Lucy Ivanoff: Is leaving your business to your children viable?

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Recently I read a blog post in the New York Times blog – You’re the Boss. It was discussing the issues that arise when parents want to bring their kids into their business. There was the usual information about what to look out for, how mechanically to manage the transition and so on, as most such discussions include.

Chris Graham: Ain’t never gonna happen

Chris Graham

Teams not named Duke or North Carolina are never going to get a fair shake in ACC basketball. That’s not whining or lamenting; that’s describing reality. It’s OK. We get it. The Duke-Carolina binary system is the linchpin of the ACC’s marketing efforts. In spite of the best John Swofford and the other suits in…

McDonnell signs clean-energy legislation

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Gov. Bob McDonnell signed eight pieces of new legislation today at a ceremony at the VCU School of Business to promote the clean and renewable energy industry in Virginia and to spur development of new pilot projects and technologies that will promote reliable and affordable energy for Virginia’s families, businesses and industry. The legislation will…

Alan Ramsey: Questions about the 2010 elections

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I was a Reagan Democrat and Republican activist from ’80-’06. My views have changed as this new-age, anti-Reagan Republican Party has devolved away from the Constitution into a party of extreme hatred and racial, religious and ethnic bigotry, claiming they’re the only “true” patriots and “real” Americans: everyone else is somehow un-American and “liberal” (as…

Jim Bishop: Giving Commencements the Third Degree, Part II

Jim Bishop

Column by Jim Bishop Submit guest columns: [email protected]   Oh, you’re still awake, actually contemplating these insightful(?) words from one who has jockeyed the litter-strewn obstacle course of life for nearly 65 years, wishing that such counsel had been bestowed on me at my own high school and college commencements eons ago.

In the News

Chris Graham

– Reminder: Green Valley/Green Economy forum tonight – Local News: Chester to provide update on assessments lawsuit – Local News: Harrisonburg company wins top award for TV commercial – Local News: Opportunity to provide input on state transportation spending – Business News: DuPont Community Credit Union announces election results – Business News: Downtown-housing workshop in…

In the News

Chris Graham

– Local News: Left eastbound I-64 lane on Afton Mountain to close for cleanup, posted Monday, 2:45 p.m. – Chris Graham on Facebook: Sports and religion – Local News: I-64 clear after early-morning accident on Afton Mountain, posted Monday, 9:15 a.m. – Event: MHA-A golf tournament on tap, posted Monday, 9:15 a.m. – Local News:…

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Chris Graham

– Programming Note: Listen to AFP editor Chris Graham on WKDW Tuesday morning, posted Monday, 8:45 a.m. – Local News: Music Academy announces spring schedule, posted Monday, 9:30 a.m. – State News: Chopra named to White House post, posted Monday, 9:30 a.m. – Event: Travel Expo at SVRA, posted Monday, 9:30 a.m. – Event: Items…