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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Rising energy costs are forcing the budget hand of Staunton city manager Steve Owen, who announced this morning that he has implemented a hiring freeze as a first step toward offsetting the skyrocketing costs of fuel and electricity. “As with any city, our biggest expenditures are in the area of…
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Dull Ache column by W.R. Marshall adullache.today.com Look, I’m the first to admit I tend to play the Apocalypse card now and then, but you have to admit, the End of Days is always good for laugh. There’s Cheney as Satan – or a close personal advisor. There’s a crackerjack conflict going on in the…
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: Waynesboro Mayor Tom Reynolds goes out on a high note Nice tribute from Waynesboro City Council members to the outgoing mayor, Tom Reynolds, last night. Big ups to Tim Williams for sharing a personal story that broke through the tensions that we’ve been feeling here in the ‘Boro in…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Stewart Hall wasn’t around for the end of the now-infamous interview of John Lawrence that was conducted late last year by a group of self-styled business conservatives for their informal nomination to run for city council’s Ward B seat. According to Lawrence, Hall got upset…
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Op-Ed by Adam Sharp U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) decided last week to decline the $85 million available to him in taxpayer funds for the general election. I hope all candidates eventually do the same.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s not just Republicans who are raising issue with the idea that Virginia needs to come up with more money to fix what Gov. Tim Kaine and other top Democrats have been saying for years is a transportation crisis in the Commonwealth.
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Now that the summer blockbusters have begun falling about our ears (some with surprising accuracy), let us quickly retreat to our bomb shelter and plan our forthcoming Cineplex excursions with care. In other words: Now that Indy Jones has landed, is there anything left to see besides…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” reported this week on the John McCain campaign’s ties to lobbyists who were leading players in the fight to preserve the so-called “Enron loophole” that some analysts are blaming for the artificial jump in crude-oil prices that are killing us all at the gas pump. In…
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Column by Jim Bishop Attending a funeral isn’t all tears and sorrow. I came away from a funeral service for Kenneth Seitz, Sr., 91, of Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community in Harrisonburg, with a fresh sense of hope and resolve to seize the moment, recognizing that we won’t pass this way again. The service, held June…
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Op-Ed by Sanford D. Horn A quarter of a million dollars. Let’s look at that figure in numerals – $250,000. That is the salary, before benefits, the Alexandria School Board has awarded Dr. Morton Sherman to become the new schools superintendent – effective Aug. 15. Effective Aug. 15? Dr. Sherman will be on the job…
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