Progress in West Virginia???

As the crowd gathered to watch to implosion of the Union Carbide Building 82 on Saturday morning I wondered if they were there to celebrate the beginning or the end of a time remembered in the Kanawha Valley.
I looked on and saw the end of a better time in the Kanawha Valley and West Virginia.
We must realize that chemicals are to this day being manufactured in greater quantities than in any time in history. What was once the chemical center of the world was witnessing the end of an integral part of that past making its exit in a most depressing way? We were not witnessing the beginning of an expansion of the industry but the end of that industry for the Kanawha Valley.
The question is why that industry has decided that the Kanawha Valley, West Virginia is not the location for the continued production of necessary chemicals.
I believe the answer can be found in the government of our state. I believe it is the results of over taxation, over regulation, over litigation and the general attitude that the citizens made no effort to change those conditions.
We may have another opportunity some day to witness the construction instead of the destruction of an industry, I wonder if the citizens have the desire to make the necessary changes??