November 12, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Lynette Maselli
304.357.7809
Lynette.Maselli@wvsenate.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY
CHARLESTON, W.V. Senate President Jeff Kessler (D-Marshall) announced today that the
second meeting of the SCORE task force will meet next week in Fayette County. SCORE,
Southern Coalfields Organizing and Revitalizing the Economy, is an initiative aimed to give
southern West Virginia much-needed opportunities to diversify the economy and strengthen our
families and communities.
Senate President Kessler says despite earlier reports, the SCORE task force is moving forward
with its listening tours.
While some have lost an election, I have not lost interest, says Kessler. The problems facing
southern West Virginia didnt change when the polls closed last week. The initiative remains
important in order to hear from the people of southern West Virginia. The goal of the task force
is to enable the region to assess its current challenges, gather ideas already underway addressing
those challenges and then take this information and propose bi-partisan legislation during the
2015 legislative session. That hasnt changed.
Senator Bill Laird (D-Fayette) says he is happy to host the second SCORE Task Force meeting
in his district.
I look forward to continuing the work of the SCORE task force in order to gather as much
information as possible before the start of the 2015 legislative session, says Laird. Our goal
has always been and still is hearing from the people of southern West Virginia. I applaud my
colleagues who are continuing with these very important meetings in order to complete what we
started back in October.

The forum is free and the public is encouraged to attend.

WHAT: SCORE Task Force meeting

WHEN: Tuesday, November 18, 2014
7:00 p.m.
WHERE: SALS Historic Oak Hill School
140 School Street
Oak Hill, WV 25901

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