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The Local Beat column by Chris Graham [email protected] There has been some interesting discussion about how much outgoing Waynesboro city manager Doug Walker gets paid in the days since the announcement that Walker will be stepping down from his job effective June 30. The focus of the talking has been that $125,000 a year is…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Back by popular demand, the Waynesboro Seventh-day Adventist Church is hosting a second gas-card giveaway. Free $10 gas cards will be given to the first 100 cars to come by the church at 1700 Lyndhurst Road on Thursday beginning at 5:30 p.m. The gas cards are good at area Hess…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] We’ve known each other for a long time, and I’ve known him to be a straight shooter. And quite opionated. It doesn’t bother me that I assume that he didn’t vote for me in the elections last month. I didn’t ask, though if I did,…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] You can take the Hatfield out of the Hatfield-McCoy feudin’, but you can’t take the feudin’ out of the Hatfield. “It’s a disservice to those who have given their lives,” Reo Hatfield told News Virginian reporter Bob Stuart for a story in today’s paper ostensibly…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Assistant city manager Mike Hamp will serve as the interim city manager when the clock strikes midnight on June 30-July 1. Hamp was named to the interim post by a unanimous vote of Waynesboro City Council this evening. The council met in closed session to…
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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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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] The possible appointment of an interim city manager could be in the offing as early as this evening. An item has been added to the agenda for tonight’s Waynesboro City Council work session that involves the discussion of the appointment of an interim city manager.
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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…
