2A The Mountain Messenger, Thursday, July 26, 1990 Lewisburgers . . . Continued From Pg. 1-A[Prison.. ,
tuture of the neighborhood. What ance gives tile impression that corn- ] Continued From Pg. 1-Ai Alderson M
( ) this boils down to is that Mountain- mercial business is more important Must Clearll
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theh own convenience whict~ is to the people in the neighborhood,months. We're going to give you an By Jonathan Wright
keep from paying higher rent at their There was and still is strong op- answer as quick as we can." Alderson resident La~._
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m,ilion prwate proposal. As persons
entered tile doors of the gymnasium
they were met by people wielding
straight pins and pink or white
printed tags which said "A Prison/
Industry At Denmar? Yes!" and "A
Prison-Industry Yes! At Denmar" --
more than 98 per cent of those at-
tending accepted the tags and
p~nned them on.
Mike Mynuk of Pocahontas
County took the floor when it was
opened for discussion after General
Skaff's speech. Mr Mynuk asked for
all those in favor of the Private Pris-
ons of America proposal "... to
stand and raise your hands." The
greatest majority complied and re-
soundingly showed their support by
hand clapping and voice. When op-
ponents were asked to stand, ap-
proximately seven persons did so.
On July 19 Mr Alderman con-
tacted the Mountain Messenger and
offered "Sonny (Mr Emerson) is wilt-
on Riverview Avenue pt0~u kr~c
dumping of brush and b~at;on
terials next door by M~msbu~
Housby.
Mr Housby, who
has been given 30 days It
the vacant lot, the site
whose basement has
with the materials and
mayor said he would
the order, issued by the
vironmental Health Office.
"Quite a while ago I
arrangements with Phillip!
to bulldoze the lot to cOCon ]
hole," Mr Housby said.~tiont
been extremely busy with~urser
ects and has not been abl~lation:
t regret was not able t0~ "
lot cleaned up for the ~alkfe
J u ly." ~ving
Mr Bolen said, "1 have r~ is "L
asked the mayor to do
about the lot, and he alwaY~s ]~
will--but obviously nothi~famii
done yet. It's one of the ~ion
~ng to scale back the prison popula- sores in the area." Just 5,
lion at Denmar to 1,000. However, Mr Bolen said he called~
he could then only guarantee 120ronmental Health Office ~n'Lm
jobs." The evening before, Mr Emer- about the site. He addedI~1~,_
• ~nbr',
son had said he would employ 600rat run across the pile or%....,_
persons. When asked how many of materials one day, leading~us°
his potential employees would bestallation of a large sigr~en~
"Mayor Housby Rodent F~Z,
e ~ ,~nn
sign is several feet to th ~th C
drawn from either present or former
De,mar personnel, Mr Emerson
said "Some, yes; some, no." He
added that thqse who "were good
enough to cook" at Denmar "are
good enough to cook for me." Mr
Emerson said he opened the first
prwate prison in America in 1975 at
Denver, Colorado. "1 ran that for six
years. I am qualified."
Billy Burke, Executive Director of
the West Virginia Regional Jail
Authority, told the Mountain Mes-
senger that, as of July 23, his
agency had not received a technical
application for a prison facility at
Uenmar.
Bolen's front porch, ~ir fa
Mr Housby said Mr Bot~ . n
id Sr
secure the required bui ere'
to install the sign, and it is~
the sign's size is beyond
described in the town's
nance. Additionally, he
be on his (Mr Housby's)
He said he has hired a
determine the property
and will remove the sign if i
mined it is not on Mr
not, he added, he will take;
enforce the sign ordinance~
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