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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] You don’t often hear the term radical associated with people in the political center. Mark Warner wants to get you thinking of moderates as radicals anyway. “This is driven by people who are saying, We’re tired of partisanship. We want to get things fixed. They know in their gut that…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I don’t know how radical someone proclaiming himself to be a centrist can possibly be. Mark Warner is definitely trailblazin’ on a new path here. “Come January of ’09, we’re going to have a new president, obviously. I hope that it’s a Democrat, but regardless, that new president is going…
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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: SRI International brings Silicon Shenandoah promise It will be years before we know this for sure, but … Look what SRI did to the Silicon Valley in California. Its presence in the Valley will be transformative. Write that down. ASCENDING: SRI International, James Madison University, Coors,…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Divorce reform, restrictions on abortion and continued funding for abstinence-only sex education. The Family Foundation of Virginia and the Valley Family Forum have a healthy appetite – but whether they can fill their plate in the 2008 Virginia General Assembly remains to be seen given the changes in the composition…
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Column by Bob Goodlatte Energy is vital to every sector of the U.S. economy, including homes, small businesses and industries. Energy powers computers, appliances, technology and the Internet and fuels transportation and farming processes. When energy supplies are tight, families and businesses are severely impacted by the resulting increase in energy costs.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Chris Saxman sees the political battle up ahead as “an uphill sled.” But the Shenandoah Valley legislator isn’t one to shy away from a fight. And no, I’m not talking here about his own dalliance with a run at the Republican Senate nomination in 2008. “John McCain is an American…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The 27th Senate District is still a Republican Senate district – but that doesn’t mean that Democrats will throw in the towel following the bitter defeat of nominee Karen Schultz in Tuesday’s election.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] We’ve come to that time of year when I try to show you how smart I think I am by efforting at making calls in local election races. OK, so what I’m really trying to do is give us all something to chew on until the numbers start rolling in…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Rockingham County Republicans have been crying foul over how the local board of elections has decided to inform voters of the death of Commissioner of the Revenue Richard Connellee. They might have good reason to that end.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Eleven – yes, eleven – people want to be the new clerk of court in Rockingham County. But the race for the $123,000-a-year job seems to be coming down to the two major-party nominees. “I really think it’s going to be a two-person race,” Bridgewater College history and political-science professor…
