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An independent elector?(Insider Report)(Brief Article)
Richie Robb, mayor of South Charleston, West Virginia, is one of that state's five Republican electors. He has provoked the hostility of the GOP leadership by announcing his intention to carry out the duties of that office as dictated by the Constitution, rather than party loyalty.
"It's not likely that I would vote for Kerry," Mayor Robb told the September 8 Charleston Daily Mail. "But I'm looking at what my options are when it comes time to cast my vote." Robb has expressed strenuous disapproval of the administration's foreign policy, and aspects of its domestic policies as well. "I know that among some in my own party, what I'm discussing would be considered treasonous," Robb observes. "But I'm not going to cheerlead us down the primrose path when I know we're being led in the wrong direction.
Fellow GOP elector Rob Capeheart sees it differently. "We have a duty and a responsibility to cast our electoral votes behind the president if he wins ...
- West Virginia Regulators Deny Utility's Request to Hike Water Rates.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News January 3, 2004 700+ words
...commission granted West Virginia-American Water a...company requested. West Virginia-American serves about...South Charleston Mayor Richie Robb testified against the...increase. Lawyers for West Virginia-American argued that...
- West Virginia Officials Oppose Proposed Water Rate Hike.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News March 13, 2004 700+ words
...press release. The West Virginia Public Service Commission...company continues to see West Virginia as a viable market...South Charleston Mayor Richie Robb were among government...of the last one." West Virginia-American Water offered...
- West Virginia Gubernatorial Candidates Reveal Economic Development Ideas.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News February 25, 2004 700+ words
...state businesses to West Virginia with tax breaks and...is the business of West Virginia." Businesses would...level playing field, West Virginia will compete and win...Republican candidate Richie Robb said he would like...
- West Virginia Workers for Dow Chemical Fear Job Loss with Restructuring.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News June 15, 2004 700+ words
...vice president of West Virginia operations, said employees...by June 30. In West Virginia, Dow employs about...lose their jobs in West Virginia. But he said the deadline...South Charleston Mayor Richie Robb said he had heard a...
- West Virginia Anticipates Layoffs in Wake of Dow-Union Carbide Merger.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News February 9, 2001 700+ words
...South Charleston Mayor Richie Robb during the meeting...security issues during his West Virginia visit. "If the president...to talk about that in West Virginia, that's quite a tribute to the West Virginia National Guard," Wise...
- West Virginia Racetrack Casino Gaming Supporters Seek Referenda.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News February 18, 2004 700+ words
...from outside the Northern Panhandle. South Charleston Mayor Richie Robb, a GOP candidate for governor, said he supports local gambling...he said. "It's not going to bother us in the rest of West Virginia. Nobody's ever forced anybody into a casino." Brooke...
- Some West Virginia Businesses Straddle Cities of South Charleston, Charleston.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News February 27, 2004 700+ words
...nearly five years, and don't plan to anytime soon. "I think it would be nice to be corrected," South Charleston Mayor Richie Robb. "Is it the great overriding thing that some people seem to think is a colossal example of municipal governments not getting...
- West Virginia Governor to Announce More Jobs for Kanawha Valley.
- News wire article from: Charleston Gazette (Charleston, WV) April 20, 2001 700+ words
...top 10 provider of staffing, outsourcing and engineering services," according to its Web site. South Charleston Mayor Richie Robb said Wednesday that he's been invited to the governor's office this morning but is not sure what company is involved...
- WEST VIRGINIA: Library Request Pending.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire September 14, 2006 700+ words
...is whether or not South Charleston, located in Kanawha County, should benefit from bond proceeds. The city's mayor, Richie Robb, said in a letter to library officials that he felt at least some bond funds should benefit South Charleston's library...
- Electoral tie could result in Bush presidency, with Edwards as vice president.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News November 2, 2004 700+ words
...candidate who wins their state. Electors tend to be party loyalists. But one of West Virginia's five Republican electors, South Charleston Mayor Richie Robb, has threatened to vote for another candidate if Bush, as expected, wins his state...
Source: HighBeam Research, An independent elector?(Insider Report)(Brief Article)