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Chris Graham

Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham
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PUSH: Waynesboro voters continue to send mixed message
The River City mirrors America – split right down the middle in the November bond referendum, the voters send a mix of conservatives and progressives to city council in May, thus guaranteeing more 3-2 splits on the issues of the day.
ASCENDING: Waynesboro West End development
HOLDING PATTERN: Staunton muddling through solution to Waynesboro’s ascension

PUSH: Ganging up
We’re still no closer to figuring out whether we really have a gang problem in the Valley.
If you read the papers or watch the evening news, you’d think it was pretty clear.
But you continue to have to ask yourself – if this is all it is …
ASCENDING: Resolution to obscenity issue in Staunton
HOLDING PATTERN: Teen-pregnancy problem, I-81
DESCENDING: Fix for meth crisis, solution to education ills

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Chris Graham

Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to Substack or his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].

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