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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…
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First bit of fallout: national rankings The I-AA rankings aren’t out as of this writing. (They’re due out in a couple of hours from our posting.) They’re worth nothing if JMU isn’t #1 after winning in Lane Stadium. Interesting note about the I-A rankings: JMU is in them this week, in the others receiving votes…
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Mickey Matthews spent close to 10 minutes in his hour-long meeting with reporters at JMU Football Media Day in August complaining about the second game on his 2010 schedule, Virginia Tech, before a reporter interjected with a probably obvious question: Are you saying you don’t think you can win the game? Fast forward from there…
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Mickey Matthews spent close to 10 minutes in his hour-long meeting with reporters at JMU Football Media Day in August complaining about the second game on his 2010 schedule, Virginia Tech, before a reporter interjected with a probably obvious question: Are you saying you don’t think you can win the game? Fast forward from there…
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Children First Day took place on Saturday. The event was hosted by the WHSV station and held at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg. With the parking lots completely full, the event is still going strong after 14 years. The event not only has booths both inside and outside of the University Commons at EMU, but…
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