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DECEPTION IN GILMER COUNTY! The Power Elite and the BOG at GSC Say, "Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave, When First We Practice to Deceive!!
Please review this article from eight years ago, for maybe this history lesson will put things in perspective for you if you have moved to Gilmer County, WV in the last couple of years — Hear the truth about GLENVILLE!
By Freebird/Central WV SS-Reporter/Rina McCoy-Editor/Cosmos Communicator/Editor Edison -Editor CCC
If a lie is repeated often enough it becomes the truth!
That's the way things are done up on the hill in the Ville!
Take a couple of lawyers, toss in a gas & oil baron and his family, maybe a "reliable" friend or two and mix with the President of the institution…
Now there is one hell of a recipe for scandalous and unethical behavior!
In exchange for bought and paid for "loyalty", boards and organizations are created with great titles and noble purpose. Unfortunately, the purpose is soon forgotten after a 501c3 not for profit status is obtained from the Federal and State Government.
These so called leaders of the community just forget about EDUCATION. They just forget that they receive a substantial portion of support from other governmental units, and the general public in the form of tax payer dollars!!
GSC Alumni Association 501c3 Provides scholarships and funding for general education purposes: Executive Director Dr. Peter Barr in 2007. Revenue 2008 $2,610,304 Expenses Over 2 million. Total assets over 10 million. Director, D. (I owned McDonalds) Pounds, annual salary of $37,754 paid in 2008 per 990 filing. Hey, isn't he also the Vice President for College Advancement? Wonder what that pays! President Timothy B Butcher. Members of the board include College Director Sue Morris and Doug per 990. Mr. Pounds retains the books per the filing!
GSC Research Corporation 501c3 Provides support to the college alone. 3 voting members comprise the board. Dr Peter Barr, Robert Hardman and Dr. Butler, these are appointed positions but could not verify by whom. Possibly the Board of Governors. Assets $287,913 in 2008. Had $250,000 of notes and loans receivable. Books managed by Robert Hardman Purpose to facilitate grants and research. Gee, is this where the county's $30,000 went to? Was that income declared by anyone?
GSC Housing Corporation 501c3 Purpose to provide residential housing to GSC faculty and staff. Dr Peter Barr and Robert Hardman as officers, Thomas Ratliff (head of maintenance GSC) and others as trustees. Other salaries and wages paid over $70,000 with $16,000 + in benefits but not ID'd to whom. Over $599,000 in revenue, public support reported at 98.79%. Books managed by Robert Hardman.
Morris Foundation 501c3 a non operating foundation whose purpose is additional construction and operation of the sports park in 2008. Who is managing that park in 2010? A certain County Commissioner related to the Butchers?
This Bullshit is never ending in Crooked County!
Pretty nice salary I hear since quitting the college. But you never really quit do you?
The books are retained by IL's secretary Sandy Pettit!
This story sounds very familiar doesn't it?
They all do it the Crooked County way!
GSC Board of Governors- at the time of the action in question R Terry Butcher was a member of the board of governors and, if I am not mistaken, Timothy B Butcher was President of the GSC Housing Corporation.
With the "new" restructuring the wife of IL MORRIS – Sue Morris is current board director!
This is starting to read like a WHO'S WHO of "Fuck you!"
"We are gonna do what we want to …and make some fat stax of cash too!"
GILMER HOUSING PARTNERS LLC: a FOR PROFIT ENTITY Manager and Organizer Dr. Peter Barr per the State of West Virginia and various recordings at the court house.
According to Dr. Barr and multiple news reports this is handled by Mr. Ratliff, the full time head of Maintenance for GSC and if you will note a trustee of the GSC Housing Corporation as well.
How many pay checks for him and others?
Dr. Barr managed it so well he let the Butchers prepare a $30,000 promissory note by New Horizon (Jack Jones President) to Gilmer Housing Partners on the first sale of the new housing development which originated from Ex- Mayor Putnum to IL Morris, to the Alumni Association, to the GSC Housing Corporation to Gilmer Housing Partners all tied to the Board of Governors with a resulting suit in federal court tied to the County Clerk's Office.
Now you can at least follow how the wicked web of deceit is wickedly woven on the hill in the Ville !! You got it now!
I hope you can clearly see how attorneys whose membership spans at least three non-profit organizations within the college can participate in the for profit step child of that same body.
What was their bill?
Who are the investors and how much did they put up for seed money? How are they to be paid back? How much money have they made or lost? Where does it go?
It's all a CROOKED COUNTY MYSTERY!! Fuck yeah!!
Don't forget the Crooked President of the college is in it all the same, same. He knows how the wicked deals are woven, and who runs these organizations at all times, to him it is all a game, game!
Dude tells the BOG what he wants!
Have another drink Peter Barr and don't forget the BARR code next time you park your car at the bar!!
Don't lay on your back unless he is black = Barr Code
Those who have a good business sense will know why the President of GSC is placed to interconnect with every back room deal and parcel out the money in the Ville !
Is this mess ethical? HELL NO!!
I seriously doubt the IRS would find it legal!
Keep that picture in your head. It is all public information for those with the desire for the truth. Read the latest from Federal Court.
Those Butchers got their asses kicked in federal court!!
Don't forget that the next time decisions need to be made about what is good for Gilmer County.
But, the Power Elite only think about what is good for putting money in their pocket and to hell with Gilmer County and it's citizens!
Those Butchers and their Gilmer County Housing Partners in crime can sure weave one wicked web to deceive!!
Here is the US District Court Document that orders the Bullshit company formed by the Butchers to PAY UP BITCHES!!
federal court opinion county clerk
(click the green link for PDF of court document)
If you can not access document via link contact your local Gilmer County Secret Seven Member at:
Category: Beverly Marks Crooked County Clerk rigs elections
Lets go back eight years in history, and review, what was CROOKED down in CROOKED COUNTY, could it be the CROOKS?
The Gilmer Free Press: We like to emphasize and state it clearly that the Gilmer Free Press platform is available to anyone that would like to prove this information wrong. The documents presented in this series are actual facts. None of the elected public officials involved want to comment on these documents! They only refer to the court decisions which did not include these documents to say the least. One official has referred to this case as a simple mistake! (Seems to be the SIMPLE EXCUSE for all wrong-doings recently.) We asked everyone to look at the process and wrong doings of public elected officials rather than parties involved. We ask our public elected officials to explain to Gilmer County tax payers why this has happened and how they are going to remedy these so called 'Simple Mistakes'. Parties involved regardless of who they are have paid a big price for these 'Simple Mistakes'. How many more are there? We cannot just move on with these clouds over our county. As always The Gilmer Free Press takes a neutral position, and presents the documents from all sides to you to decide. Simply Click on the Highlighted links to see.
The MISSING ONE SIXTH 2007 TITLE OPINION!
Along with 2009-2010 TAX billing to original Owner!
All made public.
Who would have ever considered that at the beginning of 2011 Gilmer County would find itself under serious Criminal and Civil allegations resulting in accusations pointing in the direction of Beverly Marks ( former county clerk) for wrongdoing involving Public Records fraud, Voter Fraud, Title Fraud, serious federal civil law action, and Election Fraud along with other accusations of wrongful policy!
Don't forget unreasonable notice and false billing of taxes on a piece of property that was WANTED and missing and a matter of important evidence in a high profile Gilmer County Criminal Court Case that climbed as high as the United States Supreme Court in Washington DC!
The MYSTERY 1/6th to the "Travesty of Justice-Junk Farm Equipment" case that was in the WV court system for years is found and the original owner billed for back taxes. Here is the proof!
Ticket number 13959, 13960, 13961 (these three tax ticket numbers represent the missing 1/6th! (Click on Tickets to View)
It was the same 1/6th piece of property missing from the majority opinion authored by Justice Davis, and the same missing one sixth recently found because the original owners were billed for back taxes just last October, 2010 and billed five long years after the property was legally sold by court order to Cecil Leon Ramsey of Glenville, WV!
PROOF of WRONGDOING in GILMER COUNTY is HEREBY PRESENTED BY EVIDENCE of TITLE OPINION!
You cannot make these up if you try! This title opinion brought to us by a contributor to the Gilmer Free Press proves that ownership belongs to Cecil Leon Ramsey and he IS the title holder and should not be responsible to pay back taxes on the missing 1/6th hidden by The Gilmer County Prosecutor and The Previous Gilmer County Clerk!!
This same property, as represented by Title opinion was sold on the court house steps November 18, 2010 as mentioned in the article entitled: 'Title Fraud and Premeditated Criminal Actions in Gilmer County'. This title opinion also represents 1/6th F in A-F explanation of division of property mentioned in the felony court case.
Why is no one arrested and why are public officials not held accountable for theft and wrong doings??
Please follow the link and read the Title Fraud article so that you will understand this latest addition to the Title Fraud evidence, as the Gilmer County Concerned Citizens reveal another crime has been committed by the office of the Gilmer County Clerk. When you finish reading that article, please read this one: 'WV STATE POLICE PROTECT GILMER COUNTY PROSECUTOR – QUOTE ONLY CODE IN WV WITH STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS'.
Also, feel free to review the latest article and please listen to the tape. If you cannot access the audio file please e-mail a request and we can e-mail it to you to listen to. Please review this recent presentation with pictures and audio at: 'SECRET AUDIO a Proof of Criminal Conspiracy in Gilmer County, WV's Legal System'.
