Welcome
After spending several years attending Board of Supervisor meetings and staying abreast of important county issues, I feel qualified to make statements, factual and opinion, about county issues and the actions and inactions of elected and appointed county officials.
My commentary isn't always flattering but it isn't always negative. If my tone sometimes appears to be lacking in patience and tolerance, there is a very good reason for that and it has to do with how the supervisors treat county citizens and specifically this citizen. To date, 4 of the 5 seated supervisors have at one time served as chair of the board (Mr. McCoy has yet to serve as of 2008). Each chair has exhibited their own unique characteristics with some being more inclined to allow citizens to speak than others. The 2008 chair, Mr. Eric Gentry, imposes a strict 3 minute rule on the amount of time he allows a citizen to speak to the board. This dictatorial approach to conducting a public meeting does little to encourage citizen participation in what should be a platform for citizens to voice their concerns, suggestions, and requests. Very little pertinent information can be conveyed in a period of three minutes. I have noted the need at times for citizen commentary to have a time limit. However, more often I have noted the need for time limits on some of the useless dialogue between supervisors. If you are able to hear the supervisors, primarily because they speak more to each other than they speak to meeting attendees, you will eventually come to the same conclusion as I, and that is how ill-informed they are on important issues before them for decision.
This site will always attempt to provide meaningful insight about important county issues in an effort to allow interested county citizens an opportunity to acquire information they might not otherwise become informed about if they don't attend county meetings. I hope you will find my site of interest and I welcome you to return often. I also welcome your personal commentary, which can be provided in identified sections within the site.
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Please use the site navigation buttons to move from page to page within the site. Unlike the county, I can't afford to pay for a professional web site designer but I will do my personal best to make the site easy to navigate, pleasing to the eye, and chocked full of useful information.
I have and will continue to provide various interactive features that I hope will be of interest to you. If these features don't prove to be of any interest to site guests, I will either alter or remove them from the site.
Contact Information
I can be contacted as follows:
Douglas Turner
134 Cypress Lane
Pearisburg, Virginia 24134
540-599-1578