Letters to the Editor

Save Moundsville Country Club

Editor, News-Register: Moundsville Country Club is a beautiful and iconic golf course in our area. It is in danger of closing and being sold for economic development. Many members are attempting to save it. They have presented great ideas for revitalization and for restructured use of the course and its facilities to the board. Unfortunately, their suggestions have fallen on deaf ears. The membership needs control of operations to reestablish financial stability and implement these ideas. We welcome any support and suggestions from the community. I suggest joining the Save MCC 1009 ...

Ban Conversion Therapy Locally

Editor, News-Register: On Nov. 16, 2021, I spoke before the Wheeling City Council and called upon them to ban the practice of conversion therapy. Since then, the cause has received Valley-wide attention, both positive and negative. Conversion therapy, for those reading who have no prior knowledge of this issue, is any attempt to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Making the practice of conversion therapy, also referred to as reparative therapy, illegal in Wheeling would not only be protecting LGBTQ youth, but also protecting human rights amongst one of the ...

Utica Shale Drilling Benefits Ohio

Editor, News-Register: Austin Lakes RV Park and Cabins is nestled on 1,300 acres within Jefferson County, where we provide space to guests from all over to come and enjoy what nature has to offer. Over the years, we have leased our land to various companies to allow for natural gas and oil development while using the revenue made to make long-term investments and conservation efforts into the tree farm and RV Park. A conservation project we are most proud of is our work alongside the Jefferson County Soil and Water Conservation District where we planted clover and milkweed to ...

Editor, News-Register: In a true democracy: it is one 18 year-old person, one vote. Period. According to the one vote per person principle of true democracy the democrats would have won every presidential election since 1988, except for 2004. There would not have been any 2020 “Big Lie” nonsense as Hillary Clinton would have been president running for reelection, against who knows, as Trump would have been vanquished in 2016 as Hillary trounced Trump by 3 million votes that year. President Biden humiliated Trump by annihilating him by more than 7 million votes. The January ...

McKinley Vote Matters for W.Va.

Editor, News-Register: As a Communications Workers of America (CWA) union member and a resident of West Virginia, improving our infrastructure and creating good-paying union jobs in our state is a very important issue for me and many other workers in our state. It’s especially important that we use our tax dollars to protect workers and reward employers with high labor standards. The recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act does just that. The law delivers plenty of needed investment to West Virginia. It includes money for roads and bridges, clean drinking water, ...

The Passing of a Great American

Editor, News-Register: The recent passing of the iconic former U.S. Sen. Robert “Bob” Dole, who served his home state of Kansas and our nation admirably for 36 years beginning with his tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1960-68, followed by 28 years in the U.S. Senate, including 11 very productive years as the Republican leader in the Senate, also gives one the opportunity to reflect on a time when the U.S. government seemed much more dedicated to work that would benefit our great country and its people, as opposed to the unprecedented partisan motivation of elected ...