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  1. 5 hours ago, -oo- said:

    Well this Supreme Court case will be interesting. Would this ruling only apply to the primary ballots or would it also include the ballot in November?

    Regardless this will be a very interesting decision. If the Supreme Court rules against him I wonder what will happen across the country. I'm sure many many riots will take place all over the nation.

    I highly doubt it. 6 of the 9 Supreme Court justices were appointed by Republicans. Also, it appears like they're signaling that Trump can stay on the ballot.

  2. On 12/11/2019 at 7:18 AM, sixcat said:

    Galax didn't adopt "sanctuary" status.  City Council unanimously signed a resolution not to support changes to the 2nd Amendment but felt declaring "sanctuary" status was nothing more than a symbolic gesture.  Should 2nd Amendment laws change, everyone will have to adapt, even those who have adopted "sanctuary" status, or risk losing all Federal and State funding. 

    https://www.galaxgazette.com/content/galax-stops-short-2a-sanctuary-resolution

    But hey, it keeps us all occupied on something stupid while the powers-that-be control the world.  

    Wise County BoS just unanimously approved to become a 2nd Amendment Sanctuary. Personally, I disapprove.

  3. 2 minutes ago, Mountain Football said:

    I honestly don't know. I have allowed myself to get entrenched in the drama of our local sheriffs race and haven't followed the Chafin/McCall race. Here we are 4 days till election and I'm on SWVA sports page trying to get the political breakdown of this race!!😂

    You mean Kilgore/Elkins? For me, it's the same thing, do they have any policy difference, outside of Kilgore being a Republican and Elkins being a Democrat?

  4. On 7/14/2019 at 2:57 PM, Bearcat Dad said:

    Bristol has become nothing short of a retirement community as well. With once thriving industrial parks becoming little more than ghost towns, young families have no choice but to move away from the area to find work that pays good enough to raise their children. At least we are working hard to become the retail capital of SWVA! (Sarcasm)

    Even a respectable profession like education, is in a horrible state in SWVA. Teachers are grossly underpaid compared to the rest of the state and because of issues like declining population, cities like Bristol do not want to build new schools, they just want to slap band-aids on their decrepit old schools and build fancy shopping centers in hopes of mirroring our Tennessee brethren. 

    We do have a superintendent that is fighting very hard to help the kids in Bristol, but as we all know, the powers that be in Richmond usually forget that the state does extend west past Roanoke.

    Both of my kids have expressed interest in leaving the area when they receive their degrees. I hate it, but I can’t say I blame them.

    Unfortunately, how can one afford to move out? Also, I'm sure there's a large amount of competition for those well paying positions for the cities from Roanoke to NoVa to Richmond to Hampton Roads.

  5. 1 hour ago, UVAObserver said:

    This is the article to which I was referring.  I apologize for misquoting the article (though the truth of the matter is actually worse than I originally quoted).  Hard to tout Norton as an exception when it’s the definition of the rule.

    I meant that they were towns/cities of resistance in comparison to towns like Pound, Appalachia, Coeburn, etc. where citizens of those towns typically go to Wise and Norton to do stuff.

  6. On 8/2/2019 at 6:59 AM, SXSW said:

    Like I have posted on here twenty times, if you draw a line on the map from Gate City to Abingdon anything north of that line is dead or dying, some places quicker than others. Unless oil is discovered in Southwest Virginia or a gold strike, it going to like Southern West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, a few spots of resistance but that will be it...the next round of change for SW Virginia is further school consolidations. One high school for Wise, Russell, Tazewell, Buchanan  counties.

    What do you think are examples of the pockets of resistance? I think it might include Wise and Norton. 

  7. On 7/14/2019 at 2:57 PM, Bearcat Dad said:

    Bristol has become nothing short of a retirement community as well. With once thriving industrial parks becoming little more than ghost towns, young families have no choice but to move away from the area to find work that pays good enough to raise their children. At least we are working hard to become the retail capital of SWVA! (Sarcasm)

    Even a respectable profession like education, is in a horrible state in SWVA. Teachers are grossly underpaid compared to the rest of the state and because of issues like declining population, cities like Bristol do not want to build new schools, they just want to slap band-aids on their decrepit old schools and build fancy shopping centers in hopes of mirroring our Tennessee brethren. 

    We do have a superintendent that is fighting very hard to help the kids in Bristol, but as we all know, the powers that be in Richmond usually forget that the state does extend west past Roanoke.

    Both of my kids have expressed interest in leaving the area when they receive their degrees. I hate it, but I can’t say I blame them.

    What jobs are there around here that pay well? There's the school systems, hospitals, a couple of tech companies in Lebanon & some tech jobs coming to the Oxbow Center in St. Paul. Outside of that, I can't of many. It's sad. 

 
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