Politics
Blue Ridge hotel defies Obama

Park Rangers blocked the entrance to the Pigsah Inn off the Blue Ridge Parkway, telling prospective customers that it was closed. The Pigsah Inn is a privately owned establishment. The Blue Ridge Parkway is a road maintained by the NPS that couldn’t be closed because it is the main artery between cities and is considered a main thoroughfare.
Bruce O’Connell, owner of the inn, received a letter from the National Park Service, telling him to close down until the government shutdown was over.