Hey kids! Mojo here! To demonstrate my "tough on crime" credentials, I recently started cracking down on critters and varmits that have escaped from their owners and began running amuck through our countryside, as you can see by these pictures! For instance, somebody's giant rabbit was caught raiding my private carrot juice stash, but fortunately, through the quick intervention of our First Lady, he surrendered willingly! But somebody else's pet pig was not so cooperative, and I had to personally apprehend him and bring him to justice after he was caught robbing Jon Amores' closet! And saddest of all, somebody's turkey refused to give himself up
< NEW! Search the Republican Gazette archives!
Abernathy Strategies
New for 2007-08
RepublicanGazette
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Submissions welcome
The Republican Gazette welcomes Emails to the Editor and press releases. All submitted items must include the name and contact information for the author of the article, and all articles will only be published with the author's name included. Thank you for reading and participating in The Republican Gazette, another of West Virginia's most biased publications.
All opinions are those of The Republican Gazette and its editor, Gary Abernathy, except letters or commentary signed by others, and do not reflect the views of anyone else, including clients of Abernathy Strategies.
---
E. Panhandle officials call for special session on toughening wiretap laws
Legislators and law enforcement representatives in the Eastern Panhandle held a press conference on Wednesday calling for a special session and a constitutional amendment to toughen the state's wiretap laws.
The event was another call to action in the wake of the state Supreme Court's ruling in the State v. Mullens case, which made it more difficult to record drug buys and has led to the dismissal or collapse of investigations around the state.
The press conference was intended to be a bipartisan event, but at the last minute state Sen. John Unger and Delegate Bob Tabb reportedly made calls to area officials urging them not to participate.
In fact, in the Hagerstown Herald-Mail on Wednesday, Tabb -- apparently carrying the water for the Manchin administration -- said, "To me, it's everybody trying to grab the headlines." Tabb said Gov. Joe Manchin has pledged to address the issue.
Tabb, Unger reportedly worked to protect Manchin from criticism
Tabb's remarks took his fellow panhandle legislators by surprise, since he had seemed supportive of the event earlier in the week. And one area sheriff did not show up reportedly after being urged by Unger not to participate.
At the press conference, held at the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department, Delegates Craig Blair, Walter Duke, John Overington and Daryl Cowles were joined by representatives of law enforcement agencies from panhandle counties.
They made the point that not only are investigations falling apart in the wake of the Mullens ruling, the lives of undercover investigators are endangered by the inability to use wiretapping technology.
Manchin has said he sees no need to call a special session to deal with the issue.
The Mullens case was decided on a split vote, with Justices Larry Starcher, Robin Davis and Joe Albright voting against the State, and Brent Benjamin and Spike Maynard dissenting.
Rockefeller caters to unions with vote to end protection of secret ballots
Organized labor feels largely responsible for the Democrat takeover of Congress last year, and now they're demanding their payback from those they supported with big campaign bucks, including Sen. Jay Rockefeller.
Rockefeller, along with liberals like Hillary Clinton and Ted Kennedy, is supporting a bill that would remove the secret ballot requirement from the union organization process
and allow union bosses to coerce workers into signing cards authorizing an unwanted union. The legislation is scheduled to reach the Senate floor for a Cloture vote today.
All told, Rockefeller has received about $983,000 from labor -- the fifth highest of any senator up for election in 2008 -- and $55,000 since January alone. The Wall Street Journal's John Fund has an excellent op-ed on this.
after I caught him handing out "Vote No On Table Games" leaflets! You see what happened? It made me sad, too! So please teach your pets to obey all of our laws and to do what's best for our state! I'll be watching!
Dems drive approval of Congress to
all-time low
According to the latest Gallup poll, approval of Congress is at an all-time low of 14%, after just six months of Democrat control. Good job Harry and Nancy.
