Back to the landfill discussion, city leaders in Bristol, Virginia continue to look for ways to help pay for costly landfill remediation efforts. “It’s very unfortunate, it’s regrettable that they didn’t find in the very large budget surplus that the state had, they didn’t find some money for the city of Bristol.” the words of Bristol, Virginia Mayor Neal Osborne describes the lack of funding approved by the Virginia General Assembly when it comes to growing landfill remediation costs.