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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] The rumors that have Jerry Gwaltney as the next city manager in Waynesboro interest me in one key respect. The city council that he is leaving behind on June 30 thinks that a key reason for him doing so has to do with a squabble…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Poll: Do you have a favorable view of how the new city-council majority handled the departure of Doug Walker? The top person in local government is sacked in the middle of the night, right there in front of everybody’s disbelieving eyes. He is replaced by a personal friend…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Well, what did you expect? Something brand new or different from the Indiana Jones franchise that we all grew up with? No such turn of events, my friends, and what we have in “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls” is, happily, a stroll through…
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Op-Ed by Haresh Daswani Opinions Wanted! Click here to learn more There is nothing really wrong with technology. The evolution of communications has helped us become more efficient in getting our job done, and relaying our messages at a faster time. I do recall the time I did not have such communications, and how much…
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Op-Ed by Ellen Winter Opinions Wanted! Click here to learn more The best show in town this week is Channel 14 from about 9:10-9:40 p.m. See your city government in action. Unfortunately, it is a reality show not fiction — even though some of it is unbelievable.
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The Politics Beat column by Chris Graham [email protected] One guy gets more votes, the other guy has friends in high places, and you can guess who wins. I could be talking about George Bush, Florida, the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000, but I’m not. I’m talking about the Augusta County Republican Committee, which elected Larry…
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The Politcs Beat column by Chris Graham [email protected] Why is Bob Goodlatte banging the drum on the Second Amendment? “You can count on me to fight to protect our rights,” Goodlatte wrote in a fund-raising letter dated May 16 that he began with mention of a case now in front of the United States Supreme…
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Item by Laura Lehman Amstutz LEAP365 (Learning, Exploring and Participating) completed its first mentoring cycle with a mentor/mentee retreat held May 16-18 at Eastern Mennonite Seminary. Ten high-school students and 10 adults were involved in the mentoring program. Participants praised the program for the way it helped them learn and grow as individuals. “Through this…
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Dull Ache column by W.R. Marshall Dmitry Medvedev, the new Russian president (and Vladimir Putin’s handpicked successor), has taken his first official trip, and just two weeks being sworn in on May 7. No, he didn’t land back in the USSR. Medvedev, showing the world who really matters, headed east and went to Beijing for…
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Column by Faryal Zubair Opinions Wanted! Click here to learn more While many people use common sense on a regular basis, I feel that its use is only required on demand. Unfortunately, it’s not something that I demand from myself very often. As a 16-year-old, the biggest dream of my life is about to come…
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