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Clerk encourages voters to preview lengthy primary ballots
MORGANTOWN — Due to the length of the ballot in the upcoming primary election, Monongalia County Clerk Carye Blaney is encouraging voters to familiarize themselves with the […]
‘Our community supports education’
Not your “grandfather’s vo-tech.” That’s how John Chadwick described the proposed Renaissance Academy to members of the Monongalia County Board of Education at a meeting last June. […]
Trump is unfit, but leave him on the ballot so voters can give him the boot
by George Skelton Even a despicable menace like Donald Trump deserves a fair shake. He shouldn’t be punished before being convicted. In America, everyone’s innocent until proved […]
Colorado decision striking Trump from ballot is a boon, not a setback
by Mark Z. Barabak Donald Trump received an early Christmas present Tuesday, courtesy of the Colorado Supreme Court. In a move without precedent, the justices ruled 4-3 […]
Trump is rotten. But that doesn’t mean he should be kicked off the ballot
by Mark Z. Barabak Donald Trump is a cancer on the body politic, a malignant tumor of a man who turns just about everything he touches into […]