Wise's political career began in 1980, when he was elected to the state Senate of West Virginia as a Democrat from the state capital, Charleston.
Wise's eventual successor, Secretary of State Joe Manchin, a much more conservative Democrat, had already announced that he would oppose him in the primary election, using the slogan "Help is on the way".
Wise is credited with creating the PROMISE scholarship, which allows many West Virginia students to attend any public in-state university free of charge, to be funded by a major expansion in gambling.
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Bob Wise: biography and encyclopedia article(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Wise was born in Washington, D.C (additional info and facts about Washington, D.C) He received a B.A. (additional info and facts about B.A.) from Duke University (A university in Durham, North Carolina) in 1970 and a law degree from Tulane University (additional info and facts about Tulane University) 's College of Law in 1975.
Wise's political career began in 1980, when he was elected to the state Senate of West Virginia (A state in east central United States) as a Democrat.
In Congress (The legislature of the United States government), Wise served as an at-large whip (An instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping), regional whip, and parliamentarian (An expert in parliamentary rules and procedures) for the Democratic Party.
BobWise puzzles me. BobWise has one of the most liberal, pro-abortion, pro-homosexual, pro-gambling, anti-gun, anti-Ten Commandants and anti-prayer in schools voting record of any congressman in the United States.
BobWise has voted for virtually every tax increase in his eighteen (18) years as United States congressman and, now, he claims to support tax cuts for working families.
BobWise’s commercial states that it is time for a change.
bob wise governor west virginia(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Wise's victory in the election of 2000 was the latest step in a career in public service.
Wise first won elective office in 1980 when he was elected to the West Virginia State Senate.
Wise consistently voted against congressional pay raises and used a portion of his salary to fund scholarships at every college and university in his district.
BobWise brings over 15 years of communications product development and management experience to the CCPU team.
Wise's background includes his most recent roles as VP Softswitch Development at Oresis Communications and CTO/SVP of Engineering at VSYS, an early pioneer in the soft-switch platform and VoIP technology market.
Wise said, "The multi-tiered high-availability technology platform solutions, together with the high-performance Trillium protocol software solutions that CCPU has assembled together, creates a unique opportunity for CCPU to deliver high value-add, cost-effective application-ready solutions to telecommunications equipment manufacturers.
Wise and his backers are confronted with a lesson Al Gore learned too late in 2000: Reading your own political fortune with Clinton's used tea bags can be a terrible, and possibly fatal, mistake in a state like West Virginia.
Wise should know — that last phrase was a centerpiece of his successful gubernatorial campaign in 2000.
What's saved Wise from more criticism over such cynical moves has always been his image as a homespun family man. There is still no better political armor in a red state than being a devoted husband and father — and he's now cast that armor aside.
BobWise sounds off on education, economic development, Marshall University, the regional airport and the high and low points of his first months on the job.
WISE: My first memory of Huntington is one of the most precious ones I have.
WISE: I would like to be the Governor who flips a coin to start that game off, knowing that all the parties have come together and agreed that it’s the thing to do.
BobWise, an attorney since 1975, will speak to your group about legal issues in a way that is both entertaining and informative
Wise is available as a keynoter, dinner speaker, or seminar speaker.
Wise is a member of the (Mo.) Leadership Council of the National Federation of Independent Business and is the Executive Vice President of the Missouri Apartment Association.
Netwings - bob wise autumn tex: batch-convert jpeg?(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
BobWise's fall textures at J Elwood's-- http://combatfs.da.ru/ --under autumn/fall texture.
And the BobWise link from that page too is dead.
Misho still did the textures when I checked a few moths ago but it does look like he has stopped now.Bob wise dropped out of it a while ago and the last location I had for the fall textures was where you got the jpegs from.
Banana Oil! » Bob Wise, we hardly knew ye(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He was 91, which is a good run by any measure, and he hadn't directed a theatrical release since 1989 (though he had done some TV work in the last five-six years), but still, it's sad.
BobWise, on the other hand, rarely made a bad movie.
The screenplay was by Lehman who also did Executive Suite with Wise (looking at Lehman’s screenplays, I think he focused on the ideas of integrity and pursuing one’s happiness).
Bob Wise’s 1956 Bel Air(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The underside of Bob’s Bel Air continues the detail theme with a sandblasted and powdercoated frame.
Since Bob and his wife Merrlyn enjoy cruising their Chevy throughout California, the ‘56 is outfitted with a fuel-friendly 700-R4 overdrive transmission turning a set of 3.31 rear axle gears.
And for Bob and Merrlyn, cruising their Chevy is the best part.
Inaugural Address of Governor Bob Wise(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
I knew there was too much fog there sometimes.
I am grateful for the help given me in past months by our Legislature, represented here today by state Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin and House Speaker- Bob Kiss.
Our Supreme Court of Appeals also is gathered here and our Board of Public Works.
On February 14, 1929, four men armed with submachine guns cut down seven mobsters in Chicago.
Ironically, this famous mob event spawned the Chicago crime lab, introducing ballistics, polygraph, chemical analysis and forensic pathology to police work.