During trial, Ms. Marilyn Matheny, a partner of Lemon's Farm Equipment,
valued the equipment to be approximately $1,200. On December 14, 2005, the jury found the appellant guilty of petit larceny in violation of W.Va. Code § 61-3-13(b), the lesser- included offense of grand larceny, a violation of W.Va. Code § 61-3-13(a).1 The circuit court then sentenced the appellant to one year in the state penitentiary.
Notice how Justice Davis says that the defendant that was convicted of a misdemeanor for the RUSTED FARM EQUIPMENT was sent to prison and served the exact same time as Everette Campbell did for murder! One Year!
If you read that article and listen to the tape you will find that by the time the farm equipment case made it to the WV Supreme Court Justice Davis had come up with a figure never before on the court record. The rusted junk with a worth of less than 400 now had climbed in value to $1,200 thanks to an evil and dishonest Supreme Court Justice.
The matter would be officially decided at a felony level even if it was for a crime that never actually happened, but that is how they do it in Gilmer County., and that is how they do it in Charleston at the West Virginia Supreme Court.
And further, this missing one sixth proved by Title opinion to exist and be in the ownership of Cecil Leon Ramsey happened during the same month the majority opinion was being authored at the Supreme Court by Justice Davis, making her account of the distribution of property in error in the highest court in the state. This is what Justice Davis said:
The appellants mother owns two-sixths of the property through one-sixth heirship and a purchase of one-sixth of the property from Mr. Tommy Ross Gainer, the grandson of Ramona Bingman's aunt, Dora Gainer. The appellant's uncle, Roger Rafferty, owns three-sixths of the property, acquiring two-sixths by heirship and purchasing one-sixth from his cousin, Richard Woofter.
On his property near his home, Roger Rafferty owned and kept various items of farming equipment including a five-foot-tiller, a four-foot brush hog, a potato plow, a four-row-cultivator, and a boom pole.
As you can hear by evidence of the SECRET AUDIO the Farm Equipment was rusted used junk purchased in 1980 and the tape was made in September of 2004 -24 years later!
Can anyone explain how Gilmer County can get a lie like that of those in the Gilmer County Court saying old used , rusted equipment was worth new retail prices all the way past the WV Supreme Court?!
If you add up Chief Justice Davis' account in her majority opinion you can see that she made the opinion without consideration of who paid the taxes on the one sixth that was missing and then mentioned each piece of equipment we all heard given a value of much less than what Chief Justice Davis told the court and the other justices. It was never the home of Roger Rafferty. The home was equally owned. Gerald B Hough had the title pulled to cover his lie to the circuit court and then the matter was never explained in Supreme Court. The defendant spent two years complaining to counsel about non truthful facts being brought forward to Supreme Court.
These documents are proof the complaints were true and honest. Also countless complaints were made in writing that Davis specifically mentioned facts that were never part of the circuit court record by making the majority decision based upon the false fact that the defendant removed farm equipment from property not owned by his family, which was never mentioned in the court record, and not true or mentioned in previous court appearances. Clearly the defendant never moved or ever even touched the equipment and that was a matter of record. Davis lied.
Please regard these documents as proof that a crime has been committed by Previous Gilmer County Clerk for pulling the title to the missing one sixth to hide the ownership involving the Travesty of Justice case. By pulling the title to the missing 1/6th this act covered for a lie told to a Felony Jury by the Gilmer County Prosecutor and prevented the WV Supreme Court from recognizing equal ownership in a close 3 to 2 decision.
~~ By Editor Edison Gilmer County Concerned Citizens ~~
On 11-11-11 we the people that make up the Council of Concerned Citizens for CENTRAL WV were hitting on all cylinders and published a great article ALL ABOUT those turbulent times in Gilmer County, commonly NOW KNOWN as Crooked County and this is how it went seven years ago…
By Free Bird – RGW Reporter for the Central WV Secret Seven Coalition/Hurricane Rina McCoy – Cosmos Communicator Editor/ Editor Edison – CalPatty Press Editor
"Democracy depends on the free flow of information and ideas!"
Opinions must be shared in "A free and open encounter" because it is the competition between ideas that produces the truth and allows its concepts to be shared. Difference of opinion stimulates debate and the thought process, out of this comes truth.
The best policy decisions result from robust and uninhibited debate. For this reason, politicians have a privilege denied to the rest of us, aside from fat pensions and health insurance. They cannot be prosecuted for what they say, including hate speech. Why should we accept free political speech for politicians but not for ourselves? We elected them, why are we any less entitled?
"Gilmer County is dealing with a relatively authoritarian government operating as a democracy in name only"
… a member of the Secret Seven Coalition recently stated.
The current leadership in Gilmer County, West Virginia home to Glenville State College is certainly subversive on their best day with implied threats and cheap shots, yet obviously overt in their crass attitude of superiority and control over the less fortunate through use of the power of their elected office or bank account.
There is no level to which the POWER ELITE leaders will not sink to enforce government censorship and maintain control of the elections, business, the schools and our tax dollars.
"Those dumb bitches of the POWER ELITE are only satisfied with total submission to the entitlement of their authority!"
This is a very backwards way of thinking!
It shows an obvious lack of thought, lack of ethics and lack of respect for their fellow man.
Why would people of influence sink so low as to pay an agency located outside of the USA to attempt an attack on one of our local businesses such as the Gilmer Free Press?
Why do the Elite of Glenville seek to invade the privacy of the citizenry though they fail miserably over and over. The answer is because the self absorbed so called leaders of the county government fear a group of organized, knowledgeable citizens, communicating via the internet, initiating what (in their dumb ass minds) amounts to disobedience to the wishes of the ruling powers while attempting to remain anonymous while doing so.
"The Power Elite of Glenville fear the term anonymous most of all!"
They fear the words of intelligent people in an environment where the actual identities are not known, where their threats fall on deaf ears and no one hushes and lets everything just be OK like every good old boy should.
They fear a domain where sharing information is encouraged as it can lead to the creation of a truly informed electorate. To put it simply….
"The POWER ELITE fear for the the safety of their pocket books!"
Enough is enough, let's see to it they have reason to and walk in fear no more.
Casey Smith, a local teacher in Gilmer County teacher has been arrested surrounding allegations that he gave alcohol to a minor and major penis to a minor too, from what we hear. Casey is also known as Nasia Butchers personal lap dog. Smith is a teacher at Gilmer High School and spends most of his time with Nasia in her office and walking her to her car carrying her pocket book and even gives her a little pat on the ass as he is putting her in her car.
Did Casey learn all those good manners from his HOTTY mother, who by the way is a real good roll in the hay if I remember from the day.
The Criminal complaint says that Casey Smith (Nasia Lap Dog and Cock sucking personal pet of the all great and wonderful wife to elite leader R Terry Butcher of the Bitcher and Butcher law firm) provided one of his queer boy buddies who is also a student in the high school he teaches at, with about a quarter of a cup of an alcoholic beverage, while they were staying at a hotel in Parkersburg.
It was quite the honeymoon for the young couple down in Wood County, but younger of the two is being referred to as a victim, and he says he drank an additional cup of that beverage, after Smith fell asleep. In a statement to police Smith apparently claimed that he did not provide any such beverage to the victim, but that it's possible that he might have given it to him because of the sleeping pills he takes. It was just another case of HOMO takes BROMO and wakes up feeling one of the high school boys from Gilmer County High School. But, when you are a pet to a member of the elite you can get away with just about anything, and he will.
Citizens in Gilmer County however, are outraged, and have made numerous comments on the GILMER FREE PRESS and the GFP was taking thousands of hits in an hour and once again was the top rated website in the state of WV last week for daily hits. Comments made on the GFP can be found in the comment section of the article just below this one in your latest edition of Revenge of the Ghost Wolf.
A sexual predator is often used to refer to a person who habitually seeks out sexual situations that are deemed exploitative. Alcohol and drugs are often used as an introduction and a means to a desired end.
This time evil ran right down that Crooked County panty line!
"The definition of 1st degree sexual assault is forced penetration, causing
serious bodily injury, or use of a deadly weapon, but then I guess a big black hard dick could be considered a weapon and the preferred weapon used by students at the HOME of Rape and Murder in CROOKED COUNTY – Glenville State College!"
Gabriel Phrophet (Gabe Phrophet), 22, was arraigned by Gilmer County Magistrate Robert Minigh on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 and is facing two felonies charges involving sexual assaults of 1st and 2nd degree.
"Phrophet is just one of many football players for GSC to be accused of rape, but there have been no convictions!"
Phrophet was booked at Central regional Jail June 23, five months ago, but there has been no preliminary hearing scheduled and Gerald B Hough is purposely not moving this case forward to protect the image of the college at the cost of the public's safety!
|Imprisonment Status: Pre-Trial Felon
|Full Name:
|Phrophet, Gabriel
|6′ 2″
|170 lbs.
|Birth Date:
|Booking Date:
|Central Regional Jail
|Imprisonment Status:
|Pre-Trial Felon
Offender Court Order Information
|Court Info Number
|Issuing Agency Location
|GILMER COUNTY – Bail Amount: $25,000.00
If your looking to rape a hot white chick at a local college you never have to look further than Glenville State College high on the hill overlooking Crooked County down by that Crooked River!
The victim who had the holy bejesus fucked out of her alleges that she was raped, and then sought treatment at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital after the pounding by the QB of the GSC Football team from Washington DC. The criminal complaint stated that the victim "Feared for her life," during the entire terrifying sexual attack!!
