Approve Yeat - Or Else!
- paulBVL
- 20 hours ago
- 2 min read
Perhaps I’m just a little slow on the uptake, but let’s all pause for a moment—especially those of you in Culpeper County—and admire the sheer desperation on display from Valley Link and Dominion.
Tomorrow night at 6:30 p.m., the Yeat “Super” station is marching into the Board of Supervisors meeting for a full-court PR blitz.
Flash back to May 7th: Kristen Borden and a bunch of other Culpeper citizens suddenly start getting unsolicited “poll” calls. The script? Classic velvet-glove-and-brass-knuckles routine:
“Hey, this thing could drop a cool $1 million a year into county coffers…”
“The Board really should approve it…”
“And, uh, if they don’t… well, you might see as many as three more high-voltage lines slicing through Culpeper.”
Nothing says “community engagement” like a thinly veiled threat wrapped in a cash bribe, am I right?
The calls, by the way, trace back to Venture Data, Inc.—self-described “premier” market research firm. (Translation: hired guns who specialize in this exact flavor of charm offensive.)
Fast-forward one week and—surprise!—Valley Link’s own PR deck shows up with the exact same “velvet-gloved fist” on page 12, bullet 2:
“Approve Yeat… or we’ll be forced to use eminent domain on multiple transmission lines across your county.”
Accompanied, of course, by a helpful map showing a giant existing corridor to the north and basically the entire rest of the county to the south. Subtle as a sledgehammer.
These aren’t coincidences, folks. Valley Link/Dominion knows they’re on shaky ground.
You—the actual residents—have them sweating. Keep the pressure on.
So let’s do what we do best: flood that meeting room, spill out into the surrounding streets, and remind the supervisors exactly who they work for. See you tomorrow, meeting starts at 6:30pm 5/19 at 302 N Main St, Culpeper.
P.S. If anyone happens to have an actual recording of one of those “poll” calls, please send it my way—message me or email info@blockvalleylink.org. I’d love to share the audio with everyone so we can all enjoy the symphony of corporate desperation together.