Editorial

OPINION ... Steven J. Davis: When principle collides with preference

Clearly, we are in a climate of emotional excess.

The term “butt hurt” seems to be tossed around a lot, lately. Many are easily offended – and for more reasons than anyone can count. Read more

COLUMN...Mark Caserta: Drag Queen Story Hour: Promoting more than “acceptance”

Drag queens across America and around the world are reading to our children at libraries, schools, bookstores, museums, summer camps, afterschool programs, and other community spaces. Read more

COLUMN GATOR CHOMPIN Project Prevention wants to pay adicts to not have children

Project Prevention will be in Huntington on March 24th and 25th.  Project Prevention is a non-profit group who seeks to keep drug users from having children. 

The group will pay $300 to those who can prove they are addicts through arrest records, court documents, or other methods and will undergo long term birth control or sterilization. Read more

COLUMN MARK CASERTA: Will Democrats return to the tactics of bullying and intimidation?

By Mark Caserta

Is there some sort of “rite of passage” that occurs following the election of politicians which converts them into spineless “representatives” of the people, unable to see beyond winning their next election? Read more

Mark Caserta: Tensions mounting in Huntington, WV. – Concerned citizens wary of pending future

In my 45 years of following politics, presidential administrations and the “to and fro” power of Congress, I can honestly record I’ve never been as disgusted and unimpressed as I am now with liberal Democrats on Capitol Hill. Read more

COLUMN GATOR CHOPPIN ..... Observations about Huntington that many residents won't agree with

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8.  "The new drug rehabilitation program at West Regional Jail will do for crime and repeat offenders what narcan did for overdoses."

Most of the crimes in Huntington are done by the same few handfuls of people.  The repeat offenders are committing multiple crimes a day to support their $100-$200 a day habit.  By arresting certain people there is a dip in crime as they are first arrested and then a spike when they hit the streets.  Read more

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Keep Radioactive Waste Out of the Ohio River

Plagued within the little-known town of Piketon, Ohio, lies a nuclear catastrophe waiting to happen! What I am talking about is the Ohio EPA and Department of Energy approved on-site waste disposal facility (OSWDF) at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. The plant enriched weapons-grade uranium for nuclear bombs throughout the Cold War. Now, they want to bury the disassembled plant on-site, directly above the largest fresh-water aquifer, the Teays River aquifer, in the the entire region! Read more

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Liberal Dems do not Tout "Pure" Socialism

To The Editor:   It is about time that the American people were educated and informed about what true "Socialism" is and is not.  The fact is that in true socialism, "the means of production" are owned and controlled by all of the people.  Read more

COLUMN: GATOR CHOPPIN Is Huntington really that dangerous?

A Huntington blogger recently wrote a blog entitled Huntington, WV: One of the most dangerous cities in the nation?  He presented stats from neighborhoodscout.com that lists Huntington as a 3 out of 100 in safety index with 3 obviously being one of the lowest possible scores. Read more

COLUMN Mark Caserta: Huntington, WV. – One of the most dangerous cities in the nation?

Is Huntington, West Virginia one of the most dangerous cities in the nation?

You decide.  But the facts are undeniable. Read more

COLUMN Mark Caserta: Grace Food Pantry: Ministering to Huntington, WV. and our children.

It’s time for God’s people to realize that simply “talking the talk”, versus “walking the walk”, makes us no more valuable to the Kingdom of God, than the very worst among us. Read more

COLUMN Mark Caserta: Huntington, West Virginia: A city desperate for leadership

How desperate must the situation in Huntington, WV. become before its citizens begin holding leadership accountable?

A city’s infrastructure is prerequisite to a community functioning properly. Sadly, the infrastructure of Huntington seems to be the least of our current administration’s concerns – to the point our safety is being placed at risk! Read more

COLUMN: Where Were the City's First Responder Boats?

by Steven J. Davis

It has come to our attention that the Huntington Fire Department Fire and rescue boat is still out for repair and has been since it almost sank this past March.

There have been several stories as to why the boat failed and at this point it is not the issue.

The issue is that it has still not been repaired and we are left with no on river fire response capacity. Read more

Op-Ed Submission Preserving the Integrity of West Virginia’s Election System

By: West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner

 

Recently, Texas media reported that approximately 58,000 non-U.S. citizens may have voted in Texas elections.  While Texas Secretary of State David Whitley took proactive steps to ensure the integrity of Texas’s elections, reports like this reinforce the overwhelming need to remain vigilant in protecting our elections. Read more

COLUMN Mark Caserta: The truth isn't important to liberal Democrats. Just beat Trump...

Given our current illegal immigration crisis and liberal Democrat’s vehement battle against President Trump’s border wall, how many times do you suppose President Barack Obama visited our southern border? Read more

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Our like a Twelve Year Old "Me" Society

To The Editor:     I believe that the new "Democratic Socialist" members of the US Congress have their hearts and souls in the right place, but not their heads and minds.  Like them, I too believe that our federal government should do more and spend more to help make the lives of our citizens better just like all of our traditional allies do.  Read more

Mark Caserta: Team Trump working to draft National Emergency Declaration

Successful negotiating is like producing a fine wine.

