senate Office Building

      Washington, DC 20510

Phone:
      (202) 224-3954  
fax?:
      (202) 228-0002

E-mail:
      through his web site: http://byrd.senate.gov/byrd_email.html


WV office:
      300 Virginia St Suite 2630

      Charleston, West Virginia 25301-2523

Phone:
      (304) 342-5855  
Best Fax:
      (304) 343-7144


The Honorable Jay Rockefeller
Washington Office
      531 Hart Senate Office Building

      Washington DC 20510

Phone:
      (202) 224-6472  
Fax:
      (202) 224-7665

E-mail:

WV office:
      118 Adams St Suite 301

      Fairmont, WV 26554

Phone:
      (304) 367-0122  
Fax:
      (304) 367-0822



PENNSYLVANIA OFFICIALS (Scroll up for West Virginia officials)

GREENE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

      Dave Coder

      Farley Toothman

      Scott Blair


Mail:
      Greene County Commission

      93 East High Street

      Waynesburg, PA 15370

Phone:
      (724) 852-5210

E-mail:


FAYETTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

      Vincent A. Vicites

      Ronald M. Nehls

      Sean M. Cavanagh


Mail:
      Fayette County Commission

      Fayette County Courthouse

      61 East Main Street

      Uniontown, Pa 15401-3514

Phone:
      412-430-1201

FAX:
      (412) 430-1265



GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA

      Governor Edward G. Rendell

      225 Main Capitol Building

      Harrisburg PA 17120

Phone:
      (717) 787-2500)

E-mail:
      through his web site: http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Governor/govmail.html



PA STATE HOUSE (representing Fayette, Greene, and Washington Counties, PA)

      The Honorable H. William DeWeese

      54 South Washington St

      Waynesburg, PA 15370

Phone:
      (724) 627-8683  
Fax:
      (724) 627-6043


PA STATE SENATE (PA)

      The Honorable Richard A. Kasunic (D)

      1192 University Dr

      Dunbar, PA 15431

Phone:
      (717) 787-7175



UNITED STATES SENATE (PA)

The Honorable Arlen Specter
      711 Hart Senate Office Building

      Washington, DC 20510

Phone:
      (202) 224-4254  
Fax:
      (202) 228-1229

E-mail:


UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (Greene County and Part of Fayette County including most of Connellsville, Uniontown, Brownsville, Dunbar, Perryopolis, Point Marion, and others)

The Honorable John Murtha
      PO Box 780

      Johnstown, PA 15907-0780

Phone:
      800-289-2642 from Western PA (or 814-535-2642 or 202-225-2065)

Fax
      (814) 539-6229 PA Office, or (202) 225-5709 Washington Office

Write a Letter to the Editor

Write the Dominion Post
Include your name, address, and telephone number (so they can verify). Type and double space your letter and send it by electronic mail to or by standard mail to:
   The Dominion Post
   1251 Earl Core Rd
   Morgantown WV 26505

Write the Herald-Standard.
E mail you letter to Luanne Traud at , Editorial page editor, Phone:(724) 439-7635, Newsroom FAX: (724) 439-7559, Toll-free: 1-800-342-8254

Write the Tribune-Review.
Letters to the Editor
Tribune-Review
622 Cabin Hill Drive
Greensburg, PA 15601
   or E mail to
  or fax to (724) 838-5171

LONGVIEW IS SHORT SIGHTED!