Money see, money do
Column by Chris Graham
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At first glance, it doesn’t make sense to me that Barack Obama could stand to gain any traction at all with voters with his stance on not accepting campaign contributions from PACs and lobbyists.
But as my friend Steve Farnsworth points out, correctly, Obama could stand to lose some support among voters for whom doing the right thing is a key issue by not toeing the line as he has.
“In the case of Obama, one of his main campaign themes is that he’s a different kind of politician. And accepting PAC money would suggest that he’s one of these same-old, same-old politicians that people have gotten tired of,” said Farnsworth, a political-science professor at the University of Mary Washington. Read more
A creative way to fuel a local economy
Story by Chris Graham
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If you know me at all, you know that I’m a sucker for a good idea. The Staunton Creative Community Fund is a good idea.
Attention to detail
Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham
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You would expect a self-styled fiscal conservative to be fastidious when it comes to dealings with money issues. I don’t know that we’re seeing that out of Councilman-elect Bruce Allen quite yet. Read more
Lockbox, lockbox, lockbox
Item by Chris Graham
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Remember the “Saturday Night Live” skits about Al Gore and his Social Security lockbox? Might be time to dust them off.
“It is time to put ‘trust’ back in the Transportation Trust Fund,” said House Transportation Committee vice-chair Glenn Oder, R-Newport News, in announcing Monday that he has introduced legislation for consideration in next week’s special legislative session on transportation that will create what he calls a “constitutional lockbox” for the Transportation Trust Fund. Read more
What the politics of transportation means to you
Item by Chris Graham
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Wondering how all the political talk about next week’s special legislative session on transportation and who will be willing to do what and the rest affects you? Check out the Virginia Department of Transportation website. Read more
The merchant who loves to buy monkeys
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There was once a humorous story teaching the Indians about the stock market. It was a story of a man from the city going to some alienated village and telling the farmers that he wants to buy monkeys for Rs. 10 each. People started grabbing monkeys all over their village and sold them to the merchant. Later, the merchant says this is not enough and is now willing to pay Rs. 15 per monkey. Read more
Augusta County vineyard goes for gold
Item by Chris Graham
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An Augusta County vineyard that will be featured in the Summer 2008 edition of The New Dominion Magazine is now an award-winning Augusta County vineyard.
Barren Ridge Vineyards won a gold medal at the recent Virginia State Fair Wine Competition.
The gold medal was given to the vineyard’s 2007 Viognier. Read more
