Thursday, March 12, 2009

Chris Graham

– Local News: Staunton City Council meeting agenda, Thursday, 10 a.m. – Local News: Toscano to headline Augusta County Dem breakfast, Thursday, 9:45 a.m. – Local News: No More War Rally in Staunton, Thursday, 9:45 a.m. – Local News: EMU students give up spring break to do service projects in Valley, Thursday, 9:45 a.m. –…

The AFP Blog – Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009

Chris Graham

– Unemployment in Waynesboro at 7.9 percent, 8:05 p.m. – Moran releases Green Virginia plan, 12:50 p.m. – ACLU says bills would violate religious freedoms, 12:50 p.m. – President Obama on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act bill signing, 10:37 a.m. – More feel good about direction of country, 9:08 a.m. – State issues…

It’s official – Perriello did it

Chris Graham

The wait is over. Tom Perriello was confirmed the winner of the Fifth District congressional race yesterday at the end of a recount process that saw the Democrat outpolling Virgil Goode by 727 votes. “I’m gratified that after an exhaustive democratic process, we now can say with certainty that this election is over, and the…

Building blocks

Chris Graham

There was no way, I told people, often, that Sam Rasoul doesn’t get at least 40 percent in his Sixth District race with Bob Goodlatte. The kid plain outworked Goodlatte from start to finish, and then, hey, wasn’t Goodlatte running commercials at the end, and telling audiences what he would do “if” he was re-elected…

Fifth District: Perriello clings to infinitesimally small lead over Goode

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Wednesday’s canvassing in the Fifth District left Democrat Tom Perriello ahead of Republican incumbent Virgil Goode by a scant 31-vote margin in their congressional race, with a recount certainly looming. “We are clearly seeing a very close election with vote totals from different counties changing rapidly, and Tom Perriello remains…

Fifth District: A vote for solutions, not controversy

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The Danville Register and Bee endorsement editorial put it well, I think. Noting that the paper hadn’t endorsed a Democrat since Virgil Goode was a Democrat, the editorial board relayed that it is changing course not because it is leaving Virgil Goode. “Virgil Goode,” the Register and Bee said, “has…

Valley: Ag Secretary designates drought disasters

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Gov. Tim Kaine on Monday announced that the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture has designated 11 Virginia counties primary natural-disaster areas due to the spring and summer drought, including on that list Nelson County, and that 24 contiguous counties including Rockbridge and Augusta had also received contiguous disaster status, making farmers…