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The Top Story by Chris Graham Supporters of the proposed Augusta County megasite that is said to have the interest of Toyota as a possible location for a new automobile-manufacturing plant think that there are more of them than there are those who have been grabbing the bulk of the local-media attention for opposing the…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Critics of Augusta County’s apparent interest in bringing Toyota to a megasite in Weyers Cave have expressed concerns about the negative impact that they see an automobile manufacturer having on the quality of life in the county and surrounding areas.
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The Top Story by Chris Graham If the much-talked-about industrial megasite in Augusta County is developed down the road, it is not just Augusta County that will be impacted by the addition of thousands of jobs to the regional economy and thousands more new residents to the regional housing market.
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Scotland has Nessie, the Pacific Northwest has the Sasquatch, and Augusta County has its own monster – NIMBY.
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Augusta County officials have vigorously resisted making details of a 400-page report on a proposed industrial megasite in the Weyers Cave area public.
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The Top Story by Chris Graham It was around the turn of the new century that David Kleppinger first picked up on what has since become the new trend in economic development.
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Agriculture is a $144 million-a-year industry in Augusta County. Not that you would know that by the way that it is treated by the county’s political leaders.
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Story by Chris Graham Augusta County supervisors earlier this year pursued a possible development deal that if successful would have brought Toyota and 2,000 manufacturing jobs to the Shenandoah Valley. The fact that the maneuvering related to the project was done largely behind the scenes rankled hundreds of county residents – who remain cognizant of…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Tim Williams doesn’t like passing the buck to taxpayers any more than he has to – particularly when Richmond is awash in money from those same taxpayers. “The state has a surplus, and here they are passing this onto us. I don’t understand that. They made the promise, and…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham For a brief moment or two after the 2006 midterm elections, it had seemed that the Republican Party was perhaps going off its ideological moorings. The talk was reaching the level of near-clamor regarding how the GOP was going to have to consider retreating from the right-wing conservative…
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