A March 8 post in “Grounded,” The State Journal’s energy blog, vice president of the West Virginia Coal Association, and notorious funny man, Chris Hamilton was quoted saying that some West Virginia delegates might not know “the difference between a dragline and a drag queen.” He made these remarks at a recent coal industry conference [...]
The New York Times reported that Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said, “Economic growth is what is going to make mountaintop removal palatable.” Since becoming a West Virginia public figure Manchin has been the state’s mouthpiece for the coal industry, shouting from the flattened mountaintops the praises of the industry. When a lie is big, one [...]
We need clean elections and fair courts now. The West Virginia legislature needs to make permanent the successful program for a public campaign finance option in state Supreme Court elections. No more Don Blankenships! That’s why I created a petition to the West Virginia State House, the West Virginia State Senate, and Governor Earl Ray [...]
Clean elections scored a big victory on November 6, when Alan Loughry won a seat on the West Virginia State Supreme Court. This surprised many, as he was the only candidate to use public funding and he beat out Tish Chaffin, who used her wealth to donate almost a million dollars to her own campaign. [...]
More and more these days, I’m beginning to believe that I live in “upside-down” world, the Bo-Zone Layer (thank you Far Side cartoons) or some other convoluted universe. And West Virginia may just be the center. I’m trying to wrap my mind around the fact that the Michael Callaghan, former chairman of the Democratic Party [...]
A guest blog by OVEC membership committee member Sylvia Arthur A good website for finding out about elected representatives is Open Congress. Open Congress is a project of the Participatory Politics Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that builds free and open-source software for civic engagement. The Sunlight Foundation, also a non-profit organization, is the founding [...]
A guest blog by OVEC membership committee member Sylvia Arthur When it comes to elections many times we are faced with the same questions. Who is this person?” “What are their policies?” “What is their background?” I would like to show you a few good web sites where you can get information about candidates for [...]