And now for a few words from Supervisor Ed Elswick
Roanoke County Supervisor Ed Elswick, with a bear he killed with a bow and arrow | Lifted from Mark Taylor's Wildlife blog
Roanoke County Supervisor Ed Elswick was one of two supervisors who on Tuesday night voted to disassociate the county from the International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives — Local Governments for Sustainablity. (The other was Supervisor Butch Church).
The 3-2 vote continued the county’s $1,200-a-year membership in the group, and followed a long hearing in which proponents of ICLEI (mostly environmentalists) squared off against opponents of the organization (mostly members of the Roanoke Tea Party).
After the hearing, and before the vote, all the supervisors spoke to explain why they were voting the way they were.
Elswick probably spoke for longer than anyone else about the matter, and he had some interesting things to say. My colleague Katelyn Polantz has transcribed his remarks.
You might want to go over to Blue Ridge Caucus and check them out.
January 27, 2012 - 12:44 PM
I tried to read what he said (on the BRC link) but it made my eyes start to bleed.
And you know by all appearances
it seemed he really loved that bear.
Lets hope arrows and launching devices
are not allowed in open nor closed meetings.
Too bad the bear didn’t win.
As I said on the BRC blog “there must have been a point in there somewhere. Or maybe not.”
Eldon when you understand what Elswick means you let the rest of us know. In fact, maybe you should tell him. Even he knows he has no ability to communicate his constituents interests, and therefore can’t represent them effectively. That’s why he abruptly walked out of the Board meeting and left you and your neighbors totally unrepresented during the wind energy zoning debate several months ago. Go back and read the initiatives he got elected on and tell me ONE that he’s delivered on. Remember the saying “you deserve the government you get”? You folks on the mountain must be very deserving.