If you buy into the propaganda surrounding the new law suspending Appalachian Election Power’s (AEP) latest rate increase then your momma failed to drown the dumb ones.
The bill, signed into law by Gov. Bob McDonnell with lots of fanfare Wednesday, suspends AEP’s latest highway-robbery rate increase until state regulators can approve it later this year [...]

The National Rifle Association, along with the Republicans (and some Democrats) they own in the General Assembly, wants Virginians with a concealed-carry permit to pack heat in bars and restaurants that serve booze.
Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell, another NRA puppet, says he will sign the bill, approved by the House and Senate, changing Virginia’s concealed-carry law [...]

UPDATE: AEP reported power restored to most county homes by mid-afternoon.
More than 600 customers of Appalachian Power Company lost power in Floyd County lost this morning as winds and drifting snow swept across the area.
AEP said 603 homes and businesses went dark along with 148 customers in Montgomery County.
The power outages weren’t the only problem. [...]

The third major snowstorm of this winter of extremes knocked out power to more than 42,000 homes in businesses in Virginia with Patrick and Henry County hardest hit while owner scattered outages were reported in Floyd County.
Appalachian Electric Power (AEP) said more than 20,000 Henry County customers remained without power this morning while 7,500 plus [...]

Crime is a booming business in Floyd County with increases in break-ins, thefts, assaults, domestic violence, bad checks and more.
To make matters worse, the increase comes as Floyd County’s already-undermanned sheriff’s department and Commonwealth’s Attorney face more cuts in state funds.
Emergency Services Director Ford Wirt told The Floyd County Board of Supervisors last week that [...]