When Will Newspapers Figure Out That The Way To Keep Subscribers Is To Report...
Yesterday I emailed the 13th circuit court to find out why I can't find the exact text of the sentence Judge Carrie Webster handed down to local drug felon, Timothy Basham, on the internet. A few hours...
View ArticleThank You, Linda Allen, Rhonda Cavender and a Kanawha Circuit Court Employee...
I want to thank Linda Allen, Rhonda Cavender and a Kanawha Circuit Court employee I only know as "Jenny." Linda and Rhonda emailed me copies of the sentence Judge Carrie Webster handed down in the...
View ArticleTimothy Basham Sentenced to 1 - 5 years in South Central Regional Jail
13th Circuit Judge, Carrie Webster, has sentenced St. Albans' most notorious Opana dealer, Timothy Basham, to 1 - 5 years in South Central Regional Jail. Basham will get credit for the 279 days he...
View ArticleBreaking News: Local TV Station ALMOST Reports On The Sentence Judge Carrie...
Until she read the email I sent to local media after I published Wednesday's post about Timothy Basham's sentencing on drug charges, the TV reporter who called me didn't know Basham had been convicted....
View ArticleJudge Jennifer Bailey To Participate In Drug Addiction Summit Monday June 1
I don't know Kanawha 13th circuit Judge Judge Jennifer Bailey so when I heard she would be a panelist at tomorrow's West Virginia Addiction Summit I didn't know if she's going to be the 13th circuit...
View Article13th Circuit Judge Serves As A Panelist In A Public Drug Summit, Risks...
With the exception of the 13th circuit's newest judge, Joanna Tabit, I have sent letters to every 13th circuit judge inviting them - pleading with them - to come out to a St. Albans Neighborhood Watch...
View ArticleThe Blog Zone on Linkedin
Thanks to the hard work of the late Mike Clough, The Blog Zone is already Linkedin's largest blogger group but my goal is to make it the best. To make The Blog Zone attractive to bloggers, journalists,...
View ArticleHow Obamacare Creates New Clients For One Charleston Business
Here's something you don't hear every day: Obamacare (The Affordable Care Act) is driving new clients into the arms of some industries and businesses. One such business is Commercial Technology Group...
View ArticleHumane Society Hires New State Director - and - Will St. Albans Use Its New...
HSUS (Humane Society of the United States) Names New WV Lobbyist and State DirectorIn case you missed it, Heather Perkins Severt is the new Humane Society of the United States lobbyist and State...
View ArticleOpen Letter To Huntington Mayor Steve Williams: Make Huntington The...
Open Letter To Huntington Mayor Steve Williams800 Fifth AvenueP.O. Box 1659Huntington, WV 25701Don’t waste the opportunity 27 heroin overdoses in 4 hours have given you. Seize this opportunity to use...
View ArticleI Helped Bust A Drug Dealer. Now I Want Lawmakers To Bust The System That...
Yesterday I told a group of systems thinkers that the “war on drugs” is really a giant “red bead experiment” that proves day after day that our “war on drugs” is not a “broken system” but a system that...
View ArticleJoseph Higginbotham On Mike Queen's Radio Show Friday 28 October
I will be Mike Queen's radio guest this Friday 28 October on his WAJR radio show in Clarksburg. Time: 9AM. Topic - and these are Mike Queen's words - "The Intrigue Surrounding Charlotte Pritt's...
View ArticleMy Appearance On Today's Mike Queen Show
When I lived in Lexington, KY, and wrote columns for a couple of local newspapers, I used to appear as an in-studio guest at talk shows on WVLK 590. I especially enjoyed being on Jack Pattie’s show. To...
View ArticleI'll Be Tom Roten's Radio Guest This Tuesday (Nov. 1) at 7:40AM. Listen Live...
I’ll be @TomRoten ’s radio guest tomorrow (Tuesday Nov 1) at 7:40AM on 800 WVHU Huntington. Outside the Huntington area you can listen live at 800wvhu.iheart.com.
View ArticleWhy A New Law May Entitle You To A Pay Raise December 1, 2016
Effective December 1 of this year, the overtime salary threshold doubles from $23,660 to $47,476.What does this mean to you? If you are an employer, it means that you may have to start tracking the...
View ArticleJoin Dave Allen And I Live This Friday 11 November On WSCW Radio 1410 AM
You're invited to participate in the "Dave Allen Live!" show this Friday, 11 November, at 10AM when I am Dave's guest on WSCW radio, 1410 AM and WSCWAM.com.Dave says he wants to discuss election...
View ArticleA Response To Dan McGinn's Washington Post / Charleston Gazette-Mail Article...
Mr. McGinn:Prior to your recent Washington Post / Charleston Gazette-Mail article one "community development" organization said all West Virginia needs is better media coverage and then cynically...
View ArticleOnly The Legislature Can Destroy West Virginia's Greatest Barrier To Prosperity
Yesterday on Hoppy Kercheval's show, Governor Tomblin did what so many other politicians have done on Hoppy's show, on Mayor Danny Jones’ show and on Bray Cary’s show. He correctly identified West...
View ArticleThe Higginbotham Plan And An Update On Three States' Current And Proposed...
"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.”– Howard Aiken, physicist and computer pioneerAs my regular readers know, our...
View ArticleDon't Increase The Amount Of Tax Taxpayers Pay, Increase The Number Of People...
Our current taxation system is an artifact of a time when people had jobs, which meant they had employers who could deduct income tax from their paychecks. This system doesn’t work anymore. Many people...
View ArticleOpen Letter To West Virginia's Legislators Re: West Virginia's Economy
With your powers of policy and purse, West Virginia's legislators are not only responsible for the budget, you are the de facto Chief Economic Development Officers for the state. Our high schools are...
View ArticleUpdate: Revenue Secretary, Dave Hardy, Invites Radio Listeners To Submit...
On Friday talk radio, Governor Jim Justice's Revenue Secretary, Dave Hardy, invited listeners to submit budget plans since, you know, our feckless legislators hated the governor's plan and still don't...
View ArticleThe Question I'm Waiting For Hoppy Kercheval Or Danny Jones To Ask Our...
One of these days when a state legislator goes on the Hoppy Kercheval show or the Danny Jones show and correctly identifies West Virginia's lack of an educated workforce as our number one constraint on...
View ArticleHouse Bill 2568: Fiddling While West Virginia Burns
11 legislators want to make the Bible the official state book of West Virginia. This in a year when 10,000 people per year are leaving our state, businesses are closing and our legislators haven't done...
View ArticleWhy Governor Justice's Most Famous Metaphor Is Snapping At Him Like An Ohio...
“We have a patient laying there and blood is shooting to the ceiling. All in the world we can do is trim the toenails. Blood is shooting to the ceiling. We’ve got to do something.”Governor Jim Justice...
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