Another day, another lie from Ken

Lies and omissions and no way for many folks to ask whether Ken has heard about or could find out more about various issues. Example – this morning I wanted to post & ask Ken about what he’s heard or can find out Bluestone-Mechel’s payroll checks bouncing. Of course I got the spam filter message & that the adminstrator will review & restore the message later.

here’s my post & knowing that Ken is always providing “out-of- country coal industries activities on his blog, I wondered if he had heard about Russia’s Bluestone-Mechel problems:

“The future of coal – WV coal that is — being sold to “out-of-country” billionaires who then export that coal to Hong Kong & China but neglect to pay the employees here at home.

Any news on this story being reported in Beckley Topics?

“Last Friday, all Bluestone-Mechel coal mines in West Virginia handed out payroll checks. They ALL BOUNCED!! over 600 of them!! It’s now been one week and employees STILL haven’t been paid. The lies being told are many and varied over why, but still no MONEY!!!!! Employees are incurring bank overdraft charges as well and bounced check charges and everyone’s credit will be negatively affected. Many banks have told account holders that they will no longer cash Bluestone-Mechel payroll checks and employees will have to deposit checks and wait up to 10 days for them to clear from now on. Where is the money? All we are told is lies. Where is the Union? No where that I can see. Where is the Law? If I write a worthless check over $1000 dollars it’s a felony, so what about the person who issues over 600 worthless checks at well over $1000 each? Not a damn thing so far. Where is the media? They were all over the story when Jim Justice sold the company to Mechel, but now that regular families are hurting, they’re not interested either. ”

http://www.topix.com/forum/city/beckley-wv/T5OO6A5QSCDEBOGE8

Update on Ken’s blog:

Well, several days later Ken has decided to turn on the comment & allow discussion on

“Coal Tattoo investigates: Is there a MTR permit crisis?”

Why the delay? Did he get together with like-minded environmental friends & colleages to coordinate strategy? Did some complain privately that they had something to say & Ken relented?
Did he does forget to “turn on” the comment”?(doubt it, since he has sometimes used that defense & announced it later).

This could be the reason:

Clem Guttata shares that he’s working on links related to “the economic impact of coal” to share with Gov. Manchin.

Ken follows up with a go-head & reminds readers that he has already shared some.

http://blogs.wvgazette.com/coaltattoo/2009/11...

And my question – if you are pro-coal & you want a face-to-face meeting with the governor – why would you invite the enemy to the meeting?

The environmental groups already had their meeting with the Governor…remember last month when they barged in to the reception area and behaved like spoiled brats?

I wanted to alert Ken Ward to another side of the story of the age-discrimation suit against Massey — of course I couldn’t get by his spamonator. He often says he welcomes all viewpoints and encourages links to information.

From someone close to the action & has a different story to tell. I had read infomation that supported the writer’s recollection & now someone has signed their name as a witness to what transpired.

“Rumors debunked about Massey Energy”

“In reference to the courts’ age discrimination lawsuit settlement between Spartan Mining and Cannelton UMWA employees:”

http://www.register-herald.com/letters/local_story_314215746.html

This is another side to a story that you’ll probably never see posted to Ken’s blog -