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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Democratic Party gubernatorial-nomination candidate Creigh Deeds has authorized the return of $1,500 in campaign contributions from the U.S. subsidiary of an Australian toll-road company that recently broke ground on a HOT lanes project in Northern Virginia. Transurban Inc. is a U.S. subsidiary of an Australian company and is thus not…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Three of the four candidates for the 2005 Democratic Party lieutenant-governor nomination have endorsed Southwest Virginia pol Jon Bowerbank for the 2009 Democratic LG nod. ’05 nominee Leslie Byrne and state senators Chap Petersen and Phil Puckett all endorsed Bowerbank, a sitting member of the Russell County Board of Supervisors…
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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] I’ve not heard any talk about Colin Powell being on Barack Obama’s short list for vice-presidential nominees, though apparently it wouldn’t be a bad idea. A recent Zogby International poll suggests that the former secretary of state would add the most cachet to the Obama ticket among independent voters and…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] You may not have heard the name of the only announced candidate in the Democratic Party 2009 lieutenant-governor race, Jon Bowerbank yet, and if you have, chances are that you heard it in reference to how he has run one election campaign, and he didn’t do it as a Democrat….
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Letter from Sharon Wright What do Virginia senators John Warner and Jim Webb have in common? What do our past Governors George Allen, Mark Warner and our current governor, Tim Kaine, have in common? What do seven of 11 of our congressmen that represent Virginia at the federal level have in common? All these people…
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] LOSER: The House of Delegates, the Senate and Gov. Tim Kaine The General Assembly has fallen short, once again, and Tim Kaine, despite his best efforts, has failed to get any movement. Looks like we get a few more years, at least, of clogged roads with big potholes to dodge…
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: Tim Kaine for VP? The Last Virginian Standing in the Democratic Party VP race is the one that I found most logical from the get-go. Barack Obama could use a Southern governor to balance his ticket. And remember, Kaine was on the Obama train early on, early enough, as…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Legislation from Chris Saxman that would dedicate future revenues and royalties from offshore drilling to Virginia’s Transportation Trust Fund appears to be in line for passage by the House of Delegates this week.
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The explatory gubernatorial bid of Northern Virginia Democratic legislator Brian Moran is doing quite well, thank you, on the money front. Virginians for Brian Moran director Mame Reiley announced today that the committee will report $1.38 million in receipts in the first reporting period in 2008.
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Op-Ed by Denise Smith After reading Gov. Tim Kaine’s current initiative to fund transportation in the state of Virginia all I can say is, “Wow, more taxes.” That is just what lower-income people need to get to work at low-wage jobs in Virginia – something else to pay for to take what little we have….
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