June 10, 2013 – WVTF Public Radio – Cuccinelli vs. Southwest VA Landowners?
Cuccinelli vs. Southwest VA Landowners?
There’s a new controversy brewing – one that could mean trouble for Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. It involves a lawsuit on behalf of landowners in Southwestern Virginia.
VA Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli
They claim two energy companies failed to pay them royalties on methane gas wells. One of those firms has given $100,000 to Cuccinelli’s campaign – and now a judge in the case says she’s shocked by e-mails from the attorney general’s office to those energy companies. Sandy Hausman reports on the history of the case.