Why has Gov. Manchin decided that the Governor's Mansion needs five marble bath tubs, 12 flat screen TVs, poker tables, copper ceilings, gold leafing or any other excess that is escalating the costs of this remodeling to well over $3 million?
Improvements to the Governor's Mansion should ensure protection from potential future water and fire damage.
Those repairs maybe necessary, but further enhancements of the mansion come at the expense of making other buildings such as the Capitol safe from water and damage.
There are legislative members' offices where safe escape from a fire is questionable and water damage exists. Some legislative members' offices are completely inaccessible to senior citizens or the handicapped due to a tall flight of rickety stairs.
The extravagant redecorating by Gov. Manchin is inexcusable when there are House of Delegates members' offices that the public cannot access.
When I was a freshman delegate, my office was atop the towering stairs. People fell trying to visit me.
Delegate Cindy Frich
Morgantown