Government

    Delegate Lacey Putney appeared at the Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce’s legislative wrap-up breakfast for the last time. The annual event was held at Olde Liberty Station last week. Putney received accolades from his fellow state legislators.

    “There are great parallels between the great men of America and the great man of Bedford County,” said Senator Steve Newman.
    “He has protected you, he has protected me, he has protected liberty,” Newman said.

    Bedford County’s supervisors unanimously approved an $89.17 million budget for the next fiscal year, which starts July 1. This includes a local transfer of $38.04 million to Bedford County Schools, $3.5 million less than the school board had asked for.

    Although all supervisors voted in favor of the budget, some expressed concerns. District 2 Supervisor Curry Martin wanted assurance that the budget did not endanger the 3 percent raises for school employees that the school board’s budget contained.

By Mike Forster
and Tom Wilmoth
news@bedfordbulletin.com

    The painful side of reversion showed itself last week, as Bedford City Parks and Recreation employees were informed that their department might cease to exist on July 1.
    While the move means that two city employees will probably lose their jobs, there is much more to it than that.

    Normally at this time of year, Delegate Lacey Putney announces his intention to run for reelection. This year is different.

    “After several weeks of consideration and deliberation, I have decided not to seek another term in the Virginia House of Delegates,” Putney wrote in a news release.