Size matters – size of the crowd that is.  The media and politicians are impressed by numbers.  Believe it or not, that is a major factor in making laws and public policy these days.  Don’t believe it?  Think Tea Party.  So that is why those of us who can must show up at a rally opposing the environmentally devastating and yet unneeded 895-megawatt coal-fired power plant.  Here are the details:

The rally will be at 1:30 PM today at Blue Valley Northwest High School (where the hearing on the permit will be held)

Address:  135th & Switzer, Overland Park

 Speakers include Bruce Niles from the Sierra Club.  The hearing will begin at 2:00 PM and break at 5:00 PM.  If necessary, it will commence again at 6:00 PM.  “If necessary” apparently means that the hearing will end if no speakers are left to speak after 5:00 PM.  The opposition to this proposed travesty is so strong that it is hard to imagine that no one will be left on the docket after 5:00 PM.