What Will They Think of Next

Officials consider precinct changes

PARKERSBURG — Political party executive committeemen will be affected by a proposed realignment of the boundaries of 42 voting precincts in Wood County.

......and Greg Smith of Vienna, a Republican, will see his district change from B-2 to B-3.

"So if those three individuals (executive committee members listed above) choose to run again for office in 2010, they will have to run from another district because they will no longer live in the district they are serving right now," Ross said.

They will continue to serve out their time in their current district, but these three will live in a different district after the move, and that will have an affect on who will be running for the next election," Ross explained.

My thought:
Magisterial District B-3 is currently occupied by Robert Hammond, although the last time he actually ran for his seat on the Wood County Republican Executive Committee was 2002 when he lived in Parkersburg and was elected to represent District A-3, which under WV code 3-1-9 as revised by Senate Bill 607 will no longer be legal.

This small bit of information isn't known to many and omitted by others, so I am being moved into a District that is occupied and more than likely I will have another contested race next election.

Let me say that having successfully defended my current seat on the WCREC for the past 13 years, and most recently against Dr. Fred Gillespie in 2006, I look forward to the 2010 election cycle and hope that my vacated seat in Vienna District B-2 will be filled and utilized to the advancement of our Republican Party.