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When to Say When

My week started with someone sharing her story of a childhood with an abusive alcoholic father.

About this Tee-Ball Thing …

“The ball? On a tee?

Showing Your Assets

Did you know that in the state of West Virginia you must have less than $2,250 in assets per household ($3,250 if one member is over the age of 60 or disabled) to qualify for some types of assistance?

Truth Won and Lies Lost

The state’s Senate President chose to slander citizens of West Virginia and spread fabrications while attempting to erase more than a thousand jobs from residents he allegedly serves.

I Know a Secret

One of the most common questions I used to be asked was "where do you find poor people?"

Is the Water Poison in Paden City?

Residents are alarmed because the level of PCE, or Tetrachloroethylene contained in their water, is 3 times the limit established by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Just a Quick Trip?

Getting from Point A to Point B in the Wheeling area has gotten complicated.

#RattleTheWindows

"Shame on you. Shame on you and shame on me and shame on each and every one of us who haven't rattled the windows in this building with cries of outrage at a government who believes their office furniture is worthy of $40,000 a year and child and families aren't!"

Truth, Power, and Fat Jokes

This past week I had the opportunity to testify in Congress at a subcommittee meeting by the House Oversight Committee on Oversight and Reform. I had...