“Alot of West Virginians have very tough jobs and are very hard workers. And when you're working your butt off, sometimes the last thing that you think about is your calendar. I've been working lke crazy the last ‘wo plus years, tuming over every rock possible to make our great state even greater. Keeping our office calendars 100% up-to-date isn't as important as finding ways to get West Virginia to a $53.6 milion surplus last month or getting our secondary road maintenance program back on track. “The calendar that you got through your FOIA request is used by my staff to try to Keep straight my crazy schedule as governor, which can sometimes change by the minute and because of this, there are times. where all the good work we're doing never makes it onto the calendar. “For example, if you look at Friday, April 19 of this year, it looks like my schedule was completely blank. But, in fact, that day we held a pair of major public events announcing that contracts were awarded for roadwork on US-35 and Jefferson Road in South Charleston — two major projects to make our state's road infrastructure better. These events were spur-of-the-moment and never made it onto the calendar. “This is just one of countless examples where a sheet of paper does not reflect the work and time I've put into helping West Virginia rise out of 50th and start the incredibly positive momentum we have going “Ask yourself what other governor in the history of West Virginia has been able to accomplish what | have during my time in office. We were dead flat bankrupt, and now, just two years later, we've had record-setting budget surpluses. We got tax exemptions for our veterans and senior citizens, while at the same time giving our teachers, correctional officers, and state employees a much-deserved pay raise. Visitors are coming to ‘West Virginia, because we're making investments in Tourism and our State Parks. Businesses are coming with them, choosing to invest in West Virginia because we're changing our image to the outside world. Now ask yourself, would it possible to get all this done by not working hard?"