Sexual abuse is the product of sick people in a sick society. It robs children of their childhood and creates a loss of trust, feelings of guilt and self-abusive behavior. It can lead to antisocial behavior, depression, identity confusion, loss of self-esteem and other serious emotional problems. It can also lead to difficulty with intimate relationships later in life.
The very idea that adults might be sexually attracted to children is so offensive that most parents prefer not to think about it but they should. By conservative estimates, one out of 10 children is sexually abused each year, often by a trusted authority figure — a teacher, camp counselor, priest or relative — or by the parents themselves.
Sexual child abuse cuts across all social, economic and racial strata of our society. In every respect, children are particularly vulnerable victims.
They can be easily persuaded to cooperate with molesters as they really don't know what is going on, they trust the perpetrator. Later, they may be too afraid or ashamed to talk about it with their parents. They don't know if they'll believe them over an adult. Only the lucky ones tell a true friend who knows the right thing to do which is, tell someone, tell anyone, but tell.
Sadly enough, though, up to two-thirds of all child molestation cases never come to light,
Only 10 percent of the child sexual abusers report that they molest a child who is a stranger.
They molest children close to them, mainly children in their family or children in their social circle.
Most child molesters, 90 percent, report that they know their child victims very well.
Parents are also in shock about what to believe an adult is capable of. They may feel they have failed because they knew the perpetrator, they "trusted" them. They said they didn't do anything. Then the thought, what will the neighbors and my friends say? Will they blame me for letting this happen? Maybe it's just best to let it go, kids forget in time… Know this, kids never forget.
Any logical person would agree that if you break a rule or a law, you have to be held accountable for the wrong-doing. If you break a law, you suffer the consequences and questionable actions should be questioned. In that process, trust is broken in Gilmer County. Right now, there are teachers and other community leaders who are breaking laws and rules of common decency totally visible to all. Right out in the open, they laugh about sexual misconduct, illegal drinking and drug use by teenagers.
They deny drug and alcohol use in our elementary and high schools although statistics show we would have one of the only systems in the nation where that was true.
These people will tell you it's certainly an acceptable part of college life and if the little kids pick up on it, oh well, they're just getting ready. Heaven knows they will blame a child for telling on one of their friends and disrupting their social life.
"They seem to think it is just OK!"
Some believe it is so very OK they will even try to suppress public awareness.
"The Trust in the local county government in Gilmer County is GONE"
Well, we have had two women in locally in Gilmer County who were accused of using an electrically charged tool to discipline the children, Emerson caught on Main Street fondling a small boy, and then there is Nasia Butcher's apparent penchant for teachers who tend to be perceived as living or desiring an alternate sexual lifestyle with their actions tending toward the pedophilic with drug and alcohol problems.
There is so much child abuse and domestic violence in our community that the Crooked County Courts can't keep up with it and some police and court officials think that sex with young girls is an acceptable way of life.
While you're are at it, add in the no prosecution of rape, breaking and entering and drug abuse if your parents contribute to GSC or if you play sports and a definite good old boy attitude toward what the sentence should be for murder, what the legal methods of the election process and taxation of the citizenry are and how to implement and enforce them, or any other question involving morals, ethics and honesty in this County. Houston, we have a problem.
"When trust fails chaos follows!"
The very core of civilization relies on faith in others. Where trust exists, we walk out of our homes, go to the store and let the kids play outside, knowing that we are safe, knowing that danger is unlikely. Where trust is destroyed, we stay indoors, the government seethes with corruption, and danger is the norm.
"Life without trust is a fearful existence!"
We need trust in order to know that we can live as an ordered society. Sadly, the sacred trust placed in our community leaders is dead. It has become so obvious by the downfall and destruction at all levels of our educational system, back room control of the business environment and inaction of law enforcement, that the citizens of Gilmer County can no longer trust the people they have relied upon over the years to act for anything but their own short-term interests.
No economic growth, no safety, no community empowerment serves as its own self fulfilling prophecy. The most tragic loss is the ability to entrust the Gilmer County Elite with the care of the children. Another major consequence is the destruction of the ethical and moral treatment of many community members through political coercion and greed.
Any leader who condones cheating at any level deserves quick disciplinary action. No beating around the bush: there is flat out no way to justify cheating, never was before and never now. In the absence of any logical reasoning or moral justification it encourages poor work ethics and "I don't care" attitudes developed by people of low moral values trying to wriggle their way out of guilt and consequences for inappropriate actions with the express purpose of personal and/or financial gain.
Those in charge today continue to insist they are not at fault when it comes down to their own dirty work. They have done what they were told and have no responsibility if it hasn't worked out. Some have the nerve to blame it on lack of money completely ignoring the fact that you can't buy consideration for their fellow man and honest efforts to improve their condition. (Yet they always have enough for a paycheck.)
In an ideal world we wouldn't have to worry about them. A dedicated, right thinking majority would have oversight and authority to make corrections.
But "times have been a changing", and with academic, social and economic pressures on the rise, the number of people who are more than willing to cheat to transform themselves from underachievers to overachievers, desperate to push their "grade" over the next letter is increasing by the day. Ask them, they'll tell you out loud that they will do anything for a vote.
"What is whispered is the Power Elite in Glenville will also do anything for a dollar!"
In fact the whole fabric of local education and government must be based on trust. No one can learn, teach or govern for the betterment of the community and not the few, where the network of trust is not iron-clad.
If trust is missing, when thievery, lying and greed are just OK, what you have is a dying system. What we have is a slowly decaying county and the only thing the people in charge can say is "NO CPR" but save me a job.
All children need teachers who are trustworthy, who can help parents prepare them to be fully functioning and contributing members of society. All citizens deserve strong defenders of our laws and Constitution. These needs will not be met by choosing a leadership willing to continuously break the law as a personal favor to constituents and supporters thereby breaking that sacred trust we have given to them.
"This Gilmer County totalitarian society controlled by the few over the many needs to end!"
The citizens of Gilmer County have obviously become very been upset by the episode with Casey Smith the Gilmer High School teacher caught in a Wood County motel room taking drugs and giving alcohol to a student. They don't call it Wood County for nothing!
The obvious NEWS BLACK OUT that included the local print press media source the very disappointing Glenville Democrat has been more than disconcerting to most of the locals, but then this attitude and situation of a controlled press that includes black outs and censorship just reaffirms the public's confidence in the Gilmer Free Press and the ever so faithful Secret Seven Coalition websites that seldom pull punches and always tell the truth no matter how horrid or how awful the details. We have had our own PENN STATE debacle several times in Glenville, and one of them involved that raucous party up Hwy 33 at the home of Shelly Morris DeMarino where a Lady Titan was involved in actual coitus with the basketball coach according to witnesses, and one other team member was raped by a black GCHS Football player and later became pregnant.
I talked to a person today that was helping reach out to the right lawyers for our cause and it was suggested that we tell our own story to MSNBC !! I say we need to have our representative pitch the Glenville Hell story to a national news service!
"Heck Penn State ain't nothing compared to the awful sexual misconduct that goes on down in Crooked County where those Crooked County Crooks live down by that Crooked River!"
It's time we banned together! So tell all of your friends that we must break on through to the other side of EVIL and LIVE !!
Well JULY is here and we want to have some fun up the hollar and get in on some smoked ribs and flying some rockets and such, so we are looking for Ellie May, and looking to have a good day, you do the same and celebrate a HAPPY and SAFE 4th of JULY — Here is a lesson in HISTORY from a few years back and in this article you can see how the Council of Concerned Citizens for Central WV and the Secret Seven Coalition TOOK DOWN and DESTROYED a CROOKED JUDGE by exposing dude on National News, a TEAM EFFORT!
By Free Bird – Revenge of the Ghost Wolf Reporter for the Secret Seven Coalition/Hurricane Rina McCoy – Crooked County Crooks Editor for the Concerned Citizens Free Press /Editor Edison – CalPatty Press Editor
"There is no peace in West Virginia, because there is no justice in West Virginia."
Mother Jones
Out of the 7 Billion People on the planet there are about NINE MILLION People in prison. 25% of those NINE MILLION are in the United States.The US has 4.3 % of the world's population, yet 25 % of all the people in prison are in the United States.
So out of all the people in the world in prison 25 % are in the United States and the US only represents 4.3% of the world's population. WOW the capital of the PRISON PLANET is the United States, and West Virginia leads the US in people per capita that are incarcerated, according to latest figures 6.8 people per 100.
WV leads the US, and the US leads the world for people in prison or in jail. This has never happened before, except for in Stalinist Russia, or Hitler's Germany.
Leading experts agree, that any state or any country that has over 3% incarcerated indicates something terribly wrong with that society. Well the US leads the world and West Virginia leads the United States in people incarcerated, therefore something is terribly wrong with West Virginia, and it is county's like Gilmer that make for the bad result.
"Justice" is supposed to be a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, but the Gilmer County Circuit Court is fucking clueless as to that denotation!
"Flat out Power Elite BITCHES like JUDGE FACEMIRE and the prosecuting attorney for Gilmer County Gerry Hough don't even know the meaning of the word JUSTICE!"
Those raised by the Word JUSTICE were taught that the righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked regard not to know it; or, "Does not understand knowledge" of the poor man's cause and case; and there being no money to be had, he does not care to consider it, and look into it, and get knowledge of it, and do him justice; he will not take his cause in hand, or plead it.
"Those words describe exactly the state of justice in West Virginia and specifically Gilmer County!"
