Sunday, May 19, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli and family after accepting the Republican nomination for governor.
PUBLIC HEARING ON
ROANOKE CITY COUNCIL
PAY RAISES
May 20, 2013, at 7:00 p.m.
in Council Chambers, 4th Floor
Noel C. Taylor Municipal Building
215 Church Avenue, S.W.
and at its regular meeting on
June 3, 2013, at 2:00 p.m.
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Live Streaming of Ken Cuccinelli
Acceptance Speech at the
Republican State Convention
Saturday, 10:30 a.m.
Speech streamed live CLICK HERE
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Well I’ve had about as much of this “holier than thou” and “stir the pot” Times tingling columnist and editorial board prophesizing, soap boxing, pot-stirring, rancor on Roanoke City Council’s pay raise. The Times is boardering on morphing into The Daily Show with Dan Casey and Hardball with all the editorial board members screaming at [...]
Monday, May 13, 2013
SALEM – Delegate Greg Habeeb (R-Salem) announced Monday that he has received the Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s ‘Advocate in Legal Reform Award’ for his efforts in improving Virginia’s legal system during the 2013 General Assembly. Habeeb also received an “A” grade from the Chamber for his voting record during the session. “The Legislative Report Card [...]
Monday, May 13, 2013
All the media scrutiny led Councilman Ray Ferris to frustration saying that “all this discussion [on pay raises] has made us look like buffoons.” Roanoke City Council puts off pay raise vote until June 3 at 2:00 p.m. council meeting. Councilman Dave Trinkle proposed an 8% to 10% raise versus 15% (Mayor) and 28% (Council) [...]
Saturday, May 11, 2013
UPDATE: Monday 5/13, 9:20 a.m. - Tomorrow morning 9:30 a.m. at Roanoke County Administration Building a drawing will take place to break the 389-389 tie between Mike Bailey and Al Bedrosian for the Republican nomination in the Hollins Magisterial district. Each candidate’s name will be written on five markers that would otherwise be identical. The ten [...]
Friday, May 10, 2013
This doesn’t make sense you say? Admittedly it means nothing at the moment but give me a minute and I’ll try to explain it per Tom Clarke, CEO of Kissito Healthcare Inc., a nonprofit and what little I could glean from Councilman and Doctor David Trinkle owner of Fork in City and other well-known “Forks.” [...]
Friday, May 10, 2013
It’s possible Roanoke City will know in June whether the state will pay half of the cost for replacing the culvert to support the weight of the passenger train, said Senator John Edwards. When the Commonwealth Transportation Board meets in June they will make the decision to help Roanoke City by paying $3 million dollars [...]
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Monday night, about 75 people came to the Roanoke County Administration Building to hear from the four candidates running as Republicans for two seats on the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors. The two candidates for the Hollins district are Mike Bailey and Al Bedrosian. The two candidates for the Windsor Hills district are RoxAnne Christley [...]
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli unveiled his Economic Growth and Virginia Jobs Plan Tuesday. The plan is designed to make Virginia more attractive to job creators and allow middle class workers to keep more of their hard-earned pay. The plan will reduce the size and scope of state government he said. The goals are three-fold: “Make [...]
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Heavy rain didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of 150 McAuliffe supporters Tuesday morning as gubernatorial hopeful Terry McAuliffe made his first stump speech at The Wallace Agency, an advertising and marketing company in Roanoke’s Industrial Park. Jobs and the economy was McAuliffe’s theme. He flaunted his message of bipartisanship saying he would welcome bipartisan support in [...]
Monday, May 6, 2013
For a moment Monday morning it looked like council was going to give themselves a 48 percent raise. At least that is what Councilman Bill Bestpitch was aiming for until other council members stopped him in his tracks. All new city employees after July 1 will be enrolled in a Health Saving Plan with the [...]
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Over 200 people filled the Holiday Inn at Tanglewood Friday night to honor area citizens who have contributed more than what was expected of them by helping others. “Believe-Achieve-Succeed,” was the theme of this year’s program. Guest Speaker Judge Laura Blackburne, a retired New York State Supreme Court Justice said the “Believing is not as [...]
Thursday, May 2, 2013
“It’s time to solve the issue of Visa reform,” said U. S. Senator Tim Kaine at the Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday. Highly skilled talent is needed for unfilled high-tech jobs in the U.S. Forcing highly skilled educated college graduates back to their country of origin after graduation is the wrong thing to [...]
