CONSOLIDATING SOUTHERN COUNTIES FOR HUNTING

I offer this plan of county consolidation as a way to bring new revenue to our state coffer’s. But also to be a cost reduction to all tax payer’s via government job eradication. Of the nearly 70,000 state employees, this plan will eliminate between 1,200 to 1,500. Just a start to my overall goal to completely eliminate 16,000 to 20,000.

Effected entire counties: Lincoln, Mercer, McDowell, Wyoming, Roane, Logan, Mingo and Monroe.Effected partial counties: Putnam, Kanawha, Raleigh, Summers, Wayne, Greenbrier, Fayette, Nicholas, Clay, Braxton and Randolph.

Through this plan a yearly savings in government related costs of $134 million should be realized. Less government equals less restrictions and costs.

With the re-introduction of Elk, along with Big Horned Sheep and “other” native, yet re-introduced species of animals, then hunting and fishing revenues -- one of our states largest draws -- will multiply tenfold from $3 billion it does now to $30 billion.

Tourism jobs should be expected to more than double from 105,000 present to 300,000.
Now, add in the middle of this a “Native-American” run casino. And with the added tax revenue of both industries, it should be evident our overall tax base lowers drastically.

With tourism offering the outside world our West Virginia beauty through hiking, camping, skiing, whitewater rafting, boating, kayaking, our regular hunting and fishing and in conjunction with my plan of big game hunting and the Native-American casino, then our dependence on coal will be severely lessened. And perhaps to the point where coal mining is no longer needed.

Saving the beauty of West Virginia should not just be a goal of mine, but a goal for all future West Virginian’s.