Good Ol' Boys At Work
The appointment to fill the vacant judicial seat in Wood County has left a lot of folks wondering. The issues raised are not about JD Beane, but are rather an issue of how the system can be manipulated to serve those in control of the system. It is not about whether JD Beane should represent the 10th district in the past or in the future. JD has demonstrated his ability to serve the 10th and his past performance was judged on Election Day when voters reelected him. It is also not troubling that Delegate Beane was being considered to fill the vacant seat on the bench in place of Judge Hill. It appears that most folks would be content with that appointment as well.
The problem is the way it was done. There were two problems facing Wood Countians and more particularly the people of the 10th district. One is that Wood County needed a judge appointed and should be able to expect that to be done in due course. A reasonable time to have done so had long since elapsed. Whether it is Delegate Beane or someone else who is equally qualified to fill the position, the appointment was long overdue and should have been made in a timely manner.
The second problem is that the current administration stalled the appointment so that they can control who is appointed to fill the 10th district seat vacated by the appointment of Judge Beane. In essence, the people of the 10th district clearly had their right to select their representative circumvented. It appears that the Manchin administration clearly and knowingly manipulated the system to serve their needs rather allowing the system to work as it was supposed to and allow the voters to decide who represents them.
It doesn’t stop there, the Wood County Democrat Executive Committee stacked the deck so as to limit the Governor’s ability to appoint anyone other than who they wanted to be appointed. They did that by appointing three candidates as required by law, two of which they knew would never be appointed and were unelectable. One because the voters had already voted her out of office a long time ago and the other was clearly not qualified for the position. What that left was a man with no prior experience who clearly represents and supports the unions and the causes fostered by them. Representing the unions is not necessarily bad unless you refuse to consider other points of view before rendering a vote. The problem as I see it is: that he can never vote against any union cause or on any issue. If he does, he would loose his day job as a union representative.
Just another example of the “good ol’ boy” politics that the democrats have played for years to maintain control of the state’s political machine. Things will never change in any significant fashion until voter’s generate the courage to vote these guys out of office. If you want change, then quit voting for the guys who have controlled the state for decades. We have no one to thanks for West Virginia’s current financial condition, except the democrats who have controlled everything for as long as anyone can remember.
The problem is the way it was done. There were two problems facing Wood Countians and more particularly the people of the 10th district. One is that Wood County needed a judge appointed and should be able to expect that to be done in due course. A reasonable time to have done so had long since elapsed. Whether it is Delegate Beane or someone else who is equally qualified to fill the position, the appointment was long overdue and should have been made in a timely manner.
The second problem is that the current administration stalled the appointment so that they can control who is appointed to fill the 10th district seat vacated by the appointment of Judge Beane. In essence, the people of the 10th district clearly had their right to select their representative circumvented. It appears that the Manchin administration clearly and knowingly manipulated the system to serve their needs rather allowing the system to work as it was supposed to and allow the voters to decide who represents them.
It doesn’t stop there, the Wood County Democrat Executive Committee stacked the deck so as to limit the Governor’s ability to appoint anyone other than who they wanted to be appointed. They did that by appointing three candidates as required by law, two of which they knew would never be appointed and were unelectable. One because the voters had already voted her out of office a long time ago and the other was clearly not qualified for the position. What that left was a man with no prior experience who clearly represents and supports the unions and the causes fostered by them. Representing the unions is not necessarily bad unless you refuse to consider other points of view before rendering a vote. The problem as I see it is: that he can never vote against any union cause or on any issue. If he does, he would loose his day job as a union representative.
Just another example of the “good ol’ boy” politics that the democrats have played for years to maintain control of the state’s political machine. Things will never change in any significant fashion until voter’s generate the courage to vote these guys out of office. If you want change, then quit voting for the guys who have controlled the state for decades. We have no one to thanks for West Virginia’s current financial condition, except the democrats who have controlled everything for as long as anyone can remember.
posted by Laymansview | 7:09 AM
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