An editorial from The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Try getting an answer to your questions about government retirement benefits by calling your local Social Security office. Let’s hope you have plenty of time to wait … and wait … and wait. Perhaps you will be tempted to visit[Read More…]
Opinion
The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.
Underfunded pensions need solutions
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — You have to give Clarksburg credit. City leaders have increased payments to their police and fire pension plans. But the retirement programs are still woefully short of being even close to fully funded. Despite plans to contribute $860,386 to the police[Read More…]
Community spirit keeps swimming pool going
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Across the country, public swimming pools are closing left and right. But the Huntington community has once again found a way to keep the A.D. Lewis Community Center pool going. Thursday, the pool opened again for the summer season with a ribbon[Read More…]
Doctor shopping a loophole that must be closed
An editorial from The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The West Virginia Board of Pharmacy has revealed that 176 patients in the state are suspected of “doctor shopping” to the tune of obtaining prescriptions from at least 13 separate doctors each over the past year. The practice is aimed at duping[Read More…]
Arrogance, inattention have a cost
A column by Mike Myer, executive editor of The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — If you’re one of those idealists who continue to believe hard, thoughtful work can overcome money in politics, last week’s primary election in Virginia was good news for you. That’s true regardless of whether you’re a Republican,[Read More…]
Inspecting off-campus housing is important step
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — About 2,200 Marshall University students live in dorms on campus. Some students live at home with their families and commute to school. But thousands of others rent apartments in the neighborhoods surrounding the Marshall campus and around Huntington. Some of those apartments[Read More…]
Hotels shrugging off effects of W.Va. water crisis
A column by Phil Kabler, statehouse reporter for The Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — “The damage that has been done to this community will affect us in a negative way for the rest of my life,” Charleston Mayor Danny Jones, Jan. 17 CNN interview on the impact of the Elk[Read More…]
Broadband Deployment Council was careful
An editorial from The Journal | MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — If spending taxpayers’ money at a rapid pace is the test of success for government – as some officials seem to think – West Virginia’s Broadband Deployment Council is a flop. When the council was established five years ago at then-Gov. Joe Manchin’s[Read More…]
Late publisher a true inspiration for local 10K race
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — If Cecil Jarvis were alive today, we have little doubt that he’d be putting the finishing touches on some tune-up runs for this Saturday’s Greater Clarksburg 10K. After all, Cecil was a strong believer in supporting local projects, especially those that[Read More…]
Politicians should listen to the voters
An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Politicians, take note: Listen to your constituency. You are their public servant, and if you do not do the job they expect of you, they will fire you. U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., learned that lesson the hard way[Read More…]