The Road to 2012
Special Report by Chris Graham
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Waynesboro didn’t go poof! into the night. There aren’t tumbleweeds running through downtown. (Not yet.) The sun did in fact come up this morning. That’s in spite of another electoral defeat for progressives at the polls in the City Council elections on May 4.
Lorie Smith fell short in her bid to win re-election in Ward D, getting outpolled by 141 votes by former State Police lieutenant Mike Harris, an ally of the libertarian-conservative blog that already had a majority on the five-member city governing body. The bloc made it a clean sweep with Jeff Freeman’s win in the Ward C race over Virginia Department of Transporation engineering assistant Robert Johnson.
So why am I feeling almost optimistic about the cause of Moving Waynesboro Forward in the face of the election carnage? Continue reading “The Road to 2012” »
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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Education group announces Waynesboro endorsements
Story by Chris Graham
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The Waynesboro Education Association announced today its endorsements in the upcoming May 4 city elections – giving its nod to Lorie Smith and Robert Johnson for City Council and Kathe Maneval and Jeremy Taylor for School Board.
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Johnson to host Spring Gathering on Sunday
Edited by Chris Graham
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Waynesboro City Council candidate Robert Johnson will host a Spring Gathering on Sunday from 2-4 p.m,. in Ana Maria Estates on Ivy Street.
Johnson is running for the open Ward C seat on City Council.
Refreshments will be served.
Johnson to host meet and greet on Thursday
Edited by Chris Graham
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Ward C City Council candidate Robert Johnson Jr. will host a meet and greet coffee social at the Rosenwald Community Center on Port Republic Road in Waynesboro on Thursday.
The event will run from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
The public is invited.
Harris, Freeman: It’s their election to lose
Column by Chris Graham
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All I wanted to be able to do, I told myself throughout my 2008 campaign for Waynesboro City Council, was to think at 7 p.m. on Election Night that I’d done everything I could do to put myself in a position to be able to win.
Win or lose, I said to myself, many times, I didn’t want to leave anything on the table.
I lost, of course, and pretty miserably at that, and the postmortems aren’t yet over, almost two years later. It’s rare that I go more than a day or two without thinking about something that I could have done better or just differently.
It’s probably my personality. I haven’t coached youth basketball in eight years, and I still find myself on long drives scheming offensive systems, for that inevitable day when I get back into coaching. Continue reading “Harris, Freeman: It’s their election to lose” »
Robert Johnson: Thanks for the support!
Posted by afp on May 6, 2010 · 1 Comment
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I would like to take this opportunity to thank the people of Waynesboro for their support of my campaign. Even though I came up short on numbers at the polls, I received many encouraging words and compliments for running. Your support and encouragement are greatly appreciated. I look forward to continuing close contact with you as we move forward as a city. Continue reading “Robert Johnson: Thanks for the support!” »
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