There is no justice for those without money or at least enough education to know their rights and stand willing to fight long and hard for them. It is a sad fact that those are skills not easily found around here and to our shame, not encouraged and seldom appreciated.
"There is West Virginia Law and then there is the law for the rest of the 49 states!"
This was a quote from a prosecutor from out of state that was made privy to the misconduct by JUDGE Richard A Facemire and Gerald B Hough, given to her by law enforcement representatives investigating the criminal actions of public officials from Gilmer County involving an illegal extradition, and Beverly Marks ignoring a court order and hiding a DEED to property needed in the longest running court case in Gilmer County history.
When Gilmer County officers of the court knowingly break the law to bring forth a wrongful prosecution it is easily explained by highly educated professionals as WEST VIRGINIA JUSTICE!!
In GILMER COUNTY, West Virginia they, "Make their own rules!"
FOX NEWS finally got coverage of WEST VIRGINA CORRUPTION and laughed their asses off at Judge Watkins and his version of WV Justice, listen below as Megan Kelly expresses that entire WV court system is insane and this Judge should be removed! WHO will be the next judge made fun of in front of millions of viewers at home across America JUDGE FACEMIRE ? YES, it very well could be — and the long rant that he denied making during the Travesty of Justice trial — in which GERRY HOUGH paid witnesses to lie and was caught, but the JIC said the matter was time barred, (meaning the defendant waited too long to file a complaint)but Rachael Cipoletti – Chief Counsel of the ODC – lied, because a complaint was filed officially in December of 2007 in which the ODC did not recognize the evidence that now proves a malicious prosecution took place, but since then even more recent evidence not previously known before was discovered pertaining to the Travesty of Justice case, and should re-set the two year statute.
Law enforcement officers of the court in Ohio said, that NO CHARGES should have been filed against the defendant in the Travesty of Justice case, let alone an arrest made, and a life and a career ruined was ruined with malice. Gilmer County will have to pay for the compensatory damages, and the punitive damages awarded in federal court. If the civil action is won, the award could be in the millions. FACEMIRE and Hough could be held personally liable for their actions and could possibly find themselves held in contempt by the WV Supreme Court and the JIC once all the facts are revealed, since they knowingly brought a malicious prosecution, and both knowingly LIED to both the ODC and the JIC in Charleston WV which happen to share the same office.
In this video below the judge accuses the Rev. Arthur D. Hage, of threatening his family, when all he did was talk to reporter Lawrence Smith. This judge lies as bad as Judge Facemire and says his house was vandalized, but his house was not vandalized, it is all a lie, and we believe that Watkins could be through now for his actions, and he had a whole nation laughing at him — And let's hope we can get the same treatment for Facemire and Hough. Putnam LIVE.com first published these videos, thereby breaking the stories involving Watkins with both the youtube video, and the threatening phone call to Lawrence Smith of the West Virginia Record.
Today the people witness the most widespread suppression of views this county has ever known. The suppression in Gilmer County comes not only from fear of being jailed or physically harmed but even more so from fear of being dismissed or restricted from employment, banned from radio or television work, having thoughts and facts wiped clean from the internet thus changing history, being disqualified for teaching, or found unacceptable for the lecture platform and even public works.
Those sanctions mentioned in the above paragraph are effective and powerful. They often carry more sting than a fine or a jail sentence!
We watch as the persistent efforts of those given control attempt to restrict or suppress information for almost any reason (self assigned moral guardianship with no foundation in ethics, or for political purpose and personal gain) and stand in absolute opposition to the principles of freedom. This is censorship and it flourishes when no one safeguards intellectual freedom. It can be defined as any change in the access status of material, based on the content of the work and made by a governing authority or its collaborators. Worse than that, our criminal justice system is part and parcel to such acts and there is no justice for the oppressed.
Rape after Rape has occurred at Glenville State College, a small and dastardly liberal arts college tucked away far into the Northern part of the middle of the state of West Virginia, the place that is OPEN for BUSINESS and of course GSC lives up to their other slogan of Wild, but not so Wonderful.
"The picture of the judges house in the video below is what started the entire courtroom debacle!"
"The judge, William M. "Chip" Watkins III, was accusing Rev. Arthur D. Hage of talking to the media after a previous hearing. That conversation, he believed, led to an article about the judge and his wife that apparently included a picture of his house and information about his residence. So when Hage showed up for another hearing, Judge Watkins was irate. And he let loose, threatening to incarcerate Hage for life, which was the same type of action taken by Judge Richard A Facemire against the defendant in the Gilmer County Circuit Court during the Travesty of Justice case"
Judge WATKINS threatens LAWRENCE SMITH of the West Virginia Record
White collar crime runs rampant with local attorneys and the most famous attorneys for stealing from estates is the Butcher and Butcher law firm, and anybody that has researched the AJ Woofter estate, will be informed of facts that the executrix of the estate was Rosa Belle Gainer – Cunningham, who was employed as a secretary of the Butcher and Butcher law firm. The fact that Gainer was employed by the Butcher and Butcher law firm while also serving an executrix of the AJ Woofter estate is a violation of state law, but, Gilmer County makes their own rules which has been proven over and over and over again!
The White collar crime in which the County Commission Clerk as well as a FOR PROFIT non – profit entity entitled the GILMER HOUSING PARTNERS was involved in was exposed by the Secret Seven Coalition first, and then the Gilmer Free Press wrote a fabulous article describing the wrong doing and published documents about the matter that the county flat denied, and then the worthy news story of small town corruption was reported by the West Virginia Record in Charleston, or there would have been NO PRINT PRESS at all on the wrong doing and criminal action in which Gilmer County was sued for by Summit bank and LOST!! The people of Gilmer County lost too, because the county had to pay multiple thousands of dollars for the amount of the judgment by the court and they also had to pay the insurance company 50, 000 bucks for a deductible.
The normal citizen has been kept from actually knowing all the facts, because the local paper never reports any exacting news if it doesn't have a positive spin to it because the newspaper staff are all uneducated dolts with no sense of responsibility to the public. The local paper is the Glenville Democrat and Pathfinder, which is really a pathetic weekly paper put out by Dave Corcoran who is a no talented yes man that even immediate members of the community are tired of. Corcoran was shown direct disrespect at the Glenville Folk Festival held every year, when many walked out on one of his long winded nonsense speeches about how wonderful everything is. Even the common person off the street could sense his insincerity.
The most colorful character to work for the local paper has been Cassandra Huff, who was fired for working on Gerry Hough's hate site on newspaper computers and being paid by Corcoran to do so. Just the fact that Hough would be involved in a hate site that does not argue the issues, but instead spends all of its time attacking the messenger lends one to believe all the awful things ever said about the man.
While an employee of the Glenville Democrat, Huff would many times show up HIGH on drugs to a school board meetings, or some other function smelling of marijuana, and was an avid popper of pills having prescription medication from the doctor's office for her many mental and physical ailments.
Sadly, all of these public officials and local attorneys mentioned, along with the Lord of the Church of IKE himself believe with all their hearts and soul that the good ole boy network can and will protect them, and then NOBODY can touch them. Everyone feels that Senator Joe Manchin will save them, and just before election we hope to confront Big Joe as to why he protects these criminals that call Gilmer County, West Virginia their home.
It's a damn shame the local public officials are part of the crime game in Gilmer County. The crime game players includes Gerry Hough who is accused of breaking the law and subornation of perjury pertaining to the "Travesty of Justice" case – Tim Butcher, R Terry Butcher of the Butcher and Butcher law firm, Beverly Marks, former County Commission Clerk along with the current County Commission Clerk Jean Butcher.
Sheriff Mickey Metz was caught submitting a FAKE document as genuine to run for magistrate as his minimum education requirement, and Waco Oil employee's have been caught with COCAINE and narcotics in a pill form that were in a prescription bottle with the name IKE MORRIS on the label.
Thanks to local leadership's very loose interpretation of the law to their own benefit and monetary advantage and full support of the courts…ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH HAVE BECOME BOTH AN OXYMORON AND A PARADOX IN GILMER COUNTY WITH NO JUSTICE TO BE FOUND FOR THE COMMON MAN.
Oxymoron: a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms
Paradox: a statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction or a situation which (if true) defies logic or reason and is similar to circular reasoning
Small businesses should be the backbone of our economy, and the reason why is that only small business creates new jobs. Yes, the government and tax funded agencies can create jobs but when they are paid for through taxes or levies, growth is only by appearance and comes right back out of the existing economy. It is a never ending circle.
The CHURCH of IKE which includes all the power elite in Glenville who have proved themselves dishonest and all the local politicians like Boggs and Walker who are as deep in the pocket of Ike Morris and Waco Oil and ASS as Senator Joe Manchin, who has proven himself to be about as worthless to Gilmer County as Governor Earl Ray Tomblin.
When a small business is started an individual gives up their personal wealth (not grant funds or government contracts) and creates jobs with it. When people spend their own money, then that is real money, earned dollars, saved dollars, going back into the economy. This is how real, sustainable, long term economic growth happens. At a time when there have been many small business closures in Gilmer County, what have the County Commission, the Economic Development Association and Glenville State College done to promote a development model that allows and encourages small business growth? Nothing… Which side has our courts stood on when it comes to freedom of speech, election fairness and safeguarding all small business?…Not on the side of the everyday citizen, not on the side of the majority and not on the side of free enterprise within legal constraints.
For example, consider the Small Business Authority on Main Street? The premise was sound in theory. In fact it has done little but pay toward the salaries for three GSC employees!!
