Today, the Marysville Advocate published an editorial criticizing Republicans in the Kansas legislature for wasting precious time by repeatedly focusing on coal. Below is an excerpt from the editorial:

For the second straight year, the Kansas Legislature is stuck with a bill to strip the state’s health and environment secretary of his powers to regulate new coal-fired power plants. A majority of lawmakers say they want to let Sunflower Electric Power Corp. of Hays and two out-of-state utilities build two new carbon-emitting plants in southwest Kansas. If they do pass this legislation, they’ll face the governor’s veto pen yet again. This after Republican leaders tried and failed to pass a similar bill three times last year. Yes, that’s three times. What part of no don’t they understand? Unfortunately, these lawmakers are wasting precious time that should be dedicated to shoring up the state’s 2010 budget.

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