deuceswild 15 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Two weeks later, I was "privileged" to have a personal meeting with Rick Boucher's aides in Washington. Those aides were as useless as teats on a bull. They had ZERO idea about what was happening in Southwest Virginia, much less any specific proposal that Boucher had on the table to improve Southwest Virginia. This was an hour-long meeting, and it consisted of me trying my damnedest to get blood from a turnip for 10 minutes and sitting around looking at the wall for the next 50. The next hour, I met with George Allen's aides. Now, they were actually able to give me some long-term proposals that could help the Southwest Virginia economy (most of which centered around Lee County and the Pennington Gap area). I cannot tell you how impressed I was with George Allen's staff. But that's beside the point. THEY had a plan. No one affiliated in the counties or the Congressional districts did. Think about how disconcerting this is... Forget Boucher's aides. Contact the man himself, he has answered every email and letter I have ever sent him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Forget Boucher's aides. Contact the man himself, he has answered every email and letter I have ever sent him. I was supposed to meet with Boucher himself. He conveniently double-booked his meeting with me, and I guess a meeting that I had scheduled 3 months in advance didn't outweigh his power-lunch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beamerball 566 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Some numbers for those census bureau estimates (for anyone interested and didn't want to look them up)... VA towns/cities list: http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/SUB-EST2008-4.html SWVA Counties... http://www.census.gov/popest/counties/files/CO-EST2008-ALLDATA.csv County; Census2000pop; Estimatesbase2000; Popestimate2000; Popestimate2001; Popestimate2002; Popestimate2003; Popestimate2004; Popestimate2005; Popestimate2006; Popestimate2007; Popestimate2008 Bland County- 6871; 6871; 6849; 6881; 6820; 6862; 6842; 6781; 6746; 6875; 6918 Buchanan County- 26978; 26978; 26816; 26321; 25951; 25415; 24960; 24466; 24156; 23852; 23521 D ickenson County- 16395; 16395; 16344; 16240; 16137; 16084; 16087; 16187; 16163; 16228; 16405 Grayson County- 17917; 16881; 16865; 16631; 16639; 16479; 16364; 16203; 16099; 16085; 15969 Lee County- 23589; 23589; 23537; 23263; 23364; 23424; 23365; 23331; 23355; 23405; 23448 Russell County- 30308; 29258; 29277; 29062; 28828; 28863; 28658; 28609; 28588; 28833; 28831 Scott County- 23403; 23403; 23364; 23096; 22965; 22825; 22750; 22801; 22905; 22888; 22850 Smyth County- 33081; 33081; 33081; 3288; 32733; 32536; 32305; 32188; 32289; 32039; 31905 Tazewell County- 44598; 44598; 44426; 43983; 43955; 43942; 43972; 43852; 43883; 43752; 43787 Washington County- 51103; 51103; 51148; 51204; 51259; 51294; 51572; 51938; 52076; 52746; 53038 Wise County- 40123; 42205; 42161; 41892; 41765; 41739; 41705; 41702; 41642; 41683; 41703 Wythe County- 27599; 27599; 27624; 27553; 27633; 27727; 27775; 28119; 28310; 28527; 28769 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Thanks for posting those, BB. Interesting numbers indeed. Very little true growth, and counties like Buchanan and Grayson are being hit pretty hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuceswild 15 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 I was supposed to meet with Boucher himself. He conveniently double-booked his meeting with me, and I guess a meeting that I had scheduled 3 months in advance didn't outweigh his power-lunch... Ah, well you got me there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Ah, well you got me there. It was for an event called the "National Youth Leadership Conference". Got to go to D.C. for a week, be in a mock legislature. A total blast. And 3 months before the event, we all set up a meeting with our House and Senate Representatives. I got mine set up with Boucher, I can still remember it: Tuesday, February 7th, 11:00 AM. I'm pumped, really excited about it. And I get there, and I'm greeted by his aides. Absolutely deflating feeling. I gave his aides a chance, and it didn't work. Allen wasn't at my meeting with him at 12:30, and that was doubly disappointing. But at least the people he left in charge did their homework. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flea 27 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 Boucher is a TOOL and always has been!!! If it doesn't concern lining his pocket he is not interested. As for Tazewell County and Buchanan County Elected officials they hardly have time to handle any problems or concerns for anyone because they are too busy trying to tell everyone how important they are and keeping up with the Jones'. Well there went my vent for this week. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance 228 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 Hey Elliot... I managed to track down Marte Maney and a copy of the Dealer album...found it still sealed and the guy is burning me a copy to CD before he sends it...so I'll hook you up with a copy when I get it in. Also...talked to Marte a few times over the past couple of days...shes alive and doing well...she can still belt it out...and just put up a YouTube channel and you can check out what she's doing now if you want at: http://www.youtube.com/user/MarteManey thought you might want to check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Hey Elliot... I managed to track down Marte Maney and a copy of the Dealer album...found it still sealed and the guy is burning me a copy to CD before he sends it...so I'll hook you up with a copy when I get it in. Also...talked to Marte a few times over the past couple of days...shes alive and doing well...she can still belt it out...and just put up a YouTube channel and you can check out what she's doing now if you want at: http://www.youtube.com/user/MarteManey thought you might want to check it out. Been meaning to check this link for a couple of days and just had time...DAMN!!! She's pretty good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance 228 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 back in the day she was really good...Pat Benatar / Patti Smith type that could belt it out...really sweet girl...was skinny as a rail back then...it was something to see this little chick jump up on stage with these guys that looked like they fell out of Skynrd and just have this BIG voice...not something you would see every day, especially in Grundy. The CD that the guy copied for me turned out great...much better than I was thinking it would...I was very pleased with it....the songs kinda sound like late 70's early 80's soft rock...kinda ABBA-ish...only 6 songs on it, I think they must have been looking for a radio hit...doesn't really give an honest showcase of what she sounded like back then...the YouTube videos give a lot more vision in to her real attitude than the Dealer album does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueinbama 259 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Thanks, Lance. Being a Saltville boy I can relate to your post. I remember going to football games between the Shakers and the Golden Wave in the '60's before Saltville left the Southwest District to join the Hogoheegee. Great post. I enjoyed reading about your town. I can tell you love Grundy as much as I love Saltville. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance 228 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 yeah...know what you mean. Gman...Marte posted up a new video of Simple Man...not bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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