http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2011591709_mine14.html
See how this works? That private jet that the company owned JUST HAPPENED to be in Florida right?
Or was it actually sent to pick up the Governor? And if it was, should he have actually taken a lift, because no matter what his lawyer said, it now looks like a case for collusion.
West Virginia's governor flew back to the state hours after last week's deadly mine explosion on a jet provided by the mine's owner.
Gov. Joe Manchin said he was trying to return as quickly as possible after the April 5 blast that killed 29 miners. The governor was in Florida for vacation and said a flight on a state-owned plane couldn't immediately be arranged.
Massey Energy owns the Upper Big Branch mine. Manchin said company officials offered to fly him back while briefing him.
The governor's top lawyer told him the use of the company's plane was acceptable because it was an emergency and a flight on a state plane couldn't immediately be arranged.
