Warren County Is Fed Up — And Fired Up

There’s a fire growing in this county. Not just political — literal.

Just days ago, Warren County Fire & Rescue declared “No Units Available.” There are too many emergencies, not enough people, and not enough funding. Our first responders are telling us what they’re facing. And the people in power?

They’re too busy trying to take over a library to listen.

This week, the Board of Supervisors released a letter they hope will confuse you or shut you down. They said they’re doing this because people just don’t “understand.” That if we were smart, we’d know better.

Apparently, a smart person would stay quiet while the fire trucks are understaffed and the library gets handed to a private corporation.

A smart person wouldn’t ask why legal fees are exploding or why teachers and paramedics are scraping by while lawsuits get fast-tracked.

But here’s the thing — Warren County isn’t stupid.

We know what it looks like when priorities are backward, what it feels like when our voices are ignored, and what it means when elected officials forget who they work for.

So we show up.

We’ll be outside the Government Center on Friday, June 13th, at 4 p.m., and on Tuesday, June 17, we vote. This isn’t just about a library. It’s about whether public service means anything at all in this county anymore.

Let them call us whatever they want.

We’ll keep standing up anyway.

Because we aren’t backing down, not now, not ever.

Kris Nelson
Warren County, VA

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