Remind you of any Clarksburg Council Member?

Excerpts from this WSJ Article

Fifty-four years ago today, Sen. Joseph McCarthy started his televised hearings on alleged Soviet spies and communists in the Army. The spectacle grabbed the country’s attention for the next two months.

By the end of the McCarthy hearings, the senator’s career was over; before an audience that often numbered 20 million Americans, [...]

SBA does not Fund Charles Pointe School

Back to the drawing boards. Will the property still be donated for Board of Education?
http://www.wvs.state.wv.us/wvsba/

They Forgot to tell you … B’Port Home Rule Application

The City of Bridgeport forgot to tell the public this:
The West Virginia Home Rule Board has scheduled a meeting with Bridgeport’s City Council. It will be held Tuesday, April 15 at 9:00am at City Hall in Council Chambers. The City will present their application. The Home Rule Board will have the opportunity to ask [...]

John Angotti to sing for Pope Benedict

From Sandy Trzcinski

Clarksburg can be quietly pleased & humbly proud of
it’s native son who was been invited to perform for
Pope Benedict’s visit to Washington,DC along with
tenor Placido Domingo, and mezzo soprano Denise
Graves. It will be held at Washing National Parks
stadium which seats 46,000 people on April 17 th.
Imagine! Of this performance for Pope [...]

Petition to dedicate press box to Jack Fleming

From an email:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/jackflemingpressboxdedication/index.html
Do not make any donations!!  skip that part from the web host please by simply backing out of the petition.
Fellow Mountaineer fans,
My name is Jamie Clegg and I wanted to personally thank you for signing the petition of the West Virginia University Athletic Department to dedicate the press box at Milan Puskar Stadium in [...]

Court House Space issue Solved!

The issue: A second Family Court Judge will be assuming office.  Where can the County Commissioners find space to house this new position in an over-crowded court house building?
Solution:  Move the County Commissioners out of their current space and give it up for additional court room space and offices.
There is no reason why the Commissioners [...]

Response to Bridgeport News Editorial

This was sent in as a comment.  I cut and pasted it here for deserved visibility. In a related matter, the Exponent-Telegram claims an informal survey of perhaps 50 people at Nutter Fort Elementary School and a couple of other schools indicate that parents do not want a new middle school at Hite Field.  When [...]