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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Town Hall Meeting on the
2008 West Virginia Republican Party Platform in Eastern Panhandle this Saturday
Bethel Pentecostal Assembly of God Church
2010 Tavern Road, Martinsburg, WV

Saturday, May 3, 2008, 1:30 PM

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Open to West Virginia's Republicans. We want your input!

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For more information, contact:
Delegate John Overington
(304) 274-1791, john@overington.com

Town Hall Meeting on
WVGOP Platform set for May 10th in Charleston
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McKinney, Weeks call for
President Mike Garrison’s swift resignation

West Virginia Republican Party Chairman Doug McKinney and GOP gubernatorial candidate Russ Weeks today jointly called on West Virginia University President Mike Garrison to resign his position, and called on the WVU Board of Governors to make a clean sweep of all other individuals responsible for the embarrassing actions connected to the Heather Bresch degree scandal.

The pair noted that the resignation of Provost Gerald Lang announced Sunday was appropriate, but the issue goes to the core of the leadership at WVU.

“When you fill the presidency of the state’s major university with a purely political appointment, it is not surprising when political scandals are the result,” said McKinney, a WVU alum. “The only way to put this behind us and begin to heal is for a clean sweep of everyone involved in this travesty.”

 “Newspapers across the state are calling for accountability in this matter, and I agree. If something like this happened on a ship in the Navy, the captain would immediately be relieved, and a full investigation would be underway,” said Weeks, a Navy veteran. 

The special investigative panel that decided whether Ms. Bresch had been properly awarded an eMBA degree found that there was “palpable pressure” to “not rock the boat.”

“The boat is rocking now, and the waters need to be calmed,” said Weeks. “The only way to restore confidence in the university, and to convince every West Virginian that WVU takes this as seriously as it should, is to make an immediate change at the top.”

 McKinney added, “Already, donors are threatening to withhold their support, and faculty members are expressing their outrage. This needs to be dealt with quickly and decisively. The university was quick to award a degree that had not been earned. I hope it will be as quick to fix the apparent cronyism that allowed that to happen.”

If they have their way...
Future state Democrat leaders will put coal miners out of work
(Click to read the story in the Herald-Dispatch)

West Virginia once again rated nation's worst legal climate
(Click to read the story in the Charleston Daily Mail)