I too have been hearing Peter McGrath’s name being floated around as a likely candidate Interim President since last week. He’s the leading candidate for the job.
But one thing everyone also might enjoy knowing is that Brian Noland — the Boy Chancellor himself — has been lobbying hard to be the next president of WVU. He’s very serious. It’s a job he thinks he was born to do. No wonder he wants to raise the president’s salary.
Think about that — yet another inept higher education official FORCED upon us by the Goodwins who thinks he should be to be president of WVU.
But. Before I go writing a post about how “when life gives the Goodwins lemons, they make lemonade,” know this: Noland currently isn’t being taken seriously by anyone. He’s got a nice 6-figure job and all, but he’s almost universally considered a joke. I currently have a small, tortoise shell kitty in my lap that has a better chance of being the next President of WVU than Noland does. My guess is that the BOG won’t stand for a tanning bed in Blaney House. So relax.
But just the fact that Noland thinks he’s qualified for the job — Brian Noland, who become Chancellor of the HEPC via YET ANOTHER Goodwin orchestrated rigged search. Jesus.
In West Virginia, nothing is more overrated than an honest day’s work.
July 2, 2008 at 6:49 am
Brian Noland may have been hired in a search orchestrated by Kay Goodwin, but everyone knows he’s the governor boy. Doesn’t do anything without making sure it’s OK with the Governor. And people wonder why HEPC has played no role besides getting its employee booted from an investigation committee by the faculty. It couldn’t … and can’t.
July 2, 2008 at 6:54 am
HK, don’t be talking the Boy Chancellor down. If Brian Noland needs a reference for the WVU job, I know quite a few central office employees who would give him one just to get rid of him.
July 2, 2008 at 7:10 am
Your last sentence couldn’t be more true, HK.
Heather Bresch wants a degree without doing the work.
Lang and Sears want to give it to her without doing the work of finding out whether she deserves it.
These search committees are so conflicted and lazy that they won’t even generate much less look at a stack of real resumes and conduct a few real interviews.
Brian Noland and Mike Garrison won’t bother to jump through the hoops the rest of us would have to jump through to get these high-paying jobs and then we wouldn’t get them anyway because of these jokers.
This is HIGHER EDUCATION. Has anyone stopped to think what we’re teaching the students? It makes me really sad to hear that Mike Garrison’s fall class is full. Every student currently enrolled in that class should drop it and take a class from a WVU faculty member who does an honest day’s work, and that’s most of them, day in and day out. They’ll learn a lot more of the things they should be learning.
West Virginia higher education doesn’t have a chance until this stops.
July 2, 2008 at 7:16 am
No offense, Worker Bee, but I learn all I need to know from this blog. Don’t need no education from real faculty members.
If Booth Goodwin’s looking for a new roommate or the governor wants a new lackey, just let me know. I would like to jump to the head of the line too. The salaries aint bad.
July 2, 2008 at 7:23 am
A friend of mine told me this. Don’t know for sure whether it’s true, but I think it may be. Noland had a real competitor for the job - a medical doc I believe. He wanted much more money than Noland and so Kay Goodwin got MoJo to demand that the salary be lowered so that the medical doc would have to drop out. But the joke ended up being on her. After MoJo met with Noland he said Noland wasn’t worth even the lower salary and demanded that it be reduced even more. If the story’s true, you’ve gotta appreciate MoJo; he at least knows a pile of crap when he sees it.
July 2, 2008 at 7:24 am
Hey, masterWVCrimeLord. Good to see most of the CrimeLord Family represented here on HK this morning…except for the original: apprenticeWVCrimeLord.
What happened to him? Seems he went on a bender and slunk off in some fit of low literary despair six or seven threads ago. lol
July 2, 2008 at 7:40 am
It would be helpful to hear who you mean for the “medical doc” who wanted Noland’s job. You don’t mean Dr. Bob Walker at Marshall, I hope. He has wanted the Vice Chancellor for Health position, but only part-time.
July 2, 2008 at 7:42 am
Master WV Crime Lord, I hear Brian Noland is teaching a class this fall on the proper application of sunless tanner. I know you are eschewing (look it up - if you even have a dictionary) formal education, but that class seems to be right up your alley.
I hear even Heather Bresch signed up. She’s working on a new masters degree in sunless tanning too. Believes she can actually earn that one.
