CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Legislature’s top two Republicans on Friday cautioned against state Democrats’ pitch to suspend the gas tax, saying it could do more harm than good.
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Legislature’s top two Republicans on Friday cautioned against state Democrats’ pitch to suspend the gas tax, saying it could do more harm than good.
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Republican supermajority in the West Virginia House grows by yet another By
Delegate Mick Bates talks with Speaker Roger Hanshaw. (Perry Bennett/West Virginia Legislative Photography)
The Republican supermajority in West Virginia’s House of Delegates just got bigger.
Mick Bates
Delegate Mick Bates, who had served as a Democrat, announced that he will switch to become a Republican.
“I expect that this decision may disappoint and upset some,” Bates, who represents people in the Beckley area, stated in an announcement about the party switch. “I believe that a greater number will welcome it and see it as the right thing to do at the right time for the people I represent.”