2011 February

Entries from February 27th, 2011

a message from the wythe county board of supervisors to its citizens

February 27th, 2011 · 14 Comments · musings, news

less than 30 days and counting

February 21st, 2011 · 2 Comments · flora and fauna, food, news, reviews

Spring arrives March 20th this year at 2:21pm in all four time zones in the northern hemisphere. I don’t know about you, but I’m chafing at the bit. I took a walk around Our Little Piece of Heaven this noon, and things are looking pretty good. The trees we planted last fall seem to have [...]

gary, nikki, and cellell

February 18th, 2011 · 12 Comments · musings, news

When I started looking into the pay increases for Cellell Dalton and Stephen Bear, and the hiring of Nikki Shank to be the new Assistant Wythe County Administrator, I had no particular axe to grind, I just thought the raises were inappropriate given the current economy. The more I looked into the situation, and the [...]

the odor is getting stronger

February 16th, 2011 · 3 Comments · musings, news

In my last post, I said that I would have more to say about the last meeting of the Wythe County Board of Supervisors on February 8, and I will. Before I do that though, I’m trying to do due diligence and develop an informed opinion. The issues raised at that meeting are too important [...]

just say no

February 11th, 2011 · 3 Comments · news, rants

{Publisher’s note: Because of the tremendous number of hits (over a thousand and counting) that WytheNotes has received this past week seeking information on the new hire and pay increases in the County Administrator’s office, this is the first in a series of posts I will be making over the next few days about the [...]

our little debi

February 7th, 2011 · 1 Comment · wildlife

I was reading Matty Holder’s blog the other day on her pleasure in washing dishes. One of the things she wrote about was the birdfeeder station she has outside her kitchen window and the enjoyment she gets from watching birds as she washes. We also have a feeder station visible from our kitchen window. While [...]

there’s something rotten in denmark, i mean wythe county

February 5th, 2011 · 7 Comments · news, rants

By now, most folks in Wythe County have heard that the Board of Supervisors (or should I say Board of Stupidvisors) have hired a new Assistant County Administrator. Nikki Shank, who currently holds that position in Carroll County, has been hired to get the county finances in order, a job that she seems to be [...]

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