WEST VIRGINIA
     Nov. 8, 2016 Governor

This brochure is from "Tired of Being 50th PAC,"
an independent group that supported Justice.

Brochure 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" (opens to 26")




THERE'S ONLY ONE CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR WHO'S CREATED THOUSANDS OF GOOD PAYING JOBS FOR WEST VIRGINIANS

JIM JUSTICE

JIM JUSTICE IS A HARDWORKING BUSINESSMAN WITH A LIFELONG TRACK RECORD OF CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WEST VIRGINIANS.


Jim Justice comes from a family of coal miners. The United Mine Workers of America has endorsed Justice for Governor because Justice purchased and reopened two coal mines in Wyoming and McDowell Counties.
He paid for the miners' pensions and put 200 union employees back to work, because Justice doesn't just talk about coal mining jobs. He creates them.

"All I care about is you and West Virginia. My focus is on new industry, creating good jobs and getting our miners back to work. Let's all pull the rope and turn this state around."
  – Jim Justice

Jim Justice knows that the key to job creation is a well­-educated workforce. As a high school basketball coach, Justice is in schools almost every week. He helps his players get into college and understands the pressure they are facing academically and financially. It's because of his commitment to schools and students that he has been endorsed by the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers West Virginia.

Jim Justice is President and CEO of over 80 companies. One of the largest is not the Greenbrier or his energy interests. It's Justice Family Farms, which Justice founded in 1977, and it farms over 60,000 acres.
Justice Family Farms is the largest grain producer on the East Coast, employing hundreds of workers.

In 2009, Jim Justice saved the Greenbrier hotel from bankruptcy, doubled its staff and restored employees'
benefits. After funding upgrades to the resort with his own money, Justice made it a profitable business by hosting the PGA Tour, building the New Orleans Saints spring training camp and hosting countless high-profile conferences. Today, the Greenbrier is a source of more than 1,900 jobs with good pay and benefits.

23 Chase Drive
Hurricane, WV 25528
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ON NOVEMBER 8, STAND WITH JIM JUSTICE TO CREATE JOBS AND FIGHT FOR A BETTER WEST VIRGINIA.







Flyer, 8 1/2" x 11"
 


Why Not West Virginia!
Jim Justice

Jim Justice is a lifelong farmer who grew his family's farm into the largest agricultural operation east of the Mississippi. His family has won the National Corn Growers Association award seven times for the highest-yield in America on corn grown at their Greenbrier County farm. Below are some of his ideas about how to increase our farming potential in West Virginia and create new jobs:

MAKE WEST VIRGINIA KNOWN FOR AGRICULTURE

•    Find our niche crop. Why can't we have the next Vidalia onion or Idaho potato?
•    Become a major distribution center of fresh agricultural products to the large Northeast markets
•    Utilize our abandoned mine lands
•    Promote our agricultural products as "Almost Heaven"; this will greatly aid our state's image & increase sales for our farmers' products

PAID FOR BY JUSTICE FOR GOVERNOR




Biography  [born April 27, 1951]
justiceforwv.com/about-jim

Meet Jim
Many people have come to know Jim Justice as the owner of The Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. However, long before his tenure at The Greenbrier, Jim has been deeply involved in his family’s business and his community.  Jim has been creating jobs, promoting our state, and caring deeply for the people of West Virginia all of his life. Seeing West Virginia, and her people, succeed is Jim’s passion. Below is Jim’s story.

As a result of his strong interest in agriculture, Jim started Bluestone Farms (currently operating as Justice Family Farms, LLC) in 1977. The (corn, wheat, and soybean) operation grew to over 50,000 acres in four different states and is now the largest grain producer on the east coast. He is a six time national corn growing champion. During this same period, Jim, a passionate sportsman himself, developed Stoney Brook Plantation, a 15,000-acre hunting and fishing preserve in Monroe County, West Virginia, which has been a preeminent amenity of The Greenbrier Sporting Club.
 
Upon the death of his father in 1993, Jim became the President and CEO of Bluestone Industries, Inc. and Bluestone Coal Corporation. Over the next 15 years, Jim launched a massive expansion of multiple businesses which included significant coal reserve expansion, Christmas tree farms, cotton gins, turf grass operations, golf courses, timber enhancement and land projects just to mention a few. Jim is the President and CEO of 102 different companies and knows how to create jobs.

In 2009, The Greenbrier resort was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. Deep cuts in jobs and benefits loomed over the resort’s dedicated workforce. Jim saw an opportunity and purchased The Greenbrier. He soon reversed many of the benefit cuts and invested in renovations and expansions. Jim helped create hundreds of new jobs by bringing in major events like the PGA Tour, the New Orleans Saints spring training camp, and countless high-profile acts and conferences. All of these special events helped to bring a positive spotlight on West Virginia…a major goal for Jim.

Justice has carried on his family’s tradition of being major supporters of youth programs. Every Christmas, Jim dons his custom made Santa Claus suit as he goes to churches to greet many needy smiling faces. Since 1992 he has been President of Beckley Little League. His participation has helped the program expand to over 1,000 kids playing on 80 teams. He has coached basketball teams of all ages for the past 30 years amassing a coaching record of 1,000 wins – 213 losses. He is currently the head girls’ basketball coach at Greenbrier East High School in Lewisburg, West Virginia. He has been director of the Mountain State Coal Classic since 1995. The basketball classic has enjoyed tremendous success awarding hundreds of thousands in scholarships and direct support to participating schools.

He attended Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, and was captain of the golf team for two years before earning an undergraduate degree and a masters in business administration. He and his wife Cathy, have two adult children, James C., III (Jay) and Jill.

Jim’s foundation is simple. He first has a sincere commitment to the good Lord, second his family, next are his employees and then his strong involvement with young people. He believes that we as people know the difference between right and wrong and we have gotten too far away from those simple principles.