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Volume 66 Number 4 • January 27, 2022
Spoonhower will serve as BOS chair for 2022 By Roslyn Ryan Editor
SPOONHOWER
SHARPE
The Goochland County Board of Supervisors began its first meeting of the New Year on Jan. 19 by electing a new chairman for 2022, unanimously choosing District 2 representative Neil Spoonhower to lead the five-
member board. District 4 Supervisor Don Sharpe was elected as vice chair. Spoonhower, who, like Sharpe, was elected in 2019, thanked his fellow board members for their support as he settled into his new role, which had previously been held by District 3 representative John Lumpkins.
“I just really want to thank everyone, I am absolutely humbled and very appreciative of this opportunity to serve alongside new vice chair Don Sharpe and my other colleagues in this capacity,” said Spoonhower. “By far the last two years have been the most rewarding in my career. This is probably the best role I’ve
Weeks after storm, cleanup continues Goochland County employees worked to clear brush from the walking trail at Tucker Park on Tuesday morning, part of the continuing cleanup efforts following a brutal winter storm that walloped the county on Jan. 3. On Jan. 19, Goochland Fire-Rescue Chief Eddie Ferguson delivered a report to the Goochland County Board of Supervisors on the storm’s impact. For more on that story, see page 5.
ever had, and I am very excited for the year. I want to thank Mr. Lumpkins not just for his leadership but also for his levity during some challenging times. We have a really busy year in front us and I have the confidence this board is going to see Chair > 3
Board passes resolution on stance against discrimination By Roslyn Ryan Editor
Nearly two years after it was first proposed by members of the Goochland community, a resolution condemning discrimination has been approved by the Goochland County Board of Supervisors. The resolution, first proposed by the Goochland branch of the NAACP in the wake of the May 25, 2020, murder of Minneapolis resident George Floyd by police, had been brought up several times by Goochland NAACP president Wendy Hobbs. During the board’s Dec. 1, 2020, meeting, Hobbs demanded to know why supervisors would not commit to the resolution. “To me, drafting a resolution against racism, that’s a no-brainer,” said Hobbs then. “If you see [racism and discrimination] as wrong, why wouldn’t you do it?” Rosyln Ryan/Goochland Gazette
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