Let’s see if I have this right. The county of Rockbridge and the counties of Arlington and Fairfax are in the same state. Or so I’m told. In Rockbridge there were two heavily attended public meetings on firearms. Most spoke against additional gun control laws. Others wanted no such laws. Meanwhile, commonwealth’s attorneys for two Northern Virginia counties declared that they would not prosecute certain drug charges.
Raucous parties that draw hundreds of Washington and Lee University students to the pole houses on Furrs Mill Road are once again disturbing the peace and tranquility of nearby residential neighborhoods.
Next Monday, Jan. 20, the Virginia Citizens Defense League is organizing what it calls “the most important Lobby Day Rally that [they] have ever had,” saying, “If you care about your gun rights in the slightest then it is vital that you show up at this rally.”I own guns. I also have a concealed weapons permit, although I never carry a weapon on me in public.
For as long as anyone here can remember, Lexington City Council’s regular meetings have started at 8 p.m. That’s at least an hour later than the start times for any other governmental meetings in the Rockbridge area. It also pushes the end times to a later hour than many citizens would like to stay out on a weekday night before a work or school day.At Council’s most recent meeting earlier this month, Molly McCluer, who regularly attends Lexington’s meetings, proposed an earlier start time, suggesting a more convenient hour would increase citizen participation. To find out whether there’s public sentiment in favor of such a change, Council has scheduled a discussion of the proposal at its next meeting tomorrow, Thursday, that begins, yes, at 8 p.m., at Waddell Elementary School.