July 2, 2008 at 7:43 am
Poe Dunk, the funny story is true and the doctor was Mike Lewis.
July 2, 2008 at 7:49 am
Oh, that’s right, The Medical Doc. He has had a lot of aspirations. It is funny.
Now guys, there is nothing wrong with sunless tanner. When you start using it in high school for prom prep, it carries over to the professional world.
July 2, 2008 at 7:58 am
HK, I’ll bet your kitty will do anything for fishy treats. Might be perfect for WVU President or HEPC Chancellor.
July 2, 2008 at 8:18 am
Off topic but I remember reading somewhere the cost of the rigged Garrison presidential search being somewhere around $100,000. I can’t find the article that I read it in, is this a correct figure?
July 2, 2008 at 8:39 am
Funny Story: that’s a great story and has a ring of real truth to it. Joe’s not a complete fool, and certainly not so in politics, though his grievous limitations and shortcomings certainly have been on full display since the WVU scandal broke. His shrewd recent BoG appointments show he’s getting his political “golf swing” back, though.
July 2, 2008 at 8:39 am
The State Journal reported that it cost $80,000 since Funk had left Korn/Ferry to start his own firm, but the going rate was $100,000.
The “Coronation” also was reported to cost $100,000, but who knows?
July 2, 2008 at 9:05 am
Don’t forget to add the cost of renovations to the house in which the Garrisons now reside.
July 2, 2008 at 9:07 am
LaReina, you’re a good money person. How about a big accounting for the past year?
July 2, 2008 at 10:37 am
Today’s ToDo List:
1. Find out which country club the various members of the Goodwin family belong to and join said clubs.
2. Enroll in Phoenix Online PhD program in Higher Ed Administration. Hire a geek to do the actual work.
3. Volunteer to organize the Gov’s 2009 inauguration party.
4. Play golf at the club.
5. Drink at the bar at the club.
6. Have dinner at the club.
7. Go home and soak in the hot tub. The stress is killing me.
July 2, 2008 at 10:44 am
8. Ask Paul Nusbaum to mentor me in doing dirty deeds and link me into money making schemes.
9. Work with Bray Carey on press coverage.
10. Find the next WVU football and basketball coaches and line them up.
July 2, 2008 at 11:21 am
Funny Story said, “. . . You’ve gotta appreciate MoJo; he at least knows a pile of crap when he sees it.”
The moral of the story is: A pile of crap with connections gets a better job than Einstein without.
July 2, 2008 at 11:38 am
Actually, the moral of the story regarding MoJo recognizing that Nolan is a pile of crap is the proverbial”
“It takes one to know one . . .”
July 2, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Sounds like a new state motto to me. Why stop at Wild Wonderful WV?
July 2, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Don’t be bringing up the State Motto again without considering mine (posted now for the 4th time - hope I don’t get asked to leave)
“West Virginia - State of Denial”
July 2, 2008 at 12:25 pm
oh crap, HK will get you for that. Maybe we could have a sign with revolving mottos? I’m sure the Gov has a sign company connection.
But all of our efforts are making HK a wordpress hero. He won’t ask you to leave) How’s your kitty, HK?
July 2, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Interstate signs do not a motto make:
Montani Semper Liberi
But I agree with WVU dad PA
July 2, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Seeing how we have like the second largest video lottery system in the world, my favorite potential state motto is: West Virginia — You Can Bet on It!
July 2, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Good clarification. Montani Semper Liberi, it is.
July 2, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Oh, geez. HK. How about a new section on gambling? You could use a horse’s head in your bed photo to open it? and a clip abt Satterfield and Nusbaum and the gambling company? Why did Ted Arneault go?
July 2, 2008 at 12:54 pm
The only person I have any empathy for at WVU is the new director of the WVU Foundation. Can you imagine arriving and seeing this implosion? He sounds very decent and has been accessible to press. I hope he knows some of us appreciate his willingness to keep on working here.
July 2, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Joe Manchin gets it. He appointed qualified people to the governing board and is allowing them to select Magrath as interim. That’s a good thing.
July 2, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Molly’s Mom, I also feel sorry for the faculty who are looking for jobs in other states. They’re going to have a hard time with WVU on their resumes.
July 2, 2008 at 6:54 pm
The rigged search for Mike Garrison cost WVU a lot more than $80,000. The price tag has to be in the millions.
