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For the person who had in the Sunday paper about the things on 264, tell them that I called the transportation and the bridge was damaged from a wreck and they are supposed to start working on it in about three or four weeks and for their information, they have been down there since June.

I am against hunting from the roadside. I have been shot at, seen the rifle puff smoke while I was driving down the road, facing the hunters. The reason I didn’t go talk at the meeting with the county commissioners was I didn’t want some of my buildings burned or nails spread all over my driveway and property.

Another Sunday. The best I can do for dinner in this town is hospital cafeteria food. Sad, isn’t it? Washington does not have family-style restaurants that the average working man can take his family to and not spend a lot of money. Cafeteria-style would be fine. Buffet-style would be fine. We have difficulty trying to attract anybody here, I guess. We need family-style restaurants. We don’t need a Waffle House. We don’t need a gas station that sells hamburgers.

I see the city manager, along with Archie and the Jugheads, has milked the taxpayer out of more of its hard-earned money. They advertised for a new airport manager requiring many aviation requirements for the job, which they had several applicants that fit the job description. What did they do? They did a political good ol’ boy hire whose only qualification was a North Carolina driver’s license. I hope they have good liability insurance.

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