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Steve Shannon gets it that the attorney general’s office in Virginia is about public safety first and foremost. Ken Cuccinelli, on the other hand, seems more focused on the political end of things. “He’s not talking in any meaningful way about public safety. He’s talking about the same things that you would talk about if…
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Phil Hamilton represents the 93rd House District in the Virginia General Assembly. (He’s also a Facebook friend. Sort of a friend of a friend, but if you were me, and you checked things out to the nth degree, you’d find that out, and wonder why I didn’t say something if I didn’t say something. For…
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Monday, Aug. 24 – Press briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
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“Which one of your candidates is the one that fired his campaign manager?” I happened to be standing at the Staunton-Augusta Democratic Party booth at the Augusta County Fair last week when that question was directed at a volunteer. The reference was to a report from University of Virginia politics professor Larry Sabato from earlier…
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Citing the Aug. 14, 2009 opinion released by Virginia Attorney General William C. Mims, Virginia House of Delegates Speaker William J. Howell (R-Stafford), House Republican Majority Caucus Chairman and a senior member of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science Samuel A. Nixon, Jr. (R-Chesterfield) and House Science and Technology Committee Chairman Kathy J. Byron…
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Friday, Aug. 21 – Local News: More Harrisonburg street closings Thursday, Aug. 20 – Local News: Harrisonburg street work delays – Local News: Harrisonburg-Rockingham chamber CEO steps down – Elections ’09: Shannon gets business-group endorsements Wednesday, Aug. 18 – Local News: Waynesboro City Council work session agenda Tuesday, Aug. 18 – State News: Health department…
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Democratic Party attorney-general candidate Steve Shannon announced his comprehensive plan to combat drunk driving in Virginia today at the Annual Conference of the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police. Shannon’s plan will increase enforcement of drunk driving laws, strengthen penalties for drunk drivers, make sure prosecutors have the tools they need to get convictions in…
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Monday, Aug. 10 – Press conference with President Obama, Mexican President Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Harper in Guadalajara, Mexico – Press gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton
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Column by Chris Graham So I’m hearing though the grapevine that the head of a city-government department in Waynesboro is thinking about running for City Council next year, and that he’s not necessarily thinking about quitting his day job before doing it. “Can’t be,” I remember saying when I first was made aware of this…
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Friday, Aug. 7, 2009 – Remarks by the president on the economy in the Rose Garden – Statement by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on the visit of Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada to the White House – President nominates three more U.S. attorneys – Press briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
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