Plant accused of conflict of interest Ex-GOP lawmaker says Dem got cash for his nonprofit.(News)

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | May 3, 2006| | Copyright

Byline: Lynn Bartels, Rocky Mountain News

A Democratic lawmaker who runs a nonprofit conservation agency was the driving force last year behind the creation of a state energy-grants program that later gave his agency money.

Rep. Tom Plant, D- Nederland, said that when he sponsored the amendment that put $125,000 into the state energy office, he had no idea his organization would be eligible for a grant because the application rules hadn't been written. The Center for ReSource Conservation in Boulder later received $25,000.

"I wasn't appropriating ...

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