Petition to Stop Taxpayer Funded Lobbying in West Virginia

Stop the Swamp: End Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying in West Virginia

Over $500,000 a Year of Your Tax Dollars—Used to Fight You?

In Berkeley County alone, over quarter of a million dollars a year in taxpayer funds are used to hire political lobbyists.

And nearly every single county in OUR State does this!

Not to fix roads.
Not to lower taxes.
Not to defend your freedoms.

Instead, these lobbyists are paid with YOUR money to grow government, block conservative reforms, and raise YOUR taxes.

It’s corruption with a price tag—and you’re footing the bill.

One Conservative Tried to Stop It. The Swamp Shut Him Down.

This past session, Delegate S. Chris Anders introduced House Bill 2465, a clean, no-nonsense bill to ban taxpayer-funded lobbying statewide.

But the Establishment RINOs in Charleston refused to even allow a vote. They buried it to protect their corrupt buddies in the lobbying class—because this isn’t about representing you, it’s about controlling you.

West Virginians Are Being Sold Out

This isn’t representation. It’s a rigged system where your money is weaponized to silence your voice.

Local governments and public agencies are using public funds to lobby for more public funds—and to kill conservative, pro-taxpayer legislation.

It’s a closed loop of cronyism. And it’s time to shut it down.

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Tell Charleston: BAN Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying NOW.

We are calling on every conservative voter, taxpayer, and liberty-loving West Virginian to rise up and demand an end to this abuse of power and theft of public trust.

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PETITION TO END TAXPAYER-FUNDED LOBBYING IN WEST VIRGINIA

To: The West Virginia Legislature and Governor

We, the undersigned citizens and taxpayers of the State of West Virginia, demand the immediate and permanent ban of taxpayer-funded lobbying in all forms.

In Berkeley County alone, over $500,000 a year is being spent to hire political lobbyists whose job is to work against the people—to grow government, oppose conservative reforms, and raise taxes.

In the 2025 legislative session, Delegate S. Chris Anders introduced HB 2465, a bill to end this corrupt practice. But Establishment politicians killed the bill in committee, refusing to even allow a vote.

This is taxpayer-funded political warfare, and we are done tolerating it.

We demand:

  • A full, uncompromising ban on taxpayer-funded lobbying—at every level.

  • No loopholes, no exemptions, and no more backroom betrayals.

  • An end to the cycle of corruption where our own money is used to silence us.

We will not be governed by lobbyists. We will not pay to be ignored.

Drain the swamp. Ban taxpayer-funded lobbying. Now.

Signed,