It appears the Smyth County’s General Registrar Sandy Elswick has released the list of candidates in Smyth County’s towns (Chilhowie, Marion, and Saltville) for the May 2nd Town Elections. The list is available here from the SBE. These are the candidates who have filed thus far. The deadline to file as a candidate is next Tuesday, March 7 at 7:00PM for Smyth County’s town elections.

Since I live near Saltville, it is of particular interest to me. On the list I see that incumbent mayor Jeff Campbell has filed for re-election with no opposition thus far. For town council, none of the three incumbents (Cahill, Holley, and Hutchins) have yet filed. Newcomers Andrew Bresnock, Jr., Terry N. Hunt, and Ronald Neil Johnson have filed. Of those three I personally know Neil Johnson, who served as athletic director when I was a student at Northwood High School. I also believe that Bresnock is the pastor of the local Friends Community Church in Saltville. I do not know who Hunt is.

I encourage all those who can run to do so in Saltville. Something has got to change and I can say that if I lived in Saltville I would definitely be running.

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