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$10,000 ‘gifts’ for each lawmaker’s Paris jaunt, from Virginia Uranium

The trips, which are permissible under state law, are reported as gifts…..

Virginia Uranium Inc. picking up tab for trip to France for state lawmakers, Washington Post By Associated Press,  : June 17 RICHMOND, Va. — A company that wants to mine a uranium deposit in Southside Virginia is picking up the tab for a trip to France by more than a dozen state legislators who will have a say in whether the state ends a ban on uranium mining.

Virginia Uranium Inc. is financing the trip to a closed mine in western France where uranium was mined for 50 years until the late 1990s, The Washington Post reported Friday. Five legislators arrived in Paris on Wednesday, and nine more leave Tuesday.

The five-day trip is expected to cost $10,000 a person, including several days in Paris, the Post said.

This is the second time the company has financed a trip to France as it attempts to persuade the General Assembly to end the 1982 ban so it can mine a 119-million-pound deposit in Pittsylvania County. A company executive has said it will seek to end the ban in the 2012 session.

The trips, which are permissible under state law, are reported as gifts…..

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-uranium-inc-picking-up-tab-for-trip-to-france-for-state-lawmakers/2011/06/17/AGoQTkYH_story.html

June 19, 2011 - Posted by | politics, Uranium, USA

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