For sale: cage with bikini

We learn from the better-late-than-never local print media that a Superior Court judge has swatted down an apparently feeble challenge to West Jefferson's ETJ action last summer.

The Board of Aldermen pushed forward with extra-territorial jurisdiction despite some mighty angry residents who supposed the whole effort was nothing more than a communist land grab. Town leaders jumped on ETJ after rumors of an impending invasion of caged bikini dancers started swirling around town. If Art Pope and his pals get their way in the legislature, cities and towns across North Carolina will soon see their ability to use ETJ and annexation severely limited. Heaven forbid anyone actually plan for growth. Chaotic suburban sprawl seems to work so well.

Conversely, we're a little misty-eyed about the loss of caged bikini dancers. They could've added some life to Christmas in July.