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Reader unhappy with new voting facilities

My name is Judith A. Davis. I am a 78-year-old lady who went to vote with my husband in Coalton in the Roaring Creek District of Randolph County. He pulled into the handicapped spot and was retrieving my roll-about from the trunk when a gentleman hollered and told him the voting place had been changed and would be held in the band room. We had no clue where the band room was; however, following the direction given to us, my husband moved our car to a lower parking lot. A small flag fastened on the side of the building located where the polls were ... nothing else, just the flag. ...

Defining the word ‘emergency’ today

I am writing this letter in response to a column written by Mark Chapin in the Saturday, June 6 edition of The Inter-Mountain. As I understand it, Chapin normally writes about hikes in the woods and wildlife. In this column, however, he gets into politics. The title to his column is “Surviving the tyranny of ‘emergency’” with emergency in quotes. Chapin appears to believe that the policies put in place by governors and mayors as a result of the pandemic are tyrannical. First of all, I would have to quibble about the use of quotes around the word emergency. Does Chapin think ...

Controversy grows

Virginia Governor Northam has ordered the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, Va. There have been at least 200 such actions in recent years. according to Wikipedia. Jason Nichols, professor of African American Studies at the University of Maryland, said on TV (I personally saw it) that such monuments are supposed to stand for what we want to become, not what we were. President Trump walked a few yards across Lafayette Square in defiance of the rioters and protesters. CNN and MSNBC went into orbit before he got there. The noise must have been horrific. Photo Op! ...

Reader: Undercurrent of racism is present

Living in Elkins can feel like a paradox. As a white woman living in Elkins, I often feel safer here than anywhere else. I don’t question whether or not I will experience violence when going about my daily routines: not while exercising; not while checking in on a friend’s pet when that friend is not home; not while entering a church building to which I have the access code late at night. I’ve never been followed, treated with suspicion, or discriminated against. That is a luxury that many other residents of this country, this state and this country do not have. While sign ...

Reader supports Whitt for senator

I’d like to tell all you Republican readers about a good friend of mine. His name is Allen Whitt and he is challenging our sitting Sen. Shelley Moore Capito in the June 9 primary. My friend in Buckhannon, Randy Brooks, had a great letter-to-the-editor published April 25 and I would like to congratulate Randy for his excellent summary of what we can expect from Allen and perhaps expand the reasons to vote for him. My wife and I had the pleasure of meeting with Allen recently and we’ve never met a person running for office quite like him. Unlike the lies that roll out of the ...

Mountain Mamas making a difference

In 2018, I started a political action committee, which was named by forward-thinking women who had come together to get to know each other and help each other in their quest to become West Virginia legislators. Six Mountain Mamas joined two incumbents, and 25 are on the Democratic primary ballot (although you don’t have to be a D to be a Mountain Mama). Because of the candidates’ inability to do grassroots campaigning, going door-to-door and events to meet with voters, we started a Facebook/YouTube live stream called Mondays with Mountain Mamas. Every week at least one of the ...