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Entries Tagged as 'Wythe County Candidates 2011'

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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the candidate’s forum

October 31st, 2011 · No Comments · news, video

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.

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