Posted By: Insight (10:58pm 07-15-2008)

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Danny Jones for President!!!

Posted By: Smoker (4:18pm 07-15-2008)

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To Whats Next, I do not want cell phones banned, because I use mine on occasions. But mark my word, the witch hunters will be banning cell phones next.

Posted By: Write in Vote (11:25am 07-15-2008)

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The person that said with the new electronic voting you can not write in. That is wrong you touch the empty space under the names listed and a keyboard will come on the screen and you can type in the name of the person you want to vote for. The main problem with the electronic voting machines is the people getting paid to work them. They come to a learning meeting before the eleection and some never show up or talk ,sleep, make a shopping list etc while it is being explained and then on election day they have no idea how to help people. The machines are a big plus ...the only negative is the people not taking the time to learn how to show the people how to use them.

Posted By: whatsnext (11:23am 07-15-2008)

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Smoker, you want cell phones banned? People just need to use their head and be a little smarter, its not that hard to figure out that you're allll over the road, and people are honking at you!! It's very easy to use speakerphone, some people can't even do that!

Posted By: ?????? (9:40am 07-15-2008)

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To 2 state worker Where do you get your information? AND Do you believe everything you hear?

Posted By: what ! (9:37am 07-15-2008)

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If you think there is no culture around here,I would like to know what you consider culture. When was the last time you were at a Museum or an outdoor drama or on the Hatfield/Mccoy Trail? To see a group of mud covered people with big smiles after a ride and hear them takling about Southern West Virginia being some of God's best work. If every where was like New York,how exciting would it be to go to New York? Have you ever been to reclaimed land like Twisted Gun near Gilbert? Do you know anything about coal mining? My grandpa worked for 40 years in the mines and I never really understood what he did and this last weekend I went to a Museum in Chief Logan State Park and they had an exhibit that simulates a coal mine with tools used by miners that you could see just how hard they worked and how they stayed bent over due to low coal. That coal was used here and even shipped over seas. I could go on and on but they stop you with the limit on words. Please tell me what you consider culture

Posted By: All for it (9:32am 07-15-2008)

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Metro goverment is the way to go, it would only improve the eastern end of the county. The small town's don't have the money for upkeep without raising taxes and fee's and none of us want that. The services would do nothing but improve. I say go for it!

Posted By: Dave (9:09am 07-15-2008)

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"Anyone who is a hardcore Democrat or a hardcore Republican is, in fact, a hardcore idiot."

Amen, the extremists from both parties are ruining our country.

Posted By: Smoker (9:06am 07-15-2008)

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To What's Next, Cell Phones!!

Posted By: LOL (8:22am 07-15-2008)

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to: 2 state worker,

yea, and the checks in the mail, too!!

Posted By: 2 state worker (7:15am 07-15-2008)

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Help is coming. Someone is trying to EO pay standards put over the state. This will reduce nontranparent hiring policies.

Posted By: Sput Nik (4:59am 07-15-2008)

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Listen. This whole Metro nonsense centers on one problem. Charleston's population loss. Who can blame anyone who leaves these days. Much of the city hasn't had significant improvement since the 1970s. Look at a photograph of downtown in 1963, and compare that to what you see today. Our infrastructure is falling apart. Many businesses have packed up and left. We have not invested in infrastructure, people, or education. What keeps young people here? Lack of options. Look at the areas that are growing, Morgantown and the eastern panhandle. Quality jobs, culture, education.

The simple fact is that the top 5 percent of income earners run our county. They've run it all right. Into the ground.

Posted By: Biff (12:30am 07-15-2008)

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Nothing like a Kanawha County Education

Posted By: Jeffro (12:27am 07-15-2008)

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all of yall big time speleers make so proud yhat I m a hillbilly wif a education.
Stop Stop Stop proper english dont mean squat!!!!!!!!
Dollar Dany put up spanish signs

Posted By: Brucie (9:03pm 07-14-2008)

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NO TO METRO GOVT. AND OLD HIPPIE, you both are a disgrace to yourselves and to WV!!! Your grammar, spelling and using of words are those of a third grader!! No wonder that WV is last in about everything, there are a lot of YOU guys still here on welfaare!!!

Posted By: whatsnext (4:30pm 07-14-2008)

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I dont understand why people are all of a sudden talking about people drinking, smoking got banned now you just need something else to complain about. Get a life, you're stressing yourself out way to much. If they ban drinking, what will you complain about next- obesity...you don't want to sit next to someone because they are fat!! I'm not condoning drinking and driving by all means, but seriously ..get over it.

