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Today's Opinions

  • Candidate's negative comments unfair to opponent

    I find supervisor candidate Gesche Morley energetic and invigorating.
    One Sunday early this summer we traveled to Floyd to a training seminar. We were new acquaintances, so there was a lot to talk about.
    I was curious about her approach to problem solving and the areas she had talked about as her areas of focus for Grayson County.
    She talked about the foundation of agriculture in our county. She talked about the deep involvement of her sister, Charlotte, in grass-fed beef and the potential for growers here.

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  • Morley is best choice for Wilson District

    As we approach Election Day, those of us in Grayson County’s Wilson District have two choices for the supervisor seat: Tom Revels and Gesche Morley.
    I have been assisting Ms. Morley. As we campaign around the district and talk with people, I am impressed by Ms. Morley’s willingness to listen to concerns, what matters most to voters, and discussions that follow.
    Ms. Morley is a retired teacher. Her hometown is Elkin, N.C. She moved here five years ago, built a house, and settled along the New River with her husband, Eric.

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  • Littrell stands behind record as Carroll supervisor

    On Nov. 7, Pipers Gap District voters will choose whom they prefer to be their board of supervisors’ representative.
    There are stark differences between my opponent and me.
    I strongly support Twin County Airport. It’s an economic engine and helps attract businesses to our region.
    Often the presence of a nearby airport will be the deciding factor in a company’s decision to relocate or expand.
    Last Thursday, Virginia’s governor flew into the airport for an economic announcement at Virginia Produce.

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  • Time for new representative in Pipers Gap District

    conservative, for the Carroll County Board of Supervisors on Nov. 7.

    He supports policies that are different from major parties. He believes in Christian stewardship, our seniors, fixed-income folks and our children, who deserve representation.

    Our tax dollars need to be in line with our actual needs. Washington, D.C., is 330 miles from Pipers Gap District and Richmond is 276 miles.

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  • Candidate using divisive tactics against opponent

    The nation just endured the most divisive election since 1968.  There was a coarsening of political discourse.
    It is disturbing that this type of conduct has invaded our local election for county supervisor. Tom Revels, Republican candidate for the Wilson District, has characterized opponent Gesche Morley as a city person who does not hold rural folk in much regard, and he attributes this to her family ties to Charlotte Hanes.

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  • Littrell has worked to improve district, county

    It seems like voting day, Nov. 7, is just around the corner.
    I must rush to get my cents’ worth in on a candidate that has represented me and my friends in the Pipers Gap area of Carroll County for a great number of years.
    He reared his three girls in Carroll County where they attended grade school, intermediate and high school.
    He has a keen mind for attending to the affairs of our beautiful area here in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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  • Tax dollars, grants not spent on county’s top priorities

    I am the main target for a recent letter to the editor concerning grants at Twin County Airport.
    Federal income tax payments go into the general revenue fund. Feds then use some of your taxes and provide money for state grants. You don’t pay back grants because it’s your tax money.
    More than $7 million. Two airport board members have bragged over these grants and there were more grants prior to these.

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  • City, school board need to spend more wisely

    The responsibility of being on city council and/or the school board is using the money available to make the biggest impact.
    You must ask yourself, “How can we use the limited resources we have to impact the most people in the most positive way?”
    There isn’t one person who doesn’t think our new football/soccer field is beautiful.
    The field is just the vehicle community members are using to express dissatisfaction with the lack of transparency in our locality. Just as the land purchase was used before.

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