Good grief! Here I am at a public wi-fi spot, drowning in self-pity. I’ve had some upsetting news and I’m not sure what to do. It’s a legal thing, so I can’t go into details, but I have a relative who has been charged with something unjustly and they are being prevented from going to [...]
Just a quick post and link.
Recently, the City of Charleston decided it would be a great idea to provide free Wi-Fi to the community of the East End. It was announced with such bravado that you would think it is the ultimate solution for the problems plaging that area.
The blog at Create WV comments on [...]
Parsons says people who work in the county would pay one to two dollars a week. The user fee proposal could go before Monongalia County voters this fall. The presentation on user fees and other road funding options is Thursday evening at six o’clock in WVU’s Erickson Alumni Center.
Acccording to a report by WV Public [...]
Ok, let me take a quick jab at a few stories I’ve read today.
Well, let’s start with Nancy Pelosi. According to TheHill.com Nancy wants lawmakers to be able to haul their grown children at tax payer expense on trips. This is the ethics queen, remember.
Now, Ms. Nancy seems to think that when a member of [...]
Commissioner of Agriculture, Gus R. Douglass, has announced that he is about 10 days away from declaring a drought emergency in West Virginia.
This is not a good thing.
Well, I’m not a fan of Wal-Mart. Not because of any management practice, but because they are so crowded and noisy I can’t stand to be there.
Apparently the New Jersey State Supremem Court has ruled that employees of 45 stores can file a class action lawsuit because they were forced to work through breaks and [...]
June 1, 2007
Dear Mr. Chairman:
This report to the Congress, under section 804(b) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-1908 (the “Kingpin Act”), transmits my designations of the following five foreign persons and one foreign entity for sanctions under the Kingpin Act and reports my direction of sanctions against them under that Act:
Victor [...]
I have become more aware (as many WVians have) of the explosion in development in our Eastern Panhandle area. It is quickly becoming a bedroom community for the DC suburbs. Many of the orchards and farms have been sold to pay the increasing property taxes. The properties are then converted to housing developments.
That’s a shame.
I [...]
Oh good grief! West Virginia has consistently been in the top five in obesity, often in 1st place, for many, many years. And then there is this massuer [a guy who gives massages] who is found guilty of video taping women undressing in preparation for the massage.
If you just run the numbers this guy is [...]