The benefit is all to GSC and none to the community directly and gives further profit to a multi-million if not billion dollar nationwide corporation, Aramark, their own vendor. The students at GSC are not even permitted to use their meal cards at any business not affiliated with the college. How does that promote economic development and small business in Gilmer County? Why someone who has been working hard at a small food service such as Carl Duvall, a graduate of GSC, or a local person was not placed there, assisted with finance and promoted we do not know. That would have fulfilled the true purpose of that state and federal funding. It would have exhibited growth but not for GSC who is supposedly developing huge grants dollars for Gilmer at such a pace that few local persons know about or will ever be a recipient of that "generosity". The obvious purchase or taking by eminent domain of multiple tracts of land and its removal from the tax rolls plus administrative hiding of multiple rapes and drug deals with no prosecution through control of Gilmer County's justice system is GSC's most notable achievement, that plus the laundering and steady distribution of cash to the "worthy" few.
Why would all three entities join together and use tax dollars for a website designed to take advertising from Gilmer County's only written newspaper when the developer is using it for promoting their own site, using their own advertisers? Oddly enough it happened just after the local paper showed some support for the Gilmer County Schools Coalition and if you check who those advertisers are you'll see CUBE plus church of Ike members and find they've always advertised out of town. Get the picture? It is made even more astounding when we are told the Commission's Administrator is supposedly an Internet Technology specialist who gets a regular government paycheck and should be able to do such a simple task! Is that economic development and small business encouragement (for Braxton County) or is it another example of the Chapman/Kight and Hess team with Kennedy in tow now helping a manipulated supporter who sacrificed old friends to get a foothold for personal profit, shifted their business out of town and is ready for another payoff ? Last time wasn't the last time and for sure wasn't enough. This time won't be either. Something else is in that woodpile besides wood and people who really believe in Gilmer County know it.
The appropriate attitude of helping the entire community of Gilmer County would go far to meet the needs of small business in not only the county but could act as a much needed model for small, rural communities throughout the state. Small towns offer high quality of life and a strong sense of the worth of every resident in the community, but a place with a small population has a hard time supporting a broad range of goods and services. Economic challenges are magnified in a small town, where even a small number of home repossessions and business failures affect nearly everyone. The key to success in building a healthy business community in a small town is to create an economic development plan that maximizes the community's strengths and minimizes its weaknesses. It is vital that the bulk of the population is included in planning and in the execution of that plan. It is our attitude toward free thought and free expression that will determine our fate. If the people continue to let GCEDA, GSC, IL Morris, the Butchers, and their flunkies which included the Gilmer County Commission, continue to run Gilmer County into the ground for personal gain and personal legacies the end of this county is nearer than you think.
"Take a moment and honestly examine the failed for profit realty business established with tax dollars spent in the name of education and called Riversview!"
The President of GSC was placed as the head of that corporation. It is true that his wife Elizabeth has the education degree, not Peter Barr, and his history with the Chamber of Commerce and economic development in South Carolina which surely would have been more profitable than in little Gilmer County but he leaves there and comes here as a yes man in control of higher education to continue his failing legacy while getting mega salary increases and a music program for his son approved by the Board of Governors. What he has done to this county and its college has had no positive impact and the failing statistics prove it time and again. The fact that its biggest benefactor does nothing about it makes one wonder if he wants GSC to fail so it can be privatized as Morris College. The facts continue to back that theory up. Is dissolving Gilmer County the price Ike's willing to see paid to get that vanity plate? Is that justice? So it would seem as that group seems more impressed about how many Senators are in the pocket after redistricting than how many kids get a quality education or even live in the county these days.
Now, Gilmer County Elementary School children are to be relocated in Lewis County which in and of itself has the potential to close two Elementary Schools as the state is forcing consolidation of the remainder. They say we are too "small" but move to make us smaller with a decreasing population, Yet the very people in charge of economic development; Larry Chapman, Sandy Pettit in Ike Morris's name, Dave Millard, John Kasuba, Tashua Allman, Tom Ratliff, Greg Smith, John Bennett, their flunkies along with the"employers in name only" Brian Kennedy, Dave Hess and Darrell Ramsey sat silent as we watched further decline with the closing of UPAK grocery store, Appcon Hardware, Babcock Lumber and McPherson's Town and County Realty Company who could not sell their business before retiring as other relatives of government officials continue to thrive.
We watch as elected officials and close friends get water, sewer and DSL lines ran past their properties while Cedarville sits with no water and Rosedale only partial service. Don't take that Chapman promise of a new fire department too serious Rosedale, you'll get it the same way you got anything else, when you figure out how to do it and not before. It won't be your current county tax dollars that pay for it.
Can you call that justice?
We see the college go from hosting the W.V. Belles as a courtesy to running the folk festival and being told you have to ask Dave Millard if you can set up a display. When did GSC become the controllers of the W.V. State Folk Festival instead of the people it's supposed to represent and when did they take over EDA with Larry Porter? While we trusted our Gilmer County leaders to watch out for us they were and still are giving us away doing anything they are told for a paycheck. Where's all this community cooperation GSC says they want as they run the show without asking the people and the EDA Director Chapman can't even see it gets advertised in state publications for free? The turnout suffered. Where's the justice?
The Commissioners tell us what we want to hear. Oh yes, 911, we'll bring it back, sorry we gave it away but the undertones say only if paid for with yet another levy placed on the backs of tax payers while businesses go away and all Chapman can say is it's the economy!
President of the Gilmer County Commission Kennedy, who is a direct relative of Tim and R Terry Butcher of the Butcher and Butcher law firm brags, we'll support a study for education now that the state took over the schools but nothing in writing and no checks in the mail. The tax money has been so mismanaged that millions of dollars each year go for employees to take the money in and watch as selective, so called, "justice" and eminent domain is meted out in favor of the power mongers and no eminent domain for their property. Ask Mary Heckert and Hands of Pride.
"Ask Ron Blankenship State Super Pooper for Gilmer County why he wouldn't take any Garrett property? No, no, anything but that, anything but Justice!"
Where is the justice, where is the right, where is the equity for Gilmer County Tax Payers who have been kept in the dark and forced to swallow whatever these self serving "leaders" have fed them? How has any of their actions stimulated growth? Glenville and Gilmer County as a whole is a great area with enormous potential. So much more could have been done to help the growth of this town and surrounding communities but all that gets done is put a paycheck in the pocket of small minded, self serving, greedy yes men and yes women. Small business could have provided new jobs and a better local economy. If local leaders understood this the people would be so much better off. All they seem to understand is that to keep their jobs, no one in business here wants any competitive salary payers around.
"What have our courts done but work to support their influential, vote block holding friends and to suppress the small business that does not encourage their reelection or appointment? What have they done but show their support for pedophiles, adulterers, liars, thieves, murderers and their associates?"
Go down the list of elected and appointed and apply the correct adjective.
You know it, you see it, and you live it and yet use the excuse of being in too much fear to do anything about it. Such lack of action has condemned the majority of citizens here to endure a living death or leave and they are leaving in droves. The word commends the just man's compassion to his cattle and thus commends his sympathy with those who are often treated as cattle, and worse even than cattle but we see no evidence of this sympathy come from our courts, our dispensers of so called justice. No evidence of such compassion from our political leaders or their minions. In fact, just the opposite is more commonly the result of legal action in this state and in this county.
"The poor or those considered "politically out of line" go to jail or incur large legal fees and fines to defend insane and unfounded charges!"
The financially able go home and make a campaign contribution as instructed. Those determined and strong enough to stand their ground must fight to get to a higher court to even begin to experience what justice might be like.
West Virginia's Supreme Court has been reminded more than once that "the only check upon their own exercise of power is their own sense of self-restraint. For the removal of unwise laws from the statute books, appeal lies not to the courts, but to the ballot and to the processes of democratic government" but it seems local judges do not hear and to paraphrase the words of Gilmer Circuit Court Judge Facemire to Lawrence Smith when he asked to legally record the proceedings against him as he has done in circuit courts throughout this state, "that may be how it's done in other courts but THIS IS MY COURT AND YOU WILL NOT RECORD THIS PROCEEDING!" What of his permitting Tara Kennedy, an officer of the court seen in an attempt to run down four members of a local family with her car, to express her personal desire to see a successful Gilmer County business shut down because it did not agree with her husband's political aspirations. Judge Facemire has a probation officer in the court room when no one is on probation or likely to be. When there is no sentencing in progress and though she has an office available to her, because of political ties she can make whatever moronic statement she likes, influence the decision of a bought and paid for judge at a whim and laugh while she seeks to inflict pain on those daring to stand in her way as the Morris family provides protection for a yes man's wife.
"In other words, if you get in a Gilmer or Braxton County Court before Judge Facemire and his crew you'll receive their collective idea of justice as they have been told to dispense it, not the liberty and justice for all provided under the constitution of the State of West Virginia and the United States of America!"
You can't even call that crap they deal out country justice because it has no roots in common sense. Justice here is selectively applied and loosely defined. Morality and ethics have no place within the ranks of our leadership. Justice died here when greed took over and money became God.
As one of the core values of a democratic society, intellectual freedom is the right to seek, receive, hold, and disseminate information from all points of view without restriction. It provides for free access to all expressions of ideas through which any and all sides of a question, cause, or movement may be explored.
