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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] President Bush’s approval rating is at its lowest point in his presidency, and one of the bottom 10 approval ratings on record. But even with that being the case, he’s twice as popular as Congress. Bush’s average quarterly approval rating is at 29 percent for the most recent quarter surveyed…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Democrat Barack Obama has a five-point lead on Republican John McCain, according to polling done by Zogby International. Obama leads by a 44 percent-to-39 percent margin. Libertarian candidate Bob Barr is at 5 percent in Virginia, and independent Ralph Nader is at 1 percent.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I would say everything went according to script at this morning’s reorganization meeting of Waynesboro City Council. Tim Williams is mayor, as Frank Lucente told me six weeks ago would be the case. Lucente, meanwhile, is vice mayor, Mike Hamp is the interim city manager, and John Kiger is still…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] On the one side is a candidate who is not taking PAC and lobbyist contributions. On the other side is a candidate who is taking contributions from PACs and lobbyists, and an awful lot of it. I don’t know that there’s anything here that can serve as a reason to…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Considering what we’ve had to go through with Michael Vick over the course of the past year, I’m not all that fond of the phrase Don’t have a dog in this fight anymore, but when it comes to the ongoing mess involving the Augusta County GOP, I really don’t have…
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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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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] The Augusta Free Press and The News Virginian have been polling their web readers on the news involving the forced resignation of Waynesboro city manager Doug Walker, and the early returns aren’t looking good for the new conservative majority on Waynesboro City Council.
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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] Silence. Absolute silence. That’s what we’ve gotten from Bruce Allen regarding the effective firing of city manager Doug Walker that he helped engineer. The official word, according to a News Leader reporter with whom I spoke Thursday, is that Allen is out of town, and…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] “We’re going to undo everything you’ve done the past five years. You don’t want to be around for that.” That’s what they told Doug Walker. Not exactly Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on your way out, but it’s pretty close. And…
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