Kanawha County Wv

The Republicans Have A Different Plan

The Republican leader in the state House of Delegates say they will offer their own plan for 100 single member districts as an amendment to the redistricting bill on the House floor this week.

"I think it's clear that single member districts do make the delegates closer to the people they represent," House Minority Leader Tim Armstead said on Tuesday's MetroNews Talkline.

"It makes them more accountable.  It cuts down on costs of election and it is just clearly more in line with the Constitutional requirement of one person, one vote."

As part of the House redistricting plan made public at the State House on Monday afternoon, there are 47 single member districts, including eleven new ones. 

Some of the larger districts, though, including the seven member 30th Delegate District in Kanawha County, remain intact.  A district in Monongalia County goes from four to five members.

Delegate Armstead says more time is needed for review.

"We feel very strongly that this plan that's going to govern the state for the next ten years of how people are represented in the Legislature and there should be opportunities for people to see these plans and comment on them," he said.

As proposed, Delegate Armstead's own district, the 32nd House district, will become a single member district.  He says that is how it should be across West Virginia.

CIVIL FILINGS: Kanawha County | West Virginia Record

July 8
Suzanne Pozzie vs. Big Sandy Super Stores, Inc. and Kathy L. Judge
PA- Paul K. Reese; J- Paul Zakaib Jr.
* Pozzie was employed by the defendants from July 2005 until March 2, 2010. She claims her employment was terminated because she brought to light some problematic situations regarding transactions that did not comply with store policy. She is seeking compensatory and punitive damages with pre- and post-judgment interest and for reinstatement to her former position.
Case number: 11-C-1137

Rebekah Joy Donelow vs. Sears Holdings Corporation
PA- Robert D. Cline Jr., Robert A. Campbell, R. Chad Duffield; J- Carrie Webster
* On Aug. 26, 2009, Donelow was shopping at the defendant's K-Mart store in Beckley when she slipped and fell onto the floor, causing injuries. She claims the floor was slippery and there were not any warnings indicating the condition of the floor. Donelow is seeking compensatory and punitive damages with pre- and post-judgment interest.
Case number: 11-C-1138

July 12
Jill Miles vs. Hyundai Motor America, Inc. and Joe Holland Chevrolet, Inc.
PA- David L. Grubb, Cameron S. McKinney; J- Carrie Webster
* On Dec. 11, 2009, Miles purchased a vehicle from the defendants. She claims the vehicle was defective and the defendants would not conform it to its warranties. She is seeking for the contract to be declared canceled and compensatory and punitive damages with pre- and post-judgment interest.
Case number: 11-C-1156

Christina Izzo vs. West Virginia Baseball, Julio Cerveras and John Doe
PA- Michael A. Woelfel; J- Carrie Webster
* Izzo was employed by the defendant at Power Park. She claims during her employment she was sexually harassed and sexually abused by Cerveras on multiple occasions. Izzo is seeking compensatory and punitive damages with pre-judgment interest.
Case number: 11-C-1157

Brandi N. Aldridge vs. Alfredo C. Velasquez, PLLC and Alfredo C. Velasquez, M.D.
PA- Matthew S. Criswell, Mark L. French; J- Louis H. Bloom
* In July 2010, Aldridge was hired by the defendants as a receptionist. She claims on Dec. 14, 2010, the Velasquez began a course of conduct of sexually harassing her, which continued until she quit her job on June 28. She is seeking compensatory and punitive damages with pre- and post-judgment interest.
Case number: 11-C-1158

July 13
Charles W. Davis Jr., administrator of the Estate of Charles W.

Kanawha County, WV, county data profile

History of Kanawha County, from its organization in 1789 until the present time; embracing accounts of early settlements, and thrilling adventures with the Indians. Also, biographical sketches of a large number of the early settlers of the Great Kanawha Valley. Illustrated by numerous engravings

War in Kanawha County, School Textbook Protest in West Virginia in 1974

Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

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