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Letter from Kathy Belcher Opinions Wanted! Click here to learn more Although as a Staunton resident I have no dog in the current Waynesboro city officials’ dog fight, I do however have an interest in assuring that the press and public have an accurate accounting of Doug Walker’s purchase of a Lofton Lake share.
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] John Lawrence has a story to tell about the events that led to the effective firing of city manager Doug Walker, and I’m not the first person he’s told it to. By Lawrence’s account, I’m the third journalist to get the details of the meeting…
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Photos by Crystal Graham [email protected] A capacity crowd helped presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama kick off his general-election campaign Thursday at the Nissan Pavilion in Northern Virginia. Obama addressed his campaign theme of “Change We Can Believe In” with U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., and Gov. Tim Kaine, D-Va., at his side.
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] I’m trying to piece together what News Virginian reporter Jimmy LaRoue was trying to do in his story this morning about a real-estate connection between outgoing city manager Doug Walker and local real-estate developer Bill Hausrath.
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] How could you vote against the new GI Bill that will provide expanded educational benefits to troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan? It’s a rhetorical question that Fifth District Democratic Party nominee Tom Perriello is asking about Republican incumbent Virgil Goode’s vote against the bill.
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The University of Virginia Center for Politics believes in its founder Larry Sabato’s famous dictum “Politics Is a Good Thing.” This weekend, the Center for Politics will be celebrating “Ten Years of Good Politics.”
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services grant will enable Valley Associates for Independent Living to assist area residents with disabilities with the construction of ramps and bathroom modifications and other needed repairs so that they can remain independent in their homes and communities. The $15,000 grant was part of a…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] The Augusta Free Press and The News Virginian have been polling their web readers on the news involving the forced resignation of Waynesboro city manager Doug Walker, and the early returns aren’t looking good for the new conservative majority on Waynesboro City Council.
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The Local Beat column by Chris Graham [email protected] The Republican Party is going to miss Kurt Michael – big time. Michael affirmed in a blog posting at sixtyfour81.com on Tuesday that he will step down from the position of chair of the GOP committee in Augusta County as he had promised back in April. He…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Maybe Alicia Rimel knows something I don’t. “The news squelched rumors that former City Manager Jerry Gwaltney might return to the job,” Rimel wrote in her story that appeared in Tuesday’s News Virginian about the appointment of assistant city manager Mike Hamp as the interim…
