During a town hall forum with David Williams, Greg Stumbo told two glaring lies.
The first, that he actually lives in the home at Stonecrest Golf Course in Prestonsburg:
One of the first topics both men took on was coal mining, particularly the growing controversies over surface mining and the use of coal to create power. Stumbo lives near Stonecrest Golf Course in Prestonsburg. Both the property to create the course and the property on which Stumbo’s home sits were created by surface mining.
“I believe, if we leave nothing else to our children, we ought to leave them a clean and safe place, if we can,” Stumbo said. “But, before people criticize mountaintop removal, they should come and see where I live, they should come and see the industrial parks and the airports and the things we’ve been able to do creatively with our reclaimed mine lands.”
Fact of the matter is, Greg doesn’t really live in Prestonsburg. He lives in a Lexington condominium. Mary Karen’s (his wife) career as a Realtor is in Lexington and their daughter goes to school there.
In fact, during the 2007 gubernatorial campaign, we spent thousands upon thousands of dollars filming television commercials inside the Stumbo home in Prestonsburg. The place was pristine because they were never there. There was no food in the entire joint. And half the plumbing didn’t work. I’m sure I could dig up about 15 campaign staffers who were there with me to back me up.
Then there’s this doozy:
“I think that the people who aren’t hearing our story are being distorted in their vision,” Stumbo said. “What you have now are responsible companies that are engaged in largescale operations that employ a lot of people in our region and produce a valuable product, if we’re going to be energy independent.”
“[R]esponsible companies.” Really. These companies have been fined hundreds of thousands of dollars. They’ve had their operations shut down on several occasions. They’ve been investigated. They’ve gotten regulatory employees to fake mine reports. And they continue to lie about the effects of mountaintop removal. And they’re merely “responsible” companies doing the right thing.
We’re not sure about you, but when you’ve got the Speaker of the House telling bald-faced lies about where he lives and about the realities of mountaintop removal, how can you trust him on anything else?
Click here to read Russ Cassady’s feature in the May 8th edition of the Appalachian News-Express.
7 responses so far ↓
1 Snuffy Shapiro // May 8, 2009 at 10:55 am
Jake, Jake, Jake. Everybody down home knows that Greg’s invisible driver and his family live in the Stonecrest house.
2 James R. // May 8, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Greg Stumbo is a joke no doubt, but the Democratic Party should be equally embarrassed by electing him as Speaker of the House. What does that say about the Democratic Party?
It says to me that to many elected officials care merely is about power and not conviction. Many Democratic voters have strong convictions on issues yes, but most elected officials do not honestly care about those issues until election time when votes matter.
I have always believed Stumbo was out for Stumbo only. He paints himself as a liberal, but he is really merely a joke, which the entire Democratic Party has given credence to.
Its no wonder that Stumbo keeps his buddy, Jim Gooch, as the chairman of the AR committee. Everyone knows the old saying “two peas in a pod”.
3 vestigium // May 8, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Stumbo lie? You’re kidding right?
4 Conservative // May 8, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Won’t someone PLEASE file a challenge to that asshole’s residency?
5 jaysmizzy // May 9, 2009 at 10:32 am
But you lie every day, so what’s the difference??
6 Conservative // May 10, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Thinking about filing a challenge to his residency … how would one do that? Would one have to live in his district? (I don’t.) Would one have to be running for office against him and challenge his candidacy next time he runs, like was done with Dana Stephenson in Louisville? What kind of subpoena power would attach to such a challenge? Could one get copies of home and cell phone records from Lexington and Prestonsburg to see where he was spending the majority of his time? (Wouldn’t his state cell phone records be a public record and subject to disclosure under KRS 61?)
7 jake // May 10, 2009 at 10:58 pm
Oh, really? What exactly is it I lie about every day? Funny that a few people LOVE yelling about what a liar I am, that I’m on the payroll of Trey Grayson or Jack Conway (depending upon the day). But they can never bother mentioning that when I write something, I write with links and details. I don’t make shit up.
And no one has been able to show me where all these millions are that I’m allegedly making from Jack or Trey.
And Conservative: Not sure the cell phone records would be much help unless you get the provider to reveal where the calls originated from.
It’s pretty easy to find out where Greg spends most of his time. Hint: It’s on a big boat in Florida.
If anyone knows what can/can’t be done in the realm of challenging one’s residency, get in touch and we’ll happily share the details. Or just leave specifics in the comments.
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