I keep hearing that Barack Obama is not a good choice for the presidency. Well, guess what? Neither is Hillary Clinton. I'm all for some new blood in the White House, make no mistake, but Hillary is not a good choice.

The deadline for submitting letters to the editor pertaining to the May 13 primary election in West Virginia has passed. No further letters are being accepted for publication.

We have some of the most highly trained police officers and firefighters in the state. Both departments are underpaid for the risks and dangers they face. All I hear from City Council are complaints about benefits and pay. I don't see them chasing down drug dealers, running into burning buildings or bringing new business into Huntington.

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The deadline for submitting letters to the editor pertaining to the May 13 primary election in West Virginia has passed. No further letters are being accepted for publication.

The League of Women Voters reminds citizens of the following points regarding the Cabell County Board of Education election.

Harris Riverfront Park is looking much better now that spring is here and the last high water of the season is probably past. The tulips that had been at the 10th Street entrance of the park are gone, having been replaced by other flowers. Meanwhile, flowers bloom elsewhere in the park.

I sure hope when everyone goes to the polls this year they will remember every promise made to them by our previously elected politicians. Remember as taxpayers how you had to endure trash everywhere and could not even get rid of your own. Remember no cleanups, no one to voice your complaints to. Remember every promise not kept. Remember every pothole, every ditch, every problem you have had to endure these past few years.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one of a series of columns written by candidates on the ballot for the May 13 primary election in West Virginia. All columns were received before the deadline published in The Herald-Dispatch, and no further columns from candidates or their supporters are being accepted for publication.

Scene: The 2008 RALPH Awards, held at a highly secret location somewhere in the Northern Hemisphere. On stage, at the brightly lit podium, bathed in a glow befitting of their celebrity, stand two nameless extras from "Alvin and the Chipmunks." After the applause dies down, one hands the other an envelope ... (ripping sound) ... she smiles, leans into the microphone and says, "For parenting with a 15-year-old, Rosemond's Awfully Ludicrous Parenting Honor goes to ... yes! ... Leticia and Billy Ray Cyrus!"

The deadline for submitting letters to the editor pertaining to the May 13 primary election in West Virginia has passed. No further letters are being accepted for publication.

Add Kentucky to the list of states that have had good experience with cable barriers in the medians of four-lane highways.

In response to a recent letter regarding the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, I would like to address the writer's comments.

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Election officials in Lincoln County need to clear out their voting rolls. And so do officials in several other counties in West Virginia.

"As a man thinketh, so is he." Proverbs eloquently lays out the power of our thought life and the idea that what we think, we become.

The deadline for submitting letters to the editor pertaining to the May 13 primary election in West Virginia has passed. No further letters are being accepted for publication.

In response to the letter stating that the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's statements were correct, I, for one, totally disagree.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one of a series of columns written by candidates on the ballot for the May 13 primary election in West Virginia. All columns were received before the deadline published in The Herald-Dispatch, and no further columns from candidates or their supporters are being accepted for publication.

The deadline for submitting letters to the editor pertaining to the May 13 primary election in West Virginia has passed. No further letters are being accepted for publication.