Anybody remember Bobby Sproles?

BOS member back in the early 80s. Didn't like some of the books in the town library, and held a book burning for emphasis.

He ran a discount cigarette shop off (old) Exit 3.

In response to this post by TomTurkey

Posted: 06/26/2019 at 12:24PM

All politics is local -- TomTurkey 06/26/2019 11:08AM

Not unusual...Vienna wouldn't let Taco Bell open because of their sign -- Vienna_Hokie 06/26/2019 2:15PM

So, the problem was the color, and not -- Riverguy 06/26/2019 1:56PM

And not any of that in the agreement -- TomTurkey 06/26/2019 4:07PM

Anybody remember Bobby Sproles? -- LaneRat 06/26/2019 12:24PM

Grew up right down the road from his store. Went to school with his kids -- ETHokie 06/27/2019 6:58PM

At a 3-way intersection with 3 small stores. -- TomTurkey 06/26/2019 12:56PM

Free 3 Ways ** -- bigbadbird 06/26/2019 12:59PM

He and a preacher between Bristol and Abingdon -- TomTurkey 06/26/2019 12:46PM

I had a friend that used to tear out the dirty pages of the romance books -- bigbadbird 06/26/2019 12:50PM

Too funny **laughing** ** -- TomTurkey 06/26/2019 12:52PM

Sounds like a town-level HOA ** -- MAHokie69 06/26/2019 12:07PM

And the president owns a competitor whose fries arent as good ** -- bigbadbird 06/26/2019 12:11PM

Abinbgdon always thought of itself as some special place -- bigbadbird 06/26/2019 12:05PM

The history is both Revolutionary and Civil War related -- TomTurkey 06/26/2019 12:07PM

So they've been getting in fights for over two hundred years? ** -- Hokie360 06/26/2019 1:13PM

Thank goodness Abingdon has that plucky band of small, sad individuals -- HokieNoVA 06/26/2019 11:51AM

Citizens with too much time on their hands. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 06/26/2019 11:49AM

I had a site with a similar issue. The complainant was a mini-storage owner -- 48zip 06/26/2019 11:28AM

The absurdity is interesting -- TomTurkey 06/26/2019 12:02PM

There are issues with color. (relevant ordinance inside) -- 48zip 06/26/2019 12:34PM

Painted brown in Johnson City TN after agreement -- TomTurkey 06/26/2019 12:51PM

It looks like a 1970's bathroom shower- but good for Abingdon ** -- bigbadbird 06/26/2019 12:36PM

Pal's is good eats! Wish they were around here. ** -- AtlantaHokie 06/26/2019 11:12AM

Anybody remember Bobby Sproles?

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