Conservation District Supervisor

Our natural environment in West Virginia is worth protecting. The West Virginia Conservation Agency is tasked with protecting our state, and they work through 14 conservation districts, each of 1 to 6 counties, and 114 conservation district supervisors.

Conservation district supervisors (CDS) are men and women elected by the citizens in their county to support citizens as they interact with the environment, protect people from environmental hazards, and improve our natural world. Duties include (https://www.wvca.us/distSupervisor.cfm#rsp):

  • Be actively involved in the financial management of the district and its budget
  • Through their districts, develop comprehensive plans for: the conservation of soil and soil resources; the control and prevention of soil erosion and flooding; and the conservation, development, use and disposal of water within the district
  • Represent the district at local public meetings regarding conservation of soil, water and other natural resources, and actively promote conservation programs in the community
  • Be available to speak at schools, workshops, field days and other functions
  • Participate in poster contests, camps and competitions for students, as well as photo contests for the public, to help share the conservation message
  • Hire and oversee a work crew (in some districts) to help with conservation practices on farms, like spreading lime or building a fence
  • Attend 12 regularly scheduled board meetings annually, as well as district committee meetings
  • Approve agricultural enhancement applications, in which local farmers (cooperators) agree to voluntary conservation practices on their land
  • Effectively work with state legislators to promote local conservation of natural resources
  • Award contracts for work on dam construction and other projects within the district
  • Serve on related local boards that develop and implement programs to protect and conserve water, woodlands, wildlife and other renewable natural resources
  • Work with partners like the West Virginia Conservation Agency and the federal USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service when necessary

Conservation district supervisors are non-partisan positions elected in the primaries. Terms are four years.

Republican Political History in Raleigh County WV

Explore some history about the Republican Party in Raleigh County, WV.

History is objective in that something real happened. It is subjective in that we often don’t have complete details on what happened, and we have few details about why. History has been used as a political tool since Cicero. At the same time, history provides a fascinating look at our forebears, and why we are where we are today. I have assembled a little history about the Republican Party in Raleigh County, WV. Whatever your political stripe, I encourage you to discover a little bit about the past as a way to inform the future. Politics is tough but it doesn’t have to be hateful.

We are all concerned about coronavirus, civil unrest, and recession. Amidst these worries,  Raleigh County Republicans have some things to be happy about:

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Why Ukraine Will Endure

In this classic David vs. Goliath fight, Ukraine will endure against the powerful Russian bear…as long as they keep fighting.

In the early morning of 24 February, Moscow time, Russian land, air, and sea forces from Byelorussia, Crimea, and Donetsk attacked the Ukraine. Russia and the Ukraine were united with Kazakhstan other states in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Existing since the Bolsheviks overthrew Czar Nicholas II in 1917, the USSR defeated Germany on the eastern front in World War II, invaded Hungary and Czechoslovakia, and stood against the Western World in the Cold War. The fall of the USSR in 1991 splintered the former allies and ushered in a political disaster for Russia.

In the war between Russia and the Ukraine, Russia possesses major advantages. Russia is the largest country in the world at 6.6 million square miles, about 1/8th of the world’s land mass, and has a population of 146 million. According to the 2022 military strength ranking from Global Firepower, Russia is behind only the United States in military power, having 1.35 million personnel, 4100 aircraft, and 605 naval vessels.[1] Its per capita gross domestic product is $11,300. Ukraine, by contrast, extends over 233,000 square miles and has a population of 44 million. According to the 2022 military strength ranking from Global Firepower, Ukraine ranks 23 out of 140 nations surveyed. It has 500,000 total military personnel, 318 aircraft, and 38 naval vessels.[2] Its per capita gross domestic product is $3,727.

If Russia has so many advantages, why will Ukraine endure?

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Whip Inflation Now – WIN

Inflation occurs when too much money is chasing too few goods and services. If ten people each want one hamburger, but only five hamburgers are available, the price of each hamburger will increase, because demand exceeds supply. If fifteen hamburgers are available, the price of each hamburger will decrease, because supply exceeds demand.

Inflation is over 9% in the US, the highest rate since the early 1980s. People in nations across the globe are watching their wages, their savings, and their economic stability evaporate as prices for goods and services skyrocket. Titans of business, whose basic needs of living cost a tiny portion of their net worth, are unfazed. Wage earners, retirees, and average citizens from Andorra to Zimbabwe, suffer.

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A Discourse on Abortion

I was recently engaged in an email discourse with woman on abortion. Her initial, unedited email is as follows:

I read your state party platform section on health and health care. How will you comply with the 100% patient control you espouse in your platform by putting limits on women’s rights during pregnancy? We need an answer to this hypocritical discrepancy. If I can be trusted to legally kill an intruder into my home, make hospice and end of life decisions as someone’s legal representative, or make DNR decisions for myself, how do reconcile? I, too believe that an embryo is human life, a life that was part of my body during pre-viable pregnancy. i was responsible for it, as your platform states. Do you know my religion? Which religion are you promoting with your legalization of ending women’s full and equal civil rights? Forbidding medications and procedures when not licensed to practice medicine sounds illegal to me. When pharmacists and doctors leave the profession or the state, how do you plan to ensure adequate health care that is 100% controlled by us, the citizens? When did an embryo attain more rights than I possess? You owe us answers to these questions. The lawsuits and injunctions are already starting, so prepare for courtroom chaos. Hope that you are not sued for the death of a women who is exercising the rights and beliefs in your own platform. Those of us who are Independents, of religions different from yours, or agnostic require and deserve your justification and reasons before removing our fullest equality

My unedited response:

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