Our little town has again become a speed trap with the recent hiring of a new police officer. Route 50, coming across the Virginia line, or from the west side (from Romney/Augusta), and all side roads entering the town have favorite hiding spots for this new police officer. In many cases he parks on private property, but the owners are afraid of retribution if they tell him that he can’t park on their property. Many of us who live just outside the town limits are boycotting all businesses in Capon Bridge until the Mayor/Town Council react to the complaints by the town’s business owners and citizens. I don’t know the extent, but there are many construction workers and other contractors working in the area who no longer go into Capon Bridge for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or gasoline. If you pass through Capon Bridge, be prepared to be pulled over for everything from a dead headlight, cracked taillight lens, pit/crack in your windshield, burned out license plate bulb, etc. Drive below all speed limits — especially the orange caution signs — which only suggestions, and not the posted limits. We know several people who have been ticketed for exceeding the recommended speed coming into town, from both the east and the west. Because of the hassle of going to court they have all chosen to just send a $110 check to the town for going as little as 3 MPH over caution sign limits, which are below the black/white posted speeding signs.