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McGraw at the fair
Thursday, July 17, 2008
NEWS & NOTES
Marilyn Parsons gets due attention
Marilyn Parsons, longtime secretary for the Republican House caucus, was the subject Tuesday of an excellent feature story by Charleston Gazette reporter Tom Searls.Searls noted that Marilyn is "the woman who has institutional knowledge of legislative workings inside and out, and can write a bill for a lawmaker or sew his buttons back on."The story quotes Delegate Ron Walters as saying, "She's like a computer full of knowledge, a blog with all the information of the day. We should have a Marilyn in every department up there and the place would be better off."Marilyn is well deserving of the attention, and you can read the whole interesting story by clicking here.
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McGraw at it again!!
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Attorney General Darrell McGraw is at it again, using taxpayer-funded items as political handouts at county fairs. These two pictures were taken Tuesday at the Putnam County Fair, where "Consumer Protection" and "Consumer Fraud" items were being handed out along with campaign materials from Democrat candidates. In 2002, when caught using an official Attorney General fair display as a focal point for handing out Democrat campaign materials, McGraw apologized in a column by The Charleston Gazette's Fanny Seiler. It seems his regret was short-lived.
Weeks urges Manchin to require Health Care revisions be changed
Russ Weeks, a Beckley native and Republican candidate for governor, Wednesday called on Gov. Joe Manchin to reject proposed changes to the standards West Virginia hospitals must follow when offering cardiac catheterization services until hospitals like Raleigh General Hospital are more fairly represented.The revisions on which Manchin must decide by Friday do not permit hospitals like RGH to provide full scale heart services, including both diagnostic and therapeutic catheterizations, if they are within an hour of a facility already offering such services. The new standards indicate RGH is only 58 minutes from CAMC in Charleston, thereby precluding RCG from upgrading its services.“Raleigh General might be 58 minutes from CAMC with a police escort or in the wee hours of the morning,” said Weeks. “But with five stop lights and heavy traffic during the day, it often takes at least ten minutes just to travel from the Raleigh General emergency room to the entrance of the Turnpike." Weeks said the people of southern West Virginia deserve to enjoy the benefits of the best medical care they can receive, but the recommendations of the Health Care Authority don’t meet those needs.McCain HQ opens today in Charleston
The McCain for President headquarters grand opening will be held today in Charleston. The headquarters is located at 111 Hale Street, located between Capitol and Dickinson streets.Ceremonies will begin at 2:30 with a meet and greet, followed by a lineup of speakers at 3 p.m., with an open house lasting until 5 p.m.For more information, call 304-541-1314 or 304-541-1203.Capito dwarfs Barth in latest fundraising totals
The 2nd Quarter Federal Election Commission reports were due yesterday, and heading into the critical stretch of the campaign, Shelley Moore Capito holds a 3.5 to 1 advantage in 
SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO
cash-on-hand over candidate Anne Barth, as shown here:
Capito: $388,649 Raised, $1,237,146 COH.
Barth: $295,824 Raised, $353,449 COH.
