Choosing treatment over prison
We can choose treatment, not prison… and invest in schools, not jails. We can invest in mental health services that are more cost effective.
Choosing the side of people sick of potholes
They wear duck caps, because the potholes in Preston County are so deep and so neglected that ducks have taken up residence.
Choosing the side of foster children
Foster families should not be profit centers. “My son doesn’t need less care. He needs more. My wife and I don’t need more bureaucracy. We need less.”
Choosing the side of foster kids
“Pancakes make me sick to my stomach. In one house, that’s all they gave us—breakfast, lunch and dinner. For a year. I’ll never eat pancakes again.” Isaiah has lived in too many foster placements to remember. “I can’t even say the number. Foster parents don’t…
Choosing the side of grandparents raising grandchildren
Grandparents are raising grandkids at staggering numbers. We have lost a generation of parents—not just to drugs, but to greed.
Choosing the side of striking teachers and school service personnel
Two years ago, a few West Virginians got together because they wanted to support their striking teachers, subs, cooks, and bus drivers. They never thought they’d raise $332,970 for a strike fund. Two of those volunteers were Cathy Kunkel and Stephen Smith. Inspired by the…
Choosing the side of school children
Our kids aren’t wrong to want a world where everyone lives with dignity. We are wrong to deprive them of it—especially in the wealthiest time in our state’s history.
Choosing the side of Public Employees and DOH Workers
You can’t fix the roads without workers. We have hundreds fewer DOH workers than we did 10 years ago. They’re leaving because they’re underpaid. Two years ago, UE Local 170 fought for pay raises and a new pay structure for highway workers. They won. But…
Choosing the side of highway workers
We’ve asked thousands of voters what they would do if they were governor. The most common answer: “fix the roads.”
Choosing the side of EMTs
David makes $11 an hour. Some EMT’s make less. We still have volunteer emergency management services in many towns and counties.