Mollohan calls corruption report ‘nonsense’ - NewsandSentinel.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Community Information - Parkersburg News and Sentinel

A West Virginia congressman Tuesday said a Washington public interest group's report saying he was one of the most corrupted members of Congress is "nonsense."

 

Fifteen lawmakers, including Rep. Alan Mollohan, D-W.Va., are on the fifth annual Most Corrupt Members of Congress report from the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics.

 

Mollohan was under investigation by the Department of Justice relative to his position on the House Appropriations Committee where he earmarked millions of dollars to organizations ran by officials who made political contributions to him worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, the organization said. He has been listed in the report in 2006, 2007 and 2008; however, the 1st District representative has never been charged.

 

"What nonsense," Mollohan said.

Union Assails Petition – News, Sports, Jobs – The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register

Members of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 38 want Ohio County Circuit Judge Arthur Recht to declare the petition for an election on the two-officer per cruiser mandate invalid.

 

Wheeling attorney Joseph John filed a response on behalf of the officers, which claims City Clerk Janice Jones and City Council should not have accepted the signatures because petition circulators George Jones and William Hefner did not follow procedures as required in the City Charter.

 

John’s filing asserts that “certain signatures are improper and have been improperly inserted into the petition without the person’s consent; the circulator, on some signature pages, did not witness the signature in his/her presence as required; certain signatures inserted on the signature pages are not those of the actual people identified and said signatures were forged thereon.”