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Winds of Change Newsletter, June 2008 See sidebar for table of contents
Study Resolution on Judicial Elections Prompted by Photos
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| The need for Clean Elections took center
stage thanks to Massey CEO Don Blankenships relationship with
Supreme Court Justice Spike Maynard. ABC News broadcast
Blankenships hissy fit as a reporter questioned him about their
Monaco vacation. On primary day, the voters told Spike to take a
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Due at least in part to the hubbub resulting when photos
were published showing Supreme Court Justice Spike Maynard vacationing
in Monaco with Massey CEO Don Blankenship, both the WV Senate and House
of Delegates passed a resolution to study the way our judicial campaigns
are conducted.
Maynards insistence that he could remain impartial in
pending Massey cases was openly questioned by many.
As a result of our Clean Elections coalitions work over
the past several years, and a growing understanding of our efforts among
the legislators, public campaign financing will be one of the options
for judicial elections considered by the study.
It has been assigned to the Joint Standing Committee on
the Judiciary.
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