Sunday, September 5, 2010
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Sunday, September 5, 2010
Tom Perriello 5th district congressman is not gaining ground against his Republican opponent Robert Hurt. Perriello’s slim victory against Virgil Goode in 2008 looks to turn into a not so narrow loss in 2010. The latest poll conducted by WDBJ7 shows Perriello trailing Hurt 61% to 35%. No improvement over a previous poll. Though Perriello pulled from [...]
Friday, July 30, 2010
Stephen Turner announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Roanoke County Sheriff Friday at the Roanoke County Courthouse. The special election will be held in November. Thirty-five supporters including the County Treasurer, Kevin Hutchins and Commonwealth Attorney Randy Leach were there to support his nomination. Mike Bailey, Roanoke County Republican Chair introduced Turner. Turner, [...]
Monday, May 17, 2010
Yours truly got 2 votes (neither of them mine). I beat Robin Reed (WDBJ7 Meteorologist) and Dan Smith (Valley Business Front). Thank you to the two people who thought me worthier than the rest. That being said – there were 53 valid write-ins – a very interesting mix. So Woopie Goldberg is a Roanoke City registered [...]
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
It was all over but the crying or in some cases the drinking Tuesday night. The results were quick to come in and by 8:00 it was clear that the Roanoke City Council election was another Democratic sweep. At Fork in the City gathered Bob Craig and Tony Walker with their supporters. Craig though glum [...]
Friday, April 30, 2010
In round one and “Part One” video here the dreaded “MAILER” that Democratic candidate Bill Bestpitch sent to Roanoke citizens last week provoked the three Republican candidates. You could almost hear someone yell out “you lie” as Congressman Joe Wilson did to President Barack Obama during the State of the Union Address. Bestpitch had quite [...]
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
Prior to Thursday night’s forum hosted by the Roanoke Chapter of the NAACP the Roanoke Valley Democratic Women held their annual Wine and Cheese fundraiser at the Ramada Inn on Franklin Road. One Democratic candidate took the opportunity to hit the Republican candidate(s) hard. As reported by Mason Adams of The Roanoke Times – on [...]
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
TUESDAY, MAY 4, IS ELECTION DAY. At a special meeting of the Roanoke Central Council PTA on Wednesday, April 28 Roanoke City Council candidates made their case on how they plan to fund education in Roanoke City. The three Democrats: Ray Ferris, Bill Bestpitch, incumbent David Trinkle – the three Republicans: Colonel Bob Craig, Mike [...]
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Monday, April 26, 2010
Feda Morton, Fluvanna County biology teacher and Republican activist was endorsed Friday by the FRC Action PAC, the political action committee connected to Family Research Council Action. Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council and Chairman of the FRC Action PAC in convinced that Morton “has proven that she is a true friend of [...]
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 [...]
Friday, March 12, 2010
About 100 attended the 2-hour Roanoke City candidate forum held in the Fellowship Hall of Christ Lutheran Church Thursday night. The Greater Raleigh Court Civic League, the Greater Deyerle Neighborhood Association, the Southeast Action Forum, Old Southwest and the Grandin Court Neighborhood Association sponsored the forum. John Carlin was the moderator. The three Republican candidates [...]
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
According to the registrar the primary will cost the city $40,000. The filing fee for each candidate was 2% of a council member’s salary that came to $296.32. Since I am the publisher, owner of this website I will take a hiatus while being a candidate. In the meantime I will be posting city issues on [...]
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Monday, December 14, 2009
Councilman Dave Trinkle announced today he will run for reelection to a Roanoke City council seat. He will seek nomination for one of three seats in the March 2 Democratic primary. Dr. Trinkle who is a geriatric psychiatrist for Carilion hospitals ran as an independent along with Gwen Mason and Alfred Dowe, Jr. four years [...]
Friday, December 11, 2009
THURSDAY NIGHT TWEETS BELOW – At the Roanoke City Democratic Committee reorganization Thursday night the rules were passed out with an attachment. The attachment had a list of “suggested” members who should be voted into the committee. The new Democratic chair is Roanoke Commonwealth Attorney, Don Caldwell. The districts were reduced from eleven to six [...]
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
In a press release from Freda Morton, Fluvanna County Republican candidate for the 5th District Congressional nomination: “Six out of seven of the Republican candidates for the nomination for the U. S. House of Representatives from Virginia’s 5th Congressional District have notified unit chairs throughout the district that they prefer having that nomination made at [...]
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