The debate that's been tossed around the op-ed pages and talk radio for the last, well, two years, is now on your television screen.
The PRO-power plant group, Vote Yes for Local Power Supply Committee, is an off-shoot of a PAC known as the Coalition for Building a Better Tomorrow. The group has been around for several years contributing to Republican campaigns
Its list of recent contributors includes several City Utilities employees and labor unions. The most recent filing with the Missouri Ethics Commission showed a lot of money in the bank but nothing spent so far to pass the June 6th issue. We should know a lot more Monday or Tuesday when they have to file reports for contributions and expenditures between April 22 and May 25.
ANTI-power plant forces are also getting word out. A four page newsletter of sorts showed up in the most recent Community Free Press. Former Springfield mayor Lee Gannaway's group, Ratepayers for Affordable Utilities, put together that publication. I'll let Tony Messenger offer his two cents on that group's interpretation of CU data.
The other group, Citizens for Affordable Energy, has done a lot of the talking for the last two years against the power plant. Their filings with the state show they did not and did not plan to collect or spend more than $500 on their efforts.
For what's it worth, our very informal survey at KY3.com showed a strong majority in support of the power plant.
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