This is what you might call a “trashy” letter, but if you live in Parkersburg, you should take the time to read. Your mayor and his buddies on council are trying to privatize your city trash service. I would say they are lazy and incompetent! Lazy because it’s a lot easier to take bids, ...
As I’ve written before, the mayor and council of the City of Parkersburg is failing its citizens. The sanitation issue is a result of the mayor’s refusal to hire sufficient staff and the council’s refusal to pay them fairly. Consequently, sanitation department employees are resigning for ...
The so-called “No King” rallies are meaningless, as we have no king. We have a president, duly elected, by 77.3 million voters. The number of citizens attending “No King” rallies is allegedly 7 million, although most estimates have the number at closer to 1 million. “No King” ...
Several months ago you had an article in the Parkersburg newspaper about prohibiting the feeding of abandoned and homeless animals. This upset me. Many feral animals have been abandoned by their owners, just dropped off somewhere to try to survive on their own. What is a person to do if they ...
“Be prepared,” is the motto for Scouting America. Sadly, the same cannot be said for the multi-million dollar Wood County Resiliency Center remotely located on the floodplain of Third Street. After checking their website touting its, “multi-purpose use, as a hub for various emergencies, ...
[Recently] at the Parkersburg City Council several persons stood and spoke against approving the additional expenses related to the purchase of a Lenco BearCat Armored Personnel Carrier. I respect all of those who had the courage to stand and speak. Personally, I pointed out that the long ...