Talk:Wally Barron

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Untitled[edit]

Is the West Virginia state archives public domain? If not, this is a copyvio.

Possible NPOV problem[edit]

It seems slanted to me.

--RobbieFal 22:41, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

~~ NPOV Problem, Little Value ~~

It seems very slanted, particularly the constant use of "machine" politics. Was there anything worthwhile accomplished during this gubernatorial administration? I wouldn't know it from this

--Heidiod 13:08, 10 Nov 2008 (UTC)

--"Machine political" seems overemphasized. Corruption too Vrivers (talk) 17:20, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Barron was involved in a number of illegal acts and then engaged in jury tampering trying to get himself acquitted. He was convicted as a felon and sent to federal prison. Perhaps the "machine" aspect should be de-emphasized (or at least better cited), but the corruption angle doesn't seem inordinately slanted relative to his involvement. Bitmapped (talk) 18:50, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not enough about why he was on trial in the first place! His actions led to WV having some of the most well-enforced Pay-to-Play laws in the country. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.91.74.25 (talk) 16:16, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio[edit]

Most of this is a copy paste of http://www.wvculture.org/history/barron.html. Fences and windows (talk) 21:02, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]