Posted on 08/07/2024 1:10:18 PM PDT by buckalfa
Lawyers for the federal government are asking for a judge to hold 23 coal companies owned by Gov. Jim Justice and his family in contempt, saying they failed to meet the terms of a settlement agreement over mine safety fines, continually made payments late and whiffed five months ago on paying the final amount of nearly a half-million dollars.
The Tuesday filing in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia includes emails from federal officials continually reminding a lawyer for the Justice companies that payments are overdue or missing.
(Excerpt) Read more at wvmetronews.com ...
If report is true, deadbeat Republican.
I know better than to say what I think about this.
He’s one of WV’s two billionaires and yes, he’s a deadbeat!
His companies have a notorious reputation for not paying vendors, property taxes & mining safety fines. In some of the coal counties of KY & WV his mining operations just say if we’re forced to pay, we’ll shut the mine down. The mines in those counties are the only work. I have family in mining services in WV&KY and do work in those counties and I have heard about Justice company antics for years. I was shocked he got elected WV governor the first time. I’ve always viewed him as the type of coal baron that made UMWA unionistas look good! Remember elected as a democrat. Switched from GOP to Rat to run in 2016. Then after winning he switched back! Paid no political cost for it. Now he’s a Trumpster, his timing is good I’ll give him that. It’s interesting he’s having Greenbriar trouble. As part of his preparation in running for governor in 2016 he, family, company bought the Greenbriar. Saved it from receivership, he got enormous goodwill for that. Went from evil coal baron to not-so-bad-Coal-Baron with that action. I guess his saving the Greenbriar was a “just kidding I’m not saving it”. He did something similar with a Virginia historic property - Flowerdew Hundred Plantation. The property originally started\owned by the wife of Viginia’s 1st governor - colonial governor Sir George Yeardley (1618-1619). Bought it, didn’t do much with other then refuse to pay property taxes. I don’t remember if Virginia auctioned it, or the Justice family\companies sold it. Unbelievable business ethics!
The fascist government uses its power to attack political opponents.
Jim Justice has a long history of not paying his companies’ bills on time. He is legend in West Virginia for that.
This article was better than most articles regarding political candidates, as it gave the history of the fines and proceedings and agreements over the last few years.
whatever the original cause or condition of the fines, his companies nonetheless agreed to pay the fines and reached various settlements with the government, approved by the courts.
So in terms of the law, his company seems to have broken the agreements.
Would be interested to hear any other background info others can offer.
My grandfather was a coal miner, so I’m especially ticked off at this.
He was stylish though. Always wore a suit with a vest and a rabbit’s foot in the pocket.
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