State ex rel. County Commission of Boone County v. Cooke

McHUGH, Chief Justice.

The petitioner, the County Commission of Boone County (hereinafter the “County Commission”), seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent, Ed Cooke, the Clerk of the County Commission of Boone County (hereinafter the “Clerk”), to publish notice of a public hearing, pursuant to The Tax Increment Financing Act found in W. Va.Code, 7-11B-1, et seq. [1995], regarding the issuance of tax increment bonds for the purpose of financing a county water project which will be referred to as the Boone County Development Project. The Clerk refused to publish *393the notice of the…