July 2, 2008 at 7:01 pm
The Blaney House (WVU president’s home) renovation was at least $975,000.
http://www.da.wvu.edu/archives/012305/news/012305,01,03.html
July 2, 2008 at 7:14 pm
I hadn’t thought about job hunters among the faculty, just the recent graduates. Yes, that is a shame. It’s just so embarrassing for all of us who care about the institution.
I can live with the Blaney house renovation. It is a piece of the institution and used for many events. Wasn’t the money from a private source?
July 2, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Thoughts, if he allows one of them to serve as the chair and if he pulled off Goodwin and Petroplus, then I’d be more appreciative of the Governor’s good works to restore honor.
July 2, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Actually, it’s not that bad leaving WVU and having it on your resume as long as you publish and get grants (then again if you are at WVU for long, this is something hard when the bureaucracy at WVU actively opposes faculty). People understood when I told them that I was interested in moving away from WVU for their institution which was offering a much better deal (against WVU, who wouldn’t!)
July 2, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Getting back to Brian Noland. What it is like to work with him, Central Office Friend. He keeps a low public profile.
July 2, 2008 at 8:05 pm
LaReina, if I am reading the article correctly that renovation was done in 2001, long before Garrison arrived. And it was done with Eberly (Blaney) money, not state funds.
July 2, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Looking at Don’t Buy Another Vote tonight. Interesting to see reviews on cover from McCain, Caperton, Spike Maynard, Hoppy, and Charlie Peters. Forewards by McCain and Byrd.
My uncle gave it to me when it came out in the second printing, 2006. A lot has happened since then to build upon our “sordid and continuing history of political corruption in West Virginia” (the last part of the title.) Anyone have thoughts on this book or Allen Loughry?
Where is he now? He’d have a lot to add to HK.
July 2, 2008 at 8:19 pm
From an article by Paul Nyden in 2006. Ironic don’t you think.
Loughry, a lawyer, previously served as a senior assistant attorney general under Attorney General Darrell V. McGraw; special assistant to Rep. Harley Staggers, D-W.Va.; and an aide to Gov. Gaston Caperton. Earlier in his career, he was a reporter. Today, Loughry is a law clerk for West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Elliott “Spike” Maynard.
Link to the full story:
http://www.wvoter-owned.org/news/2006/06_18.html
July 2, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Brian is a good guy, but he is not presidentials materials…maybe of some small school somewhere (like Glenwood.)
Brian is weak. He would be rolled in flour and deep fried up there.
I have no doubt that Mr. Noland is desperately trying to get out of W.Va altogether. I am sure he is tired of being MoJo’s hooker in the Central Office.
HEPC has become a brothel of low-priced hookers who are all defending their salaries.
I miss Dr. John Thralls……………… He was the only bright spot out of that place!
July 2, 2008 at 8:30 pm
thanks for the insights.
a brothel of low-priced hookers, eh? It doesn’t have much of a staff does it? And could we marinate and broil Brian rather than deep fry?
July 2, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Thanks, Mountain Daddy. I was wondering what the HEPC does. Now I know.
MGW:
Lou of the Lists found that Clean Election site yesterday and posted it at GMG. Do you know anything else about it?
July 2, 2008 at 8:35 pm
What are you guys doing? Boy Chancellor? Fake tan?
You need to understand that I appreciated this blog during the eMBA scandal, and I feel this tool empowered us to achieve a great outcome.
But now I’m wondering if the mob is still bloodthirsty after achieving a victory over Garrison so soon. The comments in this thread about Brian Noland seem heavy on venom and light on fact. Was he connected to Goodwin? Yes. Was he a bad choice for the HEPC, or is he doing a bad job? Where are the facts? Congratulations on filling the WV stereotypes for vilifying the young and the out-of-state. Forgive me, but “a friend of someone who works at the central office” or superficial criticisms of BN are not impressing me.
I worked directly under Brian Noland at the HEPC. I worked directly under his predecessor (Mike Mullen). Take me at my word that you’re being categorically unfair to BN, and I won’t be impressed otherwise until you produce something more concrete than the unlikelihood of his appointment.
Mullen was all about change. Change that WV higher ed. desperately needed. He prodded forward with little personal regard, and faced a predictable outcome. He burned one bridge too many and was forced out of the state. His key enemies were also predictable: ego-centric legislators and higher ed. officials with pristine connections. You didn’t think WVU was the only institution with a nepotism problem, did you? The HEPC’s budget was punitively gutted by a champion of WV morals and ethics. Does the name Mezzatesta ring a bell?
