From an aticle in the Virginian-Pilot
© October 21, 2007
...To renew political interest in uranium, Coles got some well-connected help - namely, from his brother-in-law, Whitt Clement, a former state delegate and Virginia transportation secretary under former Gov. Mark R. Warner.
According to state Sen. Frank Wagner, R-Virginia Beach, Clement asked him to include uranium mining in Wagner's 2006 energy bill. The bill at first did not mention uranium. But after hearing from Clement, whom Wagner described as an old friend and colleague, "I decided to put in an amendment," the senator said.
When the bill passed last year, a section that endorsed a study of possible uranium mining in Pittsylvania County remained in the text - and later became part of the Virginia Energy Plan, which Kaine announced this summer.
There are two Norfolk connections to the mining project.
Coles' sister, Sarah Coles McBrayer, who lives in Norfolk, owns half of the mineral rights at the family estate. And Norfolk businessman Harvey Roberts is a member of Virginia Uranium Inc.'s board of directors, a seat that Coles McBrayer asked him to fill....
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