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Elkins native moves over city decisions

Dear mayor, members of the city council and citizens of Elkins, after retiring from a long commute into the city of Washington, D.C., and life lived in northern Virginia, I decided that I did not want to even live in the confines of my hometown, Elkins.

I will say that I still love Elkins, it is in so many ways still a very fine city. In Virginia, I became very tired of being governed.

Back home in West Virginia, I sought the most freedom that could be had in this locale, well out of the limits of any city!

It is clear to see as some things come to pass, one must take judgment on the decision-making processes of those that govern. Two issues come to mind.

First is the demise of the old swinging bridge. Personally as a child, it was close to my heart and that of many others, I am sure! Seemingly now left to rot as a dead animal decaying alongside the highway. To be sure, it will for some time remain as a monument to the decision-making of our dear city’s fathers.

And now this issue of a tax increase. I recall a famous line from Congresswoman,Nancy Pelosi — “You’ve got to pass it to find out what is in it.” I was never quite able to figure that one out. Perhaps an attempt to obfuscate? Please make your own judgment on that one.

Now to the present, passing a tax without an end in mind? Is this the same game? Just a different flavor? Is this a form of taxation without true representation? I say yes!

Would any of you board an airplane with no destination in mind? Sorry, but I will not be boarding with you.

I suggest that if you do pass this tax, that you spend some of it on removing your monument of incompetence, the swinging bridge!

I will be observing with pleasure from a short distance.

Joseph Shipp

Now residing in

Barbour County

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