Republican candidate for Attorney General Dan Greear visited Keyser recently calling it a “slower pace of life, very friendly and great place to live and raise a family.”
A lifelong South Charleston resident, Greear beat challenger Hiram Lewis in the republican primary and is running against incumbent and longtime attorney general Darrell McGraw in this November’s general election.
Greear, a lawyer in Charleston, says his number one goal if elected attorney general is to “create a less antagonist relationship between the attorney general’s office and the business community.”
“We have to enforce consumer protection laws and work with businesses to work with us,” said Greear.
Next, Greear plans to “end the abuse of official offices for political gain.”
“Darrell McGraw used tax-payers money to buy trinkets with his name on it,” said Greear.
Third, Greear says he will strive to turn all settlement proceeds recovered from the state back to legislation.
“I pledge all settlement recoveries will be turned over to the legislature for appropriation to the people of West Virginia,” he said.
Creating a competitive bid process is next on his agenda if elected to office.
“I will hire Special Assistant Attorneys General only in rare circumstances,” he said. “All such hires, including outside vendors, will be based on a competitive and public bidding process…It will be based on competitive bid, not who donated in the last campaign.”
Finally, Greear would like to see increased would like to see increased crime prevention since one of the duties of the attorney general is to work with law enforcement to keep convicted criminals behind bars.
“I would like to put an emphasis the prevention of crime,” said Greear. “I will provide legal advice to prosecutors and law enforcement agencies and make it a priority to help county prosecutors and law enforcement agencies when they ask for help.”
Greear   served in the House of Delegates representing the 30th District in 1995 and 1996, according to his biography on www.dangreear.com.
During his term, he was particularly active fighting for tax relief for West Virginia citizens and he received a 100% voting record from the Business and Industry Council.
Greear was in Mineral County Tuesday after visiting Martinsburg and other panhandle cities earlier in the week.
He resides in South Charleston with wife, Amy and sons Josh, 9 and Ben, 6.