Index nips now, chomps later

A fireplug of a fellow, Tracy Pyles is accustomed to playing the part of a yapping hound on a tight leash. Having ignored his barks about a bureaucratic bedevilment known as the composite index, Augusta County supervisors now are feeling the bite of the thing at their backsides, and so the people’s.

In hopes of sparing Erik Curren and the Democratic Party wasted money and effort, I pointed out that being a Buddhist and a Democrat in Augusta County makes you, essentially, unelectable. But I hoped that if he intended to keep going that he take the time to share his beliefs with his would-be workers and voters.

A victory in the suddenly wide-open 20th District state House race could make Erik Curren a minority of one.

Friction between supervisors threatens action

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WEYERS CAVE — After three months of dealing with a difficult county reassessment, Augusta County Supervisors gathered with their spouses at the home of Vice Chairman Gerald Garber for a dinner Thursday night.

Drive aims to remove Augusta board members