Take your pick: Greed, malfeasance, corruption

We need a hero. Will someone of means please sue our state legislators, to force them to do their job and exhibit a little character? We must defeat forced pooling once and for all, by civil means because our government representatives refuse to support our constitutional rights.

Legislators continue to deceptively tout that by legalizing forced pooling, they are just trying to meet the needs of their constituents. That is false. They know it and everyone else knows it.

What they have repeatedly tried to do, is deny individual citizens their constitutional rights to property; by forcibly taking individual’s property without constitutional due process; and, by passing punitive forced pooling legislation that violates our constitutional protections.

Wake up West Virginia! This third attempt to pass a forced pooling bill is nothing more than greed, corruption and/or malfeasance, take your pick.

The madness known as the forced pooling initiative needs to be stopped once and for all; and any legislator whose fingerprints are on this proposed bill must be fired immediately.

All legislators take an oath to support our constitutions and some knowingly and intentionally fail to live up to their oath. Does anyone think the following oath is being honored?

“I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State of West Virginia and faithfully discharge the duties of Delegate according to the best of my ability.

“I will not accept or receive, directly or indirectly, any money or other valuable thing, from any corporation, company or person, for any vote or influence I may give or withhold, as Delegate on any bill, resolution or appropriation, or for any act I may do or perform as Delegate.”

Everyone cries we need to fix the system, well here’s our opportunity. Let’s remove from office those who are using their elected authority to subvert our freedoms, and reject their kind from future public employment.

Rick Humphreys, Mannington, Marion County, WV