Well I really stepped into it last night after a meeting!! Mr Waddle (the Little Bald Guy with the Little Man Syndrome) baited me and I fell for it which caused more drama.

I just want people in the county to know (which I am sure most do) that the communicator (and the little bald guy) IS NOT a friend of Clay County. I don't see how poking fun at citizens or misinterpreting (basically lying) what is said at meetings is a way to treat your county. CAEZ of WV board and staff has worked very hard to assist businesses with micro loans, higher education, community and economic development in Clay County. We have put money into schools, fire departments, ambulance services, health departments, offer free training at the Valley Fork Business and Education Center, run the only certified Day Care Facility in the county which employs 5 Clay County residents. We worked hard to get a fulltime Workforce WV Staff person in the county plus a fulltime Adult Basic Education program that provides job readiness training, computer training and other trainings as needed. Out of our Facility at Valley Fork there are 29 full and part time employees, mostly from Clay County.

We constructed the JG Bradley Lodge and Campground at Dundon which was severally affected by the flood of 2016. We have been working tirelessly to get that back up and running so families will have a safe place for reunions, homecomings, and a place for RV’ers with full hookups, plus added 5 bedrooms to the county for visitors.

We have constructed new homes in the county for low to moderate income families so they can have a safe, affordable place to live and we own and manage the Clay Apartments.

We have worked with agencies to get the Elk River designated as a River Trail and Rt 4 designated as a Scenic By-Way.

CAEZ along with Clay, Braxton, Nicholas, Webster and Fayette Counties are working on an ATV Trail project for our 5 counties. We have hired an engineering firm that works with the very successful Hatfield and McCoy Trails in Southern West Virginia. Our goal is to link the 5 counties together for a top notch trail system. This project is just in the beginning stages and will take several years to complete but we have begun the process.

What has Mr Waddle done to benefit the county except to make us the laughing stock of the state!

  Not sure when this letter came but we're sure it was after Big Lup stick needles in a New Orleans style voodoo doll (names AW) and before she let it slip that, under her watch, the CAEZ had lost its Federal non profit designation.

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