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so who really won tuesday?

November 10th, 2011 · 12 Comments · opinion, politics

Congratulations to Faye Barker, Joe Hale, Artie Hall, Tim Reeves, Gene Horney and Deborah Crigger. I sincerely wish each of you success when you assume your office in January. If you succeed, we all succeed. The answer to the question of who really won Tuesday is the people of Wythe County. For the first time [...]

lennon counts and tomorrow

November 7th, 2011 · 4 Comments · opinion, politics

I plan to vote for Lennon Counts for the At-Large School Board seat tomorrow, and it may be the most important one that I cast. Last week Liza Field invited me to speak to one of her classes at Wytheville Community College. The class is composed of a dozen or so students, the majority of [...]

the race for the commish (part 2)

November 6th, 2011 · 8 Comments · opinion, politics

I’d like to apologize to Faye Barker, Robert Kegley, and the voters of Wythe County. I made some snarky comments about Ms. Barker in a previous post, and I probably shouldn’t have. In doing so, I’ve created some undeserved sympathy for her at Mr. Kegley’s expense and moved the discussion in this race away from [...]

the pride of miller’s creek

November 5th, 2011 · 8 Comments · opinion, politics

As cynical as I tend to be about politics and politicians, once in awhile someone comes along who restores my faith in the system. Joe Hale, candidate for the Ft. Chiswell District Supervisor, is such a person. Joe Hale is a successful businessman who continues to meet a payroll. Through his architectural and environmental engineering [...]

the race for the commish

November 3rd, 2011 · 9 Comments · opinion, politics

The Peter Principle states that “in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence,” meaning that employees tend to be promoted until they reach a position at which they cannot work competently. In the last couple of weeks, I’ve spoken to a dozen or so rank and file voters who will [...]

aww right, let’s get to it

November 1st, 2011 · 3 Comments · opinion, politics

One week from today, Tuesday, November 8, 2011, we get to exercise a basic American right that has been the envy of the rest of the world for the last 235 years. We get to exercise that right without fear of retribution or retaliation. There will be no armed soldiers or threatening thugs in the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

cellell dalton is a liar

July 28th, 2011 · 4 Comments · opinion

Actually, I don’t mean to call Papa Doc Dalton a liar. What I mean to call him is a goddamned liar. According to the Wytheville Enterprise, the following is what Dalton had to say about the hiring of Gary Cody to be the Director of Parks and Recreation and Tourism: According to Wythe County Administrator [...]

so what about the $811,146.60?

July 26th, 2011 · 11 Comments · opinion

I see that His Excellency, County Administrator for Life Papa Doc Dalton has appointed a Director of Parks and Recreation and Tourism. Laying aside the fact that Parks and Recreation is a totally different field than Tourism, and the official designation of the department is simply Parks and Recreation, what about the $811,146.60 Dalton has [...]

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