Petition takes aim at Goodlatte on New G.I. Bill

Chris Graham

Fear and Loathing on the Trail column by Chris Graham [email protected] An online petition is drawing attention to Sixth District Congressman Bob Goodlatte’s flip-flop on the New G.I. Bill. Virginia Veterans for Obama co-director Terron Sims has initiated the petition drive to raise issue with a campaign mailer sent out by the Goodlatte congressional office…

Ready for some political football

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Special Commentary by Chris Graham [email protected] Poor Mike. Our sales manager is a hardcore Republican. Makes life kinda tough working for the area’s progressive news source. So Mike walks back to my office this afternoon after getting off the phone with a local GOP friend (actually a friend of both of ours – hey, I can…

Bowerbank building ’09 team

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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Democratic Party lieutenant-governor nomination candidate Jon Bowerbank is busy assembling his staff for his ’09 run. Bowerbank announced yesterday that he has retained the Northern Virginia-based Maverick Strategies to serve in an advisory role to his campaign. Members of the Maverick firm include Jessica Vanden Berg, who managed Jim Webb’s…

Police officer to lead Writer’s Group

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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Waynesboro Writer’s Group meeting set for Saturday morning at Stone Soup Books and Cafe will feature a familiar face – and badge. Waynesboro police officer Mark Kearney will lead the monthly meeting at 10 a.m. at Stone Soup in Downtown Waynesboro. Kearny is the founder of the Book ‘Em…

Rasoul raises issue with escalating war spending

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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Nearly a trillion dollars. That’s what Congress and the Bush administration have committed to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the past seven years with the passage this week of another supplemental wartime spending bill. It’s “wasteful spending,” said Sam Rasoul, the Sixth District Democratic Party congressional nominee.