A Kimball businessman is named to Nebraska's Oil and Gas Conservation Commission… but not without some heated debate from state senators.
Tim Wistrom was approved this morning to be one of three commissioners in the state on this board.
However lawmakers did not like that Wistrom was nominated by the owner and C.E.O. of an oil company.
Senator Ken Schilz- who represents the southern panhandle- supports the nomination because Wistrom lives in an area of the state that actually has oil production.
"So there's one small pocket in the state where that happens and that's basically in the panhandle," says Schilz. "And these folks have worked at this. Mr. Wistrom has worked in the industry for a very long time. He understands the industry, he knows how things should be done out there."
Wistrom's nomination was eventually confirmed by a vote of 33 to 6, but he was the *only* person appointed to a committee today that faced opposition.
