Dear Governor Justice,

Thank you for serving as our Governor in the great state of West Virginia.  I am certain that you receive absurd amounts of correspondences in your position.  I appreciate that you have taken the time to read my letter.  With that said, let me get to the point of my letter.

As I am sure you are aware, there is grave concern for the future of our beloved country, as well as our state.  The current Administration in the White House is causing a slew of dissatisfaction across the land; immigration concerns, tax concerns, ‘green’ concerns and last but not least, economic concerns.

The economic concern is the one I will focus on with this letter.  Sir, with all due respect, the Gas, Oil, Coal and Steel Industries CANNOT be shut down.  Even temporarily stifling these industries causes great strain, not only on West Virginians, but everyone in the USA and even abroad.  The country and this state depend on the good jobs, the health benefits, the pensions, as well as the paychecks these careers offer.  No matter whether Union or Non-Union workers, no matter Republican or Democrat, no matter election fraud or none, the future of our country is at stake here!

As I am sure you are well aware, descent paying jobs and good, hard workers stimulate any economy.  Without these jobs and workers, wait staff lose tips, small businesses lose profit and inflation, poverty, and crime creep in.  New businesses, big or small, do not want and cannot afford to risk opening in an area where crime and or drug use has flourished.  Without the existing work and the planned construction in our state, where will we be?  Towns in this state will be deserted as they were when coal mines were shut down years ago.  Please do not allow Washington D.C. to direct the outcome of our great state.

The coal industry has been good to you and your family.  Many of us have found great opportunity in the Gas, Oil & Steel industry as well.  I am begging you to fight for these industries with everything you have!!  The proposed PTTG Plant in Dillies Bottom, OH would help stimulate a less than flourishing economy on both sides of the Ohio River.  But now?  WTOV9 is airing commercials during news broadcasts echoing ‘how terrible the oil & gas industry is’, in so many words.  This is rhetoric being used by Environmentalist Groups that only have the “Green New Deal” in their sites.  They do not care about the future of our jobs nor do they care about the future of West Virginia’s Economy.  The organization responsible for the commercial that I’ve referenced is ConcernedOhioRiverResidents.org.  Well, excuse me, but I am a concerned Ohio River Resident too and I firmly believe in the fossil fuel industries and America’s independence from outside corrupt countries! 

Governor Justice.... what will you do to help secure the future of ALL fossil fuel jobs in America??  Isn’t it time that states come together and tell the new Administration that we DO NOT SUPPORT their agenda and we DO NOT APPRECIATE the apparent attack on the fossil fuel industry!  Enough is Enough!! Your state needs you! Your country needs you!!

West Virginia voted for you and now we need you to stand for us!!

Sincerely,

The Concerned Residents of West Virginia and the great UNITED States of America!