The face of gambling
Feb19
As the table games bill moves through the legislature, many words have been used to disguise what it will really do to our state. The front-runners of the bill are slick �suits� like Mountaineer Park President and CEO Ted Arnault and John Cavacini, president of the West Virginia Racing Association, who assure the legislature that this is in their best interests.
They paint a rosy picture and speak of all the revenue gained by additional gambling and of all sorts of visitors coming to our state and enjoying themselves. The legislature would be insane to not vote for such wonderful things as more tax dollars and happy people if it were not for West Virginia�s most notorious lottery winner: Jack Whittaker.
Charleston Daily Mail buries Ford
Jan3
I have conscientiously avoided criticizing our state�s newspapers (at least the reporting end of it) simply because they know the difference between �imbricate� and �embrocate.� That, and the lowliest typesetter is paid more than I am for writing this blog. Somehow in the euphoria of blogging�s success, members of the pajama media have snootily decided that the old dinosaur is headed for extinction. I steer clear of joining the online Nostradamuses because they�re wrong.
Democrats say stop pointing at their ugly girlfriend
Dec4
The Democrats must have exhausted all their ideas for correcting the business climate in West Virginia. Instead of actually fixing the problems facing our state, the Democrat members of the Legislature�s Joint Commission on Economic Development are turning on the whistleblowers.
In a letter to Chamber of Commerce President Steve Roberts, the Democrats are asking that the Chamber stop �the pessimistic ads that perpetuate a negative self-image of the Mountain State.� In other words, �we have messed up this state and cannot fix it, but if you don�t talk about it, no one will know.�
What it means to be Democrat and Republican
Nov6
In one day the voters of this state will be faced with a multiple-choice test. Do they vote for candidate A or candidate B (or for some in Kanawha County, candidates A through N)? Unlike many of the tests we took in school, we will not know whether we got it right until years later.
Manchin’s tax proposal: a reason to vote Republican
Oct31
It�s not looking good for Democrat candidates across the state so Governor Joe Manchin is trying a new tactic: campaigning on the taxpayer�s dime.
After releasing his plan to reduce some taxes while increasing others, Manchin will go across the state selling his plan. Of course the local Democrat candidates will magically show up as well with sycophantic words of approval. While Manchin may make feeble attempts to claim that everything is on the up-and-up, it doesn�t take a tax expert to know that all Manchin�s stump speeches will end with, �and if you elect my team, we�ll get this legislation passed.�
Rice gets confirmed
Jan19
After strenuous grilling for almost eleven hours by Democrats who allow partisanship to stand in the way of what is good for their country, Condoleezza Rice got confirmed.
Regardless of who nominated her, Rice is an excellent choice for Secretary of State and will do a terrific job. Unfortunately, there were two […]
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