Daily Rant | Play Fair, Dems
We’re going to lose on Nov. 3, and it would be easy to emulate Republicans on Capitol Hill and play the game of “Let’s see Bob McDonnell fail.” But what does that do for our Commonwealth other than hold us back? AFP editor Chris Graham advocates a radical course – one involving bipartisanship. Hey, it’s been tried before. AFP Video. Length: 3:25. Read more
David Reynolds | A conservative for Deeds
This one won’t be easy. Last week’s commentary was a piece of cake. We suggested Jody Wagner for lieutenant governor and Steve Shannon for attorney general. Now for the main event between Bob McDonnell and Creigh Deeds.
Writing about the gubernatorial contest last summer would have been easy. A clear picture was seen. There was no mud on our television screens. The president stayed on his side of the Potomac. Reasonable questions were answered without ducking and weaving. The game of “gotcha” politics had not started. And the government out of Washington was not yet out of control. Read more
AFP Focus | Breaking down some campaign money numbers
Dickie Bell had a busy Oct. 1-21 campaign period, raising $13,375 for his 20th District campaign, but Bell also ended the period with $13,635.03 in debts remaining unpaid, according to a report on campaign activity filed with the State Board of Elections this week.
The Bell campaign reported having a balance of $31,200.50 in cash on hand as of Oct. 21. Accounting for the debts remaining unpaid, the campaign would actually have available funds of $17,824.50. Read more
AFP Focus | Treasurer candidates debate audit issues
Waynesboro treasurer Sandee Dixon is facing three challengers, including two write-in challengers, in the wake of a series of four state audit reports raising issue with her management of the city money office.
The four faced a question on the audit issue at a candidates forum sponsored by Waynesboro Citizens for Responsible Spending Wednesday night.
Dixon struggled with her answer to the audit issue, first brought up in an expose in our sister publication, The New Dominion Magazine, in September.
The candidates were asked what they would do to make changes to the operation of the treasurer office based on the most recent state audit report, which noted significantly the lack of an internal-control system in the office and the improper use of an in-house accounting system. Read more
Daily Rant | TMI
As in, you know, Mackenzie Phillips, I probably would have been OK not knowing that you slept with your father. Or, psst, Andre Agassi, I don’t know that it makes my life richer knowing that you abused crystal meth back in the ’90s. So don’t say you’re doing it to help us. Admit it, AFP editor Chris Graham advises. You’re trying to sell us something. AFP Video. Length: 1:34. Read more
Deeds TV ad: ‘Voters shouldn’t let style win over substance’
Today the Deeds campaign released a new ad highlighting the growing number of newspapers that have endorsed Creigh Deeds for governor. This week, the Virginian Pilot and the Roanoke Times both endorsed Deeds, giving him the endorsement of three of the Commonwealth’s four largest papers.
The ad highlights Deeds’ transportation plan, which will finally fix our roads, his detailed jobs plan which will put Virginians to work and his plan to expand college opportunity with the Virginia Forward scholarship program. Read more
Criticism nixes juror-ID shield
A committee of the Virginia Supreme Court has withdrawn a controversial proposal to make jurors anonymous in all state court criminal trials. The committee’s apparent turnabout comes as a result of strong criticism from open government advocates, who argued that allowing the public to know jurors’ identities is an essential part of a fair and accountable judicial system.
The Virginia Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on Rules of the Court first proposed making all juries anonymous earlier this year, but the measure soon drew fire from the ACLU of Virginia, the Virginia Coalition for Open Government, and the Virginia Press Association. Citing legal precedents, the ACLU promised to challenge the rule in court if it were adopted. Read more
RMH moving flu clinic, expanding hours
The Rockingham Memorial Hospital Flu Care Clinic is moving to a new location and expanding hours beginning Monday, Nov. 2.
The Clinic is moving to Cloverleaf Plaza, 518 Burges Road, Harrisonburg, behind the Shoney’s on East Market Street, and will be open from 6-10 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
The Clinic is open to walk-ins ages 4 and over suffering from flu-like symptoms, including fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills, fatigue and respiratory problems. The clinic is staffed by RMH physicians, nurses and clinical staff.
David Lampo | Cuccinelli is no libertarian
Here’s a pop quiz: Who said the following:
“When you look at the homosexual agenda, I cannot support something that I believe brings nothing but self-destruction, not only physically but of their soul.”
A. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad B.Vladimir Putin C. Ken Cuccinelli
Although most folks might guess it was Mr. Ahmadinejad, the Holocaust-denying president of Iran, it was in fact Ken Cuccinelli, the Republican candidate for attorney general of Virginia. (Apologies to President Ahmadinejad, who probably wishes he had said it first). Unfortunately, this jarring statement is nothing unusual for Mr. Cuccinelli, who’s made a career of anti-gay comments and votes as a state senator from Fairfax County. Read more
Press Briefing | Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
Wednesday, Oct. 28
Q Payments to President Karzai’s brother by the CIA – what can you tell us about how that – or if that has caused any consternation here at the White House?
MR. GIBBS: I would refer questions about that story to the CIA.
Q So it’s not true?
MR. GIBBS: The best person to ask that to is somebody at the CIA. Read more
ACC Football Press Conference Transcripts
Tuesday, Oct. 27
Frank Spaziani – Boston College
Opening statement: Obviously, we are disappointed (in the loss to Notre Dame) but we hope to put it behind us fast because we have a heck of a football team coming in on Saturday.
On his thoughts from Notre Dame:
It’s the same in losses as in victories. (The players) have to figure out what they did wrong and what they did right and learn from it. Obviously, some are harder than others but it’s something we have to do. To the naked eye, we did make some strides and we are getting better but once again, we are a long way away and we need to get a lot better. Winning minimizes the mistakes and losing magnifies them. They are always there. Read more
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Wendy C. Wolf | Preventing breast cancer through health-care reform
Posted on October 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Breast cancer often can be treated with early detection. That’s why health insurance that pays for mammograms is especially important. But mammography rates declined between 2003 and 2005, with a notable decrease for Hispanic women (from 65 percent to 59 percent) and African-American women (from 70 percent to 65 percent). An estimated one in five women over 50 has not received a mammogram in the past two years. Read more
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