Sabato: Obama will win
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University of Virginia Center for Politics founder Larry Sabato has made his final call in the 2012 presidential election: Barack Obama.
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Richard Adams Variety Show: No Turkey
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Host Richard Adams promises the November 9th Variety Show will not be a turkey. He has pulled together a saucey line up of talent for his night. Joining Adams will be The Judy Chops, songwriter/musician Buddy Thomas, and the Shenandoah Valley’s Premiere Hula Hooper, Arrow.
ACLU announces Election Day hotline
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia will answer questions from voters who encounter problems at the polls on Election Day and is prepared to advocate on behalf of voters whose rights have been abridged.
Commonwealth Transportation Board to hold Six-Year Plan meeting
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Secretary of Transportation Sean T. Connaughton and the Commonwealth Transportation Board are holding meetings across Virginia so the public may discuss projects and programs in the CTB’s current Six-Year Improvement Program and provide comments for the development of the Fiscal Years 2014-2019 SYIP, including multimodal initiatives for highways, rail and transit.
Mark Obenshain: What do these oysters have to do with your constitutional rights?
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Oysters have been harvested in the Chesapeake Bay from time immemorial. In fact, the Bay’s very name is an Algonquian phrase that can be translated “great shellfish bay,” and as early as 1612, English settlers were praising the Chesapeake’s oyster beds.
Grand opening for Delphine Enterprise Center set for Nov. 7
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Delphine Enterprise Center (located on South Delphine Avenue), a 460,000-square-foot facility located just west of Charlottesville, is being re-developed by local Delphine Enterprise Management specifically for manufacturers and distributors of all sizes with the goal of nurturing businesses that will provide sustainable, long-term growth to the regional economy.
Allen makes late-game coal push
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The George Allen Senate campaign is on the air Thursday with a new TV ad attacking Tim Kaine on coal. The spot, titled “Pie Chart,” highlights a 2009 speech in which Kaine explained his commitment to make coal a smaller part of our nation’s energy resources.
Farm Bureau: Cost of Thanksgiving meal down 80 cents
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Virginians will be able to feed their families a Thanksgiving meal for a little more than $4.72 per person this year, according to an informal price survey conducted by the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation.
Farm to School program promotes local business, better nutrition
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The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Virginia Department of Education have a winning equation that results in better nutrition and an economic boost for communities.
Ken Plum: Voting by default
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As close as this year’s presidential election is likely to be in the popular vote, the outcome could be decided by those people who vote by default: they do not bother to vote, allowing the decision to be made by all those who do vote.
