Letters to the editor

Dem’s voter appreciation event

The “Voter Appreciation” event at City Park Sunday was covered by the paper as a non-partisan event. (Unfortunately some of our fine GOP elected officials were snookered.) The bipartisan label is difficult to understand when the article in advance was all about the Democrats who were running the event.

Walking by the event I saw the featured billboard-bus with its campaign signs for a Democrat running for Secretary of State in 2008, Democrats purchased and gave out 200 Democrat campaign T-shirts that folks were wearing, Democrats paid for the food and the good country band brought in from Charleston who were wearing Democrat campaign shirts, major Democrat state officeholders from the Democrat-dominated Legislature and judicial branch were featured, etc.

This event was obviously a successful campaign event for Democrats in 2008. I suppose the Vast Democrat Establishment feels they need even more Democrats in office and are targeting Wood County. After 79 years of Democrat State Legislative and Judicial Control and 90-plus percent of the time control of all executive positions they feel they want 100 percent. With our state of West Virginia ranking 50th or 49th in every important national rating, guess who has to take responsibility?

Allen Ross

Parkersburg