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Malone Moss wants the city to Save the Elephants – you know, the fiberglass elephants that Mark Cline put up on the old landfill hill a month and a half ago. So she wrote to her city councilman, Bruce Allen. “I am a citizen of the city and find the decision to let Mark Cline’s…
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No new polls on the Democratic Party gubernatorial race, but I’m guessing Terry McAuliffe is still comfortably ahead of fellow Dems Creigh Deeds and Brian Moran, judging by the attack ads being thown at McAuliffe by the Deeds and Moran campaigns.
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Foreclosures in April hit another high – one in every 374 U.S. households received a foreclosure filing last month. So far, foreclosures are up 32 percent from this time last year. The number of foreclosed homes in Virginia’s Fifth District has grown more than tenfold since November of 2007.
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Lyndon Johnson had his Vietnam. Jerry Ford had price controls. Jimmy Carter had inflation. Richard Nixon had you know what. Bill Clinton had you know who. George W. Bush tried to imitate a Democrat. And so in 2008 America decided to vote for the real thing.
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Starting last week and continuing through the end of May, Social Security recipients in the Fifth District will see some economic relief as $250 economic recovery payments are sent out. Nearly $37.5 million dollars will be put directly back in the pockets of Fifth District residents. The payments, which were provided by the American Recovery…
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– Event: Film screening to benefit autism group, posted Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. – Governor’s Race: McAuliffe gets union endorsement, posted Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. – Local News: DCCU selects Blue Ridge Area Food Bank a corporate charity, posted Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. – Capitol Hill: Warner joins in effort to get FTC to investigate scam warranty robocalls,…
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The Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir will hold auditions for their 2009-2010 season May 14, 15 and 16 at Eastern Mennonite University for children in rising grades 3-8.
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– State News: Swine flu on the web, posted Thursday, 4:30 p.m. – Politics: Price to kick off 24th House campaign, posted Thursday, 4:30 p.m. – Local News: Presidential Library opens new wedding exhibit, posted Thursday, 8:20 a.m. – State News: Update on swine flu, posted Thursday, 8:20 a.m.
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Elizabeth Barnes is “wiped out.” “We priced it right, too,” said Barnes, talking about her 325 Lee Drive, Waynesboro, home, that she put on the market in July 2008 at a list price of $275,000, $40,000 below what she was going to list it at a year earlier when she had flirted with the idea…
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Flying 30,000 feet to Switzerland, having drinks at the Country Club, talking on the radio, I imagine it’s all the same for Jakki Price.