There must be no limit on the range of temperate discussion, no limits on thought in order to preserve this county and its people. No subject must be taboo. No censor must preside at our assemblies. No judge must subvert justice for political profit, personal vendetta or gain.
"We need all the ingenuity we possess to avert failure and economic collapse. We need leadership in Gilmer County that values every opinion, every idea and every citizen as much as they value themselves and we do not have it!"
"When will we join together as those who are tired of being slaves to these self assigned masters and find the backbone to make it happen?"
It better be sooner than later or last one here can turn out the lights, put out the cat, inscribe the last name on that poor farm tombstone which needs to be erected in the new park and hopefully they can survive on the royalties from their new book …
"Who Killed Gilmer County WV?"
You've just read a lot of the names to be found in that best seller, because at Revenge of the Ghost Wolf we are the true teller!
In Glenville Justice Is Lost
At GSC Justice Is Raped
In Crooked County Justice Is Gone
Pulling Your Strings
In Gilmer County Justice Is Done
Seeking No Truth
Winning Is All
Find it So Grim
So True
So Real
Power Wolves Beset Your Door
Hear Them Stalking
Soon You'll Please Their Appetite
They Devour
Hammer of Justice Crushes You
Say your prayers little one
Don't forget my son
To include everyone
I tuck you in
Warm within
Keep you free from sin
'Til the sandman he comes
Sleep with one eye open
Gripping your pillow tight
Because the REVENGE of the Ghost WOLF will be coming for YOU in the DARKNESS of the NIGHT!
Hello my friend, so happy to see you again, because this month I am an EZY RIDER, for the weather has finally turned nice, when it doesn't rain too much and SPRING SPRUNG and I have to keep my working parts moving so they don't get rusty, or smell too musty, for we are going to speak of some times when it got a bit busty because we are bound to be remembering about those bad ass box banging butcher bitches!! Don't ya miss the days of HOT TODDY, Lunacy Lucy and her trained Gila Monster, yeah the Gila Monster was accused of sexual assault a few times, but shit man, that is JUST OK in CROOKED COUNTY home of the CROOKED COUNTY CROOKS that live down by the Crooked River so lets remember back a few years and review some history, and let ya all know who is who here in the backwoods part of West Virginia, also, this article is dedicated to the memory of SHAIN GANDEE, who was young, but you were gonna hear it like it is whether you were ready to or not, for he was one to really let it fly from time to time. West Virginia MISSES YOU SHAIN!! …And always will.
By Editor Edison -Free Bird and Rina McCoy for the Central West Virginia Secret Seven Coalition and the Revenge of the Ghost Wolf Website
The Council of Concerned Citizens of Gilmer County and the Secret Seven Coalition of Central West Virginia have joined together on a joint political journey to expose a great many wrong doings — one of which led right straight to the governor and the Secretary of State Natalie Tennant!!
"Hey Natalie, why don't you go back to being a baby sitter for the Power Elite Bitch!!"
I will tell you what Natalie, you had a lot of fucking nerve sending your bullshit investigator into our town to come up with a situation that you could easily cover up and then say it was all handled and the election fraud was just a couple of misdemeanor errors, but what about the felony violations of the law? WTF?
You sent your girl straight to the home of IKE MORRIS Natalie! Way to go, we knew you were Crooked then, for it was all witnessed by the Central WV SS!
Hey Natalie miss SoS did you forget, there were a couple of recording modules that mysteriously disappeared and then reappeared during the night in question and Beverly Marks changed her usual procedure of reporting counts of individual precincts?
But, then you are using Gerry Hough to make sure that evidence is tampered with and or comes up missing, for Gerry is already implicated in a cover up regarding evidence and we got the details recently from the State Police — and they are pretty pissed off about Gerry Hough's best friend SGT CJ ELLYSON selling evidence out of the evidence locker and then Hough being appointed Special Prosecutor covering up the matter and letting his State Police Sgt friend ELLYSON off on all of the charges!!
You people are nothing but criminals and we can prove it and we will!
Why the fuck would we even consider you as a Governor Natalie when you are obviously deep into the pockets of IKE MORRIS?
Fuck that we are done with all of your corrupt bullshit! Go back to babysitting !
In fact, if you piss us off again, we will get a hold of some of your old air – checks from when you did your local TV- Work and do a professional critique of them and let everyone know you were nothing but a small market "No Talent HACK!" with absolutely no future in broadcasting!
We are from the big leagues !!
Geez Louise, how high up the ladder did you make it to market 104? … when two of our dudes made it to the top 15 and one of them even did a brief sting in market 4! Oh man you were really hitting the big leagues there girl!! You almost made it to the Top 100 markets in the United States!
Jesus Natalie you could not even make it in a top 100 market let alone a top 50 or top 25 or a major market, but you had NO CHANCE of making the big leagues bitch because you suck!! You are one fake fuck and you proved that to all of us!
You may have been able with time and some connections to get yourself into a top 100 market like Madison Wisconsin if you sucked enough dick, but making cheese in Madison would have been about as far as you were ever gonna go Tennant!
"So take your cock-sucking no talent ass and keep it in Charleston because we don't need you around here!"
But, as far as any of us know, it might have been your knee pads that got you the Secretary of State gig, but we sure can't see it on your merit alone, except for the fact you had IKE to back you with the big bucks!
Great progress was made this past week by local CCC and SS factions and many state and federal agencies were contacted and we have received a rather large box size filled with replies and complaint forms to be filled out and notarized along with statements from our investigation team and attorney on various illegalities and violations involving misconduct and criminal activity of some very big names of some very powerful people from Gilmer County.
You may notice this article carries three authors on the by-line above and that is because this article contains three separate contributions since one SS member is also a member of the Council of Concerned Citizens.
But, at least six people are responsible for gathering all of the information we are going to share with you!
Most people these days want to remain anonymous. We are surprised to learn even the highest ranking State Officials recognize the fact of who they are talking to and who we represent.
We represent the NEW FOURTH ESTATE in West Virginia. We are working with mainstream reporters and are happy to say many of our articles are covered by mainstream sources now, for we are the ones they come to sometimes for documents and facts!
Now, we do admit to using strong arm tactics a couple of times to get the cooperation needed on a couple of occasions, but "Whatever it Takes," is our motto, since we are going up against people and public officials that follow absolutely NO RULES at all.
"So, the new rules are, there are no rules!
As soon as we figured that one out … we have had great success!"
Unfortunately, we are in possession of documents that we can not share with you yet since we promised a mainstream reporter we would not use them until after we had accomplished a few tasks and carried out interviews.
This week a high ranking member of the Council of Concerned Citizens talked to Dawn Warfield — who is the Deputy Attorney General for the state of West Virginia and I spoke with Virginia Lanham who is counsel for the superintendent of the State Police.
These top-notch high ranking members of the West Virginia government would never get on the phone with a member of the Council of Concerned Citizens for Gilmer County unless they already knew a Public Relations POOP STORM was about to rein down on their head because of the wrongdoing of Gerald B Hough!
…And that the REAL TRUTH ABOUT GERALD B HOUGH was going to break in the mainstream press and even possibly go regional!
As soon as it was mentioned to Dawn Warfield that her boy Robert Goldberg presented evidence in his brief considered in the majority opinion of the "Travesty of Justice" case that was completely false — and not part of the court record she said," Bob Goldberg works for me!"
Warfield was then made aware that the facts Goldberg brought to the West Virgina Supreme Court were not mentioned in the court record, and further, never was a part of the court testimony that included old rusted junk farm equipment Gerald B Hough falsely stated to a grand jury was worth brand new retail prices .
Goldberg stated that rusted junk (presented as new) was on a separate hundred acres that was NOT heir-ship property ! Goldberg lied to the West Virginia Supreme Court and now rumor has it Goldberg states, "That's what the Gilmer County Prosecutor told him!"
It was then that Warfield made the statement for the record that, "These mistakes are hard to fix!"
Personally speaking we could give a fuck if they are hard to fix, we say get up off that Power Elite Golden Throne and earn your state paycheck by bringing the misconduct forward and "Fixing it!"
Warfield was also questioned as to why the head of the Police Standard division was even given the complaint against Gerald B Hough — since this was never any part of any State Police investigation at any time.
"We knew then, that we had established how the State Police cover up in-house crimes and our mission that day was accomplished and this information will be used against the state in court!"
Then, it was mentioned that a CRIMINAL TORT for criminal negligence was being readied against the Gilmer County Sheriff and the Gilmer County Commission — and surprisingly Warfield became defensive and said, "Good luck with that we all have immunity!"
Actually, I was somewhat surprised by the defensive stance of Dawn Warfield, but she maybe should read up on Federal law action involving a proven bad faith prosecution, for everyone has their immunity stripped from them, because it can be proven they broke the law to bring the case forward and that is exactly what happened in Gilmer County!
At that point of the conversation being a Council of Concerned Citizens member, I was more than happy to be referred to Virginia Lantham who was the attorney behind Col Pack — the former Superintendent of the State Policewho we made the original complaint against Hough to!
Virginia Lantham was a person kept from our reach on many occasions, so I was happy to report to her that her not recognizing new evidence in a criminal complaint made against Gerald B Hough was duly noted and would be brought forward in federal court.
It was Lantham's absolutely ridiculous explanation via letter from Major Ingold — as to why the state was going to pass on the complaint that got that very same complaint picked up by the Special Investigations Unit of the US Attorney's office!
Her letter that was delivered by Major Ingold head of Police Standards division of the State Police was literally laughed at by investigation attorneys for the fact they did not recognize- against rules of procedure, I may add, the new evidence brought forward!
