EXAMPLE INTERVIEW WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL

(Previous posting in this series - 07 July 2010)

From: Dorothy
To: Patty, Maxine, Laverne
Subject: Privatization of Yellow Brick Road
Date: Wednesday, June 22 2011

I spent an hour yesterday with Councilman Woodsman detailing the League's opposition to this plan. He supports us, but advised me that Councilman Scarecrow is adamant. Scarecrow argues that the road is too expensive to maintain and that the alternative is a tax increase. The Wicked Witch Development Corp plan for turning it into a toll road will go a long way towards solving the financial crisis that the city faces.

He further told me that Scarecrow is relying on citizen apathy to push this plan through. We have to come up with a plan to gather citizen support for us and a recommendation on alternative ways to eliminate the city's deficit. Councilman Lion is the swing vote; I am cautiously optimistic that he has the courage to stand up to Councilman Scarecrow, but he needs encouragement. We should meet with him quickly.

PHYSICS VS. METEOROLOGY

Several weeks ago I e-mailed the NPR program 'Science Friday' with a question. Particle physics experiments require huge amounts of electricity. Is the damage to the planet from the greenhouse gasses generated worth the knowledge gained?

I never got an answer.

VALUE OF OHIO GAS RESERVES

State Geologist estimates

16*10E12 cuft in State

@$4 per 10E3 cuft

= $4 billion value

Royalty typically -> 1/8

-> $500 million

State owns about 1% of land

-> $5 million

or about $500K per year

about what LSC estimates (HB133)