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Letter from Phil Winter Submit letters, guest columns: [email protected] The News Virginian’s April 24 article about “zero-based” budgeting brought back memories of the federal government’s use of this approach more than 15 years ago. It proved then to be a quickly passing, inefficient, and ineffective, fad. Current City Council member, and candidate for reelection,…
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Column by David Cox Submit guest columns: [email protected] Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell surely raised a ruckus by declaring April to be “Confederate History Month.” Reviving a practice begun only in 1997 by Gov. George Allen and then foresworn by his two predecessors, he initially omitted any mention of slavery. After hitting all the national…
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Column by Sanford D. Horn Submit guest columns: [email protected] The Washington Post, the alleged newspaper of record for the nation’s capitol and its metropolitan area, over the past seven days ending with Saturday, April 24, 2010, ran six articles, editorials or columns each decrying the lack of voting rights yet to bestowed upon the…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Virginia Tech sent an ACC-high five players to the NFL in the 2010 NFL Draft over the weekend. James Madison sent two players, and UVa. one.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Cody Winiarski (Jr,. Franksville, Wis.) pitched eight innings of one-run baseball and Virginia racked up 14 hits in an 11-2 rout of Maryland Saturday afternoon at Shipley Field. Virginia completed a three-game series sweep and won its 13th straight game in College Park, dating to 2002.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The second-ranked University of Virginia baseball team rode great pitching by Danny Hultzen and an offensive flurry to take a doubleheader sweep from Maryland Friday night.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Quarterbacks Drew Dudzik (Clifton, Va./Centreville) and Justin Thorpe (Richmond, Va./Varina) directed touchdown drives during James Madison’s final spring football scrimmage at the University of Virginia Friday.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The ACLU of Virginia has asked the Textbook Review Committee of Chesterfield County Public Schools to drop from consideration a controversial Bible study course that may unconstitutionally promote religious beliefs in public schools.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Katie Thisdell felt that she had no choice but to turn over to Harrisonburg police and Commonwealth’s Attorney Marsha Garst several hundred photos shot by staffers at The Breeze at the April 10 block party that turned into a clash between partygoers and local law enforcement.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The Virginia Department of Transportation will complete major portions of its reorganization this week in order to reach a mandated staffing reduction to 7,500 full-time employees by July 1, 2010, and to streamline the way it does business around the Commonwealth.
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