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Apparently many West Virginia state senators do not want to suffer the same fate as one of their own, Sen. Erik Wells, who has been targeted by a teachers’ union for defeat in this year’s election. That would explain the death, at least for this year, of a bill Wells sponsored. Wells, D-Kanawha, had sponsored a bill that would allow charter schools in West Virginia. A similar measure last year failed to gain support. After Wells tried again this year on the bill, both the West Virginia Education Association and the state chapter of the American Federation of Teachers made it clear they oppose the bill. The AFT quickly endorsed a Democratic Party opponent running against Wells in the primary election. Last Tuesday, Wells moved to send his bill back to the Senate Finance Committee. That has the effect of killing the bill for the current legislative session.
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It is not at all difficult to suggest that state legislators should provide more money for obviously worthwhile programs. Too often it escapes lawmakers’ notice that fiscal restraint is the most worthwhile program of all.
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Police in San Diego, Calif., say 17-year-old Chelsea King was murdered by a convicted child molester, John Albert Gardner III. He has been charged with rape and murder.
In May 2000, Gardner pleaded guilty to molesting a 13-year-old gir.
Correction is Needed
Earlier this year the Legislature approved a bill to give West Virginia school districts more latitude in deciding when to hold classes.
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UP: To West Virginia’s hunters who donated 1,286 deer to the Hunters Helping the Hungry program in 2009.
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Ask high school graduates whether the Bill of Rights governs cities and states and most of those who paid attention during civics class will answer, “Of course.”
But this week, the U.S. Supreme Court is pondering that very question.
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