Published: July 26, 2008
To the editor:
In 2004, state Sen. Charles Hawkins nominated Walter Coles to serve on the Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee. The VRRBAC is an advisory committee to the Virginia delegation to the Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission.
The commission’s purpose is to provide guidance and make recommendations to local, state and federal legislative and administrative bodies regarding use, stewardship and enhancement of the basin’s water and other natural resources. The commission provides a forum for a discussion of the issues affecting the basin’s water quantity, quality and other natural resources. It also identifies basin-related problems, recommends appropriate solutions, undertakes studies and prepares, publishes and disseminates information through reports.
The Senate Rules Committee reappointed Coles in 2006. During Coles’ second term, he formed Virginia Uranium Inc. and began uranium exploration in Pittsylvania County. Coles’ term expired on June 30, but he was reappointed and he will serve through 2010.
When the General Assembly convenes next session, Virginia Uranium Inc. Lobbyist Whittington W. Clement will be lobbying on behalf of VUI regarding “Matters relating to the establishment of a regulatory program controlling development of Virginia’s uranium resources.”
I guess some can have their (yellow) cake … and eat it, too.
KAREN B. MAUTE
Mount Cross
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