Hanger, Sayre address local tax issues
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Story by Chris Graham Taxpayers in Waynesboro, Staunton and communities across the Commonwealth undergoing property-value reassessments this year are feeling more than a pinch.
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24th GOP candidates talk budget issues
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Story by Chris Graham The big news out of Richmond this week is that the state is facing a possible $300 million budget deficit due to slowed tax collections.
Who is the fiscal conservative?
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Story by Chris Graham Taxes and spending have been a central issue for 24th Senate District Republican Party nomination candidates Emmett Hanger and Scott Sayre. The New Dominion asked the candidates in interviews for our Internet radio podcast about a divide that seems to be in place between the two on their positions on fiscal…
Roller endorses Hanger in 24th
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Op-Ed by Larry Roller What’s all this talk about a great tax increase? The only tax increase was raising the sales tax from 4.5 percent to 5 percent. Emmett Hanger is working for tax reform, and tax reform means everyone paying his/her fair share. A sales tax certainly does that. But what is not talked…
Hrovat aims for Dem nod
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Story by Chris Graham Two prominent local Democrats have already endorsed the Republican incumbent – but Will Hrovat isn’t worried about stepping to the plate with the count showing him in the hole oh-and-two.
Who’s gonna win? And what happens after that?
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Column by Chris Graham The question that I get asked most often these days – by locals, by politicos, by professors from outside the Valley – has to do with the Emmett Hanger-Scott Sayre Republican primary race in the 24th Senate District. “Who do you think is going to win?” You could have guessed that…
Hanger, Sayre talk to Staunton Republicans
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Story by Chris Graham Emmett Hanger and Scott Sayre were in the same room – briefly. The candidates for the 24th Senate District Republican Party nomination passed like ships in the night at their joint appearance at a Staunton Republican Committee meeting Tuesday – with Hanger, the three-term incumbent state senator under fire from local…
On a continuing quest for true security
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Bishop’s Mantle column by Jim Bishop Only a few torturous hours had passed, and already news reporters were asking administrators, “So, what will you do to tighten security on campus?”
Another perspective on the Tech-UVa. rivalry
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Column by Chris Graham After the 9/11 terror attacks, it became the custom around big-league baseball, once it got back up and running, to add a rendition of “New York, New York” to the traditional seventh-inning stretch. A sign that the nation was beginning to get over the shock and horror associated with the terror…
Vigil allows grieving, raises money for victims
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A vigil held in Waynesboro last week in memory of those who lost their lives in the April 16 mass shooting at Virginia Tech did more than help Valley residents begin to heal. Money raised in conjunction with the “We Are All Hokies” memorial service in the amount of $1,000 will go to the Hokie…