We were sent on a mission by an attorney investigating this wrongdoing since 2006, but never in a million years did we figure on discovering how West Virginia manufactures a very expensive cover- up of a case that cost the state of WV nearly 750, 000.00 dollars to falsely prosecute — thanks to the stupid as fuck Gerald B Hough!!
That action made the State Police liable and also led to our formal complaint against Colonel Pack and then we were thrilled shortly after our formal complaint — Colonel Pack was sent packing just like the article requested written by the President of the Council of Concerned Citizens in the GFP involving the murder that Hough let happen in our home town involving Everette Campbell named by the SS as 357 Evey!
Also another lengthy talk was had with a representative of the State Police that spoke for troopers of the rank of Sgt or below, which often have opinions usually different than the high brass, in which they have little contact with — when being deployed on the street fighting crime.
We were shocked to learn that Gerald B Hough has dropped some drug charges on people caught by the State Police with drugs!
But, because of who their daddy and mommy was, the dope came up missing and the drug charges dropped!!
The Council of Concerned Citizens and the Central WV Secret Seven Coalition were surprised to learn that day that the actual troopers on the street support our efforts and want Hough gone.
Now, we never believed that before, but when it was told to someone of high rank in the SS by a veteran WV State Trooper, someone we respect, and also someone with multiple years of actual combat experience that had seen it all and then some, well it seemed much more believable.
In fact, that was a very important meeting and called attention to the fact that our entire reality of the situation had to be re-evaluated … for we never believed the troopers on the street not only supported our effort, but hoped that we succeeded in having Hough removed from office!
It was a decisive moment for our highest ranks, for then we all felt like shit for giving Trooper Smith and others a hard time, and then being unreasonable on more than one occasion and actually using words we were sorry for now. The State Police lower ranks tried to tell us — and more than once and more than twice!
All the while Trooper Smith calmly stated, "Hey well maybe someday you will get it!"
IKE cut a deal with the State Police – It was agreed that IKE would give them the TrioPetroleumBuilding for their GilmerCountyState Police Headquarters for the price of ONE DOLLAR after the trooper I spoke with busted Ike's son for COCAINE and drug possession while driving his fancy Porsche Sports car, which was seized by federal law for the drug violation.
The deal was contingent on the fact that all charges were dropped and the Porsche was returned and the seizure papers disappeared. Also the Cocaine all the sudden was unaccounted for.
Hell IKE MORRIS can buy himself a little town in WV and a College all of his own and buy the highest ranks of the State Police along with the Governor!
I will tell you what that dumb ass Gerry Hough has told some tall tales about Glenville, WV but …
Gerry Hough is the numb-nut who went around and told a select few that he was a past secret service agent, and then had lived in a kibbutz in Israel and then married into and lived a total "Hippie" life style!
We got the real story from one of his college buddies who wrote a FICTION account of being a killer secret service agent, and it is a darn good book! So the closest Hough came to actually being a secret service agent according to his friend, is when they were smoking some kick ass hashish from Lebanon while they were washing dishes for room and board.
Hey there ya go Carly, your daddy is a liar again, guess you can go pull them panties to the side again for the college boys at WVU maybe that will make you feel better about things!
Prosecutor: No evidence in rape case!
…was the headline when Hough dropped the case against Edwin Dale Kinnison, just as predicted by the Central WV SS! Search this site or look for some old CalPatty Press files to find the facts out about how GSC is a dangerous place to be for co-eds
It is all part the Barr – Code placed into effect by Peter Barr after black football player Erik Davis was allowed to rape a local 17 year old white girl High School student!
"Don't lay on your back unless he is Black!" Seems like Ike Morris' grand daughter should maybe worry about breaking the bar code from her recent flings with the Black Boys in town that have gotten more white pussy since the riots in Los Angeles!! But POWER ELITE pussy is the best according to the locals. However, we disagree that 16 year old snapper should be allowed, but what the hell it seems to be OK with IL IKE MORRIS so head on!
Hough told the press in that article that, " He has never lost a sexual assault case he has taken to trial," but that was a complete fucking lie since he lost the Erik Davis case!! So now you see Hough is a phony as fuck lying son of a bitch that needs to be removed from office as soon as we can make it happen!
THE JESSICA SELF CASE was a bungle in the Crooked County Jungle!!
There are only a couple of things that I know about the Jessica Self case for sure.
- After it happened SS members spoke with 2 Pizza Hut employees and asked them straight up if she did it. They said definitely as the cash registers take from the night before always agreed with the bank deposit that she prepared.
- They said that she was the only one who took the deposits to the bank and that the amount of the deposit was changed on the slips by the time it was put in the bank and that the bank had notified Pizza Hut of this and their corporate office had been investigating this for some time before the charges were made.
- They thought she was taking the money to the bank daily as she took it out the door with her every day.
- An SS associate asked Gerry Hough if she was guilty. He said for sure, that she was the only one who had the money and the case was open and shut. But the case must have been more open than shut, because Jessica Self walked herself right out of the courtroom with a Not Guilty Verdict to all counts and there were several. Hough blew the case by being a bad attorney, he was unorganized and did not have all the facts because he is lazy!
- I was called for jury duty (of course I was not put on the jury because they don't put known SS on juries) but while I was outside a man identifying himself as Jessica's father told me that they had her up there for trial and that it was not right. A lot of people had access to that money besides her. He was distraught so I did not force the issue of the deposit slips being changed regularly before the actual deposit.
My personal belief is that someone at the bank had to be complicit with this for a long time as it would be their responsibility to notify the account holder if the numbers were changed on the deposit slip and they were not the actual one making the deposit. I know this was done if a change was made on the daily deposit slip for other local businesses I am aware of, they would call and verify that change was made. I came to the conclusion that whoever had been handling her deposits had been let go or left employment at the bank and a new teller taking the deposit had turned her in. Gerald B Hough fucked this case up to high heaven! Ask Karen Elkin! She knows!
I believe Jessica did the deed and I believe the reason her "Father" approached me was to gain my sympathy so I wouldn't open my big mouth to the wrong person and question Hough about it when he came in.
Another thing I question in the jury selection process is why they always call employees of the Federal Prison for duty (guards). That would not fly in most states, as it is well known they are prejudiced by their job and believe every one in the joint is guilty. I can't believe a defendant's attorney would want them on there unless they are in on the fix like F John Oshoway was on the Travesty case.
Follow that with giving the head honcho of the prison and honorary doctorate degree from GSC which is so weird to me that a basically "Junior" college can even bestow a doctorate. It seems a vain, arrogant and stupid action by a bunch of pompous asses to me. I guess they can do it, they have, but I'd love to hear what someone at the Higher Education Policy Commission really thinks about it.
It has been unbelievably easy for IKE MORRIS (shown above with West Virginia football coach Rich Rodriguez) leader of the elite to control job placement and commerce in this county through manipulation of its Boards and the County Commission as evidenced by who is placed on the boards and who is elected to office.
For example his own secretary sat for years as Treasurer of the Ambulance Authority and on the GCEDA Board of Directors and his wife Sue Morris sits as President of the GSC Board of Governors, his son is on the Morris Foundation and Alumni Board and to top it all off he employs Gilmer County Commissioner Brian Kennedy at Sue Morris Sports Complex which received 250,000 in 2008 from the Morris Foundation as a "Charitable Contribution" and whose Director is Marc Monteleone the Operations Manager for WACO. You remember, partner in Bowles & Rice Law Firm which represents GSC and the County Commission as bond counsel? Yes it is unbelievably easy to do what you want to do in Gilmer County as long as you belong.
To hear them tell it they are now going to forgo the facade of GCEDA and seem to be admitting that any development in this county is not only paid for by them but also planned by them. We have not seen one county referendum on a ballot and are pretty sure we won't in the future.
Life is unbelievably good in Gilmer County if you're an Oil and Gas Magnate!
IKE, Dude!! You've made your money and now it's just all about playing the power game and baby do you have it. It is your vision and it will become reality no matter who likes it!!
IKE MORRIS seems to actually own the State College at Glenville and actually the whole god damn town, and he has some Crooked as fuck attorneys appointed in powerful positions at GSC to protect his interests!
Hate to tell you Gilmer County but most of the citizens that live here and support these causes paying property taxes are not of the correct "quality" to participate or make any decision about this life they are supposedly building for "you".
IKE brags on the 350 or so jobs at FCI Gilmer but by his own admission these jobs are not employing residents of Gilmer County.
The housing they look to develop using Glenville State College as for profit front of the Riversview Project was always intended for the commuters from surrounding counties. They have the experience and seniority to run that facility even though we have built a new Criminal Justice program.
Get a clue, these people have years invested in the system and have no intention of moving their families to Gilmer County when they retire. Their cash goes back to where their life is. That's where their investment are — and where they will stay. Only temporary needs monies are spent in Gilmer County such as tank of gas and maybe lunch. Get real!
If any real revenue is ever generated by that for profit group headed by Peter Barr (which at this point appears to be a loser sitting in Federal Court), it would go into the pockets of the investors. There is nothing new under the sun when it comes to money and power in Gilmer County.
