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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] More than 10,000 Virginians have signed a petition calling on Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to “stop wasting our tax dollars on his personal political agenda,” the Democratic Party of Virginia announced in a press release on Tuesday. “Every minute you spend on this frivolous, politically motivated lawsuit is time…
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Hosted by Chris Graham [email protected] Today’s AFP Show features an interview with AFP editor Chris Graham and economist David Shreve. Shreve joins the show to talk about a report released Tuesday by United for a Fair Economy and the Virginia Organizing Project looking at what states should do in terms of fiscal policy to…
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Story by Chris Graham WaynesboroYMCA.com Swimmers in the Shenandoah Marlins Aquatic Club at the Waynesboro Family YMCA placed in several recent Virginia Swimming state meets. WaynesboroYMCA.com has the story.
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Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: [email protected] Could this be the start of something big? Are we beginning to speak with one voice? Have the members of the Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors finally found an issue where they can lead – not just follow – their constituents? Can we keep our own…
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Column by Bob Goodlatte www.house.gov/goodlatte Just days ago President Obama signed into law sweeping health care reform legislation pushed by Congressional Democrats that will dramatically impact every family, taxpayer and small business in America. As I have said time and time again, this monstrosity, which I voted against, amounts to a big government takeover…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] When nine people – yes, nine! – submitted their names for consideration for the six-month appointment to the Staunton City Council seat left open by the election of longtime Council member Dickie Bell to the Virginia House of Delegates, Mayor Lacy King had one word in mind: dogfight. “I…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s Ken Cuccinelli’s world, and we’re just living in it. “He’s just sucking the oxygen out of Richmond,” observed Quentin Kidd, a political-science professor at Christopher Newport University, and it’s not just Richmond gasping for air right now. Put yourself in the shoes of Gov. Bob McDonnell or Lt….
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro police ran 633 calls in 2009 for what turned out to be false alarms triggered by electronic security systems. That’s a call or two a day every day for the year. At 28 minutes per call on average spent dealing with the calls, that’s a half-hour to an…
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Submitted Item News tips: [email protected] Stephen Bruno (Fr., Audubon, N.J.) hit a walkoff single to left field in the bottom of the ninth inning to break a three-all tie and propel the top-ranked Virginia baseball team to a 4-3 win over Clemson on Friday night at Davenport Field. Virginia (19-3, 6-1 ACC) won its…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] An ad and robocall campaign is being launched by Catholics United to thank Fifth District Congressman Tom Perriello for his yes vote on health-care reform. “By his vote for health care reform, Congressman Perriello has shown that he is fighting for the interests of working Americans, not the interests…
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