Here are videos of part of the Candidate’s Forum from last Thursday evening, complements of Linda Meyer. Unfortunately, her battery died before the evening was over.
Entries from October 31st, 2011
final farmers market of 2011
October 28th, 2011 · No Comments · news
Neither rain, nor sleet or snow will keep us from our appointed rounds. Tomorrow is the final day for this year’s Wytheville Farmers Market. Y’all come and bring the young’ns for a little Halloween fun and some trick or treating. And please, buy some of Anne’s baked goods. My girlish figure is going to hell [...]
linda meyer reports
October 27th, 2011 · 15 Comments · news
If you run into Linda Meyer in the next few days, you might want to thank her. Linda has decided to perform a much-needed community service. She plans to record the Board of Supervisors meetings and post them on YouTube. Here is the link for the 10/25/2011 meeting: http://www.youtube.com/WytheCountyTeaParty Though Linda has provided the link [...]
Tags:linda meyer·Sheriff Doug King·Wythe County Board of Supervisors·Wythe County Tea Party
who needs saturday night live?
October 26th, 2011 · 1 Comment · musings, opinion
All of you who love children who wear helmets and ride the short bus to school take heart: They too can grow up and be a Republican candidate for president. I guarantee they’ll act more maturely. Between the CNN and Fox News coverages of the race for the Republican nomination, we no longer need to [...]
Tags:boots on the ground·CNN·Comedy Central·Fox News·Gaddafi·George Allen·Herman Cain·Mark Rubio·Mitt Romney·President Obama·Republican National Committee·Rick Perry·Saturday Night Live·Tim Kaine
occupy wythe county board of supervisors
October 24th, 2011 · 4 Comments · news, opinion
Thursday evening, beginning at 6pm, the non-partisan Legislative Committee of the Wytheville-Wythe-Bland Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a candidate’s forum in the Board of Supervisors meeting room. Folks, this is our chance to let the local candidates know how we feel. Any candidate who does not appear without a good reason should not receive a [...]
Tags:Cellell Dalton·Stephen Bear·Wythe County Board of Supervisors·Wytheville-Wythe-Bland Chamber of Commerce
never the fringes shall meet
October 18th, 2011 · No Comments · musings
First, there was the Arab Spring, followed by the Arab Summer in which millions of protestors in several repressive Middle Eastern regimes took to the streets and overthrew their governments. Here in the United States, we seem to be experiencing an American Fall.The last time something like what is happening across this country occurred was [...]
Tags:AEP·American Electric Power·Amy Kremer·Bill O'Reilly·Environmental Protection Agency·EPA·Fox News·Massey Energy·Occupy Wall Street·Owls·Tea Baggers·Tea Party Express
the union is in a state
October 11th, 2011 · 2 Comments · musings
I’ve been having the hardest time getting back to writing. Every time I sit down in front of the computer, I start thinking of what I want to write about, which leads me to start thinking about what’s going on in our country, and I get discouraged. It would be easy for me to knock [...]
Tags:First Baptist Church of Dallas·Hillary Clinton·Jon Huntsman·Mitt Romney·Mormonism·Niggerhead Ranch·Rick Perry·Robert Jeffress