Coal mine safety--should industry lobbyists be in charge?

by: yamabushi

Thu Feb 23, 2012 at 14:52:07 PM EST

Now though, it looks like a coal mine safety bill is hung up in the WV legislature because coal industry lobbyists aren't entirely happy with some of its provisions.

Silly me--I thought the purpose of a mine safety bill was to make coal mines safer for the people who actually work in them rather than to gratify the people who profit from their labor. The Gazette had a good editorial that sums it up pretty well.