Given the Progress record of hilariously goofy endorsements [1, 2], let’s all steel ourselves for this year’s round. I’m calling it now: Warner and McCain. #
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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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I stopped reading endorsement editorials over a decade ago becuase they only state which campaign slogans they agree with and I already know which slogans I agree with. It would be different if I learned something new about a candidate.
A weeek ago they ran an editorial
http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/tv_debate_was_needed/29197/
taking Virgil Goode to task for skipping out on his televised debate. So who knows?
David Sewell, thanks for the link. “It would have been the only opportunity for voters in a wide audience to have seen incumbent Congressman Goode and challenger Tom Perriello square off against each other.” What a childish skewing of the political process. This is not a football game where you swill some beer and whoop and holler. The voters deserve a forum where issues are debated sanely and in depth.
“Two non-televised debates have been held in Danville and Charlottesville, and another is anticipated.
But a televised debate would have reached vastly more voters who deserve to see and hear the two men in action. ” What do they want, a striptease? Podcasts serve me well.
Mr. Perriello’s staff agreed initially to schedule a debate between Mr. Goode and him on the Schilling Show, but they later backed out. Instead, Mr. Goode and Mr. Perriello appeared on his show separately. I got to hear all I needed to hear by listening to both shows. I assume that Mr. Goode didn’t want to debate Mr. Perriello in what he perceives as Perriello territory and Mr. Perriello didn’t want to debate in what he perceives as Goode territory. Who, other than apparently the DP, says that candidates must avail themselves to any and every media outlet that makes a request? I repeat my initial post.
I’m curious, who was supposed to moderate the NBC29-sponsored debate?
Why would Goode want to debate? As a matter of fact the
debates are nothing but dog and pony shows. Nothing new ever
comes out of debates (if that is what you want to call them)
and watching them is a waste of time. Charlottesville and
Albemarle will support Perriello and the rest of the district,
which lives in the real world, will elect Goode for another
term.
Jogger,
Before you make that claim, you might want to actually
listen to the debates between Perriello and Goode…
It isn’t so much that new information is presented, but rather
it is instantly clear that Goode is completely out of touch with reality. There have even been suggestions that during some of the debates, Goode went so far off the deep end that people that came with holding his signs or wearing his buttons started lowering them or taking them off. Listening to the debates, I can imagine that happening. After all his years, you’d think Goode could at least show a basic level of understanding of foreign policy, instead he seriously claims the way to end the war in Iraq is to drill in ANWR…
I suspect that this was why he was reluctant to debate Perriello on television. Each time he debates, Goodes poll numbers slide among those witnessing the debate.