{"id":2349,"date":"2016-06-15T13:10:36","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T17:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=2349"},"modified":"2016-06-15T13:26:37","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T17:26:37","slug":"catina-webster-takes-on-saira-blair-for-house-of-delegates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=2349","title":{"rendered":"Catina Webster Takes on Saira Blair for House of Delegates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2014, Catina Webster voted for Saira Blair for House of Delegates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"http:\/\/berkeleyspringscommunitymatters.com\/2016\/06\/15\/this-week-in-morgan-county-catina-webster\/?embed\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, Webster is running against her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an interview with This Week in Morgan County, Webster told host Russell Mokhiber that she voted for Blair in 2014 because she took Blair at her word that Blair was \u201can independent.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen she said she was independent, I honestly believed her,\u201d Webster said. \u201cWe need to stop associating with political parties and start getting attuned with our interests. I\u2019m more about interests versus political affiliation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Webster said her vote for Blair was \u201ca mistake\u201d and she\u2019s running to correct that mistake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Webster criticized Blair for supporting what she called \u201cunion-busting legislation.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And as a way out of the state\u2019s budget crunch, Webster supports legalizing marijuana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI have an issue with legislating people\u2019s civil liberties,\u201d Webster said. \u201cWe don\u2019t need to babysit people for using a substance that\u2019s far safer than alcohol.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf you look at Colorado &#8212; they are making millions. Our state is about to shut down. Over half the states have legalized marijuana in some shape or form.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGovernor John Kasich in Ohio just signed it into law yesterday,\u201d Webster said. \u201cOver half of Americans are in support.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would she support increasing the cigarette tax?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Webster said she was willing to support a one time 65 cent tax on cigarettes if at the same time West Virginia legalizes marijuana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Webster favors moving away from fracking and coal and wants the state to move toward renewable energy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When asked whether she supported Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders during the primary, Webster said &#8212; \u201cI did not make a decision.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHillary knows a lot more today about fracking because of Bernie Sanders,\u201d Webster said. \u201cI\u2019m going to do everything I can do to get Hillary elected. But I don\u2019t know that Bernie\u2019s job is done. I\u2019m there for her 100 percent.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What about Clinton\u2019s militarism and corporatism?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m not here to defend Hillary Clinton,\u201d Webster said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But you said you support her 100 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI am going to support her 100 percent,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m going to knock on doors for her. But I\u2019m here to talk about Catina and West Virginia.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On gun control, Webster says \u201cI\u2019ve been a gun owner for 18 years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are her thoughts on the legislation supported by Saira Blair on concealed carry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt was a good idea to get rid of the fee &#8212; there were a lot of people who couldn\u2019t support it,\u201d she says. \u201cLet me give you a bit of background about Catina. I am somebody who purchased a firearm from living in (Prince George\u2019s County) Maryland &#8212; which is a different environment from West Virginia. I had to go and identify my brother\u2019s body &#8212; he was shot in the head. Those images will never leave my mind. Catina\u2019s reason for getting a gun in Maryland is very much different from that of West Virginians. I don\u2019t feel it is my place to impose my culture from Maryland onto West Virginia.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGun ownership in West Virginia is enshrined in the culture,\u201d Webster said. \u201cThere are literally families who raise their kids with hunting. I\u2019m on board with that part. There needs to be some amount of accountability. I\u2019m not saying that you need to go out and pay $2,000 for a course. But at the very least it\u2019s not too much to say &#8212; this person has spent x,y, z hours on the gun range.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Webster said she would not have voted for the bill that Blair supported because it was \u201cdrafted sloppily.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the Blair supported bill that passed the legislature that mandates drug testing of welfare recipients, Webster said \u201cI would have voted for drug testing of legislators.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Webster says she would have voted to drug test welfare recipients if the legislators were held to the same standard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2014, Catina Webster voted for Saira Blair for House of Delegates. This year, Webster is running against her. 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