Pyles questions Michael’s motives

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham  The camera is trained on Tracy Pyles. It is Sept. 19, 2001, and Pyles, a Democrat and five-year veteran of the Augusta County Board of Supervisors, is preparing for a candidate debate with Republican Chris Saxman. Pyles and Saxman are locked in a battle for the newly created 20th House District…

Declarations of indepdents: Political independents speak out

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham Nancy Sorrells doesn’t take being a political independent lightly. “When I enter the polling booth, I pride myself on the fact that I have always looked at the best person for the job rather than the party label,” said Sorrells, an independent candidate for the Riverheads District seat on the Augusta…