For months now I have kept my mouth shut and I just can’t do it anymore!  Powhatan has grown out of control with people and many of the “hometown locals” have profited from this real estate boom!  No, I haven’t been to any of the meetings/forums but I do have logic and use reason.
I continue to try and support the local businesses but the prices are so high (and yes I have compared) that I can’t afford to shop here in the county.  This county does not have enough resources to employ our young or old and I know Wal-mart would be the best opportunity ever for that!  For summers on end or just when school is out, we have watched our young hang around and let me not dare bring up the trouble they get into.  You know the saying “a idle mind is a devil’s workshop” and I say “idle hands may do anything and won’t stop!”

It’s too late to think about the forest, because no one thinks about that we allow building of houses and sub-divisions that continue to increase, and many that most can’t afford.  And the deer have fewer woods to roam in so they step into the roadway causing accidents and what-have-you!

There are a lot of things missing (bakery, clothing, large electronics, shoes, etc.) in Powhatan and it seems as if we continue to let the same kind of venues open up. I am all for growth but 2 Food Lions-less than 5 miles from each other, 4 nails shops, several barber shops and countless hair salons and a host of others that are like businesses; I’m just saying, “LET’S BE FAIR”!