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The taped call is an embarrassment for Stanley and McDonnell, whose press secretary has denied that McDonnell ever asked Stanley to lobby the board  to shelve the resolution. The board did remove the resolution from its agenda without explanation on Sept. 4. The mildly worded resolution asked that proper regulations be in place if mining proceeds and that a public fund be established to pay damages from any accident…… The uranium issue has been fraught with allegations of influence peddling. Last year, Virginia Uranium drew criticism for paying for state legislators to visit some former uranium mining sites in France. The trip included an expenses-paid stopover in Paris.

The National Academy of Sciences reviewed the mining issue last year and noted that Virginia faces “steep hurdles” in terms of setting up regulations and monitoring it.

Stanley is a close political ally of McDonnell , whose political action committee provided $83,000 for his Senate race last year. He is a lawyer who lives in Franklin County. Before that, he practiced law in Northern Virginia and participated in Paula Jones’s sexual harassment lawsuit against former president Bill Clinton……http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/all-opinions-are-local/post/intrigue-in-the-fight-over-va-uranium-mining/2012/09/18/4176df8e-019f-11e2-9367-4e1bafb958db_blog.html