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Article: GILES COUNTY SUPERVISOR SHOULD GO

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March 8, 2009
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Howard Spencer is a busy guy. Too busy for some Giles County residents' taste. Way too busy.

Spencer is a county supervisor. He's also town manager for Glen Lyn, home to an Appalachian Power coal-fired plant.

It's the third hat that's rankling some the most, though: Spencer is executive director of the Giles County Partnership for Excellence, a nonprofit agency in charge of the controversial Cumberland Park project.

If Spencer gets his way, Cumberland Park will eventually be a commercial development along the New River.

Right now, though, Cumberland Park is essentially a coal-ash dump, where hundreds of tons of a potentially toxic material are being used to create a flat seven-acre site.

The ...

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