Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Marcellus & Woody (HB 401)

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The legislation to regulate drilling into huge natural gas deposits of "Marcellus Shale" in West Virginia was intensely debated an...
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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Thornton Cooper's Legislative Proposal

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Thornton, I would be pleased and proud to support and even cosponsor your forthcoming legislative proposal to provide single member district...
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Saturday, November 12, 2011

The Sunday Session

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Early this morning, while continuing to ponder about the duress of choosing between participating in a special session of the West Virgi...
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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Mark Barone writes

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"Dear Delegate Larry D. Kump,  I just wanted to take a moment of your time and let you know that I have discovered your website, ...
Wednesday, November 9, 2011

More on "Sad", from an upset Mountaineer citizen

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No, he's just a politician doing what they do best - Thumbing their noses at God. Whether it's taxing the poor on their grocerie...

Sad

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"It's simply so sad that the West Virginia Governor called a Special Session of the Legislature for the Lord's Day (Sunday)...
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Unloading on the Proposed Gun Law

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Larry,  I have to unload and hideout my concealed weapon every time I go to the same place for permits. Technically no firearms are allowed ...
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Legislative Leader's Rebuttal on Proposed Gun Law

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Larry: I addressed this to you so you could pass the info along to your constituents in the manner you see fit rather than it coming from m...

Attorney Rebuts Prosecutor on Proposed Gun Law

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As both the attorney for Joshua Beck, who was falsely charged (Ms. Neely's office dropped the charges today, to her credit) with carryin...
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County Prosecutor Wants Gun Law

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Notice to Website Readers: Please see below and advise me of your specific thoughts and suggestions regarding Ms. Neely's proposal. ...
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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Conversations about Prisons Built by Taxpayers

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Good job Larry! As always, love your insight. Building more government prisons isn't the answer! Perhaps we have too many laws? Too much...
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

WV Candidates File for 2012 Election

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Please click on the underlined headline below for a direct link to the newspaper story: Panhandle res...
Thursday, September 15, 2011

Magisterial Districts & Dinosaurs

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A Letter to the Editor: A hearty "Amen!" to the recent editorial by Morgan County's weekly "Morgan Messenger"...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Tom Crouser on Electoral Justice (and eating steak)

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Thanks, Tom. Aptly put. Let's all eat steak! Larry ------------------------------------------------------------- Larry, For wha...
Saturday, August 20, 2011

WV Legislature Tramples Equal Justice

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 Refusing to grant even a token public hearing on the new West Virginia House of Delegates redistricting proposal (HB 201), House of Delegat...
Thursday, August 18, 2011

Road Apples (a Letter to the Editor)

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 The Charleston Daily Mail's Thursday, August 18th "West Virginians Want One Delegate Districts " editorial accurately refle...

WV Special Session Update

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HB 201 is the title of the newly introduced bill on legislative redistricting that now is being considered in the West Virginia House of Del...
Friday, August 12, 2011

WV Legislature Called Back into Another Session

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Another Special Session of the Legislature, regarding a "Do-Over" of HB 106 (redistricting the West Virginia House of Delegates), ...
Thursday, August 11, 2011

WV Governor to Order a "Do-Over"

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After a tidal wave of outrage from citizens about the ill-conceived and poorly executed legislation recently enacted by the West Virginia Le...
Monday, August 8, 2011

WV Special Legislative Session News

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The two major outcomes of the West Virginia 2011 Special Legislative Session were the vote to completely eliminate the grocery sales tax and...
Friday, August 5, 2011

Fighting for Legislative Justice

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Delegate Larry D. Kump, speaking in the Chamber of the West Virginia House of Delegates on behalf of single-member legislative districts:
Thursday, August 4, 2011

The Vote on Single Member Districts

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Minutes ago, the West Virginia House of Delegates voted down a proposed amendment to HB 106 (39 YEAS and 61 Nays, Roll Call Vote #511, 1:...

Legislators Shun Citizen Scrutiny

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Yesterday afternoon, the West Virginia House of Delegates voted against the process proposal by Delegate Tim Armstead (R-Kanawha) to create ...
Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Leaders Stonewall Reform

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The leadership of the West Virginia House of Delegates and the House Redistricting Committee successfully opposed each and every amendment o...
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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Eastern Panhandle Legislative News

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Clink on the link below for the story details: http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/565058/Redistricting-map-proposed-for-3-...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Who Should Pay?

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A Letter to the Editor of the Morgan Messenger printed on Wednesday, July 20th, 2011: Dear Editor, Your recent (July 13th, www.morgan-me...
Friday, July 8, 2011

Berkeley County Council on Redistricting

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Clink on the link below for the story details: http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/564448/Council-supports-Kump-s--proposal...
Thursday, July 7, 2011

Public Accessibility Triumphs!

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Clink the link below for the rest of the story: http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/564351/Airport-s-first-evening-meeting-h...
Friday, June 17, 2011

Sent to a Citizen Outside My District

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Dear XXXXXX, On the issue of your query if Delegates should only respond to citizens within their legislative districts, it is true that man...
Thursday, June 16, 2011

Special Legislative Session Set on WV Redistricting

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If you would, please spread the word that the Speaker of the House of Delegates has indicated that the Special Session of the Legislature on...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Returning & Reporting on Redistricting

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The first official meeting of the West Virginia House of Delegates Redistricting Committee yesterday mostly was a proforma and procedural no...
Friday, June 3, 2011

Now is the Time

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Take a moment to learn more about what's going on with legislative redistricting. Click on "WV State Legislature" under ...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Back Room Political Shenanigans?

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The following letter to the editor was published this morning by the Martinsburg, West Virginia Journal: On Wednesday evening, the 4th o...
Saturday, April 23, 2011

Not Okay with Kay!

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Click on the link below: http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/560186/SB-550-sends-the-wrong-message-about-our-state.html?nav...
Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Matthew Harris on "Gambling or Groceries?"

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Click on the link below: http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/560004/Bill-purchasing-gambling-machines-is-serious-mistake.ht...
Monday, April 18, 2011

Gambling or Groceries?

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There has been some confusion and publicity in our Eastern Panhandle about which Delegates voted for or against entirely eliminating the Wes...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Gambling Away Prosperity

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West Virginia Senate Bill 550 recently was signed into law, and it's,pure and simple, just plain bad governance and bad news for West ...
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Monday, April 4, 2011

Even More State Budget News

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Click on the link below: http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/559041/Savings--Study-of-PEIA-rolls-finds-millions-wasted.html...
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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Legislative Session News Wrap-Up

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 The forthcoming West Virginia State Budget continues to be insufficently transparent and accessable for citizen review. In addition to fai...
Saturday, March 12, 2011

Reprieve on Property Tax Increases

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 SJR 9, a proposed Constitutional Amendment which would have made it much easier for county and local governments to pass non-school bonds...