We will hold a Voter Service’s meeting on February 1, 7:00 p.m. at Kitty Lozier’s home at at 345 Virginia Avenue.
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We will hold our Natural Resource Committee meeting on January 17, 7:00 p.m. at Kitty Lozier’s home in Morgantown at 345 Virginia Avenue. In this edition: Legislator’s Forum – December 7th!We encourage members and the public to come and learn about the activities of our legislators and their priorities. Anthony Barill, Charlene Marshall, Amanda Pasdon, Bob Beach, Roman Prezioso, and Barbara Fleischauer are expected to be in attendance. After a question answer period, we will have time to talk individually with them (also lots of goodies). See you there! 7:30 pm, at Suncrest United Methodist Church, 479 Van Voorhis Road. Board MeetingThe next Board Meeting for the Morgantown LWV will be held Wednesday, January 4. We will meet at Panera’s at 5:30 p.m. to plan our Spring Calendar. LWV National Study and Consensus Results: The Role of the Federal Government in Public EducationWe had an excellent turnout for our Education Consensus on November 16th, and the informal format of enjoying Pizza/snacks while discussing the questions worked well. Everyone was intent on understanding the issues, and we were able to reach agreement on most of the 15 questions. We really appreciate Jonathan projecting the information and the questions on Power Point slides. Now it will be up to the National Board of the LWV to put together the responses from the Leagues all over the US, and come up with a Consensus that can be used to lobby Legislators when it comes time to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Natural Resources ReportSpecial session. Will it happen? Legislative aid of Tomblin said “I would bet all the money I have in my pocket that you’ll see a special session in a few weeks.” In the meantime sign this petition: http://www.change.org/petitions/petition-to-demand-a-special-session-on-marcellus Coming soon to this website! An article about the November 22nd meeting with Heather Dingman, Principal Planner for Morgantown. She discussed how the City hopes to handle Shale Gas drilling now that the City cannot enforce the Horizontal Hydraulic drilling ban. Get Your Updated Guide to Government OfficialsFind out how in our attached newsletter.
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TO REGISTER CLICK HERE. Agenda: Here Morgantown City Council was under the impression that they had 4 months to appeal Judge Tuckers ruling. Some of you may have seen this letter from the League of Women Voters of Morgantown-Monongalia County to the Morgantown City Council. Now according to State Journal reporter Pam Kasey, the City ignored ”a change to the West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure on Dec. 1, 2010, requiring that a Notice of Appeal be filed within 30 days of entry of the judgment being appealed,” said Jackson Kelly lawyer Laurie Miller in an email response to a query from The State Journal. The ban is effectively dead. Fracking begins today at the Morgantown Industrial Park. Pam’s full article is at http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=108844. In this edition (a must read): Membership Meeting – October 5th! We encourage members and their guests to come and learn about the League’s activities. Now is the time for members to bring guests who may be interested in joining the League. We will have lots of goodies and time to talk with one another at this special time at the Aull Center in the Garlow House. See you soon! Updated Guide to Government Officials is now available. Calendar Every month, 1st Wednesday – Board Meeting at 7 pm. Please join us! October 4, Tuesday – Special Election for Governor. Early voting from Sept. 21 – Oct. 1 at Mountaineer Mall. October 5, Wednesday – Membership meeting at 7pm at the Garlow House next to the Morgantown Public Library. Encourage members and their guests to come and learn about the League’s activities. Now is the time for members to bring guests who may be interested in joining the League. Thanks! October 11, Tuesday – Natural Resources Meeting 7 pm at 345 Virginia Avenue (NR report in newsletter) November 16, Wednesday – Discussion and Consensus at 6:30 pm at Suncrest United Methodist Church. All members are invited! (Complete story in newsletter) Links from NR report Sign this online petition Good sites to visit http://wv4mom.org (WV for Moratorium on Marcellus) http://marcellus-wv.com (educational) http://news.marcellus-wv.com (news from the media) Social Sites http://www.facebook.com/groups/marcelluswv http://www.facebook.com/groups/stopthefracking All about our website! http://www.lwvwv.org/category/league-of-women-votes-of-wv/morgantown/ FB site: http://www.facebook.com/pages/League-of-Women-Voters-of-West-Virginia/131217533602616 How to pay your membership dues!
On June 2 a meeting cosponsored by the Morgantown LWV was held at Skyview Elementary in Morgatown, WV. Guests included Randy Huffman. This is a recap of the presentations, conversations, ordinances and the resolutions. Public Meeting on the Adverse Impacts of the Marcellus Natural Gas Activities:
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