In my experience, Salazar evaded insurance reporting regulations when he was CO Attorney General. Thus why should Salazar be trusted to run Interior? Look at "Colorado Intergovernmental Risk Sharing Agency". http://www.cirsa.org/ The Division of Insurance lists CIRSA as a "Governmental Self Ins Pool" While Salazar was CO AG and since, the State of Colorado admitted that it does not keep as required by CRS 24-10-115.5 (5) “The commissioner of insurance, or any person authorized by him, shall conduct an insurance examination at least once a year to determine that proper underwriting techniques and sound funding, loss reserves, and claims procedures are being followed.” With Salazar's knowledge the state decided to ignore that law while Salazar was CO AG. ?The attorney bills paid by CIRSA show ?2/19/03 "Telephone calls from and to Colorado Attorney General re case status". (Salazar was CO AG) 6/26/03 "Confer with attorney general regarding case status" 8/07/03 "Telephone call from State Insurance staff regarding plaintiffs' demands, case background etc." That was related to my open records request for CIRSA's claims handling policies. 8/28/03 "Conference with Attorney General regarding state response to plaintiffs". 9/04/03 "Confer with Dawes regarding injunction and insurance commissioner issues". 10/16/03 "Telephone calls insurance commissioner regarding case status" 10/17/03 "telephone calls from and to Gambrill with insurance commissioner".?? My case was dismissed by former judge Naughty Nottingham without an opinion. See D of CO 02-cv-1950 on PACER document 455 after CIRSA paid for many private phone calls to and from the federal court.
Nottingham was not prosecuted for his involvement with the Denver Players brothel. Interior's MMS Interior Denver staff was not prosecuted for involvement with prostitutes paid by oil companies.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4452917&page=1
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/sep/10/feds-denver-dc-probed-...

** ECOCIDE SalaCZAR COUNTS ON WIND TO COVER HIS OILY TRACKS **

The GULF OIL TRAGEDY & CAPE WIND have a LOT IN COMMON – Alliance with Cozy KEN SALAZAR and his CORRUPT Minerals Management Services. Remember, governors & candidates, that we constituents are judging YOU by the company you keep. Are you sure it’s wise to make a pact with the ECOCIDE SalaCZAR?

I'm pleased the agency has been established, but not at all pleased with Salazar's management of MMS nor the huge sums Obama's Energy & Climate bill proposes to allocate to coal and nuclear while expanding offshore drilling, and the pittance allocated to Solar, Wind, and Permaculture ethanol (not to be confused with largescale monoculture ethanol). Show us the money for wind Salazar. Until then nothing you say means a thing, while the Gulf Disaster speaks volumes.

This is great news except for one thing.
Are they going to start manufacturing these giant wind mills here in the United States and create clean jobs here or are they going to continue to import them from china?