Staunton: Back to the drawing board for conservatives
Special Report by Chris Graham
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Two years ago, the Staunton May elections saw conservative Dickie Bell elected for a fourth term, Amdrea Oakes, fresh off her work with a community group that had raised a fuss over the opening of a porn shop, elected for a first, and musician Bob Campbell outpoll incumbent Dave Metz in two of the city’s five voting wards and nearly do the same in a third while falling just short of being added to City Council. Continue reading “Staunton: Back to the drawing board for conservatives” »
Mixed bag in local election results
Story by Chris Graham
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Tighter-than-expected elections in Waynesboro, and results as expected in Staunton. That was Election Day in the Valley on Tuesday. Continue reading “Mixed bag in local election results” »
It’s endorsement time
Written by Chris Graham
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Waynesboro is going to head in a new direction after Tuesday’s city elections. Staunton is going to continue on a familiar and proven course. We can say that with certainty as different as the two election cycles have been in the sister cities.
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Election Guide 2010
Compiled by Chris Graham
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AFPTheMagazine.com offers up information on the candidates for public office in contested races in Staunton and Waynesboro to be decided on May 4.
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Read my lips? Candidates debate taxes
Story by Chris Graham
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Carl Tate looks at it as reinforcement.
“It reinforces my promise to the citizens of Staunton not to vote to raise their taxes,” said Tate, a candidate for Staunton City Council, who made news in his upstart campaign with his April 8 announcement that he had signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge of the conservative Washington, D.C.,-based Americans for Tax Reform.
His opponents in the all-at-large election, incumbent City Council members Carolyn Dull, Bruce Elder and Lacy King, can almost be said to speak with one voice on the wisdom of what critics refer to as the “no-tax pledge.”
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Money issues dominate Staunton candidates forum
Story by Chris Graham
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It wasn’t quite four-on-Carl Tate, but you could get that idea.
“I’m running because I want to put a new perspective in City Hall. I believe that young people need to be represented in City Hall. I believe that conservatives need to be represented on City Council,” said Tate, the only non-incumbent in the race for the four open seats on Staunton City Council, at a candidates forum hosted by the Staunton Senior Center on Thursday.
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