Feb 14 Local News Protester Says Beshear Will Visit Eastern Kentucky Coal Fields After Sit-In Many of the 14 protesters who spent the weekend in Governor Steve Beshear's office left their sit-in today to join the annual "I Love Mountains Day" rally. The sit-in began Friday as an effort to convince Governor Steve Beshear to change his stance on the surface mining technique commonly called mountaintop removal, which can leave streams clogged and polluted. By Gabe Bullard Feb 14 Local News Protester Says Beshear Will Visit Eastern Kentucky Coal Fields After Sit-In Gabe Bullard