Breaking down the race for the 20th GOP nomination
The 20th District Republican Party nomination is Dickie Bell’s to lose, just as it appeared this time last week in the hours after Chris Saxman’s stunning announcement that he was dropping out of the race.
Bell is an ideal candidate in more ways than one. The 62-year-old moderate is in his fourth term on Staunton City Council, and he’s been popular at the polls, leading the voting in the all-at-large elections in 2004 and coming in second to Ophie Kier in 2008, and that’s saying something given Staunton’s progressive leanings in recent years. Read more
Dueling cross-party endorsements
Republicans for Deeds. A prominent Democrat for McDonnell. The fight for the center is on.
“Eighteen years ago, I came to Richmond as a freshman delegate with both Creigh Deeds and Bob McDonnell,” former Roanoke Republican State Sen. Brandon Bell said this week at the launch of what is formally known as Virginians for Deeds, though the thrust is to put Republicans like Bell out there as being on the side of the Democratic Party nominee for governor. Read more
Stop the Presses | My take on the Gates-arrest controversy
I’m about as on the outside of the controversy over the disorderly-conduct arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. as you can be, but since everybody else is weighing in …
I can see why both Gates, the director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard, and the arresting officer, Cambridge, Mass., Police Sgt. James Crowley, are firing venomous volleys back and forth in the media just as they did the day of the July 16 incident at Gates’ home. Read more
Jim Bishop | Postcard from the Beach: Wish everyone was here
It ain’t paradise, but it’s knockin’ on heaven’s door.
I’m thinking this while mellowing out on a sand chair on the 15th Street, lifeguard-patrolled beach at Ocean City, N.J., still “America’s Greatest Family Resort”(at least, in my opinion) after all these years. Read more
New minimum wage good for business
The local Chamber of Commerce will tell you that the increase in the federal minimum wage that goes into effect today will spell doom for business and industry. Another perspective is that putting more wages in the pockets of working-class families will boost consumer buying power and push the economic recovery that is slowly taking shape into action. Read more
DeWald withdraws from consideration in 20th GOP race
Augusta Free Press columnist Chris DeWald has withdrawn from consideration for the 20th House District Republican nomination.
DeWald, the vice chairman of Crossroads to Brain Injury Recovery, a Staunton-based brain-injury advocacy group, cited his concerns with his medical history in a letter to 20th District Republican chair Carl Tate. Read more
Dad’s Point of View | My kids aren’t me, in spite of sharing the same DNA
I think the hardest lesson for me in becoming a parent was learning to let go of my expectations for my sons. Okay, I’ll be completely honest; I’ve only been able to partially let go of them. I think it’s impossible not to have some wishes for our kids, but the focus here is really on how we have specific things we hope they’ll like or do that often mirror our own interests or fantasies. Read more
Co-op announces office location
Friendly City Food Co-op announces a new administrative office location. New memberships are now being accepted at their office on the third floor of the Bank of America Building in Harrisonburg on the corner of Main Street and Market Street in Suite 302. Office hours are Monday and Wednesday from 9AM until 4PM or appointments can be made by calling 540.746.6032. Read more
Initial unemployment claims up last week
The advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims for the week ending July 18 was 554,000, an increase of 30,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 524,000. The four-week moving average was 566,000, a decrease of 19,000 from the previous week’s revised average of 585,000. Read more
Weekend Watchdog | NASCAR at the Brickyard
ESPN cranks up its NASCAR coverage this weekend with NASCAR’s 16th trip to the Brickyard.
Remember when the Indianapolis 500 was a bigger deal than NASCAR. About the time NASCAR paid its first visit to Indy in 1994, Indy car split into two groups. Indy ratings went into the tank, while NASCAR added its touch to the famous race track. Read more
Let’s be perfectly frank
Another thing that stinks about government – your congressman can spend your tax dollars on a full-color mailer full of made-up numbers about a highly-tinged policy issue, and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it. It’s called the franking privilege, it dates back to 17th century England, and it can show up in your mailbox like it did mine this week with a nicely-done mailer from Sixth District Congressman Bob Goodlatte. Read more
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Posted on July 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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