Posted By: Art (4:28pm 07-14-2008)

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To tellitlikeitis:

Of the seven judges in Kanawha County, two are Republicans: Paul Zakaib and Jim Stucky. That's the same Jim Stucky who let Desmond Clark free.

You should get your facts straight before you post.

Posted By: tellitlikeitis (4:22pm 07-14-2008)

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It's good to vent about the horrible judiciary in Charleston, but get it right. There are no right wingers or republicans on the bench in Kanawha county, and they are rare as hens teeth in WV. Your complaints need to be directed at the leftist democrats who have been in power since 1932. Also to the guy remarking negativly about Metro government, your opinion would be more credible if you sounded even minimally literate.

Posted By: Bob (3:01pm 07-14-2008)

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No to Metro Gov.

Before posting please make sure you know how to form a proper sentence and spell! It is people like you that make our state look uneducated.

Posted By: bingoPlayer (2:54pm 07-14-2008)

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WHY ARE THEY STILL ALLOWED TO SMOKE IN THE MARMET AND
CHESAPEAKE BINGO GAMES.. THE MANAGEMENT THERE SAYS SINCE THEY ARE NON-PROFIT THEY DON'T HAVE TO OBEY
KANAWHA-COUNTY-HEALTH-DEPT.. WHY IS THIS? I GUESS
SINCE THEY ARE NO-PROFIT THEY CAN STILL PUT THEIR
PLAYERS AT RISK. IF THEY CAN WHY CAN'T THE RESTRUANTS AND BARS?

Posted By: Old Hippy (2:22pm 07-14-2008)

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Hey Charleston I also refuse to give a Charlesto Bussness a dime.
If every one would stop and they would feel a loss maybe the user fee will be revoked.

I also suport the smking ban...its good to breath

Posted By: No to Metro Gov (2:13pm 07-14-2008)

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your arrogant Mayor "Dollar Danny" Jones is doing something stupid. Heand you Thinks things will be better. Nope this will bring more costs on other citys and communities. Lets look at Metro 911 Dunbar and St Albans waited years before jouining but later regret going to them. It took away a person who went out and broke there necks to help someone.Go to the Station no one is there. I and a lot of other Vol. Fire Depts Ihave ben told they regret it also for the same reason. When Metro Gov goes to the littel citys then it will try for us unincoprated towns. Folks biger is not better.Mtro Gov is a lose lose ideal.

Posted By: Doc Dan (1:08pm 07-14-2008)

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Sure have been seeing a lot of empty parking lots at these bars, where are ya non smokers. If I were a bar owner, I'd be a little leary of some of my customers. What few are left, they are the ones that are drinking your liquor and then ratting you out. I guess they don't seem to have enough sense to know that you can smell alcohol on their breath and body also.

Posted By: really (12:19am 07-14-2008)

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I hope the "grill smoke" in the El Dorado doesn't smell like tobacco. Come on taxpayer, surely you can smell the difference between cigarette smoke and grill smoke. As I am sure the other venter could.

Posted By: One Citizen (12:13am 07-14-2008)

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Another national holiday for the moon walk? You must be a government worker since it would mean another holiday for you. Us nitwits in the private sector are tired of paying for all your holidays.

Heck you already get to retire 15 years earlier than we do. So try to hang in there.

Posted By: Taxpayer (11:59am 07-14-2008)

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To Smoking Band, Maybe you should get a job as one of the Health Board's inspectors. Go from bar to bar in the Kanawha County and report as to who and who's not enforcing the ban. The El Dorado is always smokey mostly because of the grill. Do you want them to ban food products at the bars too?

Posted By: yeah right (11:02am 07-14-2008)

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I would like the venter who called in about making a national holiday out of the first moon walk tell me how walking on the moon was more important that finding the country we now live in???

Posted By: Be Fair (11:01am 07-14-2008)

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I find it amusing that a paper that is so staunch in its support of first amendment rights when it applies to themselves is so quick to remove any post that does not agree with their stand on issues.

Posted By: cdh (10:31am 07-14-2008)

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Anyone who is a hardcore Democrat or a hardcore Republican is, in fact, a hardcore idiot. Some of you would support a chimpanzee if it was considered Republican or Democrat. Use your brain and support what is right, even if it means crossing party lines occasionally.

