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• Delegate Scott Lingamfelter: Just another big-government Republican.

  —I'm Surrounded By Idiots

  From today’s Richmond Times-Dispatch:

  Del. L. Scott Lingamfelter is getting in on the fight over the flying of the American flag.

  The Prince William County Republican plans to submit a bill for next year’s General Assembly session that would require homeowners associations to allow combat veterans decorated for valor to fly [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 4:36am EST
  by Timothy Watson

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• Christmas on the 1500 block of Grove Avenue

  —The Richmonder

  Every year in Richmond a group of neighbors on the 1500 block of Grove Avenue decorate their homes to draw attention to, and ask for support for, the Central Virginia Foodbank.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: December 13, 2009, 9:29pm EST
  

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• Richmond's storm water fees a job killer?

  —Tertium Quids

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  Richmond businesses have been getting bills from the city for storm water run-off. But in some cases, the bills are so large, companies may have to lay-off workers in order to pay the fees.The power to tax is the power to destroy, and make no mistake, this "utility fee" is [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 8:58am EST
  by Norman Leahy

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• Charter Schools, New Buildings And Other Panaceas (Part II)

  —James River Maven

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  Well Mayor Jones proposed it, the School Board accepted it, the City Council approved it and the Richmond Times Dispatch gave it its blessing. The “it” I am referring to is the plan to spend $175 million of our money to build a new high school, a new middle school, [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 10:50pm EST
  by Bert Berlin

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• Christmas at Maymont Park

  —The Richmonder

  Here are some photos from last Saturday at Richmond's Maymont Park. Daylight tours of the Maymont House decorated for a Victorian Christmas are still available. Tickets for Maymont by Moonlight have apparently sold out, though a waiting list is available.
  
  
  
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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 7:35pm EST
  

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• David Englin: Virginia GOP To "Demonstrate Right-Wing Chops" For "Tea Party Crowd?"

  —Blue Virginia

  Good for Del. David Englin (D-45) for making the following point:
  ...while attempts to thwart the federal government are a perennial effort in Richmond, the General Assembly will be weighted with more anti-Washington Republicans next session than in previous years.
  
  Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell ran on a [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 12:26pm EST
  

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• McDonnell Makes More Appointments

  —Virginia Virtucon

  Bill Bolling – Chief Jobs Creation Officer Bob Sledd – Secretary of Commerce and Trade Janet Polarek – Secretary of the Commonwealth Full Press Release For Immediate Release: December 10, 2009 McDonnell Announces Additional Appointments to Administration Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling to Serve in Cabinet as Chief Jobs Creation Officer RICHMOND- Virginia Governor-elect Bob McDonnell announced additional [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 11:46am EST
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• McDonnell taps Bolling Sledd and Polarek

  —The Shad Plank

  Here's the release click below for their bio's. Gov.elect Bob McDonnell announced that Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling will serve in his Cabinet as Virginia’s Chief Jobs Creation Officer. He appointed noted Richmond-area businessman Robert Sledd as Secretary of Commerce and Trade. Finally, he named longtime senior staff member, Janet Polarek,' [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 11:32am EST
  by Kimball Payne

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• McDonnell to fillout more top economic advisor posts...

  —The Shad Plank

  Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell will take the stage in Richmond in about an hour to continue filling out the vacant seats in his administration. Last week, McDonnell named a handful of longtime state employees to top advisory roles, garnering a significant amount of praise for keeping Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's Secretary [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 10:03am EST
  by Kimball Payne

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• Flying Squirrels Finally Get Their Due

  —Green Miles

  Arlington has a thriving population of flying squirrels, with an extremely popular meet the squirrels program at Long Branch Nature Center.
  
  Now Richmond's new minor league baseball team is paying tribute to the local rodents, with the Flying Squirrels slated to begin play next season. Thanks to [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 7:14am EST
  

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• Charter Schools, New Buildings And Other Panaceas (Part I)

  —James River Maven

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  Yesterday, in its lead story the Richmond Times Dispatch revealed that Virginia “gets F on charter schools in report.” I know that Monday is a slow news day but, come on, is this the most important event that took place in the world over the weekend? It wasn’t until I [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 10:43pm EST
  by Bert Berlin

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• 1990 Flashback: Mondo Softball

  —SLANTblog

  
  
  The video promo above ran on local television in 1990. The voice heard is that of Gayle Carson (now Hudert). She was my girlfriend at the time. The article below, by Paul Woody, which appeared in Richmond's then-afternoon daily's sports section, was about the cable TV show [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 1:27pm EST
  

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• Richmond pleads for federal rail money

  —Tertium Quids

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  A group of civic "leaders" plead with the feds to spend billions more on high speed rail. The litany is familiar:Such train service would reduce congestion, aid economic development, create jobs and cut pollution, said Daniel L. Plaugher of Virginians for High Speed Rail.Except reality just doesn't work that way.' [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 12:36pm EST
  by Norman Leahy

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• A loss for Loudoun County Republicans

  —Virginia Virtucon

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  Glen Caroline has announced that he will not run for re election as Chairman of Loudoun County republicans. Glen has been excellent chair whose efforts were recently recognized at the Republican party Advance in Richmond when he was awarded Unit Chairman of the year. Glen was the best of 135 [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 8:02pm EST
  by lovettsvillelady

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• Quaint Myths About Local Elections Busted By Historical Facts

  —blueweeds

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  Falls Church City changed its local elections in 1973 from June to May in response to an administrative change made in Richmond.  Moving local elections was done by city council ordinance, not by public referendum, and it did not result in partisan elections or the extension of any [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 10:34am EST
  by Mike@Blueweeds

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• Fan Tacky Flashback

  —SLANTblog

  Fan Tacky Walk to Happy Hour, No. 1
  
  Since everybody in the publishing game in Richmond recycles their Tacky Lights Tour articles each holiday season, here's a flashback to a four-year-old SLANTblog post. It still works. Bogart's has moved. The rest of it works for [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 1:36pm EST
  

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• New GRTC Facility Coming to Southside

  —Virginia Intelligent Transportation Systems

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  Mayor Dwight Jones and Council President Kathy Graziano tour the new GRTC facility on E. Belt Boulevard. GRTC Transit System is moving from the Fan District of Richmond, where it has been for more than 100 years. GRTC Transit System’s new state-of-the-art Corporate Headquarters/Bus Maintenance Facility will open Monday, December [...]

