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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 2000
Page
5
The passage cites Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting free exercise or abridging speech press and assembly. Editorials below reflect the Daily Telegraph Editorial Board consensus with Steve Smith as publisher and Thomas A Colley as executive editor.
The piece criticizes Congress giving broad authority to the Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Air Act and questions the scientific basis and cost of 1997 ozone and particulate standards. It notes the Supreme Court will consider cost benefit analyses, warns against regulatory overreach, and cautions about health and economic costs of miscalculated rules.
Jim Terry, city editor for the Daily Telegraph, eulogizes Sam Crawley, 72, of 413 Frederick St., Bluefield. A 42 year city worker, Crawley was famed for his honesty, warmth, and uncanny weather sense. The piece recalls his kindness, wit, and influence on colleagues and readers.
Letter to the editor questions whether the city board remembers its mission to improve the city or merely bankrupts employees, urging focus on public welfare over financial strain.
A Bluefield reader argues the city should revisit pay cuts and staff reductions in the street and snow crews. They warn a shrinking workforce will hurt public services and public safety, urging the council and city manager to protect wages and avoid bankrupting employees.
In 1981 Ky and Tinh Do fled Vietnam with 59 passengers aboard a rebuilt 30 by 7 foot boat to escape Communist rule. Amid checkpoints and peril they reached an Indonesian refugee camp, where all survived and Thuan Do recently graduated from Georgetown University becoming a reporter.
In this column Dr Renando Holland argues for a statewide push to lift West Virginia's college going rate to the national average and elevate education leadership from K-12 through higher education. He cites examples from North Carolina and emphasizes backing by leaders, plus inspiring principals like Ted Gillespie.
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