Op-ed – Officials: McCuskey should seek West Virginia governorship

With the midterm elections now behind us, West Virginians are turning their consideration towards 2024 and the chance to ship a principled conservative to the Governor’s mansion. In a race that’s nonetheless but to start, one title stands out amongst should-be contenders: West Virginia State Auditor John “J.B.” McCuskey.

McCuskey is a lifelong West Virginian, a confirmed conservative, a revered lawyer, a small enterprise proprietor, and most of all, an skilled elected chief who has been there for us. He’s one in every of us. He’s a faithful dad to his two younger women, a devoted husband and a person rooted in religion. McCuskey has been serving West Virginia for a decade, first within the Home of Delegates, and now as State Auditor the place he has made it his mission to ensure clear and accountable authorities, a rarity in as we speak’s political local weather.

Throughout his tenure as State Auditor, McCuskey has made West Virginia one of the crucial clear states in America. Along with advocating for decrease taxes, underneath McCuskey’s watch, West Virginians can now entry dwell information to see precisely how their tax {dollars} are being spent. McCuskey based the Public Integrity and Fraud Unit, a watchdog program that has prosecuted greater than 40 felons and saved the state and our taxpayers greater than $2 million by uncovering fraudulent actions inside native governments. Auditor McCuskey additionally established a first-of-its variety platform to trace authorities spending and stop abuse of taxpayer {dollars}. By way of progressive concepts, efficiencies and expertise, McCuskey has returned greater than $100 million to normal income and again into our communities.

McCuskey is a frontrunner who will get issues completed. He has made it his mission to reform the state paperwork right into a smaller, environment friendly, efficient platform by which our individuals and their companies can thrive. He labored with mayors and county commissioners all through the state to resolve a many years previous drawback of slum and blight. Lower than a yr later, this effort has already been set into movement making our neighborhoods safer and extra fascinating locations to dwell and lift our households.

Smaller, higher authorities, clear and accountable selections, and a dedication to the values that make us all mountaineers are the issues that ought to be the prerogative of any gubernatorial candidate and are McCuskey’s precedence. He’s a confirmed servant chief and there’s no doubt that he would proceed to place West Virginians first if ever elected to greater workplace.

As elected leaders, we’ve seen McCuskey’s work ethic and we all know he can win. Anybody with a vested curiosity in West Virginia’s future ought to encourage J.B. McCuskey to enter the race for governor. It’s time for us to elect a governor who places service forward of fame, who protects taxpayers and native governments and who embodies our West Virginia values; it’s our opinion that J.B. McCuskey can be the perfect candidate.

Signed by:

Sean Sikora, President, Monongalia County Fee

Tom Joyce, Mayor of Parkersburg

Andy Skidmore, President, Putnam County Fee

Scott James, Mayor of St. Albans

Greg Pucket, Mercer County Commissioner

Scott Edwards, Mayor of Hurricane

Sean Forney, Morgan County Commissioner

Jerry Marco, Mayor of Elkins

Robert Devaul, Marion County Commissioner

Serefino Noletti, Mayor of Logan

Lance Wheeler, Kanawha County Commissioner

Amber Miller-Belcher, Metropolis Supervisor, Logan

Seth Gaskins, Mason County Prosecutor