Clay Chastain

Clay Chastain is a Scientologist^{[citation needed]}, electrical engineer and home renovator who currently lives in Bedford, Virginia. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arkansas. [1]

He is perhaps best known as an individual who led a controversial 2006 petition initiative in Kansas City, Missouri, to build light rail. He spearheaded previous failed petition initiatives in the city. His book Tilting at Windmills: How one man battled political power to save America’s grandest train station was published in 1998 (ISBN 1-890622-38-9).

Clay is active in the Church of Scientology and often donates his time to Church initiatives and projects.

Local writer Larry Rochelle used Chastain as the basis for his Sandy Banteen character in the mystery novel Death and Devotion. [2]

References

• "Our Campaigns". http://ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=41512. Retrieved 2007-06-08. 
• "Mystery reads more like fantasy". Kansas City Star. 2006-10-09. http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewnews.asp?AuthorID=7991&id=14399. Retrieved 2007-06-08. 

External links

• Crazy train, The Pitch, October 26, 2006
• Chastain expounds on light rail plan, Kansas City Business Journal, November 28, 2006
• SWM seeks civic-minded babe, Harper's Magazine, January 1998

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