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When lobbying efforts failed to produce subsidies,
FirstEnergy resorted to bribery.
When citizens tried to organize a referendum to repeal House
Bill 6, FirstEnergy indulged in dirty tactics.
The House Bill 6 scandal continues to
unravel, Friend :
FirstEnergy admits it used customer money to
pass House Bill 6
 It turns out that we were paying for
the corruption all along. FirstEnergy officials admitted
last week that ratepayers paid for political & lobbying efforts,
as first reported by @clevelanddotcom.
FirstEnergy has so far provided few answers regarding how much
customer money was involved, and when/how that money will be refunded
to customers.
Coshocton leaders call for Householder removal
All three Coshocton County commissioners as
well as several county Republican Party committee members are
among those who signed a letter asking House Speaker Bob Cupp
to immediately replace Larry Householder as their state
representative.
They
wrote, "holding an elective office is not a right, it is a privilege
and a sacred trust. The State of Ohio deserves to proceed with the
work of the people and it is clear to us that Representative
Householder cannot effectively serve the interests of Coshocton County
while the criminal charges are ongoing.”
A timeline of Speaker Cupp’s inaction on
removing Householder from office
Tyler Buchanan from the Ohio Capital
Journal put together a timeline showing all
of Speaker Cupp’s statements regarding Householder in context with
what has happened.
When asked by a reporter on Thursday whether House Republicans have
finally decided whether to expel Householder, Speaker Cupp
replied,"No update from last week or the week before or the week
before."
DeWine defends top aide embroiled in HB6 scandal
Responding to a press question about FirstEnergy and his top
aide Dan McCarthy, Mike DeWine said "I have faith in his integrity."
The feds haven’t accused DeWine’s aide, Legislative Affairs
Director Dan McCarthy of wrongdoing, but they refer to his dark-money
group in an affidavit supporting Householder’s arrest as an “Energy
Pass-Through.”
When he was still a lobbyist for
FirstEnergy,McCarthy started a dark money group - Partners For Progress - that formed a link in
the money chain between FirstEnergy, Generation Now and
the effort to pass HB6.
The coal subsidies - another reason to
repeal HB6
The Ohio Valley Electric Corporation (OVEC) coal
subsidies are one of the worst aspects of HB6, yet repealing the OVEC
provisions is one of the least talked about aspects as the legislature
moves forward on piecemeal repeal.
Almost $100 million has been collected for the effort so
far.
There are a number of bills moving in the legislature
that will repeal parts of House Bill 6, but we continue to advocate
for full clean repeal of the entire bill.
Urge Senate President Matt
Huffman to bring a full repeal bill to the floor. There's no time to
waste.
(614) 466-7584
if you prefer to write, his email is [email protected]
There is some good news to
share!
The City of Lima joins Power A Clean Future Ohio
On February 17th, Power a Clean Future Ohio (PCFO) Executive
Director Joe Flarida joined Lima Mayor David Berger in
announcing that Lima has become the 10th Ohio city to
join the campaign since February 2020. Local communities
like Lima are joining the PCFO campaign because they are ready to
begin taking steps to reduce emissions in ways that are achievable,
equitable, measurable, and economical.
Please consider a contribution of any size to help your
member-supported government and industry watchdog.
Thank you!
Ohio
Citizen
Action
http://www.ohiocitizen.org/
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