David Cox | The state of humanity
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We interrupt this near-weekly commentary on what’s going on in wider Virginia to contemplate what’s going on in the human race. It’s just that kind of week.
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– Local News: Wounded Warriors program grants, posted Friday, 11:45 a.m. – Local News: Staunton Police seek hit-and-run suspect, posted Friday, 11:45 a.m. – Event: Spring Bazaar at Weyers Cave Community Center, posted Friday, 11:45 a.m.
False alarm, or, no, nobody is being laid off
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The bad news – at 10 a.m. Friday it appeared that the hard decisions being made at Invista regarding its future in Waynesboro were getting harder, with a Breaking News Update from TheNewsVirginian.com blaring the headline “Invista lays off 250.” The good news came in a followup e-mail sent at 10:32 a.m. “The message sent…
House GOP turns back on those hit hardest by recession
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(Updated with statements from Del. Chris Saxman and Democratic legislative candidates Erik Curren and Greg Marrow appearing under our Comments section.) One thousand, one hundred and thirty two. That’s a real number for you, specifically how many more Waynesboro residents are out of a job as of the most recent report of the Virginia Employment…
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– Capitol Hill: Peace group release congressional report card, posted Thursday, 10:40 a.m. – Economy: Growth in initial unemployment claims slows, posted Thursday, 10:40 a.m. – Local News: Easter Egg Hunt in Staunton today, posted Thursday, 10:40 a.m. – Sports: Taylor, Whitley star in Tech mini-scrimmage, posted Thursday, 10:40 a.m.
Hart ready to make noise in 26th
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Lowell Fulk was Al Weed. Gene Hart wants to be Tom Perriello. “Lowell Fulk’s runs in 2003 and 2005 laid the foundation for what we can do this year. We couldn’t be successful if Lowell hadn’t run and lost in 2003 and 2005,” said Hart, 46, a Harrisonburg attorney and presumptive Democratic Party nominee in…
McAuliffe setting record-smashing money pace
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Let’s put the $4.2 million that Terry McAuliffe raised for his gubernatorial campaign in the first three months of 2009 in perspective. Mark Warner, the Big Kahuna, raised $1.4 million for his gubernatorial campaign in the first quarter of 2001. To be fair, Warner was a Democrat in what was then a Republican state, so…
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– Local News: Blood drive at Fishburne Military School, posted Wednesday, 3:45 p.m. – Local News: Blue Ridge Food Bank honored nationally, posted Wednesday, 3:45 p.m. – Local News: Augusta, Staunton awarded money for emergency assistance, posted Wednesday, 9:20 a.m. – Local News: Wintergreen kicks off Bear Smart program, posted Wednesday, 9:20 a.m. – Local…
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– Local News: Ramp at 247 on I-81 to close two nights next week, posted Tuesday, 2 p.m. – State News: Virginia on iTunes U, posted Tuesday, 2 p.m. – State News: ACLU critical of threat assessment for colleges, universities in fusion center report, posted Tuesday, 2 p.m. – State News: More than 2 million…
And don’t let it hit your you-know-what on the way out, either
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I learn something new every day. Today I learned something new about myself. It starts with the journalist in me that guides the editor in me to have an open-door policy on submissions for op-eds and columns and reported news pieces from viewpoints from across the political spectrum. Even as the Augusta Free Press has…
