Learn and Preserve: Jefferson County Regional Water SymposiumHosted by the Rural Agricultural Defenders (RAD)September 28, 2019, 9:00 am -3:00 pm at the Clarion Inn in Harpers Ferry, WV.This single day symposium will focus on a natural resource that connects the...
Delegate John DoyleDelegate Sammi BrownDelegate Paul EspinosaSenator Patricia RuckerSenator John UngerOriginal Letter Attached to EmailTo Our State and Local Leadership, Public participation is an important and required aspect of the environmental permitting process. When a project is particularly large in size,...
CHARLES TOWN, WV. Jefferson County Vision (JCV) cheered yesterday’s Circuit Court ruling which declared the multi-million dollar Rockwool PILOT “is not an enforceable agreement.” Rockwool and its supporters have used the PILOT to threaten local government with lawsuits and...
JCV PILOT CASE RULING RECEIVED Jefferson County Vision has just received the first of two long awaited rulings - the PILOT case. "The Court agrees with the plaintiff's contention that the PILOT is defective on its face: The only two...
Mineral wool is made from stone melted in furnaces. Stone is not a recycled or sustainable material. It is extremely energy-intensive to produce and has high embodied energy. The manufacturing process involves on-site fuel combustion using gas and coal in furnaces, boilers, and dryers. The...
Jefferson County Vision (JCV) and several residents of Charles Town filed a legal request last week in Circuit Court for an order that the City Council follow state law, accept the “Blue Petition,” and hold a hearing on the citizens’...
Dear Jefferson County Parks and Recreation Board of Directors: When the working people of Jefferson County pay our taxes-- a basic civic duty-- we don’t get to put our name on a sponsorship banner. Our hard-earned tax dollars go towards...
Three hours of oral argument before Judge Hammer and a packed gallery in the historic Jefferson County Courthouse on Tuesday brought two of Jefferson County Vision’s cases related to Rockwool—a zoning suit and a taxation suit—closer to a resolution. At...
PRESS RELEASE Over 1,500 citizens of Charles Town are, again, demanding that the Charles Town City Council and Building Commission hold a hearing to accept a Protest Petition opposing the issuance of the Sewer Bond. The Bond was accepted by...
Rockwool continues to wield the levers of government power against Jefferson County residents in the company’s quest to build a megafactory next to local schools.The latest outrage is an overreach from the Federal judiciary, which ruled today to preemptively block...
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