ELECTION 2024: Two seek Haysi mayor’s position

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LARRY D. YATES
EMAIL: haysimayor@dcwin.org
PHONE: Office 276/865-5187, mobile 276/345-2052
EDUCATION: Graduate Haysi High School’s class 1972; graduate Southwest Virginia Community College 1995, associate degree electronics and computer electronics 
EMPLOYMENT: Finance and small loan servicing and collection 1972-75; Singleton’s Auto Parts Store, parts counter and manager, 1975-77; United Coal Co., 1977-93; self employed 1993-2008, computer and electronic repair; owner-operator, Yates Transport Co., commercial freight hauling company, forest products transport, speculation, moving company, commercial, business and residential movers.
PREVIOUS ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICE: Haysi mayor, 2008-present; member and chair, Dickenson County Industrial Development Authority; member, Dickenson County Chamber of Commerce Board; Stone Mountain Health Care, Buchanan/Dickenson County board member; former member and chair, Breaks Interstate Park Commission; former member and chair, Lonesome Pine Regional Library Board of Trustees; former member and president, The Crooked Road, Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail, 2008-24; former member, Cumberland Plateau Planning District Commission; former member and vice chair, Southwest Virginia Regional Recreation Authority(Spearhead Trails), 2008-22.
• Are you a property owner in Haysi? If yes, identify the properties you own or have ownership interest in. Home, 142 Lazarus Branch
• Are the properties occupied and well maintained?  Yes.
• Are your taxes paid? Yes.