Valley Link's Yeat Superstation PR Show Initial Highlights
- paulBVL
- 16 minutes ago
- 2 min read
The Valley Link dog-and-pony show, starring Dominion’s crack PR duo Rob Richardson and Lane Carr, was quite the spectacle for the Culpeper Board of Supervisors meeting last night. Full highlight reel and deeper autopsy coming later, but here are the juiciest bits so you don’t have to wait.
PR Guru Rob Richardson solemnly announced that the shiny new-and-improved Valley Link routes will drop on May 27.
They graciously confirmed that the State Corporation Commission can’t just steamroll the Culpeper board’s decision on the Yeat Substation. Shocking—almost like local elected officials might actually matter for once.
Lane Carr, delivering her finest “icicle glare,” had absolutely zero answer when asked what happens if the substation gets rejected. No contingency, no Plan B, nada. Just a straight-faced “this would be unprecedented.” Translation: they’re sweating bullets and suddenly “more than willing to work with the board” to avoid total chaos.
Valley Link is about to carpet-bomb landowners with route-inspection request letters right before they file with the SCC this fall. Keep an eye on your mailbox, folks—you might have a very short window to respond, or else. (Spoiler: I’ll be the guy politely declining their generous offer to trespass on my land.)
A few supervisors were already doing the classic “well if it’s a done deal and we’re powerless, might as well negotiate the best crumbs we can get” dance. Not a good look. The folks actually getting screwed over send their regards.
And the cherry on top: Board Chairman Underwood casually revealed he co-founded an AI company that “pays a heck of a lot of money to data centers.” Conflict of interest? Nah, just a fun little coincidence. Asking for a friend… who’s wondering how that’s not a massive red flag waving in everyone’s face.
More later folks...I do actually have a day job.