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“People should know money does not influence our business,” Staunton Republican State Del. Chris Saxman said yesterday, talking up his proposed bill that would ban state lawmakers and statewide officials from attending fundraising events sponsored by a political party, lobbyist or campaign contributors during the annual Virginia General Assembly session.
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Here is a list of events ongoing today in the Central Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia. For a complete rundown of what is on the local events schedule, go to our Calendar of Events.
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Phil Kent, communications director for Fast Auto Loans, made several pertinent and interesting points in his Dec. 18 (Fredericksburg) Free Lance-Star op-ed, especially noting the value of car-pawn loans in these credit-strapped times.
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Democratic Party lieutenant-governor nomination candidate Jon Bowerbank will be in Waynesboro Wednesday night to talk with local voters about his campaign. Bowerbank will be at the Waynesboro Public Library at 7 p.m. The visit will coincide with the regular January meeting of the Waynesboro Democratic Committee. The meeting is held in Room A at the…
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Fifth District Congressman Tom Perriello has another committee assignment – to the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee. The committee has jurisdiction over veterans’ benefits, pensions, the VA hospital system and issues involved in the readjustment of service veterans to civilian life.
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Ninth District Congressman Rick Boucher and a group of local Democratic committee chairs have jumped on board the Jon Bowerbank for lieutenant governor bandwagon. “Jon Bowerbank is a long-time friend of mine, and I am pleased to endorse his candidacy for lieutenant governor of Virginia,” said Boucher, a Democrat. “As an entrepreneur in Russell County,…
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The race for the Democratic Party nomination to run for governor has come to look an awful lot like the race for the Dem nomination to run for the White House that resulted in Barack Obama’s historic victory in November. It started early – when Valley native son Creigh Deeds declared his candidacy for the…
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Looks like I gave the ‘Pubs too much credit too soon. “I’m glad the Speaker has finally come around to an initiative we’ve been pushing for more than two years now – although it seems to me that his sudden commitment to transparency in government has more to do with Republican electoral prospects than the…
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Give the House Republicans credit for something – finally. “Online video broadcasts provide not only a window into the seriousness and solution-oriented nature of the legislative process, but also a responsible and unfiltered method of allowing more Virginians to see the House at work doing the people’s business,” said House Speaker Bill Howell, R-Stafford, announcing…
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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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