KY Lt Governor Daniel Mongiardo – Idiot

“A lot of people look at mountain top removal as a negative, but I see it as a positive,” said Mongiardo. “We need to stop apologizing for coal. We don’t want to defend mountain top removal, but I want us to promote mountain top removal, because we need flat land. We can not have economic expansion without places to do things and part of mountain top removal is for places like hospitals, airports and different type of merchants.” Appalachian News-Express via TreeHugger

Yes, Lt. Governor, the unstable remnants of a giant strip mine are an awesome place to build a hospital! What a moron!

Of course he doesn’t want to defend mountain top removal, just encourage it. Maybe somewhere in his brain a few cells recognize that it is not a good idea.

See the ILoveMountains.org web site for information about mountain top removal.