[Pulp Fiction]

Let's be honest.... COAL IS DEAD!!!!

There are mines that are still open, but they are far and few between.
Train companies are laying off for lack of production.
Seems like every week another coal company is closing, laying off or filing for bankruptcy.
Families are moving at a record pace from small towns to the cities just to have a job.

Both sides of my family have deep roots working in the mines. Deep mines, strip mines, coal truck drivers, production plants..... and I support coal as much as anybody. But the time has come to move on.


Some people are so far behind the times to realize that we are our own worst enemy. Instead of putting forth the same efforts to attract new industries and shift away from coal, some people are stuck in the 1970's and trying fight a war that is already over.

East Kentucky is dying. Schools are seeing lower enrollment numbers, other businesses and industries that relied for years on the coal business are shutting down.... the list could go on.




If we are still fighting the 'War on Coal' in five more years, The counties east of I-75 & South of I-64 will be ghost towns.