The governor of West Virginia and others are now seeking to rescind this designation. The question is, why? Answer, they do not want to remember and call attention to that conflict where the State government took an anti-union position, and applied armed force in that cause, looked the other way while a pro-Union law enforcement officer was murdered (see above clip), and therefore falsely accused the miners of "treason" against the State.

When the state did what they did, and called in the Feds (who bombed them) they became a tyrannical government--i.e. not a government "of the people", which the State constitution states have power, nor defending their rights, while obstructing ...

The governor of West Virginia and others are now seeking to rescind this designation. The question is, why? Answer, they do not want to remember and call attention to that conflict where the State government took an anti-union position, and applied armed force in that cause, looked the other way while a pro-Union law enforcement officer was murdered (see above clip), and therefore falsely accused the miners of "treason" against the State.

When the state did what they did, and called in the Feds (who bombed them) they became a tyrannical government--i.e. not a government "of the people", which the State constitution states have power, nor defending their rights, while obstructing justice (in a murder).

That legacy and controversy they want buried, and are using technicalities in the law to do so. But the Blair Mountain people of Logan area will not forget. That is also why the State for years has put up "litter cameras" for surveillance, only in Logan County, to keep "an eye on 'em"!