Standing up for what's right
The Tribune's Paul Rolly looks at lawyer Mike Lee's resume and finds a funny coincidence.Lee is the general counsel for EnergySolutions, Utah's corporate good neighbor that has filed a federal lawsuit questioning whether states can block its plan to store Italian N-waste at its dump in Tooele County.
Gov. Jon Huntsman, however, has ordered Utah's representitive to a multi-state board to vote against EnergySolutions' foreign waste plan.
Back in the day, the same Mike Lee was the Guv's chief counsel and led the fight against the Goshute Tribe storing nuclear waste from anywhere on their reservation.
Lawyers. Ha, ha.
3 Comments:
Mike Lee is a talented lawyer. I pity the lawyer arguing the state's case: Lee will eat their lunch, and they'll still want to go to dinner with him afterwards because he's just so affable.
Also, it's good to remember that the low grade waste the folks at ESolutions plan to bring in is nowhere in the same hemisphere as the spent fuel rods. It's like comparing the toxicity levels of pesticide residue on an apple compared to drinking a gallon of pesticide itself.
What incredible load of crap, pvs anonymous.
ESolutions' motive here has nothing to do with Utahns health and everything to do with greed.
Goes to show, if the almighty buck is involved, we can always compromise on little things like irradiating our environment.
Lee is definitely a stand up guy. Always great to work with.
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