Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Exclusive to The Roanoke Star-Sentinel and Roanoke Free PressThursday, January 26, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott issued the following statement following Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s press conference previewing the Fiscal Year 2013 Defense Budget: “I was pleased to hear that the Fiscal Year 2013 Defense Budget will maintain the Navy’s current aircraft carrier fleet at 11 ships and enhance the Virginia-class submarine program. [...]
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Exclusive to The Roanoke Star-Sentinel and Roanoke Free Press By Valerie Garner It is a high stakes economic play for 500 jobs courted by four states. Solstas Lab Partners has dual headquarters in Roanoke and High Point, North Carolina. Both locations are in play for a major Solstas expansion. Solstas’ Roanoke administrative headquarters is located [...]
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
UPDATE from Brian Gottstein communications director in response to RFP question below: “Ultimately, if it’s decided that the GA does not have the authority to redistrict, it would then be left to the courts.” In an explanation from Brian Gottstein, communications director for Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli the Richmond Circuit Court can’t decide whether Virginia’s General Assembly [...]
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Candidate for Mayor Sam Rasoul announced today that he believes the lower tax assessments in Northwest Roanoke are part of a larger problem stemming from decades of deferred capital improvements and a lack of quality job opportunities for all citizens – two critical factors that have contributed to the spike in foreclosures in Northwest. “Northwest [...]
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Most federal judges have taken steps to ensure that jurors do not use social media to discuss the trial in which they are involved, a recently published survey indicates. The Federal Judicial Center was asked by a committee of the policy-making Judicial Conference of the United States to survey federal judges on the issue. Its [...]
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
WASHINGTON – Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s State of the Union address this evening: “Unfortunately, tonight’s speech was just more of the same. While President Obama talks a good game, three years of failed economic policies and government overreach say otherwise. The President has said repeatedly that [...]
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Incumbent Mayor David Bowers at his fundraiser told his supporters to tell their friends to “Vote for someone who can be mayor from day one … the city needs stability and continuity.” His supporters seemed surprised when Bowers told them that if something were to happen to him any one of the city council members [...]
Monday, January 23, 2012
Forty dedicated volunteers assembled at Green Memorial Methodist Church Sunday afternoon for a two-hour training session preparing them to hit the streets Monday morning. Some of the six teams started as early as 4:00 a.m. with a cup of Starbucks coffee and a donut. The annual Point In Time (PIT) count of the homeless is being [...]
Thursday, January 19, 2012
UPDATE: FIREHOUSE PRIMARY FOR ROANOKE CITY MAYOR WILL BE FEBRUARY 4TH AT WILLIAM FLEMING HIGH SCHOOL FROM 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. It is campaign season in Roanoke City and the Democrats for the moment seem to have the upper hand with their get-along ticket of Democrats. The Claude Moore Education Complex hosted incumbent Democrat [...]
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli plans to run for governor in 2013. FAIRFAX – Today Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli will post his 2011 fundraising numbers for his two political committees, “Ken Cuccinelli for Attorney General” and his PAC, “Liberty Now.” The reports will be filed with the State Board of Elections later today. The information [...]
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
The first conceptual designs were presented for public input in October 2011. The 1500 accumulated comments from those sessions combined with online comments were used to craft a final concept design that was available for public viewing at the main library last Thursday. The wish list of amenities from stakeholders doubled the cost to over [...]
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
VIDEO OF ARTIST GEORGE SOLONEVICH INCLUDED The chilly air and gray skies did not diminish the proud smiling faces of the young and the not so young as they celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. It was the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s Annual Youth Day celebration Monday afternoon. A crowd of over 200 gathered at [...]
Monday, January 16, 2012
E. W. Jackson will attend a Roanoke County Republican meeting Tuesday 7:00 p.m. at the Roanoke County Administration Building. Chesapeake, VA – > Last night during a campaign speech in Chesapeake, U.S. Senate Candidate E.W. Jackson launched the second phase of his campaign to an enthusiastic hometown crowd. After declaring, “I am not an African-American. [...]
Saturday, January 14, 2012
With the passage of Del. Rob Bell’s HB251 in the House of Delegates here are a few maps that compare the current congressional districts with the HOD plan. Locally Salem will be in the 9th district where Rep. Morgan Griffith lives. The Senate version as in another comparison map below moved the city of Roanoke [...]
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