BN was came on board in the aftermath, with an HEPC only a shadow of what it was. He had an unpleasant job to do, and he did it well while I was there. By my estimation, he was extremely qualified, and brought fresh energy and ideas to an ailing agency. You may hear a lot of flack from current HEPC staffers, mainly because the HEPC bears great resemblance to the rest of state government…plenty of well entrenched fat. Far be it from Noland to dare make any changes.
For the record, BN interviewed well (a process of which I was a part). He came with an impressive academic background, and legislators in TN went on record lamenting his loss, citing that he would have made a fine institutional president. One of the reasons he was selected was because it was clear a stronger relationship with the governor’s office was key to getting things back on track. God forbid.
Understand this: I no longer live in the state, and I don’t have a dog in this hunt. I have nothing to gain by defending BN, and the Goodwin family never did me any favors. Because I worked directly for Brian, I can surely tell you that this thread looked like nothing more than bored vultures looking for a new target. If you have legitimate and weighty allegations to level against the Chancellor, then make them known and state the case in terms of fact. Otherwise, you’re coming across like a lynch mob.
July 2, 2008 at 8:41 pm
No, I don’t know the group. I found this article a while back and thought it ironic that he writes about corruption and then works for Spike. I really need to remember to go to GMG. You and Lou have become the subject of gossip for so many of us. I found myself furtively looking around Panera’s one morning while ordering an apple danish and diet pepsi for which I will gladly pay my pop tax.
July 2, 2008 at 8:55 pm
MGW:
THere are lots of grey areas - a job’s a job, and we all need one. I’ve put in many years in flawed situations, hoping for the best. Things do change, and sometimes even people do. But I don’t know Loughry or read the book yet, but should.
I don’t recall reading much gossip about me or Lou, other than some random complaints, off topic, etc. Like it appears anyone cares.
GMG had a move and will get back when things get under control. Lou is gone somewhere, but there is enough left on the To Do lists to keep me busy for days. End of June seemed to hit, and July 1 feels like a month behind.
Good job paying that pop tax. No mobs at Panera? We’ll have to do something about that.
July 2, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Mob Mentality: Thanks for your comments. It’s good to see someone with first hand knowledge share their perspective. There has been a lot of guilty by association.
July 2, 2008 at 9:12 pm
I think we all should be skeptical of anyone brought to us by the Goodwins and that includes Noland, Garrison, Macia, Cole and Taylor for starters.
July 2, 2008 at 9:32 pm
I think we should be skeptical of comments left by anyone who thinks that Joe Manchin “gets it.”
July 2, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Mob Mentality, I might accept your evaluation of Noland if it weren’t for your evaluation of Mullen. Mullen did not have any interest in working with anybody. It was going to be his way or the highway and as a result he left a mess behind.
July 2, 2008 at 9:50 pm
It appears that we’ve found the one person who liked Chancellor Mullen.
I knew there had to be someone.
July 2, 2008 at 10:02 pm
I’m a faculty member at WVU and have been to meetings with Noland. In my 20+ years in academia I have never seen such a sorry joke for a high level administrator …. and we’ve seen some bad ones.
Normally, a Chancellor is 60+ years of age with tremendous academic qualifications and someone with such gravitas, that Governors and (legitimate) college presidents would defer to their opinion.
I wouldn’t hire Noland to be an accounting assistant in my department. The guy has NO business in academia. How the hell can he not sense the complete, utter lack of respect of all credible academics.
He should resign out of embarrassment.
July 2, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Many many many people agree with ‘conspiracy theorist’ for good reason.
And I must agree…the only thing Manchin gets is the way to get what he wants.
It is all about him.
Never trust Manchin, or anyone associated with him.
Yes, he is able to appoint a few good people, but reality shows us that his Family is still everywhere and still in power. The few good people he appointed will be diluted out by the Manchinites that are all around.
As was so clearly stated by another citizen yesterday:
Manchin must go.
And he needs to take his Machine with him.
May God help us in these endeavors.
July 2, 2008 at 11:26 pm
Talk of Noland gunning for the President’s job has been heard all over the Malone bars and the waterfront in Morgantown for close to a week now. I’m surprised HK didn’t post about this sooner.
