Supreme Court Outcome Could Help
Dispel “Judicial Hellhole” Reputation of
West Virginia; Attract Businesses
May 10th primary will determine the race for the West Virginia
Supreme Court of Appeals
Court, citing Walker’s desire to uphold the rule of law
and not to ‘legislate from the bench.’
“Beth Walker’s commitment to conservative
principles and desire for a fair, impartial judiciary are
the very reasons why WV Farm PAC voted to support
her,” said Charles Wilfong, WVFB President. “We
believe she is by far the most qualified candidate for
the Supreme Court of Appeals.”
Beth Walker visits WVFB office in Buckhannon. Right to left:
WVFB President Charles Wilfong; Walker; WVFB Administrator
Steve Butler.
O’Dell, continued
Speaking of Washington, D.C., in late February
I traveled with other WVFB members to the AFBF
Advocacy Conference. Over 700 Farm Bureau
Following a change in state law last year, judicial
members from around the country came together to
races in the Mountain State are now non-partisan,
and thus are decided during primary elections. So the receive information on the 2016 agricultural economic
outlook, trade legislation and other Capitol Hill
impact of the May 10th election will have a direct
bearing on helping West Virginia change the negative issues. With over 96 percent of the world’s population
residing outside the United States, trade policy is of
legal climate plaguing the state and keeping new
utmost importance. Our group was well received by
business at bay.
Senators Capito and Manchin and Representatives
McKinley, Mooney, and Jenkins.
Beth Walker, of Morgantown, has been endorsed
by the West Virginia Farm PAC for this very reason.
Finally, West Virginia Primary Election Day is just
around the corner. It is imperative that we have people in
Walker is Associate General Counsel for the West
elected positions who are supportive of WVFB policies
Virginia University Health System, which is the
and sympathetic to issues that face our farmers and
state’s largest healthcare system and second largest
rural communities around the state. Winston Churchill
private employer. Prior to her current position, Beth
stated, “It has been said that democracy is the worst
was a partner in the law firm of Bowles Rice, where
form of government except all the others that have been
she concentrated her statewide practice on labor and
tried.” We live in a great state and country, but we must
employment law for more than