To the editor:

I am a new resident of Kansas and I wanted to share with Gov. Kathleen Sebelius my thoughts about the coal power plants that Kansas will get unless she and other politicians act.

I’m sure there are reasons that these plans have gone as far as they have: subsidies, tax income, etc. I also hope (and assume) that the governor knows how ugly coal is, both in its mining and its consumption.

I want to draw attention to myself and many other people who live in Kansas that desperately don’t want these power plants built. The governor has trumpeted the wind-power generators built during her administration; I hope that she can continue her commitment to alternative power sources, and that she will do what she can to prevent the construction of these pollution-belching monsters that will do nothing for the people of Kansas.

Arthur Lockwood,

Lawrence