[willyone]

Lets see now. These people have probably been voting straight Dem. their entire lives. Dems are the party of radical eco nuts. So why are these people now complaining? You/we get what we vote for. Unfortunately we get alot more than we bargain for. The rich,liberal elite have now discovered West Virginia and are going to turn it into a theme park. Sort of.

[countrydummy]

You are basically right when this state has basically voted for Democrats for a long, long time. But here is the underlying reason....this basically happened because of the mines and steel factories and the horrific occurrences of the early 1900's. See the movie Matewan to get a better idea. Children of these miners are still alive and voting as our their children.....the democrats then were for the working people, and WV was Coal and Coal mines!

These folks are so fiercely democrats because they do not understand what the democratic party has become! It is not because they are slow, stupid, or ignorant, they remember the hunger, the land grabs by the owners of the mines, and the murders of their family members. Believe me, I never asked for my home to be stolen by the federal government! I did ask that the roadway leading to my home have the potholes that could swallow a Mac truck fixed and dangerous "tight" areas widend to safely allow 2 vehicles to pass each other! Traffic to the area is increasing every year because of Sandstone Falls---type in New River Gorge National River Area----you will then see whose fault this all really is, it (the land grabing) was all in the works in 1978!

We don't mind tourists, shoot we like to show off the beauty of it and our homes around it, but people that do not know the road have driven into the river, and rolled over the hills! That is why the road needs "fixed" fixed only, not turned into a scenic parkway!