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OSU President Gordon Gee is talking out of both sides of his mouth.While serving as co-chairman of a newly formed partnership of public research universities pushing toreduce the nation's reliance on foreign oil, develop renewable energy, and to facilitate the move to thenew green economy, he is being paid nearly $200,000 a year for serving on the board of Massey Energy,a coal company with one of the nation's worst environmental records.
 
Massey
 
Energy's
 
shameful
 
record:
 
•
 
behind
 
one
 
of 
 
the
 
single
 
worst environmental disasters in the region’s
 
history
,
 
according
 
to
 
the
 
EPA.
 
 
•
 
biggest
 
Dept.
 
of 
 
Justice
 
settlement
 
in
 
the
 
coal
 
industry’s
 
history,
 
for
 
safety
 
 
violations
 
which
 
lead
 
to
 
a
 
deadly
 
mine
 
disaster.
 
•
 
largest
 
fine
 
in
 
EPA
 
history
 
for
 
violations
 
of 
 
the
 
Clean
 
Water
 
Act.
 
 
In
 
a
 
news
 
story
 
which
 
ran
 
nationwide
 
this
 
week,
 
ProgressOhio
 
called
 
on
 
Gordon
 
Gee
 
to
 
 
sever
 
his
 
ties
 
with
 
Massey.
 
 
He
 
is
 
not
 
 just
 
a
 
college
 
administrator
 
 –
 
he
 
is
 
the
 
public
 
face
 
of 
 
our
 
state’s
 
largest
 
university
 
and
 
a
 
newly
 
named
 
leader
 
in
 
the
 
renewable
 
energy
 
and
 
green
 
 jobs
 
 
movement.
 
Tell
 
Gordon
 
Gee
 
it's
 
time
 
to
 
put
 
his
 
money
 
where
 
his
 
mouth
 
is
 
and
 
resign
 
from
 
the
 
Board
 
of 
 
Massey
 
Energy.
 
 
As
 
the
 
president
 
of 
 
Ohio's
 
largest
 
university,
 
&
 
a,
 
supposed,
 
leader
 
in
 
the
 
renewable
 
energy
 
&
 
green
 
 jobs
 
movement,
 
isn't
 
it
 
more
 
then
 
time
 
for
 
you
 
to
 
resign
 
from
 
the
 
board
 
of 
 
Massey
 
Energy??
‐
Karla,
 
43015
 
How
 
pathetic
 
that
 
a
 
man
 
of 
 
so
 
little
 
character
 
and
 
principle
 
can
 
speak
 
for
 
a
 
University.
 
Let
 
Gee
 
collect
 
his
 
$200,000
 
from
 
a
 
predatory
 
coal
 
company
 
and
 
resign
 
from
 
his
 
OSU
 
position...I
 
don't
 
want
 
my
 
tax
 
money
 
going
 
to
 
him.
‐
Dolores,
 
43016
 
As
 
a
 
former
 
resident
 
of 
 
West
 
Virginia,
 
I
 
implore
 
you
 
to
 
sever
 
your
 
relationship
 
with
 
this
 
company.
 
There
 
is
 
absolutely
 
no
 
excuse
 
for
 
the
 
lack
 
of 
 
mine
 
safety
 
in
 
an
 
industry
 
which
 
is
 
one
 
of 
 
the
 
most
 
dangerous.
 
There
 
is
 
no
 
excuse
 
for
 
blatant
 
environmental
 
pollution
 
of 
 
this
 
magnitude.
‐
JoAnn,
 
43017
 
Dear
 
Mr.Gee,
 
It
 
is
 
time
 
to
 
put
 
integrity
 
before
 
greed.
 
There
 
is
 
an
 
obvious
 
conflict
 
of 
 
interest
 
between
 
your
 
paid
 
position
 
on
 
the
 
Board
 
of 
 
Massey
 
Energy
 
and
 
your
 
paid
 
position
 
as
 
head
 
of 
 
a
 
university
 
dedicated
 
to
 
the
 
research
 
of 
 
renewal
 
energy
 
and
 
enviromental
 
protection.
 
