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Government

  • Turnout very low for primary

        Virginia held a primary last Tuesday to select the Democratic Party’s candidates for lieutenant governor and attorney general. The primary was held on June 11.
        You didn’t vote? It seems hardly anybody in Bedford or Bedford County did. According to Bedford County Registrar Barbara Gunter, only 409 votes were cast in the county.
        “That includes absentee ballots,” she said.
        “We had one precinct with zero votes,” she commented.

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  • Medlin tries again for 19th House seat

        This will be Lew Medlin’s fourth try at the 19th House of Delegates seat as the Democratic Party’s nominee. Medlin was defeated three times in a row by the incumbent, Delegate Lacey Putney.
        “I had a lot of people come up to me and say, ‘You gotta run,’” Medlin said, explaining why he is giving it another try.
        There is another reason.
        “When I ran the first few times, I knew I wasn’t going to win,” he said.

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  • City Council adopts upcoming town budget

        Bedford City Council adopted Bedford’s first town budget in decades last week. The end result will be lower real estate taxes next year for residents currently living in the city of Bedford, once it becomes a town.
        City Council voted, in a 4-3 vote, to provide an additional $5,000 for Bedford Main Street and and $1,000 to the Wharton Foundation.
        “Both of these organizations do a great deal for the community,” said Jim Vest, who had argued in favor of this funding at a late May work session.

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  • Krantz testifies at Congressional committee hearing

    Like many communities, Bedford County has had its own issues with illegal immigrants committing repeat offenses, but not being able to deport those offenders.

        Bedford County Commonwealth’s Attorney Randy Krantz took that past experience—and his recommendations for change—to Capitol Hill last week, testifying on immigration reform before a House Judiciary Committee.

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  • Herrick retiring as city’s last registrar

    Randi Herrick has presided over 30 elections while serving as Bedford City Registrar.

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  • Local elections not contested so far; deadline was Tues.

    By John Barnhart and Tom Wilmoth
    news@bedfordbulletin.com

        It appears, as of press time, that Bedford County’s elections for board of supervisors and school board will be uncontested.

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  • Austin is part of 3-way race for 19th House District seat

        “I feel pretty good about it,” Austin said about securing the Republican nomination for the 19th House of Delegates district. He made a particularly strong showing in Botetourt County.

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  • Supervisors not interested in joining regional library study

    Bedford County will not be joining Lynchburg and Campbell County in a study to determine what savings a regional library system would bring.

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  • Bedford City Council close to adopting budget—for the town

    By Tom Wilmoth and John Barnhart
    news@bedfordbulletin.com

        With no residents showing up to speak at a public hearing on the proposed budget for the town of Bedford, which becomes a reality July 1 when the city officially reverts to a town, Bedford City Council is now ready to finalize the community’s first town budget in more than four decades.

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  • Local pharmacists actions go beyond filling prescriptions

        The Bedford County Department of Fire and Rescue honored volunteer first responders for their work in the past year during a ceremony last Thursday.

        Firefighters run into burning buildings when everybody else runs out. EMTs and paramedics keep people alive during medical emergencies as they transport them to the hospital. Two of the people honored, however, were not firefighters or rescue squad members—Bruno Andrade and Alex  Lenhart are CVS pharmacists.

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