Marsh Fork Elementary – Update
I have written a few times about Marsh Fork Elementary and the battle for a new school, see here and here. Thanks in a large part to my good friend Ed Wiley and his Pennies of Promise campaign the battle for a new safer school has been won. Victory: New School For Marsh Fork Elementary [...]
A Rare Thumbs Up & the Usual Thumbs Down
Let it never be said that I’m am not one to give credit where credit is due. As much as I have ranted about WV political leaders I have to give some of them credit for finally doing the right thing contrary to what the coal industry, or Massey Energy in this case, would have [...]
Mountain Aid 2009
From their website – When and where. The concert will take place June 19-21, 2009 at the Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival in Chatham County, North Carolina. The festival site is located 15 miles south of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. —- More details. At this time Nashville artist and West Virginia native Kathy Mattea is scheduled [...]
Fight for the Children, Stripmining Black History Month
Couple of things I’m going to talk about today. The first is the fight for the kids. I had an opportunity yesterday to discuss the issue of the kids with a proponent of coal. My question to them was this – Do you think there is even the remotest possibility the slurry impoundment could break [...]
Learning In The Shadow
This entire post is related to the video in Bluemountainmama’s post. — I have to say, one thing that really gets on my nerves – when proponents of coal try to appeal to my patriotic values. I’m going to clear something up. I love this country from one end to the other, top to bottom. [...]




