Thursday, December 31, 2020

New Year's Reflections

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A friend shared the following five New Year's reflections with me: 1. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachu...
Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Meanwhile...

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For the remainder of my term of office, and beyond even then, I'll still be working hard to protect and empower all of us!  🙂 Simply pu...
Monday, November 23, 2020

Thankful & looking foward to new elections

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 FALLING WATERS, WV - Thankful for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday and reflecting upon our recent West Virginia elections, West Virginia D...

My wife Cheryl is (still) a "Hottie"!

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 Christine (middle) and Adam Sprang (right) are both resplendent as well as radiant in their wedding photo, but the "hottie" ...
Saturday, November 21, 2020

How this Citizen Legislator Serves

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 Recent legislative differences of opinions and even some calumnious eruptions within the halls of our West Virginia State Legislature ha...
Friday, November 20, 2020

Just Doing His Duty

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 West Virginia Delegate Larry D. Kump, of Falling Waters,  previously participated in an all day "Institute", hosted by the...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Character Counts!

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As previously published in "The Journal" daily newspaper, by Ed Singhas: "Some of the social changes we’ve had to endur...
Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Kump Biography

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Larry D. Kump came out of retirement and was first elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates in 2010, serving two terms in office ...
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Monday, November 2, 2020

Who wants free ice cream?

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The Presidential election was heating up, and some grade school children were showing an interest. The teacher decided that havin...

"Mouseland" (or, the Power of Principles over Politics)

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The "Mouseland" fable originally was written in the 1940's by Clarence Gillis, and then later narrated by the late Tommy D...
Saturday, October 31, 2020

In the House of Delegates Chamber

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 This photo was taken, while I was speaking during a previous Summer legislative interim committee meeting, as the sunshine streamed thro...
Friday, October 2, 2020

Horton Hears Whom?

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                                 " To get the full value of a joy, you must have somebody to divide it with." -Samuel Clemens ...
Friday, September 18, 2020

Why It Matters

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 Especially now and in these troubled times, some of us even are questioning our Constitution , which is our God given well-spring of our ...
Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Listening, Working Together, and Getting the Job Done

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  "Larry D. Kump has been a friend and a teacher for me.  He taught me how government works.  Many years ago, when we both worked as ...

About God & Good Governance

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After wondering and worrying about the issues and those who seek our election validation and votes in 2020, a prayerful poem by Mead...
Thursday, August 27, 2020

Martin Niemoller & Us

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The ongoing firearms phobia and also the current obsession with hateful and divisive "Identity Politics" by much of our...
Friday, August 21, 2020

Montani Semper Liberi & More!

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Here are just a few fascinating facts about West Virginia: *Montani Semper Liberi!” (“Mountaineers are Always Free!”) is our official S...
Thursday, August 20, 2020

The Genesis of West Virginia?

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God was nowhere to be seen for six days. Finally, Michael, the Archangel, found him resting on the seventh day. Michael asked God, ...
Wednesday, August 19, 2020

The View from Our Front Porch

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 This woodsy view was photographed from our front porch (see photo below), early in the misty morning by my wondrous wife Cheryl.  For...
Monday, August 17, 2020

"Animal Farm" & Our Times

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Was George Orwell a secular prophet for our times? This August was the anniversary month of the publication of George Orwell's ...
Friday, August 14, 2020

...and a little child will lead them!

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A good many years ago and after our local church services, the eight year old daughter of Tom and Jennifer Merrill asked me about govern...
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Sunday, August 9, 2020

"Granfalloon" & More...

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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., in "Cat's Cradle", described a meaningless event as a "Granfalloon", and, sadly, some view ...
Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Benefited by Ben

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Previously, Ben Kelkye traveled to West Virginia for our Berkeley County Republican Club meeting, and, among other topics, this Master Tr...

From a State Police Troop Commander

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This heartening and personal note, from several years ago, truly warmed my heart. "Good afternoon Delegate Kump, This is just a ...
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Monday, August 3, 2020

Travel & Troopers

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As I recently re-read this previous post of mine from 2012 (see below), I was reminded anew of the dangerous nature of the jobs that our ...
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A Life Lesson

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 On a previous Saturday morning, I was a guest on Elliot Simon's "Common Sense" radio broadcast from Shepherd University, ...
Saturday, August 1, 2020

The Doctor was "IN"

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Previously, James "Doc" Warner  traveled across the Potomac River, to speak to the Berkeley County Republican Club at the Holi...

A Grass-Roots Education Reform Proposal

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This previous 2013 letter of mine still makes lots of sense to me, especially here and now. What do you think? "Dear Senator Unge...