Another downtown-event controversy?

Chris Graham

Another Downtown Waynesboro event involving the proposed closure of Main Street is on the agenda for tonight’s Waynesboro City Council meeting, and City Manager Mike Hamp is thinking some clear policy direction from City Council would be helpful. “Given the concerns and objections voiced recently about the impact of street closures on downtown businesses, I…

Jim Bishop | Have we gotten out of sorts over sports?

Jim Bishop

Dave King knows he’s juggling a “hot potato,” but he feels his message is urgent. Dave, the athletic director at Eastern Mennonite University, believes firmly in the value of sports, but is raising red flags over what he perceives as “the new American dream” of obsessing over sports and sports competition.

Trying to make sense of the ’09 Dem governor’s race

Chris Graham

The race for the Democratic Party nomination to run for governor has come to look an awful lot like the race for the Dem nomination to run for the White House that resulted in Barack Obama’s historic victory in November. It started early – when Valley native son Creigh Deeds declared his candidacy for the…

Former DNC chair considering run for governor in ’09

Chris Graham

Terry McAuliffe for governor. Of Virginia. Seriously. And he knows what he’s talking about. “What I’ve been doing is I’ve been going out and asking questions. Here are my ideas for where I’d like to see the Commonwealth go. What do you think? What are your ideas? Because as I’ve said from day one, I…

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…

Haresh Daswani: Realities of economics – overstretched credit

Contributors

Column by Haresh Daswani Americans apparently do not have enough money with the price of things. It would take an average American 30 years, through a 30-year mortgage, to pay off his home. It would then also take five years for his car, a few years for his student loan, and have several years to…

Waynesboro: Smart political move by the WTA

Chris Graham

Column by Chris Graham [email protected] The big question after the May elections for Waynesboro City Council – one of the big questions, anyway – had to do with the future of the Wayne Theatre Alliance. I was among those who assumed that the Alliance and its planned $7 million renovation of the Wayne Theatre would…

White House ’08: McCain rally moved after outcry

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Talk about spining a story. If you believe the McCain-Palin campaign, the rally that had been scheduled for Wednesday morning at Fairfax High School is being moved to a nearby park because of “overwhelming” response for tickets. The outcry that had been raised over the use of the school building…