by Doug Thompson | Jun 11, 2015 | Musings, Politics
Politics, even locally, is often driven by anger, and people who are mad at the way things are are driving a surge of entries into races this year for Floyd County elections. Kerry Underwood, co-owner of Oddfellas Cantina and distiller of legal moonshine whiskey, got...
by Doug Thompson | Apr 20, 2015 | Musings
Lots of talk in the county along with several days of social media postings on the dismissal of court bailiff Jimmy Howery on the day a letter by him endorsing county sheriff candidate Doug Weddle appeared in The Floyd Press. This brought commentary pro and con on...
by Doug Thompson | Dec 30, 2014 | Musings
As local elections take center stage in Floyd County and throughout the Old Dominion in 2015, voters here will have a variety of choices for races where incumbents are retiring or have moved on to other positions. One candidate, veteran deputy Brian Craig, appears the...
