Greenfield Water Watch
The following is a guest post from a gentleman now retired from the DEQ: GREENFIELD WATER WATCH Streams • Tributaries • Wetlands • Greenfield Lake Citizens can help document water… Read more Greenfield Water Watch →
Vampire Pimps: Roanoke and the Western Virginia Regional Industrial Facilities Authority
Botetourt County is the victim of an economic hit job. Google negotiated a deal with the county which is not only comically one sided, but sinister in its ceding of… Read more Vampire Pimps: Roanoke and the Western Virginia Regional Industrial Facilities Authority →
Vampire Pimps: “AI Ready Roanoke”
I have before me a paper entitled “AI Ready Roanoke.” It’s fourteen pages, but I can give you the important bits in two (scroll to the bottom for the full document). In this document, issued on August 31, 2026, the Botetourt County Economic Development Authority has just informed us that the “Roanoke region is at an inflection point.” How did we come to an inflection point? Is this a cosmic event? Chance? Or is this yet again the product of some very officious, eager-beaver, small-town vampire pimps, who would procure… Read more Vampire Pimps: “AI Ready Roanoke” →
Vampire Pimps: Going Regional, Going Global
If you attended yesterday’s Botetourt Board of Supervisors meeting, you may have heard a representative of RVARC present on a “water supply planning program” which it has been appointed by… Read more Vampire Pimps: Going Regional, Going Global →
Delegate Terry Austin: A Primer on Evasive Political Flatulence
Terry Austin’s recent letter to the editor of the Fincastle Herald recommends to Botetourt a pattern of planning and development modeled by that bastion of rural charm, Virginia Beach. Let’s pause to reflect upon that. In view of the present political temperature of the county, this suggestion is astonishing. Is this provocation, or stupidity? Let’s see if his style of communication contains any clues. His letter employs some political weasel wording which follows a pattern of manipulation that people should pay attention to. Austin’s third paragraph reads: “Given the proximity… Read more Delegate Terry Austin: A Primer on Evasive Political Flatulence →
Vampire Pimps: In Their Own Words
Did you know that on June 24, 2025, the Botetourt Board of Supervisors and selected guests had a little celebration of their long-term conspiracy to make the Roanoke Region a… Read more Vampire Pimps: In Their Own Words →
Private Betrayal, Public Defiance: Botetourt’s Board of Supervisors
Propaganda Management by Google In the second article of my data center series, I noted that the Water Authority and the Board of Supervisors bound themselves contractually to allow Google… Read more Private Betrayal, Public Defiance: Botetourt’s Board of Supervisors →
Vomitous Prattle & Statutory Conspiracy: The 2026 Comprehensive Plan
In the two previous articles, we looked at 2010 and the 2026 Comprehensive Plans of Botetourt County. I was so overwhelmed by the impudence of the 2026 plan that I didn’t have energy to comment much upon it. Well, I’m back, I’m angry, and I’ve learned some new context. Envision 2045 “Envision 2045” is, even for a comprehensive plan, a strange, ridiculous, and sinister document. At 354 pages, it is three and a half times as large as its predecessor. Despite its length and considerably more florid language, it purports… Read more Vomitous Prattle & Statutory Conspiracy: The 2026 Comprehensive Plan →