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Logan shunned Hillary despite pleas from on high

Williamson Daily News photo by Kyle Lovern This painted billboard in downtown Logan shows that it is a friendly town, except when it comes to Hillary Clinton and her presidential campaign.
Williamson Daily News photo by Kyle Lovern
This painted billboard in downtown Logan shows that it is a friendly town, except when it comes to Hillary Clinton and her presidential campaign.

LOGAN, W.Va. – There is a sign along one of the old brick building at the main intersection in downtown Logan that reads “The Friendliest Town In WV.”

But when it comes to supporting democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, that friendly invitation took a different twist.

On Friday, a representative from U.S. Senator Joe Manchin’s office contacted Logan Fire Chief Scott Beckett about using that facility to host Hillary Clinton on her visit to southern West Virginia. After thinking it over and discussing it with longtime Mayor Serafino Nolletti, the town decided not to let Clinton use the fire department or any of the city’s other facilities.

It was Clinton’s recent stance on coal that prompted the city officials to decline the offer…

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