Posted By: One Citizen (11:31am 06-06-2009)

Any politician not knowing the difference between a rock and a mineral in coal-powered WV should be impeached for being so ignorant
http://library.thinkquest.org/3639/RockorMineral.html

By officially declaring coal a rock instead of a mineral, DINO (Democrat in Name Only) Joe and his Mingo County minions may have accidentally nullified the mineral rights for their all absentee coal baron pals

It's too bad that real life doesn't work that way, because it'd be sweet blowback for the years our coal-powered WV lawmakers have underfunded education here

BTW it's no coincidence that the coal-rich Mingo school district is the only county taken over by the WV Dept. of Education more than once

Congratulations to help of Sen. Truman Chafin (D-Mingo) and Del. Harry Keith White (D-Mingo) for showing the rest of he world your county's unmitigated ignorance, and for helping Gov. Manchin to show those who voted for him that he's every bit as dirty as the coal industry for which he pimps

Posted By: jb2resWV (11:09am 06-06-2009)

I think it's pretty sick to have coal as the official rock. Why would we glorify a rock that has caused so much pain? We have much in the way of important rocks in this state and coal is certainly one of them I just wish they'd stop the practice of MTR mining. Keep it in the ground and you'll get diamonds someday.

Posted By: tmullins (7:54pm 06-04-2009)

Black Diamonds for the new and improved, clean, green, greedy, hybrid coal industry.

http://www.wisecountyissues.com/?p=138

Posted By: ClayCoBoy (9:00am 06-04-2009)

WoW, and the same people who signed the legislation are the same who allow West Virginians to be abused by those who want to take our "Precious" offical rock with out paying for it, or leaving us their mess to clean it up. Seen to many mountains destroyed for it...