Today's Opinions

Brit says old-time band jams

Your readers may be interested to read that we Brits are being treated to some excellent old-time mountain music courtesy of one of your local bands.

The Whitetop Mountain band from Southwest Virginia have been touring the United Kingdom for a couple of weeks now.

My son and I had the pleasure of opening the show for them last week at the George Hotel in South Molton Devon. This venue was full to capacity to welcome the band to this town.

Don't just complain, get active

I read the Readers’ Hotline to determine if misinformation exists that I may have to correct in my job.

Mostly, I hear negative comments from readers about the Hotline — a likely result of the generally negative content. Yet, it creates an engaging drama that attracts readers who support its existence.

Unfortunately, the Hotline hinders economic development and state support when business executives or Richmond policymakers read about our problems and bickering, leading to a poor community image.

At the Carroll County supervisors’ meeting Sept. 8, The Gazette’s reporter asked for more accountability in county meetings involving closed sessions.

Carroll officials have heard concerns about this topic before.

Citizen Mike Goldwasser has made appearances as recently as this month before the Carroll supervisors and the Industrial Development Authority to share public misgivings about use of closed sessions and the lack of public hearings in regard to disposition of county land.