To: The Virginia State House, The Virginia State Senate, and Governor Ralph Northam
Gov. McDonnell: No Uranium Mining Regs!
Gov. McDonnell, we the people of Virginia, including 130 governmental entities and private groups representing millions of people, have spoken and the General Assembly has wisely listened and kept the the ban on uranium mining; therefore, we call on you as a sworn public servant to honor your oath and reject any consideration of ordering state agencies to draft uranium mining regulations that defy the will of the people.
Why is this important?
Thousands of people and downstream communities like mine, whose drinking water and environment would be at risk of radioactive poisoning, have spoken, and the General Assembly acted to keep the ban in place. For you to even consider flaunting the will of the people by "instruct(ing) state agencies to draft possible mining regulations anyway," is an affront to democratic principles and makes a mockery of your role as a public servant of the people not corporations.