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As you know, I’ve been campaigning for health-care reform. Many of you are as passionate as I am about fair health-care reform. We cannot allow profit-taking interests to stonewall or kill this attempt at reform at the expense of everyday citizens. With millions of people without insurance and millions more without adequate insurance, we cannot…
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We were out of the office most of Tuesday on a business matter in Charlottesville. We did get to take a late (late, late) lunch on the Downtown Mall, which was a good way to end the day over on the other side of the world. Bad news about my friend Jim Sacco. He is…
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The campaign of Democratic Party attorney-general candidate Steve Shannon on Tuesday launched the first online campaign ad of the 2009 election, calling on his opponent, Ken Cuccinelli, to stand up to the reckless, incendiary rhetoric of one of his running mates. The video focuses on the statement by 99th House District candidate Catherine Crabill earlier…
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The media attending the 2009 ACC Football Kickoff have Virginia Tech winning the ACC championship, UVa. finishing fifth in the six-team Coastal and Tech quarterback Tyrod Taylor and Virginia quarterback Vic Hall competing for conference player-of-the-year honors.
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A lot going on today, requiring a better attention span than I have access to given my recent battles with summer allergies. (Blame it on the rain. And being outside most of the weekend.)
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The Miss and Master Valley of Virginia 2009 beauty pageant will be held on Sunday, Aug. 16, at 2 p.m. at the Elkton Area Community Center in Elkton.
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Wednesday, July 29 – Perriello joins Dairy Farmers Caucus – HUD grants approved for affordable rental housing in Virginia Tuesday, July 28 – Warner hosts broadband summit – Perriello bill to extend medical benefits to people who care for disabled vets passes Monday, July 27 – Perriello discuss progress on legislation to protect D-Day Memorial
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The Virginia Department of Transportation today began giving first notices of a pending layoff to approximately 600 employees as part of a plan to reduce staffing to 7,500 full-time employees by July 2010. Learn more about the reduction from a Monday-morning teleconference in which Commissioner Dave Ekern explains the rationale behind the job cuts and…
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There were no polls, as one of the candidates for the Republican Party nomination in the 20th, Dickie Bell, famously tried to assert upon the departure of State Del. Chris Saxman from the 20th District race two weeks ago, but conventional wisdom would have had Saxman ahead of Democrat Erik Curren if there had been…
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The 20th District Republican Party nomination is Dickie Bell’s to lose, just as it appeared this time last week in the hours after Chris Saxman’s stunning announcement that he was dropping out of the race. Bell is an ideal candidate in more ways than one. The 62-year-old moderate is in his fourth term on Staunton…
