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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…
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The Politics Beat column by Chris Graham [email protected] I was planning to use this column to blast Hillary Clinton. “I will be making no decisions tonight.” Famous last words, right? But then Barack Obama took the stage in St. Paul, Minn., and did what Hillary should have done in New York. “You chose to listen…
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The Local Beat column by Chris Graham [email protected] There has been some interesting discussion about how much outgoing Waynesboro city manager Doug Walker gets paid in the days since the announcement that Walker will be stepping down from his job effective June 30. The focus of the talking has been that $125,000 a year is…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] How would Jesus vote? Would he pull the lever for yes to marriage amendments? Support candidates who want us to fight unholy wars? Back those who use empty rhetoric to restrict access to health care? I wonder if those issues will come up at the kickoff event for the How…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] We’ve known each other for a long time, and I’ve known him to be a straight shooter. And quite opionated. It doesn’t bother me that I assume that he didn’t vote for me in the elections last month. I didn’t ask, though if I did,…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] You can take the Hatfield out of the Hatfield-McCoy feudin’, but you can’t take the feudin’ out of the Hatfield. “It’s a disservice to those who have given their lives,” Reo Hatfield told News Virginian reporter Bob Stuart for a story in today’s paper ostensibly…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Aug. 30 season openers for Virginia and Virginia Tech will be televised, and UVa. fans will get to see their ‘Hoos each of the first three college-football weekends next fall. Tech’s opener against East Carolina in Charlotte will be televised nationally on ESPN with a noon kickoff. UVa.’s home…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] Assistant city manager Mike Hamp will serve as the interim city manager when the clock strikes midnight on June 30-July 1. Hamp was named to the interim post by a unanimous vote of Waynesboro City Council this evening. The council met in closed session to…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Poll: Do you have a favorable view of how the new city-council majority handled the departure of Doug Walker? The top person in local government is sacked in the middle of the night, right there in front of everybody’s disbelieving eyes. He is replaced by a personal friend…
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