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Tuesday, June 3, 2008 "When news breaks, we fix it" Serving West Virginia since 2005
Brown's deposition shows fix was in for Garrison
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Not that there's anything shocking about it at this point, but the deposition of Rich Rodriguez' agent, Mike Brown, makes it crystal clear that the fix was in for Mike Garrison to be named president at West Virginia University long before the sham of the search process even began.In the portions of the deposition presented below, Brown makes it clear that WVU Board of Governors members Steve Farmer and Drew Payne were assuring Rodriguez that Garrison was going to be the next president.
According to Brown, Garrison even tried to leverage Rodriguez by getting the coach to promise he would support Garrison for president.MIKE BROWN DEPOSITION, PAGE 289
MIKE BROWN DEPOSITION, PAGE 513
It's all relative in West Virginia
Darth
Mojo
Gov. Joe Manchin was quick to demand an apology from Vice President Cheney on Monday after Cheney made a joke about having "Cheneys" on both sides of his family and "we don't even live in West Virginia."Not funny, not even original, but Mojo was outraged nonetheless, saying something about West Virginia sons and daughters answering the call of duty when needed, and other things entirely beside the point, as is his habit.
But in fact, it is difficult to tamp down the jokes about all things being relative in West Virginia when the gov himself contributes to such talk through the kind of cronyism and "relativity" evident at WVU via the current scandal. So which do you think is worse, Cheney's joke about West Virginia, or Mojo's joke on West Virginia? Have fun with it via the poll above.
Evans-Novak see McCain win in the cards
The syndicated Evans & Novak Report has analyzed the presidential race in all 50 states and reached the following conclusion:"For the first time this year, we run through all 50 states plus the District of Columbia in order to handicap the presidential race. Outlook: If the election were held today, we see a McCain victory by the narrowest of margins."The article says the race is likely to come down once again to Ohio, and says West Virginia is solidly Republican."The electoral map looks nearly identical to 2004, with Iowa and Colorado swinging into the Democratic camp. Beneath the surface, however, we see Michigan and Pennsylvania becoming more competitive for Republicans." You can read the article by clicking here.John McCain, shown here addressing supporters at his recent visit to West Virginia, would win the presidential race against Barack Obama if it was held today, according to columnists Evans and Novak.
Weeks campaigns in Potomac Highlands
Republican candidate for governor Russ Weeks will be campaigning this week in the Potomac Highlands region this week, with appearances at the Keyser Rotary Club meeting Thursday and the Strawberry Festival in Mineral County on Saturday. He will also be in Pendleton and Monongalia counties, with events still being finalized, including meetings with WVU faculty at their requestManchin almost ready to make his bold prez choice
According to WSAZ-TV, Gov. Joe Manchin will make a "statement" on Wednesday regarding whether he, as a superdelegate, will be supporting Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton for president.Wednesday, of course, is the day after the final primary elections of the year, ranking the governor right up there with the WVU Board of Governors for boldness.In fact, other West Virginia superdelegates like Jay Rockefeller, Nick Joe Rahall, Alan Mollohan and Robert C. Byrd announced for Obama in recent weeks, while Mojo stayed on the sidelines.