Saturday, August 11, 2007

Jeremy Shifflett ~Beverley Manor District~

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I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Jeremy Shifflett for a bit while at the Augusta County Fair this week when he was not actively meeting and talking with County residents and friends. Jeremy is running as the Republican candidate for Augusta County Supervisor of the Beverley Manor district which he has grown up in, developed business, and has been a part of the local community all of his life.


It was interesting to hear how his family has been in the Beverley Manor district for over 60 years and how much of the family has remained in the district and is an integral part of this district community as well as Augusta County. He told me how his Father is a contractor and has focused on building house suited to provide the homeowner opportunity to the first time homeowner. Jeremy’s Father has also been a part of the farm community as well as a Deputy Sheriff for 22 years in Augusta County and the Shifflett family has been vested in the local community in many ways. It is evident that not only Jeremy but his entire family has been a big part of the local community and has seen many changes to the Augusta community from an “Ownership” perspective. This in contrast to the Democrat Candidate who has only moved to the community 3 years ago and has very shallow roots in the community.




Jeremy grew up in the district he is striving to represent and with that many of the people he would represent and has the connections and relationships to know their views on issues. He attended Wilson High School and thus knows many of the local citizens who are the next wave of families and businesses of the Manor district. This is an important factor when representing the people of the district and being able to understand and relate to issues effecting the Beverley Manor district as well as Augusta County as a whole…

Jeremy developed and now operates a Home Inspection business along with being a part of the farm community with his operations in cattle and Hay production. This gives him a personal perspective when it comes to the “Growth” issue in Augusta County and how it effects the citizens of the community. He stated that “Smart Growth” is the key and it would be wise to use and develop the infrastructure we have in the county in the most efficient manner. With Beverley Manor being next to South River he has seen how medium\large manufacturing has come to the area and how it has benefited the community in many ways. Corporations such as Hershey, Mckee Foods, Hollister, and others have moved in and established beneficial operations to the area with little environmental impact by using “Smart Growth” techniques. A perspective that comes from a families lifetime and investment in the community and can’t be understood by a recent transplant with little investment or time spent in the community.


Jeremy has the time and lifelong investment in the local community to understand and relate to changing issues to Augusta County and specifically the Beverley Manor district. I look forward to working with and learning more from him regarding my local community and seeing him elected the next Supervisor for the Beverley Manor district. With that he will become part of a strong Republican team that is also invested in and understands the community that they represent…



Friday, August 10, 2007

Augusta County Fair ~2007~ Friday

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Tractor Pull night at Augusta County Fair and there was a good turnout for this event and general attendance.

Attendance and discussion at the Augusta County Republican booth was also very active with numerous Republican candidates meeting and talking with the citizens of Augusta County, Staunton, and Waynesboro...


Republican Candidate Travis Smithdeal is running for the Supervisor of the Pastures district and met with numerous people who stopped by the Republican booth.



Supervisor Canidates Jeremy Shifflett (Beverley Manor District) and Michael Shull (Riverheads District) worked the booth and were active all night long with numerous discussions with people from their home districts. Many local Republicans have been eager to meet and talk with the Candidates and pledge support in the upcoming election...




It took little time or intensive debate to decide weather to go home and watch the re-runs of the recent Democrat Party debates from last week or go back over to the Tractor-Pull...





Tractor Pull Won !!!

















Thursday, August 09, 2007

Augusta County Fair 2007...

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The Augusta County Fair is up and running and I took a quick walk around to see the set up and agenda for the next two days. Tractor Pull will be Friday night and weather looks good for that...




Inside the main building I found the Augusta County Republican booth with Delegate Chris Saxman and Supervisor Candidate Jeremy Shifflett who is running for the Beverley Manor seat. Had time to talk with Delegate Saxman about the Transportation "Abuser-fee" issue and told him that I support holding dangerous and reckless drivers responsible for their actions and if hitting them in the pocketbook is what it takes lets do it... Also had sometime to speak with Jeremy and I find him to be a hardworking individual who knows Augusta County well for he has lived her for sometime and is invested in the County and District he wishes to represent...











Monday, August 06, 2007

"MEGA-Mistake" ???

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Remember a year or so back there was a citizen uproar about the "Mega-Site" in Augusta County when there was talk of a foreign carmaker coming to the Valley? Many argued and claimed that this "Mega-site" would destroy the valley and turn the area into a "New Jersey Jr." and life as we know it would cease to exist. In fact I believe one of those arguing this point is now running for County Supervisor in Augusta County...

It seems that foreign carmaker has instead set up shop in another state and is doing very well and took the environmental precautions that they promised... Their local workers, not ours, are happy with the company and the opportunities this manufacturer has brought to "their valley"...

Donald Lambro has some interesting facts and quotes in his commentary that appeared in the Washington Times last week...

"But last week House Democrats announced they were going to pay for a bloated, waste-ridden farm bill by raising taxes on "insourcing" companies operating in the U.S., mostly nonunion businesses that employ Americans who pay the bills in this country and keep the U.S. economy humming."

"Foreign firms doing business in the U.S. employ more than 5.1 million Americans in high-paying jobs (like Toyota, Honda, BMW) that on average pay workers $63,428 annually, 32 percent more than other U.S.-based jobs."

"That's why Mr. Paulson stressed at his briefing last week "how important [direct foreign investment] is to us, to our country. This is key. We have 5 million jobs in this country that are directly related to [foreign] investment. We've got another 5 million that are indirectly related to that."


http://washingtontimes.com/article/20070802/COMMENTARY05/108020013/1012

Sunday, August 05, 2007

Different reactions to a situation...

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Three different reactions to an incident I observed last week while at Smith Mountain Lake...

I posted my observations and incident description over at the Rescue Dive Team blog site at:

http://ptrescuedive.blogspot.com/