If fashioned and placed on the table too quickly, you’ll likely experience something akin to a flavor-fortified Boones Farm Ripple. If allowed to develop its depth in a controlled environment, it can become a nice Cabernet Sauvignon with well-integrated tannins leaving the wine feeling silky on the palate and with a pleasing bouquet. Read more

COLUMN: Will rehabbing addicted offenders alter criminal behavior?

I was at the magistrate court today and witnessed how the drug epidemic is affecting crime and sentencing.  It is hard to tell  at first glance how the results of these cases will turn out, because only time will tell the true results. Read more

Protecting Your Backyard From Unlawful Regulation

As your Attorney General, I have worked hard to keep the regulatory power of the federal government at bay, particularly as it creeps into the everyday lives of West Virginians. Read more

Mark Caserta: 1st Amendment right support varies with political ideology

Where do your 1st Amendment rights begin and end?

It would seem liberals believe the standards vary based on one’s political ideology. Read more

WV One Stop Business Center to Celebrate 1 Year Anniversary with Open House

By Mac Warner

WV Secretary of State

 

“Moving at the Speed of Business” is the motto of the WV Secretary of State’s Business and Licensing Division. Advances in technology and a new user-friendly website have given our office the opportunity to communicate more effectively and respond quicker to the needs of the state’s business community and entrepreneurs.  Read more

OPINION Mark Caserta: Americans, behold the hypocrisy of liberal Democrats!

Allow me to illustrate just how hypocritical liberal Democrats are on funding President Trump’s border wall. Even I’m amazed at the audacity of these corrupt politicians! This proves just how “dumb” and “unengaged” Democrats believe the American people have become! Read more

OPINION Mark Caserta: Bottom line: How many lives are Dems willing to sacrifice to stop Trump’s wall?

Anyone who trusts polls, especially those from the corrupt, mainstream media, hasn’t followed politics very closely.

It’s no surprise the complicit, liberal media has been wetting themselves in excitement over being able to attack President Trump over recent polling of voters regarding the government shutdown, now in its third week. Read more

OPINION GATOR CHOPPIN ON .... Late income tax refund checks could hurt Trump

As Trump and the rest of the fatcat politicians dilly dally around with the shutdown of the federal government....they are creating the need for another wall.  Trump may need Pink Floyd to build another wall.  While most of the talks center around funding a wall at the US/ Mexico border, we may need a huge wall around the White House. Read more

Mark Caserta: President Trump may declare national emergency to build wall.

As the government shutdown continues, both sides remain firmly entrenched in their ideology about building a wall along our southern border. The difference?

It’s this simple. Read more

COLUMN ... Gatorchoppin on ...... 2019 Something Positive

On the end of 2018, where drugs and violence have created a negative tint on the past year...I set out in search of some positive items to wrap up 2018 and bring in 2019 with some positive rays of light. It did not take me long to find it. The Salvation Army on 3rd Avenue in Huntington (what was a comfort station during the Emmons Jr. fire and afterwards)  was throwing a party. Read more

Mark Caserta: Huntington, WV. is becoming a sanctuary for everything bad in the U.S.

It’s imperative to remember “fake news”, or “news designed to influence, rather than inform,” is real.  And it’s alive and well in Huntington, WV.

Now, fake news targeting political differences is one thing. But, when “fake news” begins to compromise the safety of citizens…it’s time to hold media accountable. Read more

Attorney General Morrisey Highlights 2018 Achievements with Year-In-Review

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey debuted a task force to more aggressively root out elder abuse, forced sweeping national reform to eradicate the opioid epidemic and fought to protect farmers, coal miners and countless others in his office’s continued push against federal overreach – all just a sample of the office’s significant accomplishments in 2018. Read more

OPINION: The Tunnel Historic but Safety an Issue

There are structures all over town that are becoming dwellings or breeding grounds for crime. The abandoned house at 1304 5th Avenue and The Flats on Fourth Avenue are dwellings that I fought against all Summer. Both have been slated for demolition. Unfortunately, in this age of the drug epidemic, any structure left unattended is almost immediately transformed into a trap house. Read more

COLUMN Mark Caserta: My advice: Stay the course with President Trump

Progressive Democrats and “Rino” Republicans are in shock that President Trump would be willing to do whatever it takes to fulfill his promise to the American people.

Donald Trump promised he would address illegal immigration head-on and build a wall making it much more difficult for illegals to cross the border. A promise, by the way, which helped him get elected in an electoral college landslide. Read more

Mark Caserta: It’s time for Huntington, WV to stop losing to the Deep State

A call to action for our readers:

There is a segment of our nation’s community, mostly liberals, who hate Donald Trump more than they love their country. Ironically, this more accurately resembles the definition of “deplorable”, despite the declaration of their progressive queen, Hillary Clinton. Read more

GATORCHOPPIN ON ... Officials against legalizing pot are holding West Virginia back

A symposium on legalizing marijuana held in West Virginia turned out to be mostly an one-sided ambush against those wanting marijuana legalized.  In fact they must be thinking pot smokers are smoking crack if they expect them to believe their facts. Read more

Prevention of Election Fraud Key to Successful, Accurate and Fair Elections

By Mac Warner

WV Secretary of State

 Charleston, W.Va.  – On December 6, 2018 the Charleston Gazette-Mail published an editorial titled “North Carolina case may show real election fraud.” This commentary is in response to that editorial. Read more