Jenny Thacker, Author at Blue Jefferson

About Jenny Thacker

Jenny Thacker grew up in California believing that a democratic system of government only works if the population participates. In college she vowed to write at least one letter a week to a leader who could make a difference about a cause that mattered to her. After earning her BA in Geography, she joined the US Peace Corps, traveled widely, and settled in West Virginia to raise her family, coach soccer, and commute to Washington, D.C. to work for NOAA making nautical charts. She is now retired.

Entries by Jenny Thacker

How Can I Help?

March 30, 2026/in Campaign Position/by Jenny Thacker

Jenny Thacker, from her vantage point as a candidate, lays out the things you can do to help her win her race. What she says applies, as well, to any other candidate.

Jefferson County Development Authority Meets With Data Center Experts

February 13, 2026/in Headline News/by Jenny Thacker

Jenny Thacker attended the JC Development Authority meeting regarding data centers in Jefferson County. She reports that the invitees were one-sided in their praise for these centers and largely dismissive of the issues that communities affected by them raise. Jenny posed these questions in a recap of the meetings in a Letter to the Editor in the Spirit of Jefferson.

ICE in Charles Town!

December 28, 2025/in Community/by Jenny Thacker

On December 5, 2024 ICE made one of its raids on two Mexican restaurants in Jefferson County. They tagged along with a US Marshalls team and disrupted a dinner hour for local residents, a raid that including pepper spraying. It didn’t matter to ICE that customers were “in the way.” These kinds of tactics have to be loudly called out as dangerous and very likely illegal, all for the sake of arresting and deporting cooks and wait staff serving our community. Is this insult to our community going to be commonplace in our future?