Gas Drillers reaching out at county fairs by buying 4H kids livestock

[RamboLiberal]

WAYNESBURG -- Consol Energy made $346.8 million last year and spent $4,953 of it Thursday night on a 1,524-pound, black-and-white steer named Oreo.

Oreo belonged to an elementary school student named Gregory Staggers until Laural Ziemba, the Consol Energy director of community relations, started waving her auction number at the Greene County Fair 4-H Market Sale.

Some locals joined the bidding once Consol expressed interest, hoping to force the energy giant with deep pockets up another quarter per pound. "Three-and-a-three-and-a-three-and-a- ... Three-and-a-quarter. Three-and-a-quarter. Three-and-a-quarter. SOLD!"

A few folks clapped as the Canonsburg company picked up another of the four animals it would buy that evening. The auctioneer announced Oreo's fate: The steer would be butchered and the meat sent to St. Ann's Food Bank in Waynesburg on behalf of Consol Energy.



Read more: http://post-gazette.com/pg/11226/1167243-28.stm#ixzz1VIgKLCwP

[blue neen]

1. Despicable. The crooks are now going after the children's affections.

How do these people sleep at night?