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Gov. Bob McDonnell on Friday announced initial funding for his strengthened prisoner re-entry program currently under development. Under the leadership of Banci Tewolde, appointed by the governor to serve as the state’s first prisoner re-entry coordinator, the Commonwealth has secured federal funding for three components of the governor’s comprehensive prisoner re-entry initiative. Virginia has been…
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On the horizon in Waynesboro – a fifth city voting ward and November city elections. Both could be among suggestions early next year from voter registrar Lisa Wooten. The talk about creating a fifth voting ward is being pushed by population growth in the city’s West End, especially in the area currently constituting Ward D….
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On Thursday, Sept. 23, the Commonwealth of Virginia has scheduled the execution of Teresa Lewis. Her execution would be a clear breach of justice, and ought to shake our trust in the competency and adequacy of the Commonwealth’s justice system. On Oct. 30th of 2002, Teresa Lewis’ husband, Julian, and stepson, C.J., were shot and…
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Founded in 1990, Valley Conservation Council has reached a milestone, celebrating 20 years of success in its mission to “promote land use that sustains the farms, forests, open space and cultural heritage of the Shenandoah Valley region.” Executive director John Eckman presented the annual Conservator of the Year award to Laura Thurman, the Staunton-based easement…
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The driving force behind this blog is my effort to get my head around what happened in Virginia between 2008 and 2009 that turned the tide from where we saw the Old Dominion give its electoral votes to Democrat Barack Obama in ‘08 and then elected Republicans Bob McDonnell, Bill Bolling and Ken Cuccinelli to…
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Mike London got an apology from the Pac-10 crew working the Virginia-Southern Cal game Saturday night after it blew a call in the second quarter that negated a big gain for the ‘Hoos. On Monday, the crew heard from a not-happy Pac-10. “We know mistakes are made in games, but we will not tolerate our…
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Mike London got an apology from the Pac-10 crew working the Virginia-Southern Cal game Saturday night after it blew a call in the second quarter that negated a big gain for the ‘Hoos. On Monday, the crew heard from a not-happy Pac-10. “We know mistakes are made in games, but we will not tolerate our…
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Any Virginian who wants to test the strain the death penalty can endure must carefully study the case of Teresa Lewis – currently scheduled to be executed on Sept. 23. New evidence in the case directly and resoundingly rebuts the specific bases upon which the sentencing judge concluded she deserved a death sentence. Timing and…
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Before I took office last year, I met with business leaders and economic developers in all 22 localities in the Fifth District. I knew that job creation and economic relief were the top priorities and wanted gather the best ideas from the community. In Central and Southern Virginia we know that our economic troubles predate…
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Over the past several months I have received scores of emails and inquiries as to why I am not running for Congress this election cycle. As many of you know, I was married for about nine months before I began my two year endeavor to give a voice to those in need across our district…
