Smyth County is updating its Comprehensive Plan which was last revised in 1999. A copy of the 116 pages is available from the Smyth County Web Site in Adobe PDF format. It is an interesting document to review. I haven’t had time to look it over real good, but I do have […]

From the Smyth County redesigned web site they have a link to a demonstration of the new voting equipment the county apparently will be implementing soon. I haven’t heard a date for the implementation, but it maybe the November elections. I think that the HAVA requires new voting equipment to be in place […]

Here is a good editorial cartoon from the Richmond Times-Dispatch about John Bolton’s selection as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

The unusual number of tractor trailer accidents occurring on Interstate 81 in Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee in the past week serve as a good reminder that something needs to be done about that highway. I-81 simply has too many big trucks going too fast on it. It was designed for […]

President Bush has bypassed the Senate’s stalling and named John Bolton the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. in a recess appointment. Way to go President Bush! Now Bolton can try to clean up that cesspool of a place. The Senate has stalled for way too long on this very important position appointment. […]