Al, The Charlatan, Gore visits Georgetown

Charlatan - "A person who falsely pretends to know or be something in order to deceive people".

The former Vice President, Al Gore, visited Georgetown on Sunday. Wilco Sun

Georgetown's Mayor did not do himself nor the City any favors by fawning over the former VP citing his Nobel Peace Prize and commitment to environmentalism.

The Wilco Sun did not burnish its image with the citizens of Georgetown as they reported all the positive aspects of "green energy" without disclosing all the negative elements.

For instance, it was not mentioned that "green energy" is a gigantic wealth transfer scheme wherein money is taken from all the taxpayers and given to select companies through grants and tax breaks.  This allows "green energy" rates to be lower - read subsidized - for those consumers that have access to solar and wind generated electricity at the expense of all tax payers and other energy consumers.

A specific example of wealth transfer is the Westex solar farm under construction near Ft Stockton that receives property tax relief from the local government and school district.  Therefore, wealth is transferred from the taxpayers of Pecos County to the consumers of Georgetown.  It should be noted that it was reported here recently that construction on the solar plant has halted due to a lack of funding and SunEdison is requesting bankruptcy court approval to sell the project to generate funds to pay creditors.

In 2006, Gore released his movie "An Inconvenient Truth" with all kinds of dire predictions that would befall the earth if fossil fuels were not banned.  Well, its 10 years later and most of the predictions have been proven to be wrong. Predictions  In the mean time Gore has amassed enormous wealth from the movie, speaking engagements and investments in "green energy" companies that benefit from government policies.

Georgetown can indeed note that the former Vice President's visit was "historic" as noted in the Wilco Sun.  It is not often that Georgetown is visited by a charlatan of Mr, Gore's stature!  It is certainly not an honor.