Wind beneath my moped wings

Chris Graham

Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] I’m trying to resist the temptation to wonder aloud if tattering on the freedom to ride a moped in Waynesboro sans chapeau is a better-to-do-with-our-time kind of thing or not. Because I didn’t realize until I read the editorial in today’s News Virginian that city…

The Real McCoy

Chris Graham

Letter from Sharon Wright What do Virginia senators John Warner and Jim Webb have in common? What do our past Governors George Allen, Mark Warner and our current governor, Tim Kaine, have in common? What do seven of 11 of our congressmen that represent Virginia at the federal level have in common? All these people…

Early start to ’09 Dem governor’s race

Chris Graham

Special Commentary by Chris Graham [email protected] The battle for next year’s Democratic Party nomination is ever-so-quietly heating up. House Democratic Caucus chair Brian Moran seems to have been focusing his attention on cornering the Mark Warner market at the outset of the ’09 nomination race. Moran has some of the big guns from the Warner…

Moran reports significant cash haul

Chris Graham

Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The explatory gubernatorial bid of Northern Virginia Democratic legislator Brian Moran is doing quite well, thank you, on the money front. Virginians for Brian Moran director Mame Reiley announced today that the committee will report $1.38 million in receipts in the first reporting period in 2008.

Michael departure bad news for GOP, good news for Dems

Chris Graham

The Local Beat column by Chris Graham [email protected] The Republican Party is going to miss Kurt Michael – big time. Michael affirmed in a blog posting at sixtyfour81.com on Tuesday that he will step down from the position of chair of the GOP committee in Augusta County as he had promised back in April. He…

Graham named Waynesboro Democratic chair

Chris Graham

From Staff Reports Augusta Free Press and New Dominion Magazine editor Chris Graham was elected chair of the Waynesboro Democratic Committee Thursday. Graham was the only candidate running for the chair position. He was elected by a unanimous vote at a special committee meeting held at the Waynesboro Public Library. Graham replaces Marlana Lewis as…

Gilmore sides with Bush, McCain on Iran

Chris Graham

Item by Chris Graham [email protected] U.S. Senate candidate Jim Gilmore is joining President Bush and Republican Party presidential nominee John McCain in criticisms of Democratic Party presidential frontrunner Barack Obama on Iran. Gilmore, the frontrunner in the race to challenge Democrat Mark Warner in Virginia in November, said today that “Sen. Obama’s plans for presidential…

Cline critical of governor on transportation

Chris Graham

Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Rockbridge Republican Del. Ben Cline is “disappointed but not surprised” that Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine has proposed a series of small tax and fee increases to provide funding for transportation maintenance and funding. “As a member of the House Finance Committee, I have listened to Gov. Kaine ask time and…