{"id":2115,"date":"2016-01-11T14:35:08","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T19:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=2115"},"modified":"2016-01-11T14:50:13","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T19:50:13","slug":"close-elementary-schools-open-dollar-general-stores-rally-set-for-berkeley-springs-state-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=2115","title":{"rendered":"Close Schools Open Dollar Stores Rally Set for Berkeley Springs State Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morgan County is closing schools and opening dollar stores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poster4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2122\" src=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poster4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"poster4\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poster4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poster4.jpg 899w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That will be the focus of a rally at Berkeley Springs State Park on Wednesday January 13, 2015 at 5 pm at Berkeley Springs State Park in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last month, the Morgan County School Board voted to close Greenwood Elementary Schools due to budget constraints. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 100 residents attended a three hour hearing about the closure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In January 2015, more than 100 people attended a hearing at the Union Chapel United Methodist Church to express opposition to plans to build a Dollar General store in a rural residential neighborhood at the corners of 522 and Oakland Road. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Residents in the neighborhood have sued the Morgan County Planning Commission alleging that the Commission failed to give the residents due process in approving Dollar General\u2019s plans for the site. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That case is now before the West Virginia Supreme Court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morgan County already has three dollar stores &#8212; a Dollar General in Paw Paw, a Dollar General and a Family Dollar in Berkeley Springs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDo we really want to be known as a community that closes schools and opens dollar stores?\u201d asked Morgan County resident Russell Mokhiber. \u201cOur country is headed in the wrong direction. Instead of strengthening American education and relying on US made goods, we\u2019re closing schools and importing cheap stuff from China &#8212; and then putting Dollar General stores in our neighborhoods to sell it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The poster announcing the rally says &#8212; \u201cclose schools, open dollar stores\u201d and \u201cless quality American education and more cheap Chinese stuff.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morgan County is closing schools and opening dollar stores. 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