{"id":8889,"date":"2014-06-14T13:23:42","date_gmt":"2014-06-14T17:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=8889"},"modified":"2014-06-14T13:23:42","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T17:23:42","slug":"randomthoughts-6142014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/14\/randomthoughts-6142014\/","title":{"rendered":"RandomThoughts! (6\/14\/2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s take a quick trip into my mind this Saturday, shall we?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>One Big Board coming up&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;m sort of laughing at the mild degree of pushback that I&#8217;m getting for reminding people about Joe Bailey&#8217;s term on the Halifax County School Board. I&#8217;ve actually been called &#8220;racist&#8221; for failing to forget that time period. Listen up, people. SouthsideCentral doesn&#8217;t have a short attention span. In our world, people are held accountable for their words and actions.<\/li>\n<li>Albert Randolph wasn&#8217;t demoted because he was black and the superintendent was white. He was demoted because they were both hotheads and escalated a situation that could have been defused easily. Everything isn&#8217;t racist, people.<\/li>\n<li>If Stanley and Wanda Jeffress &#8220;can only rely on the local newspaper articles&#8221; for information, they need to be educated on other sources.<\/li>\n<li>I miss the Colonial Downs off-track betting location just north of the Martinsville Speedway. They&#8217;ve been closed since February due to a labor dispute with the horsemen. It was a fun place to relax and the food was good. If you took your time and analyzed the multiple horse races, you had a decent chance at making a profit. They&#8217;ll reopen once the dispute is resolved, or at least that&#8217;s what the management company says. The ones in Vinton &amp; Alberta are also closed now.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m hearing stories of administrators in Danville Public Schools getting fired. That&#8217;s something I&#8217;m going to be looking into.<\/li>\n<li>No one has ever been able to give me a logical reason why Halifax County&#8217;s gas prices are 10 cents higher than Danville&#8217;s.<\/li>\n<li>Jackie&#8217;s has never taken part in any Downtown Danville promotion.<\/li>\n<li>Visit the &#8220;Butterfly Station&#8221; at the Danville Science Center. It&#8217;s just amazing to walk through there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s Saturday&#8217;s RandomThoughts! 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