Foster-to-WVU – the right move for both parties

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Best Seat in the House column by Chris Graham [email protected] Bad news, Tech fans. If West Virginia has any sense in its institutional head, it will hire your defensive coordinator away. Bud Foster is long since ready for the move from Defensive Genius Without Peer to major-college head coach. Virginia football fans will remember his…

The BCS, Sean Taylor, Bud Foster, Dean Keener

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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] LOSERS: The BCS Did you read about how the BCS blocked a Virginia Tech-Oklahoma Orange Bowl that the schools and the bowl wanted? I’m thisclose to boycotting college football altogether. It’s the best sport in the world September-through-early December. Then it’s a series of glorified exhibitions. WINNER:…

Social conservatives aiming high with legislative goals

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Divorce reform, restrictions on abortion and continued funding for abstinence-only sex education. The Family Foundation of Virginia and the Valley Family Forum have a healthy appetite – but whether they can fill their plate in the 2008 Virginia General Assembly remains to be seen given the changes in the composition…

Center worries about long-term impact of improvement schedule on 81

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The short-term worry is about a planned seven-mile improvement project on Interstate 81 in Rockbridge County. The longer-term worry is about the rest of the 325 miles of I-81 in Western Virginia. “That’s the biggest concern that I have – because this seven-mile project, while it is overly broad, and…

Deeds announces candidacy for governor

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Bath County Sen. Creigh Deeds announced this morning that he will run for the Democratic Party nomination to run for governor in 2009. Deeds made the announcement in an online video posted at his new campaign website, www.DeedsforVirginia.com. “I’ve spent my career as a consensus builder — a listener —…

Lucente and Williams, the NV, Little Grill

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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNERS: Frank Lucente and Tim Williams join bond parade I’m calling them winners here not related to the politics of the issues involving bonds for a new West End fire station and improvements to the city library and the city stormwater system, because frankly my view on…