Quotes

“If it moves, tax it.
If it keeps moving, regulate it.
If it stops moving, subsidize it.”

– President Ronald Reagan

“The Commission appreciates the Committee’s consideration of these comments and opposes the repealing of the nuclear electricity tax exemption.” 
Lincoln County Commission letter to WY Revenue Committee,
Nov 14, 2025

“I was looking for my massively transformational purpose and my moonshot… my purpose in life is to innovate energy.”

Mike Wandler, L & H Industries,
May 27, 2025

“The WEA was therefore created as an “Authority;” a type of entity created and directed by the state, but that nonetheless maintains a separation sufficient to not be deemed the state for purposes of constitutional restrictions. This status allows the WEA to engage in programs and efforts that the state itself cannot.”
WY Legislative Service Office,
May 13, 2019

“While the majority did say they are opposed to higher taxes, more than 1/3rd of people (35%) are in favor of them.”

Josh Dorrell, Wyoming Business Council,
October 15, 2025

“I wonder how the NRC thinks the public can comment on and get involved in something where all of the main details have been kept secret.”

Kemmerer Resident,
Kemmerer Gazette, Nov 28, 2023

“I can’t believe that an elected official would ever sign a nondisclosure agreement. Because all he’s telling everybody, and anybody who signed it, is that the business is more important than the people, and the people shouldn’t know what’s going on.” 

– WY Senator Troy McKeown, Aug 19, 2025 

“God Damn it!” 

– WY Minerals Committee Chairman Senator James Anderson,
July 30, 2025

“If a nuclear project comes into a community and the residents are against it, then the project will likely fail.” 

– Rebecca Casper, Idaho Falls Mayor,
Sep 18, 2025

“It is a privilege to be able to offer public comments.” 

– Peter Boyer, Bar Nunn Mayor,
Sep 2, 2025

Commissioner Hansen would like time to look it over … and to open it up for transparency purposes.
Mary Crosby doesn’t recommend doing it that way as it hasn’t worked in the past to give the County what is needed. 

– Mary Crosby Grant Writer, Lincoln County Meeting Minutes, June 4, 2024

“If we can’t even have an open conversation about what’s being proposed, how can people trust the process?” 

– WY House Rep Christopher Knapp,
Oct 15, 2025

“It’s inappropriate to call anything ‘interim’ when you don’t have a permanent repository for spent nuclear fuel.”  

– Sen. Jeff Steinborn of Las Cruces, NM,
Oct 2025