01 March 2014, Vol.1, No.11 > 5th
ORDER OF BUSINESS – CELL PHONES
The POCAHONTAS CRIER
(Part
of The Crier Coalition of Internet News Services comprised of
The
Pocahontas Commentator, The Pocahontas Crier,
Signal
Fires of WV & Echoes from the Holl’r)
‘CELL PHONE’ SERVICE
FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY!
As everyone in Pocahontas County
knows, using Frontier Communications is
about a half-step away from using a tin-can on a string as a lot of us did
during childhood! And as far as being a so-called ‘Internet provider’ – forget it! Frontier
is about as fast as sending ‘smoke
signals’ from mountain-top to mountain-top! For
those that can remember, Frontier’s ‘Internet-service’
is about as slow as the old 56-modems when the Internet first became public!
Also for those that can remember,
Pocahontas County got ‘stuck’, or
more accurately, ‘got-shafted’, with Frontier thanks to former county
commissioner Reta Griffith, now an executive with Frontier, who fomented Frontier upon the county and gave Frontier a virtual monopoly over the communications of this county!
And for those that may have read
dear-ole-Reta’s condescending snippet on the inside cover of the latest phone
directory, you will see where she claims that the ‘Frontier team are your neighbors …[who] work so hard to deliver the
highest-quality service possible’ – ad nauseam! A little less
hypocrisy and a more candid review would reveal that the so-called ‘Frontier team’ delivers one of the
worst ‘Internet services’ in the
country, yet delivers the highest-possible-profits to Frontier Communications! How many
folks forced to use Frontier in this
county realize that they are paying TWICE
THE BASIC SERVICE CHARGES as those in other counties in West Virginia with
larger populations? Because Pocahontas County has a small population, we are
being charged twice as much to have a telephone in our homes – whether we use it or not! And let's not forget all those still waiting for 'Internet' service!
So not only does Pocahontas County
need ANOTHER COMMUNICATIONS company to compete with Frontier – but this county needs ‘CELL PHONE’ SERVICE for the
entire county! With
the severe weather conditions now being experienced via ‘Global Warming – Climate Change’, it is becoming too dangerous not
having a cell-phone when crossing the high mountains coming into and out of
this county! Have you been
across Cheat or Kennisen
Mountains lately – as the
only vehicle on the road – during a snowstorm or heavy fog? If so, then you know the value of having a ‘cell-phone’ that can provide service!
And as for those ‘naysayers’ who would pretend that ‘Cell Phone’ service countywide would ‘interfere’ with the National Radio
Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Green Bank –
boohoo! It’s a myth! From the time that the NRAO was established
in the mid-1940s for SETI (i.e., Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence),
then changed to ‘listening to the Stars’
– the total sound that has been accumulated is that of
a single ‘PIN’ dropping in a room! So when it comes to the lives & safety of
the Citizens of this county being DENIED ‘Cell
Phone’ service – it’s the NRAO that is ‘interfering’
with all of us Citizens and modern technology!
And speaking of modern-technology,
there is no real reason why ‘Cell Phone’
service cannot be provided to all Citizens of Pocahontas County
regardless of location! How many of you already have friends & family in other
states who ONLY have their ‘Cell Phones’
and don’t even have to pay service charges anymore for a ‘house-phone’?
There are two candidates for
county commission, NORMAN LEE ALDERMAN (REP-SD)
and PATTI HEINEMANN (DEM-ND) that have
proclaimed that they will initiate a ‘Board
of Inquiry’ in January 2015, at the first meeting of the new county commission,
if YOU choose to elect them, to obtain
another communications company for this county – and begin the process to have ‘Cell Phone’ service everywhere in Pocahontas
County as early as possible!
NORMAN
LEE ALDERMAN (REP-SD) & PATTI HEINEMANN (DEM-ND) have told what they
stand for
and the
type of progress that they can bring to this county…So
Just say ‘NO’ to those who
want to keep this county in Poverty &
Pauperism – and
Just SAY ‘YES’ to real Progress & Prosperity for the
future!
Therefore on Primary Day – YOU have a chance to elect two persons
that will always put YOU first! They know that:
THE
GREATER COMMON GOOD ALWAYS COMES BEFORE SELF OR ANY SELF-SERVING SPECIAL
INTEREST!
Find out more – Stay tuned to these Websites:
The Pocahontas Crier
is an independent Internet News Service that has so far endorsed two candidates
for County Commission,
one a Republican & the other a Democrat – in addition to providing in depth
news reporting on important issues directly affecting the Citizens of Pocahontas County!
► IF YOU are registered to vote as a Republican,
you can
Vote for Norman
Lee Alderman in the Primary Election
on
13 May 2014;
► IF YOU are registered to vote as a Democrat,
you can
Vote for Patti Heinemann in the primary election on
13 May 2014;
► If you are not registered to vote, then you must
register
to vote on or before 22 April 2014;
► If you are registered to vote, but with no party
affiliation, then you must request
Loud & Clear either
a Republican or Democrat ballot
on Primary Day when
you go to the polls; &
► Since Norman
is unopposed, he recommends that you
request a Democrat ballot to vote for Patti so that
this
county can again have an Honest & Just county
commission!
Email
comments & suggestions to: The Pocahontas
Crier at
pocahontascrier@gmail.com
& if
you wish to financially assist, kindly send all campaign contributions to: The United Campaign for County Commission (UCCC), c/o
Citizens for Common Sense Alternatives (CCSA), a registered Political Action
Committee, 7837 Wesley Chapel Road, Green Bank, West Virginia 24944-9063
Phone:
1.304.456.4565 or 3282 (also fax)
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