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Letters

  • Letters 05/06/15

    The town we need

        We apparently now have an increase in our Town real estate taxes for the coming fiscal year.    The Town may need this increase, but how can we keep increasing taxes and at the same time cutting needed access to our Landfill and other services. The cuts started some years ago by cutting the hours of operation.

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  • Letters 04/29/15

    Day of Silence

        The educators I know are dedicated to the children with whom they have been entrusted.  They put in countless hours and are under appreciated.   Some at the middle and high school level are being held hostage by the word “anti-bullying.”
        Educators, parents and grandparents need to have their radar up as The Day of Silence occurs every April since the early 2000s.  This year it was Friday, April 17.

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  • Letters Tax Day 2015

    What is legal?

        On a recent local TV news cast, a Bedford Co. lady was given a ticket by a Bedford Co Sheriff’s deputy for driving a car with tinted windows.
        A few weeks later, a recent story in the Bedford Bulletin featured a story about two police cars being wrapped in purple to highlight domestic violence. To the best of my knowledge, to put a wrap on the body of a vehicle is legal in Va; however, to put either tint or a wrap on the windows of a vehicle is not legal in Va. as it impairs one’s vision.

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  • National HealthCare Decision Day

        April 16 is National Healthcare Decision Day, a national health observance designed to emphasize the importance of planning for health emergencies and end-of-life care. 
        According to a news release from Centra Health, National Healthcare Decision Day “encourages the public to make their wishes and expectations about medical care and end-of-life care known to loved ones and then to solidify these wishes in an advance directive.”

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  • Letters 04/08/15

    Crowded
    middle schools

        Forest Middle has been crowded for years and zone transfers to that school are closed.
        Now with the closing of Thaxton Elm., Bedford Middle will be over 95 percent of capacity. Zone transfers to Bedford Middle are now closed as well.
        With the addition of next year’s sixth graders from Thaxton, and the current sixth graders moving up to 7th grade, Bedford Middle is maxed out.

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  • Letters 04/01/15

    Bedford Agriculture Conference and Expo a success

        On behalf of the Bedford County Agriculture Economic Development Advisory Board, I want to thank all those that participated in the 2nd Annual Bedford AG Conference and Expo held at the Bedford CVCC campus on Saturday March 14. 

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  • Letters 03-25-15

    Delay closing Thaxton Elem.

        Every time I read about the School Board I am saddened by the fact that two of our schools are scheduled to be closed in June.

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  • Letters 03/18/15

    Funding research

        My husband, Jim was diagnosed with dementia in 2008. I watched him decline over the next several years, ultimately dying in 2011. He gradually lost his memory, his ability to think and his ability to enjoy life.

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  • Letters 03/11/15

    Bedford Museum Question

        I have a concern about the relationship that Annie Pollard has with the museum and her position as a Supervisor. From what I see, Ms. Pollard pretty much runs everything day to day at that Museum and sets on the Board for the nonprofit that operates the Museum. She has been doing this for several years and I believe the City, well now the Town and County of Bedford support the Museum as a Charity. I personally like the Museum, good to have something to pull the people off of Route 460 into Town.

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  • Letters 03/04/15

    Supports Messier, Willis and Dolley

        After four years of constant failure from our current Board of Supervisors, Bedford voters will soon have a chance to hold their elected officials accountable for closed schools, poor treatment of County employees, and a Supervisor pay raise to the tune of 31.5%. My neighbors, I encourage you to select John Messier, Kevin Willis, and Andy Dooley when you go to the polls on June 9 for the Republican Primary. Here’s why.

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