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This week, I was blessed to be sworn in as our district’s representative in the 111th U.S. Congress. It’s a sacred duty to serve you in Washington, and I am already hard at work on strategies for economic revival for Southside and Central Virginia and for a new era of accountability for our corporate and…
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I suppose I could have waited until later in the month and headed for Washington or Richmond. Or just turned on the tube to find out what our new president had to say about the State of the Union, or our governor about the State of the Commonwealth. Instead, as a Jeffersonian who loves Real…
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Terry McAuliffe likes to say that he knows what it takes to create jobs. He started young, creating his first job for himself at age 14. “I’d been carrying golf bags for five hours, and I was walking home, I was depressed. I figured I’d thrown my life away. I’d only made five dollars,” said…
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I’ve just read Leonard Gilroy’s Dec. 31, 2008 story concerning Virginia Gov. Kaine’s proposal to close The Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents. I feel that he has reported on only one side of this controversial story. There is much more to it. I, for one, believe that equal time should have been given to the…
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The state is closing the Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents as part of a strategy to shift mental-health care for children to the private sector and local community services boards. OK. Except that the closing is the result of the state budget shortfall. Got it. I think we have our real motivation right there.
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Solve problems. Unify people. Results. This is the message that Republicans are in their own inimitable partisan way are saying will mark the death of the Virginia Democrat as Tim Kaine prepares to take over the Democratic National Committee. The last time I saw Kaine, two months ago in Staunton, in the afterglow of the…
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Lars Akerson and Jonathan Spicher are well aware of the major challenge, risk and unknowns facing them, but they feel confident that they’ll persevere “with God’s protection and the support of family and friends.” Akerson, 22, of Harrisonburg, and Spicher, 20, of Lancaster, Pa., will depart Tuesday morning, Jan. 6, from Virginia Mennonite Conference headquarters…
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Multiple reports have Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine in line to being named the chairman of the Democratic National Committee this week. Politico.com is reporting Sunday evening that Kaine had originally indicated that he was not interested in taking on the post, but changed his mind when President-elect Barack Obama intervened and personally asked him to…
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Cincinnati scored two minutes into its first BCS game, and then Bud Foster’s defense took control, forcing four Bearcats turnovers and holding the Big East champs scoreless for the final 58 minutes in a 20-7 Virginia Tech win in Thursday’s Orange Bowl. The Associated Press reporting. Length: 0:52.
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Join us tonight at 8:30 p.m. for a Live Blog during tonight’s Orange Bowl between ACC champion Virginia Tech (9-4) and Big East champ Cincinnati (11-2). The game is being broadcast nationally on Fox. AFP editor Chris Graham will lead a live in-game discussion of the goings-on with analysis and commentary. Please feel free to…
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