Two Paths, by John Kasich: on Energy & Oil


John Kasich: 1978: Citizens Committee on Energy to discuss solar & wind

[In 1978] I was going to run against a incumbent state senator named Robert O'Shaughnessy, a household name in [Ohio's Fifteenth District]. Before I started my campaign, I created a group called the Citizens Committee on Energy, which talked about solar and wind and related environmental issues. It turned out to be a meaningful platform, a way to get my name in the newspaper. The committee also served a dual purpose--it forced me to figure out if I could get people together on an issue. I'd invite various energy experts to seminars, and then I'd invite the media. I figured this was a good way to build some credibility.

Somewhere in there it occurred to me that if I was passing myself off as the chairman of the committee, I ought to be duly elected, so a few friends I'd put on the "board" of the Citizens Committee on Energy shrugged their shoulders and elected me.

Source: Two Paths, by John Kasich, p. 62-4 Apr 25, 2017

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