Success
of Restore Balance will help improve living standards and create
a more prosperous future for all West Virginians.
Mission:
Enhancing and improving the standard of living and quality of
life for all West Virginians.
Goal:
Achieving a statewide job
creation rate that is equal to the national average.
Strategies:
- Enact
legislation to address key civil justice issues.
- Ensure
that the state’s environmental laws and regulations are
based on sound scientific principles and do not place
permitees into uncompetitive situations related to
surrounding states.
- Modernize
the selection of justices to the West Virginia Supreme Court
of Appeals.
- Examine
ways to reduce West Virginia’s business tax rates to the
national average.
- Bring
West Virginia’s test scores up to the national average and
prepare workers for the 21st Century economy.
- Continue
investment in maintenance and expansion of the state’s
transportation infrastructure.
- Raise
the state’s per capita income level to the national
average.
- Develop
a sustainable development strategy that balances West
Virginia’s natural and cultural beauty and assets with
commercial and industrial development.