July 3, 2008 at 12:41 am
Steph…yes. Definately read Loughry’s book. It is awesome. There is a lot of frustrating information in there, but it is important information. I thought I knew this state’s politics, but the book helped me to put things in better perspective.
July 3, 2008 at 1:30 am
A follow up on Loughry. A friend of mine is pretty close with him and I have talked with him a couple of times now. I emailed him through his website and asked him to lunch to talk about his book. I didn’t want him to think I was weird since he really didn’t know me so I explained who I was and mentioned some of the people we knew in common, etc…. Anyway, I felt strange asking someone I really didn’t know to lunch, but I seriously was moved by his book. I wanted to know who this guy was and I don’t say this sort of thing lightly, but he is absolutely the real deal. He and his wife have a two-year-old son named Justice of all things and I think he is very focused on them right now.
I know from other sources that his job was in jeopardy at the Supreme Court the second the book was published. I can’t give specific details on that, but it pisses me off. Nothing surprises me in this state. I asked him about that, but he declined to comment. I quizzed him for a couple of hours and he is genuine. I got the feeling that he just feels overwhelmed sometimes by the amount of corruption, the lack of accountability, and by the way people seem to accept the corruption. The guy truly wants to change things, but says that real change will never happen without massive amounts of people forcing change from the bottom up. I started mentioning a bunch of stuff that I thought he should include in a future book, but he quickly told me that if this book didn’t lead to any positive changes then he wasn’t spending ten more years of his life putting together more books that don’t lead to change.
I’ve read his ideas and am flabbergasted as to why some of these things aren’t law already. I said, “you should run for office” and he talked about the difficulty of running for office under the current corrupt government scheme. He also talked about his huge educational loans and how much he hated them and that he was focused on paying them off as quickly as possible. He then said that many good people never get involved because of the massive amounts of money it takes to run. This was not a shocking statement by any means, but it kind of hit home a little more because he is exactly the kind of person I would like to see in this state’s politics. He is an average person from an average family in north central WV. He has more letters after his name than there are in the alphabet with some degrees I didn’t even know existed, but he is incredibly down to earth. When I read his book I went through so many emotions. He has a brief commentary at the end of some/most of the chapters and I loved it. I could feel his outrage puring off the pages because I have the same outrage and desire to see things change in WV. Anyway….
July 3, 2008 at 1:32 am
In my last post I said, “I could feel his outrage puring off the pages” . . . obviously I meant “pouring” off the pages.
July 3, 2008 at 1:48 am
The only thing that doesn’t make sense to me is that the guy works for Spike.
July 3, 2008 at 5:27 am
I heard about Noland’s interest in the job at the board meeting in Charleston in early June.
The Stewart Hall crowd seemed visibly shaken that day. Not often you see those people visibly upset.
July 3, 2008 at 5:56 am
Thanks, WV Native -
You went out of your way, and so did Loughry, to dig into this book. I will certainly read it. From what I can glean, it is a publication of his dissertation from the Washington College of Law, which is commonly done. That would explain the number of years he put into it, primarily as a doctoral requirement.
His web site is http://www.reformwv.com but I don’t see what the site offers other than book sales. He seems to have argued quite a few supreme court cases. But I think most of this information about him has been brought up before.
I’ll still read the book, and like I said before, people have to work. He is one of many working for the largest employer in WV . . .
July 3, 2008 at 6:01 am
MIR Mickey Mouse:
Your comments speak to many things - why would anyone be “shaken” or “upset” that someone described as “boy chancellor” had “interest” in a then not-open job going through the grapevine? I guess it’s because everyone at Stewart Hall knew that who he is or is friends with trumped anything like a legitimate search process, or even the BOG’s own executive secrecy. After all, that’s how most of them all got there, too.
July 3, 2008 at 8:27 am
Steph, my two statements were mostly unrelated. Sorry for not posting them separately. As best I could tell, the Stewart Hall crowd wasn’t upset with Noland. They were upset with all that was happening. They don’t like uncertainty.
July 3, 2008 at 8:38 am
MIR Mickey Mouse:
I see. But still - and perhaps I’m naive - if everyone is doing their jobs properly (and it’s not like anyone in the mob however you define the mob can fire the BOG) - what did they need to be upset or shaken by? No one is as indispensable as they seem to think MG is or was, particularly with his lack of know-how.
