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Justice, weight-conscious, global-warming alarmists, conventional wisdom

Chris Graham

Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham

LOSER: Everybody
Did you hear about the case involving a woman in Charlottesville who was charged with obtaining money under false pretenses, was taken before a grand jury, was not indicted, and then was not released until her attorneys found out about the snafu a month later?
Yeah – this makes us all feel good about how our criminal-justice system works.

  

LOSER: Waistlines in Waynesboro
Headline: Sonic is coming! Sonic is coming! Sonic is coming!
I’m getting fatter already just thinking about it.

  

WINNER: UVa.
Headline: Patrick Michaels resigns UVa. post.
So now the position of state-funded global-warming-denier falls to … who, exactly?

  

PUSH: Retiring clerk endorses independent in Rockingham race
It wasn’t at all a surprise – but you still have to wonder what impact the endorsement of retiring Rockingham County circuit-court clerk Wayne Harper of candidate Mike Harvey will have on the 11-candidate race.
Conventional wisdom would say that the advantage in this kind of race would fall one to a major-party nominee, two to a candidate who is currently working as a deputy in the office, and three to whomever gets the nomination of the outgoing officeholder.
And so the conventional wisdom says that … well, it’s hard to say now.

  

Chris Graham is the executive editor of The Augusta Free Press.

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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].