Winners and Losers: July 17, 2008

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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: The eaglet we’re reading so much about I tell you, I’m glad to hear about the now-famous eaglet is recovering from the surgery at the Wildlife Center and all. But seriously … Are we that hard-up for anything substantive in the news business that we have to write about…

Kaine pushing alternative work options in Richmond

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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Gov. Tim Kaine has some ideas for saving state taxpayer money in this day and age of $4-a-gallon gasoline. Kaine announced yesterday a telework initiative for 120 employees in his Cabinet and in the governor’s office and a directive to all state agencies to consider ways to improve and expand…

Public hearing on proposed efficiency plan

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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A public hearing scheduled for Oct. 14 will give Virginia residents a chance to weigh in on the request of Virginia Natural Gas to implement a conservation and ratemaking efficiency plan. The $7.5 million plan is designed to assist VNG customers in lowering their energy bills. The company projects a…

Deeds stops in Staunton, pledges to fight for Dem nomination

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Another afternoon, another dinner with a few dozen friends, another few thousand dollars to take back to the campaign treasurer, which ought to keep what could turn out to be a $25 million election going for, well, another hour or two, at the least. Creigh Deeds has been down this…

Shannon doing well in AG money race

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Democratic Party attorney-general nomination candidate Steve Shannon has outraised his two potential Republican challengers combined at this early stage in the 2009 campaign. Shannon had raised $297,923 for his campaign as of June 30, according to a report filed with the State Board of Elections this week. Shannon, a Northern…

Wind beneath my moped wings

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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] I’m trying to resist the temptation to wonder aloud if tattering on the freedom to ride a moped in Waynesboro sans chapeau is a better-to-do-with-our-time kind of thing or not. Because I didn’t realize until I read the editorial in today’s News Virginian that city…

Tix for Tech’s season opener available

Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Approximately 1,400 tickets for Virginia Tech’s opening football game against East Carolina in Charlotte are on sale today. Tickets for the Aug. 30 game became available after returning Tech student season-ticket holders failed to purchase their entire allotment. The tickets cost $55 plus handling charges, and can be purchased by…

Obama leads polls, early Electoral College rendering

Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] Democrat Barack Obama continues to hold a four-point lead over Republican John McCain in the daily tracking polls of Gallup and Rasmussen Reports. The lead in the Gallup poll has Obama up by a 47 percent-to-43 percent margin. Rasmussen has Obama up 44 percent-to-40 percent, with a 47 percent-to-45 percent…