Ridge's firms(shills for shale)to get $900,000 for pushing Marcellus drilling

[Bravo Zulu]

HARRISBURG -- Former Gov. Tom Ridge and three other officials at his two consulting firms will be paid $900,000 for a one-year contract as strategic advisers to the Marcellus Shale Coalition, coalition spokesman Travis Windle said.

One of the ex-governor's firms, Ridge Global, will earn $50,000 a month, starting now, and another, the Ridge Policy Group, will get $25,000 a month, for 12 months.

Besides Mr. Ridge, Duncan Campbell, who was his chief of staff when he was the U.S. homeland security secretary several years ago, will work with him at Ridge Global, Mr.Windle said. They will do "public outreach and education" about the importance of the natural gas pumped from underground areas of Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania, as well as "coalition building," advising the Marcellus group and speaking at public forums.

Handling the chore of lobbying the Legislature will be two former aides from Mr. Ridge's days as governor (1995-2001), Mark Holman and Mark Campbell, no relation to Duncan.

Mr. Holman and Mark Campbell "are the legislative advocacy group. That is where the lobbying will be," Mr. Windle said. "The former governor and his team bring an assembly of subject-matter experts to assist our efforts to move forward" with developing the natural gas industry in the state.


The Marcellus coalition includes more than 100 companies, "the vast majority of shale gas producers in Pennsylvania," Mr. Windle said, along with pipeline firms, environmental engineers and consultants, legal experts and construction contractors.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10214/1077108-100.stm#ixzz0vTrytOuv

[saigon68]

1. Pigs at the Trough

[joeybee12]

2. And there's no end to the slop being dumped in that trough...n/t

[saigon68]

5. Billions of $$$$$$$ being lusted after

[glitch]

8. these people give swine a bad name. nt

[femmocrat]

3. Wow-- good find! Please X-post in PA Forum. K&R

There has been a lot of interest in the drilling (and the several explosions) at that forum.

Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=175

[Bravo Zulu]

6. done!

Ridge looks like a pig!

[upi402]

4. Keep it under a billion and it looks like business as usual

As Charlie and Maxine are getting the Ken Star treatment... this crap goes unmentioned in the propaganda media.

[blindpig]

7. Nationalize the Energy Sector.

now

[spanone]

9. a perfect example of our broken political system...

these fuckers will consult anybody about anything.....http://www.ridgepolicygroup.com/