Posted By: northernpanhandle (10:29am 07-14-2008)

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People seem to react to metro government the same way they do about school consolidation. They fear a loss of personal identity. But sometimes, there are more important things than a football team or a city's name.

Posted By: Sophie (10:24am 07-14-2008)

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Re: Metro Government; People are scared of it. They are afraid of job losses,loosing their home town identities, decreases in service, increases in fees & seemingly by the current comments they have no desire to be under the rule of Mayor Jones. If an exact plan were presented to the public to reassure us that are fears are unfounded, perhaps Metro would receive more support. I understand the reasons behind it, but consolidation usually means someone will be out of a job. Please tell me otherwise.

Posted By: Smoking Band (9:51am 07-14-2008)

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I was at the El Derado (sp), in St. Albans, this past Saturday. People still smoke in there... it was actually filled with smoke. I have no problem with it, as long as there is a Designated Driver to drive the drunks home. I don't smoke, but just wondering if they were not following the laws/rule, or they didn't have to?

Posted By: birdgirl (9:48am 07-14-2008)

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Go to court reporting school. You can make $1900. a day!

Posted By: Bingo (9:09am 07-14-2008)

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The Dunbar Bingo Hall is exempt from the smoking ban. The poor venter will have to sit in the non-smoking section. You know the dog track is completely non-smoking, maybe you can go there.

Posted By: Charleston; (8:15am 07-14-2008)

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I can happily say that I have not spent a penny in Charleston since D.Jones was put into office,don't live in Char.and would gladly shop there but I don't want to contribute one penny towards Jones'or any of his cronies pockets.Charleston was once a beautiful city that you could walk all over town shopping at the different stores but now you only have the mall.I don't care to shop where a bunch of manner-less teenagers are hanging out looking for someone to pick on.Why does D.Jones want to build another hotel downtown?When is the last time all the hotels were full and people had to look outside the city for a room? Could it be that D.Jones has part ownership in the land where it's suppose to be built? Truely,the people of Char. has figured this out.There has to be more to it than for the betterment of Char. Could this be the reason why the head of the health dep.stepped down?

Posted By: Just Great (8:13am 07-14-2008)

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Its ok for the older folks to listen "in" on scanners but, most likely the same people whine about national security listening in on possible terrorist activity saying its an invasion of privacy. Listening to a scanner is the same as snooping and for entertainment purposes is sick!

Posted By: Cares (8:13am 07-14-2008)

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The smoking ban is ridiculous! I know of two bars that will probably have to close because business has become so bad since the ban! These are nice folks just trying to make a living. They've invested money, time and hard work into their business and now are on the brink of losing said business! The Health Deparment needs to mind their own business and give these guys theirs back!

Posted By: Daisy (8:02am 07-14-2008)

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In Sundays paper, Congressman Rayhall was all upset about wild horses out west. He is the Chariman of the Congressional Natural Resources Commitee, why does he let the demolition of our mountians, trees and streams here in WV!! I guess that he needs the votes of his cronies and the donations of the coal barrons so that he can stay in power and let WV be destroyed!!

Posted By: Smoking vs Drinking (7:58am 07-14-2008)

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What happened to all the people that were waiting for the smoking ban so they could go to the track?From the way it was commented in the paper,I thought there would be standing room only.The only thing I seen were more people walking around with beer bottles and mixed drinks in there hands.Plenty of machines were open for play.The down side to this is that all the drinking folks were going to be driving home,so the ban didn't improve the number of people playing,just the number of people dringing and driving.As for the person that said now they could go play bingo w/o having to smell people smoking,you might not smell the smoke but now we have nothing to mask the reeking smell of alcohol coming from peoples bodies or the stink of people that have let their right guard go left.I would rather put up with the smokers,then I have a choice rather or not I care to sit beside them because their habit is out in the open,

Posted By: Get Real (6:53am 07-14-2008)

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By not spending my money in Charleston, I have not missed out on anything. What I do have is more money in my savings account and the pleasure of knowing that I am not supporting the deadbeat 50,000 or so residents of Charleston who wanted me to pay for their city. You should open your eyes and wonder why the populaltion of Charleston keeps going down. I can live without Charleston but Charleston cannot survive without those who live outside of Charleston and do their shopping there. Sorry but I will not be one of those people to support your lifestyle. Find another sucker to pay your bills.

Posted By: bapaball (6:38am 07-14-2008)

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To the venter who wants to know "where to go and get a job for 10 hours a week and make $1,900 a month"...
GO TO MEDICAL SCHOOL AND RESIDENCY!