Denial Ain't a River in Egypt

http://jeffersonpost.com/news/home_top-news/2461229/BOC-terminates-Mitchells-appointment-3-1

Our fine Ashe Gang of Three can't decide on whether to revisit an annual budget six weeks after they approved it, can't communicate effectively enough to fire someone, have a rumored walk-out of county employees on their hands, and still can't tell us why they fired someone they begged less than two years ago to take the position of county manager. 

We doubt they could find their way out of a wet paper bag.

But, hell no, Commissioner Judy Porter Poe cries, they are not in political jeopardy, chaos or turmoil. And they say shame on anyone for second guessing their Tea Party asses.

They have had double digit unemployment for more than four years, no vision for digging out anytime soon and presently neither a county manager nor anyone at the helm of economic development.

They may not be in political jeopardy, chaos or turmoil. 

But their constituents are royally you-know-what.

Confidently leading us absolutely nowhere

If you've been in Ashe County more than 10 minutes, you know that the only thing more anticipated than the Second Coming is the widening of U.S. 221 from U.S. 421 at Deep Gap to the Jeffersons.

This week, Ashe Commissioners -- before mounting a secret coup to toss out the county manager -- queried the supposedly all-knowing Rep. Jonathan Jordan about what's going to happen to the project since the Governor and Legislature rewrote the funding formula for transportation projects this summer.

Jordan allowed there would be no delays, stating, “(U.S. 221) is going to be connecting us to urban areas where jobs are."

And, that begs a bucket of questions that apparently went unasked by the Commishes, so we'll ask them here:

Is this really your vision for Ashe County, Mr. Jordan? Is Ashe County to be nothing more than a far-flung bedroom community for Charlotte or the Triad or the Triangle? What happened to your jobs plan that you stuffed in our mailboxes during election season? We're pretty damn sure you were talking about bringing jobs here. 

If your jobs solution is building a four-lane highway so everybody can leave Ashe County then be our Moses and get out front: hit the the highway now and write when you find work, but don't be surprised when your letter comes back marked "Return to Sender."