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Mayor Supports Wind Energy Tax

james — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:41:57 +0000

City of Gillette Mayor, Duane Evenson, supports a Wyoming Wind Energy Tax in his latest blog post. Due to recent wind energy development projects in Campbell County, he expresses the need for Wyoming to treat all energy producers equally and not support unfair competition in the energy market.

The state Joint Revenue Committee voted against a tax on wind energy in November, and like Mayor Evenson, Governor Freudenthal supports a wind energy excise tax. What are your thoughts? Please post a comment and share your view on whether wind energy should be taxed differently than coal-fired plants and other electricity producers.

Senator Mike Enzi to Speak on U.S. Health Care Reform

james — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:50:03 +0000

U.S. Senator Mike Enzi will join a panel discussion on U.S. health care reform at the Campbell County High School South Campus today. Senator Enzi, Dan Perdue of the Wyoming Hospital Association, Ken Clouston of the Wyoming Physical Therapy Association and Dr. Carol Hungerford of the Wyoming Dental Association will be speaking on health care reform issues, including the bill being introduced by the Finance Committee. Read More

Obama to allow travel, money transfers to Cuba

Gillette WY Blog — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:36:45 +0000

WASHINGTON â€“ President Barack Obama is allowing Americans to make unlimited trips and money transfers to family in Cuba and easing other restrictions Monday to usher in a new era of openness toward the island nation ruled by communists for 50 years.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090413/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_cuba

Obama Visits Iraq

Gillette WY Blog — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:03:46 +0000

President Barack Obama made an unannounced trip to Iraq on Tuesday, his first visit as commander-in-chief.

Reiterating his pledge to ending the war, he told a cheering crowd of American troops that it was time for Iraqis “to take responsibility for their country and for their sovereignty.”

“You have given Iraq the opportunity to stand on its own as a democratic country. That is an extraordinary achievement,” Obama told some 600 troops.

Obama also met with top U.S. commanders as well as senior Iraqi leaders on the visit, which lasted a little more than four hours.