Legal & Legislative Updates

CHARLES TOWN, WV. Rockwool is building its factory without a valid Building Permit, because there is no valid plan for sewer service. The first rule of construction permitting: for work to proceed, a site must have a plan for utility...

  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...

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...

According to state law, Charles Town must accept the sewer bond petition. View the letter (.pdf)

CHARLES TOWN, WV.  The Public Service Commission (PSC) overruled their own staff recommendation today and declined to intervene or reconsider the Rockwool/Jefferson Utilities water line project. Rockwool announced in January that it would build the waterline directly with Jefferson Utilities,...