MetroNews: State Commerce Secretary, City Resident Woody Thrasher Won't Discuss Current Job Status
By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on June 13, 2018 via Connect-Bridgeport.com
According to this report from MetroNews, West Virginia’s Commerce secretary is on the job, but unable to say much.
Approached by reporters after a keynote speech at the State Journal’s annual Who’s Who awards on Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Woody 
Thrasher was confined to one response.
Thrasher was confined to one response.
“You need to get with Butch Antolini.”
That’s a reference to Gov. Jim Justice’s communications director.
The speaking event at Embassy Suites in Charleston was the first time Thrasher has been at a public event since last week when Gov. Jim Justice left his job in question.
The state Department of Commerce has been a focal point of controversy over its administration of Community Development Block Grants for disaster relief administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Questions have arisen over a contract for an outside consultant to manage the millions of dollars in grant money, the pace of West Virginia’s long-term flood relief and the effectiveness of communication among agencies and with the public.
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Editor's Note: Perry Bennett, West Virginia Legislative photo.
