Chronicle Publishes Letter By "Troubled Individual," Chester Supervisor Responds.

Town of Chester Supervisor, Brandon Holdridge, responds to Mr. Jay Westerveld's controversial op-ed published in the local newspaper.

There are a number of stories I'm currently working on.

Unfortunately, there is also a holiday coming up.

There's nothing unfortunate about this special holiday.

I fucking love the Fourth of July.

It's the day we can all celebrate our imperfect union while renewing our pledge to fix it until it's perfect for everyone equally.

However, the timing of the holiday is unfortunate because it is tough to finish those stories when people—especially your elected officials—are all on vacation.

So, first, as an FYI, your friendly neighborhood reporter will also be on vacation from Thursday, July 4th, until the morning of Monday, July 8th.

Before I go on break, I'd like to address a couple of things happening within the community.

We'll tackle one involving the Town of Chester today.

Tomorrow, we'll talk about the other in Monroe.

Let's start with the Town of Chester.

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