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Voice of the people
Maynard makes W.Va. look foolish
Spike Maynard, chief justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, would have us believe that there’s nothing odd about his spending part of his vacation in a foreign country halfway around the world with a man who just happens to have gotten a highly favorable decision from that very same court.
A spokesman for the man in question, Don Blankenship, CEO of Massey Energy, said it was nothing more than coincidence that Blankenship and Maynard met up in Monaco for some dinner and drinks.
Right. A coincidence is when you run into someone you know at Myrtle Beach, not Monaco. Calling this a coincidence strains the credulity of even the most gullible lottery ticket buyer.
Maynard recused himself from this case only because he got caught, but managed in the process to once again hold West Virginia up to the rest of the country as something to be laughed at. Way to go there, Spike.
Monty Fowler
Huntington
Felinton has right to choose medical care
This is in regard to the comments made concerning Mayor David Felinton’s decision to have his Lap-Band surgery in Ashland instead of Huntington. Health care is a very personal choice and has nothing to do with “loyalty.” I’m sure that he weighed all of his options and made his decision based on those options, and he has every right to do so. If it were you or a family member, would you not do the same?
Joseph Mayo
Huntington
Coal companies trample opposition
Living in the state of West Virginia truly does feel like a scene from a movie about the wild, wild west where the bad guys ride into town with the intimidating tactics of guns blazing and trampling anyone in their way.
The bad guys in this state are those who refuse to see that there is a right way and a wrong way to mine coal. The bad guys are those who would insist that mountaintop removal and the way the rest of us suffer from it is an acceptable way of life.
The bad guys are, well let’s just say it, Sen. Robert C. Byrd, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, Rep. Nick Joe Rahall, Gov. Joe Manchin and all the rest of those with the power to clean up this state and put it on the path to green jobs and renewable energy and refuse to do it.
All of those in bed with the bad guys had better stand up, shake the coal dust from their feet and move on. For the sake of your constituents and not your pockets, do the right thing. Stop aligning yourself with those who would trample the little guy in the street.
By the way, I am a registered Democrat.
Lorelei Scarbro
Rock Creek, W.Va.