Bad PR affects them far too much because of how they operate, or what they have to hide, or what shifting sands they’ve invested in that will come to public light.
July 3, 2008 at 9:14 am
Yes, Loughry’s book is a very eye-opening book that everyone in WV should read at least once. Since it already reads like a textbook, maybe Garrison can use it in his WV Government class? And FYI, the foreward by Byrd wasn’t actually written for the book, it is a collection of past quotes put together to look like a foreward. Apparently Byrd wasn’t too happy when he found out about it, but decided to let it go.
It seems like Loughry needs to start working on a revision that includes the Goodwin/Garrison phase of WV history.
July 3, 2008 at 9:31 am
Steph: There are some BOG members who took on the job because in addition to the fact that it’s a prestigious appointment, they actually love WVU and WVA. No one, however, who’s not a media whore (like Brittany or Madonna) actually enjoys being in the hot spotlight, where all their actions and motives are questioned. I’m not defending the BOG’s actions with respect to Garrison — I’m just trying to remember that some of them are human.
July 3, 2008 at 10:54 am
I’ve been trying to post a response to “happy,” but for some reason I am unable to post it. I keep getting a message that “duplicate post detected,” but that isn’t true because I just typed it. I’ll keep trying and may even try to post on the new thread. Basically, however, I want to say that “happy’s” comments about Byrd’s foreword are simply bogus.
July 3, 2008 at 10:58 am
To happy…
That is ABSOLUTELY bogus. As a point of full disclosure, Loughry is a personal friend of mine. I have read the book and I was one of several people who read some of the chapters prior to publication. When I read those chapters he said to me “shred it, tear it up, be as critical as you can.” He was so incredibly dedicated to the book and it didn’t matter whether I was a democrat or republican. And, I PERSONALLY remember a day at the Capitol several years ago when Senator Byrd was making his announcement that he was running for re-election when Loughry introduced me to a guy named Tom Gavin. Gavin was Byrd’s press secretary. One of the first sentences out of Gavin’s mouth to me about Loughry, was, “he’s going to hurt me because I’ve been promising him Senator Byrd’s foreword for several months now.” He was joking about the “he’s going to hurt me,” but I personally stood there with Loughry, Gavin, and some other person who was with Gavin, and talked about Senator Byrd’s foreword. We all talked for quite some time. Gavin talked about his relatives in Logan County, some of whom were in the book, but how much he AND Senator Byrd loved the book, etc…. So…I am not just taking a friend’s word on this or taking up for a guy I completely respect, I am talking about something of which I have personal information. These are the kinds of comments that are thrown out there without any basis and people will walk away believing. Totally bogus!
July 3, 2008 at 11:06 am
Mntnmama:
I understand what you say about the BOG members being human. However, they have obligations, and “happy” has listed a couple according to the state code which appear in today’s more recent thread (FOIA, transparency, etc.)
If someone can’t stand the heat, then they are not cut out for it, even if they do love WVU. MG is also “passionate” about WVU. Everyone loves WVU. Qualifications, duties, responsibilities - lots of old fashioned values go a long way.
Actually, when I read/re-read those declarations of policy, I was suprised at how strongly worded they are regarding who is servant of the people.
Think back over many of Goodwin’s language - is he behaving like a servant of the people and their laws? Hardly.
July 3, 2008 at 11:06 am
also to “happy”
I spoke with Loughry after I read your post. He told me not to worry about it, but it still has me steamed. This guy put his career on the line and received threats prior to and after publication so I hate to see comments like that. “happy,” I got permission to post his personal email, ahloughry@hotmail.com, and he said feel free to contact him. He wanted to know who told you such an absurd thing. He is a very accessible person so contact him. Whoever told you that is a LIAR!
July 3, 2008 at 11:28 am
I eat my words, and I sincerely do apologize. I heard it from respectable person who knows Byrd quite well, so I believed it. I’ll ask him about it.
July 3, 2008 at 11:52 am
happy…thanks for responding. That shows character to respond like you did. I wonder if it is possible that Byrd or some of his aides have received some criticism for writing the foreword and maybe that is where the comments come from? I know that the book pulls no punches and Byrd or his aides may have received a few calls from some of the people who were mentioned in the book. I don’t know though because this is the first I have heard such a comment. I’ve even seen a copy of Loughry’s book that Byrd signed to him. I remember it well because I was saddened to see the Senator’s handwriting. It was VERY VERY bad.