Sunday, September 5, 2010
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
RICHMOND (August 23, 2010) – Statement from the Office of the Attorney General, attributable to Brian Gottstein, director of communication: Sen. Ralph Smith and Del. Robert Marshall requested the attorney general’s official legal opinion regarding whether the commonwealth can regulate facilities that provide first trimester abortions as well as the medical personnel who perform them. [...]
Friday, April 16, 2010
Nary a disruption or ill-mannered disrespectful sign could be found. Some signs were funny, some serious and some analogous to their feelings about being Taxed Enough Already (TEA). The question is did the estimated 500 people file their federal tax forms on this symbolic April 15 TEA day? Roanoke City resident Blake Medding was anxious to [...]
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
The troubadour paid a satirical visit to the Reagan Dinner fundraiser Saturday night. The headliner was Lt. Governor Bill Bolling but Steve Mabry stole the show with his troubadour roast of Gwen Mason. The Roanoke city Councilwoman ran for retiring William Fralin’s seat for the 17th District against Republican Bill Cleaveland. Cleaveland won handily and Mabry [...]
Friday, November 6, 2009
The Colorado sculptor, Madeline Wiener was picked from four of 85 applicants to create a “Reading Garden” for the Gainsboro Branch library. She had a beautiful sunny fall day for the dedication of her smooth sandstone sculptures Thursday afternoon. Wiener credited community involvement that enabled her to get to know about the history of the [...]
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
A crowd of about the same size as the Deeds Team that gathered earlier in the morning of election eve greeted the Republican ticket of Bob Mcdonnell for governor, Lt. Governor for reelection Bill Bolling and Sen. Ken Cuccinelli for attorney general. Cuccinelli was anxiously waiting to present to the crowd his broom handle baring [...]
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Monday, November 2, 2009
Teaming and ready for victory said Richard “Dickie” Cranwell Virginia Democratic Party chair at an 8:30 Roanoke Rally held at Fire Station No. 1 in downtown Roanoke. Governor Tim Kaine led of followed by Steve Shannon the Attorney General candidate, Jody Wagner the Lt. Governor candidate and finally Creigh Deeds candidate for governor. Shannon called [...]
Sunday, October 25, 2009
“We’ve been down before and come back strong,” said Deeds to 100 supporters who had gathered at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. monument Saturday morning. It was the Democratic party faithful who gathered to snatch the election from the Republican candidate Bob McDonnell who is leading in all polls. State Senator John Edwards set [...]
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Board of Supervisor candidates Ed Elswick (R) and Sarah Goodman (D) made their last case to the voters at Oak Grove Elementary School Thursday night. The forum was hosted by Sarah Cann teacher and member of the Oak Grove Neighborhood Watch. Elswick did an about-face on his support of greenways saying the perception that he did not [...]
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Friday, October 16, 2009
EXECUTIVE SEARCH ALREADY PRODUCING APPLICANT POSSIBILITIES Roanoke attorney, Stephen Lemon says that a new manager will give Roanoke “a chance to turn the page to the future.” In Lemon’s opinion a city manager says “yes” when they can but “no” when they have to. Thursday night in council chambers was the last citizen input meeting [...]
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Pam Deeds has a mind of her own and wants to keep it that way for all women in Virginia. Creigh and Pam Deeds have three daughters and one son ranging in age from 17 to 24. Susannah, 17 accompanied her mother. Deeds for Virginia hosted a state-wide “Women to Women” phone bank Thursday, October [...]
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Friday, October 9, 2009
Not a heated debate but if there was a star it should have been Greg Habeeb, Salem’s Republican Committee Chair. His blog at Roanoke Valley Republicans was mentioned in effigy several times by Turner. The Griffith/Turner forum was held following the 7:00 PM Board of Supervisors Elswick/Goodman forum at Bent Mountain Elementary School. It was [...]
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Friday, October 9, 2009
Ed Elswick (R) and Sarah Goodman (D) debated at Bent Mountain Elementary School Thursday night. They are running for the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors Windsor district. Elswick defeated incumbent Joe McNamara in the Republican primary. Holini David with WDBJ7 moderate the forum. Written questions were also taken from the audience. Both Elswick and Goodman [...]
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Southeast Action Forum (SEAF) sent nine invitations and almost all accepted for Wednesday night. Laura Padget is President of SEAF and Mark Powell was the moderator. Candidates gave their reasons why the voters should elect or re-elect them. Incumbent Delegate Onzlee Ware (D-11) was the only no-show. Ware’s opponent, R-Troy Bird said he’d “wished his [...]
Monday, September 14, 2009
Democrats and Republicans staked out their turf Saturday at Olde Salem Days. The Democrats had the shady side of the street where Carter Turner’s T-Shirts sported the slogan “Not For Sale.” The Salem Republican Chair, Greg Habeeb was stationed directly across at the Republican tent. He didn’t much like Turner’s slogan insinuating Griffith “was for sale.” [...]