You
 
are
 
first
 
and
 
foremost
 
an
 
agent
 
of 
 
Ohio
 
State
 
University.
 
It
 
is
 
their
 
interests
 
you
 
should
 
be
 
representing.
 
As
 
an
 
Ohio
 
tax
 
payer,
 
I
 
demand
 
no
 
less.
‐
Barbara,
 
43017
 
Just
 
another
 
example
 
of 
 
People
 
who
 
sell
 
themselves.
 
Doesn't
 
any
 
one
 
of 
 
our
 
leaders
 
have
 
any
 
SELF
 
RESPECT,
 
and
 
a
 
Set
 
of 
 
Principles
 
that
 
promotes
 
their
 
community,
 
and
 
our
 
children's
 
future,
 
or
 
are
 
they
 
all
 
 just
 
for
 
SALE?
 
Enjoy
 
your
 
money
 
Gordon,
 
maybe
 
there
 
will
 
an
 
Armored
 
car
 
following
 
your
 
hearse.
‐
Dawn,
 
43017
 
Your
 
intentions
 
and
 
your
 
actions
 
must
 
be
 
in
 
accord
 
(the
 
same),
 
to
 
do
 
and
 
act
 
otherwise
 
is
 
devious
 
and
 
not
 
what
 
we
 
must
 
expect
 
from
 
you.
 
Please
 
don't
 
be
 
deceitful,
 
resign
 
from
 
the
 
board
 
of 
 
Massey
 
Energy.
‐
Genevieve,
 
43017
 
If 
 
this
 
is
 
accurate,
 
you
 
are
 
indeed
 
speaking
 
out
 
of 
 
both
 
sides
 
of 
 
your
 
mouth.
 
That
 
is
 
a
 
political
 
attribute
 
but
 
not
 
one
 
I
 
associate
 
with
 
the
 
head
 
of 
 
OSU.
 
Please
 
reconsider
 
your
 
position
 
on
 
this
 
board.
 
Thank
 
you.
‐
mary,
 
43021
 
Let's
 
finally
 
get
 
rid
 
of 
 
these
 
Conflicts
 
of 
 
Interest,
 
President
 
Gee.
 
It's
 
a
 
national
 
problem,
 
and
 
you
 
can
 
be
 
a
 
leader
 
of 
 
the
 
much
‐
needed
 
reform!
‐
Eric
 
and
 
Kate,
 
43022
 
While
 
I
 
find
 
your
 
return
 
to
 
OSU
 
regrettable
 
and
 
your
 
contributions
 
to
 
genuine
 
progress
 
their
 
negligible,
 
the
 
least
 
you
 
can
 
do
 
is
 
try
 
to
 
not
 
be
 
quite
 
so
 
publicly
 
hypocritical.
 
I
 
don't
 
expect
 
you
 
to
 
make
 
any
 
kind
 
of 
 
truly
 
creative
 
or
 
forward
 
looking
 
contribution
 
to
 
the
 
partnership
 
of 
 
public
 
research
 
universities
 
efforts
 
to
 
reduce
 
oil
 
dependency,
 
but
 
the
 
least
 
you
 
can
 
do
 
is
 
resign
 
your
 
position
 
on
 
Massey
 
Energy's
 
board
 
and
 
pretend
 
you
 
are
 
about
 
something
 
other
 
than
 
self 
‐
engrandizement.
‐
Chista,
 
43022
 
Being
 
a
 
leader
 
in
 
renewable
 
energy
 
and
 
green
 
 jobs
 
should
 
exlude
 
representing
 
a
 
company
 
with
 
the
 
history
 
of 
 
Massey
 
Energy.
 
Where
 
is
 
your
 
integrety?
‐
Dianne,
 
43026
 
Please
 
sever
 
your
 
ties
 
with
 
Massey
 
and
 
work
 
toward
 
clean
 
energy.
‐
Judith,
 
43004
 
Please
 
lend
 
your
 
voice
 
to
 
renewable
 
energy,
 
not
 
dirty
 
coal
 
with
 
such
 
a
 
vile
 
history.
‐
Jean,
 
43014
 
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