  Posted: December 06, 2009, 9:42pm EST
  by Jon Sorensen - ITS Engineer

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• Williamsburg's 75th Grand Illumination

  —SWAC Girl

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  The 2009 Republican Party of Virginia Advance is over but we are still in Williamsburg enjoying the colonial sights and feel of an earlier time when the pace of life was a bit slower.
  
  Growing up in the Richmond area made it easy for us to often drive to [...]

  Posted: December 06, 2009, 8:30pm EST
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• Eric E: Jukebox of Americana

  —SLANTblog

  Eric E. Stanley, known as "Eric E" to his fans and "Rick" to some of his friends, died six years ago. The year before Rick died I wrote this profile of him for FiftyPlus, a local magazine. After his death Richmond.com reprinted it.
  
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 7:02am EST
  

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• MoH Recipient Has Flagpole Issues

  —United Conservatives

  WWII MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER FACES SUIT OVER HIS FLAG-FLYING
  By Zinie Chen Sampson The Associated Press
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  A 90-year-old Army veteran who won the Medal of Honor during World War II is battling his neighborhood association for what he says is his right to fly the American flag from [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 6:18pm EST
  

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• McDonnell Announces First Appointments to Administration

  —On The Right

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  McDonnell Announces First Appointments to Administration Martin Kent, Chief Deputy Attorney General of Virginia, to Serve as Chief of Staff RICHMOND- Virginia Governor-elect Bob McDonnell announced the first appointments in his incoming gubernatorial administration today during a late morning press conference at the State Capitol. McDonnell named two longtime senior staff members in [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 4:42pm EST
  by Garrett Watson

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• McDonnell taps top advisors - keeps on Kaine's finance guru...

  —The Shad Plank

  Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell tapped top administration staffers on Thursday, naming a handful of close advisors including Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's finance chief Ric Brown. McDonnell, who handily won the governor's race, is starting to put in place the building blocks for the first Republican administration in Richmond since Gov. Jim [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 12:32pm EST
  by Kimball Payne

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• McDonnell Announces First Appointments to Administration

  —Virginia Virtucon

  McDonnell Announces First Appointments to Administration Martin Kent, Chief Deputy Attorney General of Virginia, to Serve as Chief of Staff RICHMOND- Virginia Governor-elect Bob McDonnell announced the first appointments in his incoming gubernatorial administration today during a late morning press conference at the State Capitol. McDonnell named two longtime senior [...][...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 11:46am EST
  by Timothy Watson

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• I must admit I’m conflicted here.

  —I'm Surrounded By Idiots

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  For two days the Richmond Times-Dispatch has run stories about a battle in Henrico County between a homeowners association (HOA) and a Medal of Honor recipient regarding the veteran’s flagpole (today’s story here).

  Now, if this was a state or local government prohibiting the flying of a flag (or the [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 10:25am EST
  by Timothy Watson

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• McDonnell to announce staff

  —Pilot on Politics

  At a scheduled Thursday morning news conference in Richmond, Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell is expected to tap two of his lieutenants from the Virginia Attorney General's Office to serve in key administration posts. [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 4:38pm EST
  

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• Raising an American flag on a free standing pole isn’t “aethetically pleasing”

  —Smash Mouth Politics

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  Henrico County, Virginia: Low-life pond scum on the board of directors of Sussex Square homeowners’ association are forcing a Medal of  Honor winner to tear down a free standing flag pole in his own yard.  From the Richmond Times Dispatch: ” The decorated veteran of three wars, now 90 years old, raises the [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 11:33am EST
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• New criteria to be set for Virginia War Memorial

  —The Richmonder

  Through an Associated Press report in the Richmond Times Dispatch we learn that the governing board of the Virginia War Memorial is considering new criteria for the inclusion of a service member's name on the memorial.
  
  Previously, in order to be included on the monument, [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 8:35am EST
  

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• ACORN's team

  —Fishersville Mike

  
  The Richmond Flying Squirrels have their new logos out.I like the Richmond one. ACORN likes the acorn one.We'll see how members of the San Francisco Giants like being called Squirrels. Then again, they could be members of the Montgomery Biscuits.
  
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 6:23am EST
  

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• Health care reform critics at the Capitol

  —Pilot on Politics

  Proposed legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system is "not just monstrous," according to John Kwapisz, "it's a monstrosity." Kwapisz, an attorney and anti-illegal immigration crusader, was among a roster of conservative activists and physicians who decried Democrats' health care reform efforts at a late Tuesday morning news conference in Richmond. ' [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 7:18pm EST
  

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• COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD RECEIVES PROPOSALS TO ADDRESS $851.5 MILLION IN TRANSPORTATION REVENUE REDUCTIONS

  —Virginia Intelligent Transportation Systems

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  The Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB), the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) continued grappling with reductions in available transportation funding at today’s CTB meeting in Richmond.
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 6:12pm EST
  by Jon Sorensen - ITS Engineer

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