The 24 hour medical center is a lie at this point. Although that is what was promised, Minnie Hamilton's representative at GSC reported to the Board of Governors that Minnie Hamilton did not feel they could support a 24 hour facility so what is Plan B? Is there a real plan B? We can't even seem to get the air conditioning and a parking lot right at the existing facility on Mineral Road. (Better watch out Denny Pounds will sign it all away)
We like sports as much as the next person but that's where the priority lies for Gilmer County and GSC. There is no emphasis on advancing educational opportunities in order to prepare for any kind of outside competition. What outside competition? Free trade is not a welcome phrase in Gilmer County where it's not what can we do to make you want to come here and open a business but just the opposite.
The question becomes what can you do for those in power if we let you bring your business here? What can you do for the POWER ELITE ? Can we take your money and your honey?
It can all be good and SLEEZY when you are a dealin with the Crooks that got it EASY –that are ALL from Crooked County that live down by the Crooked River!
COMING UP IN JUNE … SILENCE OF THE LAMES, a trip to the office of Gerald B Hough, in Gilmer County to pick up info made by FOIA request… WATCH THIS VIDEO for preview..


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After deserving a call-up to the NHL and looking like he belongs, the Leafs have signed forward Trevor Moore to a two-year contract extension on Sunday.
.@SportChek Player Alert: The @MapleLeafs have signed forward Trevor Moore to a two-year contract extension.
Details >> https://t.co/rvnyNgVntp#LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/4taEV7nw3K
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) January 13, 2019
The contract will have an AAV of $775,000 – $750,000 in 2019-20 and $800,000 in 2020-21.
The 23-year-old native of Thousand Oaks, California has played a total of six games for the Leafs so far this season. He made his NHL debut on December 23rd in a game against the Detroit Red Wings.
In those six games, Moore has one goal and two assists – significantly impressive since he has been on the lower end of ice-time among forwards, only averaging just over eight minutes per game this season.
He initially signed with the Leafs as a college free agent from the University of Denver in 2016. Immediately making an impact with the Marlies, he has a total of 44 goals and 48 assists in 155 AHL games through the last three seasons. Moore was a vital part of the Calder Cup-winning team and has been deserving of a call-up, to some, for a while now.
There are no details about this in the release, but one must assume that this is a one-way contract for the forward.

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Carbon Marine's new line taming device called "Line Lair" got a video test today by me and Capt. Colby Hane. The winds was not too bad today at only about 5-10mph. We will have to test it out on tougher conditions.
The device is basically a rubber mat with spikes on it. The spikes keeps fly line to stay on the boat as well as preventing tangles, if it gets too windy. The product is very portable and floats. You can can fold it or roll it up for easy storage.
Normally you would use stripping bucket to control your fly fly line. That however can be bulky and difficult to control at times. Not to mention the transportation issue.
The Line Lair offers a simple alternative to a stripping basket especially if you are limited on room on your skiff.


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Blog Archives
Baby Birds 101 – To Rescue or Not to Rescue?
Working as a naturalist, I've received tons of calls about injured animals and thought I'd share some of my knowledge with you about handling situations with baby birds, since it's the most common one.
You Can Help Rescued Hummingbird Chicks!
Last week I posted a link to a live camera that has been filming the same hummingbird nest for several years. Two chicks were hatched in December, but just a couple days ago, something heartbreaking happened: mom didn't return to the nest. After 20 hours of not seeing Phoebe, the mother hummingbird, a wildlife rehabilitator was called in to rescue the chicks.
Monique, the rehabber, delicately removed the entire nest and took it back to her home, where she's raised orphaned hummie chicks in the past. Like most rehabbers, Monique doesn't get paid to do this and according to the admins of the live cam page, the complex mix used to feed baby hummingbirds isn't cheap. It's not sugar water; it's a mix of proteins and nutrients closer to what momma bird would regurgitate for babies. If you're compelled to help Monique, you can donate to her through her website at http://mfrartwork.com/donate/ and browse her lovely artwork.
You can watch Monique trying to give the chicks a meal in the video below. It's rather magical. Thanks for reading!
Day 8.
I don't know how people handle being parents of tiny, helpless humans. I officially applaud you.
I'm sick, have done 10 hours of overtime this week (with another several hours coming), and am insanely fatigued, but the little blue babies still come first. I'm proud of myself, quite frankly. Through the sniffling, sneezing, naps, and long days at work, I've still managed to keep them alive. (I'd like a parade now. With some chicken soup.)
I apologize for having the audacity to post about them without accompanying photos but I just didn't have the energy. They're amazingly larger than just a couple of days ago. Their bodies are really filling out and expanding to catch up to the size of their feet and they're generally becoming much more independent. They're taking far less food from me – it helps that they're fat, according to how thin the keel is beneath the breast tissue – and instead of begging for it open-mouthed, they're starting to prefer picking it off the forceps.
Bubba is still not really good at determining food from poop. He carried poop around in his mouth for a couple of minutes this morning, evidently convinced that it would become palatable with time, but eventually spit it out when I put some food on the ground in front of him. I was really hoping he'd learn the whole poop lesson a little quicker, but he's at least turning into an agile flier. Gump is making up for all the times Bubba stood bullying upon his back by chasing him around and pulling at his feathers. They are tolerating me less and less and do not want to be handled, which is a fantastic sign for their future release. They squawk, they explore, they shit, they eat things they shouldn't eat, and at the end of it all, they hunker down next to one another and tuck their beaks beneath their wings for a nap.
Learning to be a bird is exhausting work.
Baby Birds 201 – Bluejays Steal My Heart
So a small clutch of baby Scrub Jays came into the nature center several days ago. The deliverer had found momma bird deceased and was clearly distressed to have discovered her babies orphaned. There were three. They were lethargic, quiet, cold, and in shock.
I called my rehabber and explained the situation. Instead of her usual response, "Okay, when can we meet up?" she said, "Okay, here's what you do." Rehabbers are typically overwhelmed in the springtime and apparently she thought I could handle baby birds solo.
I was up for the challenge.
[Video] Suzie Gilbert on Raptors
At the Nature Center we do a limited amount of raptor rehab. Last year we were able to successfully release three beautiful raptors after they healed from injuries. Suzie Gilbert is a passionate rehabber and this beautiful video tells a piece of her story. Enjoy!
If you're interested in learning more about Suzie or raptor rehab, check out these two books, written by her:
Do you have a local raptor rehab center? Post a link to them in the comments section so others can visit! Thanks for reading. :) GO RAPTORS!
Baby Birds 101 – To Rescue or Not to Rescue?
Working as a naturalist, I've received tons of calls about injured animals and thought I'd share some of my knowledge with you about handling situations with baby birds, since it's the most common one.
American Kestrel takes a bath.
Have you ever seen an American Kestrel in rehab take a bath in a plastic tub? Now you can say you have. :) Enjoy.


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Cowl Neck Bridesmaid Dress
I have an update to this post! See below for details…
I thought I'd give you a little a little break from all the darker wintry styles I've been showing, and bring in a little tropical influence with this cowl neck coral bridesmaid dress from Anna Elyse. But that's not where the story ends — this dress as many neat features that I can't wait to tell you about — but first, here's how I'd style it:
Seduction dress by Anna Elyse in Coral Image by Lizzi Photography/ Frosty Floral Earrings by Kate Spade / Brooch Watchband Bracelet by Ann Taylor /Bright Bouquet image via Style Me Pretty Photographed by Greer G Photography Floral Design by Kim Starr Wise / Nude Strappy Sandals by Wallis /
Ok, I might start sounding like my former retail salesperson-self about the "features" of this dress, but this isn't a sponsored endorsement, it's my genuine excitement for this new approach to dressing your bridesmaids. After all, you know how I love it when practical and pretty come together!
Let's start with alterations — this dress is from the Unzipped collection, which is designed so that there is barely a need for alterations. Have I told the story of how I specifically purchased a tea-length bridesmaid dress for a friend's wedding, only to have a seamstress with a mind of her own decide to lop off 8 totally un-discussed inches because she thought it was more flattering? Oooh. Fun times. The point is, alterations are no fun, they take time, and they cost a bundle too. Anna Elyse has designed this dress in a style that flatters and fits many figures, without the hassle of meticulous fittings. I can see this being a great maternity option for a bridesmaid who might be expecting, but doesn't quite know what size she'll be at the time of the wedding, or a bridesmaid who might be a very new mom and wants something with some give. ( I had both of those scenarios in my own wedding party.)
The other amazing thing about this style is that it is reversible! It's made of a dual-sided silky charmeuse: on one side it's a "sponged satin" fabric, and on the other it's a matte crepe fabric — so you automatically get two dresses in one. I'm sure you see why that's so great; it makes for 2 dresses in this wear-it-again style, and if you want a slight mix-and-match look in your wedding party, you could have your bridesmaids alternate by wearing different sides of the dress.
The third thing I love is the range of colors and that these dresses are on sale (25% off). I just love this easy and drapey style; it's a dressed up look but has a modern ease to it too.
I hope I've brightened your day with this color, and opened your eyes to the possibilities of this innovative bridesmaid style. For more information on Unzipped and the other bridesmaid options Anna Elyse offers, visit www.annaelyse.com
After this post I had the chance to learn more about this fantastic dress directly from the wonderful people at Anna Elyse. Not only does it reverse to a different fabric texture in the same color, but also can be made to reverse to a different color like in this image below. There are many color combinations available, although, some pairings with a strong dark and light contrast between the two colors may not be possible. Reversible colors aren't yet available for ordering online, but can be customized and ordered by contacting Anna Elyse directly at annaelyse.com/stores .
Seduction dress by Anna Elyse with reversible fabric, Photo by Robert Mitra


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