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Column by Ken Plum www.kenplum.com Gov. Bob McDonnell is to be commended for appointing a Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring to “make government simpler and easier to use, more efficient and more effective.” The 30-person commission made up of businesspersons and legislators has an ambitious schedule of completing its initial report in two…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Three local students were among those recognized at an event in Richmond last week as Comcast Foundation scholarship winners. Seth Jergenson of Waynesboro High School, Emberli McGann of Stuarts Draft High School and Laura Reeves of Buffalo Gap High School will all receive $1,000 scholarships from the Comcast Foundation.
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] AFPTheMagazine.com offers up information on the candidates for public office in contested races in Staunton and Waynesboro to be decided on May 4. Free public service of AFPTheMagazine.com.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Carl Tate looks at it as reinforcement. “It reinforces my promise to the citizens of Staunton not to vote to raise their taxes,” said Tate, a candidate for Staunton City Council, who made news in his upstart campaign with his April 8 announcement that he had signed the Taxpayer…
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Column by Ken Plum www.kenplum.com An estimated 672,000 Virginians aged 17 to 24 could not join the military if they walked into a recruiter’s office today, according to Mission: Readiness, Military Leaders for Kids.
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Special Report by Chris Graham [email protected] The push toward tax reform that caught up in its inner workings the sitting governor and a future governor among its bipartisan leaders fell surprisingly silent after 2004, much like the tree in the woods with no one there to witness if it actually makes a sound.
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Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: [email protected] “We held on as long as we could,” was the announcement. It came as no surprise. There were numerous warnings to soften this latest blow to our proud past. Still no one was happy. Parents, particularly mothers, were angry. They wanted time as much as money…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the City Council Chambers at the Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building, 503 W. Main St., Waynesboro.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The establishment of two new academic chairs and a science institute was announced on Tuesday at Bridgewater College’s Founder’s Day activities.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Harrisonburg Mayor Kai Degner is throwing his hat into the ring for the soon-to-be-open 26th District seat in the Virginia House of Delegates. “At a time when the General Assembly’s decisions are so severely impacting local government budgets, be it in education, transportation, law enforcement, environmental security, social services…
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