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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Senate Democrats failed today to muster enough votes to block GOP filibusters on measures that would have imposed a windfall profits tax on oil companies and offered tax relief to consumers feeling the pinch at the gas pump. Hurray. “It is a disappointing day when the Senate can’t work in…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] A seven, and then an eight. That’s how many current and former Valley League players were taken in last week’s Major League draft.
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] I’m still struggling with where our would-be mayor is coming from regarding what he seems to think he wants out of our next city manager. “I, basically, want a city manager to give me the facts, not his opinions or lobbying for a particular cause…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] I really want to be giggles happy about the news from last night’s city-council meeting that has city council discussing hiring a search firm to hire a new city manager. Really, I do. The talk behind the scenes in the walkup to and the aftermath…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] One way to look at Lofton Lake is to view it as a million-dollar retreat owned by some of the area’s most prominent figures. Another would be to look at it for what it is – an old campground that a group of mostly low-profile…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Poll: Does Augusta County need an economic-development department? It amazes me that Augusta County government has been able to get along as long as it has without an economic-development department to build on what the county has at its economic disposal for the future. OK, so yeah, I…
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Letter from Pete Armetta Opinions Wanted! Click here to learn more While it’s certainly interesting that some of our famed locals are involved in an investment deal at Lofton Lake, it seems a bit of a stretch to have a story about it on the Editorial page of the News Virginian.
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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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