Monthly Archive for October, 2009

Published by Waldo Jaquith on October 31, 2009 in In Brief. 31 Comments

Published by Waldo Jaquith on October 31, 2009 in In Brief. 1 Comment

Bryan McKenzie, seeking reaction to Rep. Perriello’s move towards supporting the health care reform bill, interviews only Perriello’s political opponents. Get this: they oppose his move. #

Published by Waldo Jaquith on October 31, 2009 in Business. 23 Comments

As many people forecast, the USPS intends to scale back significantly their new processing facility on Airport Road, Bryan McKenzie writes in the Progress, moving that work to a newer facility in Richmond. The postal service announced in August that they’d be conducting a study on the topic, with the results due to have been announced a month ago. ( The Richmond facility opened in September, after the possibility of consolidation was mentioned; the notion that they would build the facility without first deciding what was to be done with it strains credulity.) They say that the study results support consolidation, but they’re not saying how many of the 181 jobs will be eliminated. That will presumably come out at the November 18 public hearing that they plan to hold.

What I haven’t yet seen addressed is what this will mean for our mail. Will all of our outgoing mail have to go through Richmond?

Published by Waldo Jaquith on October 30, 2009 in Government, Meta News and Politics. 1 Comment

Three months after breaking the story that coal lobbyists forged letters to Rep. Tom Perriello, Brian McNeill headed up to Washington D.C. to cover a congressional hearing investigating the scandal. He was sent up to cover the story for the Daily Progress; Media General sent him up, rather than using somebody from the media conglomerate’s D.C. bureau. It’s a small thing, sending a correspondent two and a half hours north, but by sending the guy familiar with the story, they’re going to get better coverage. That’s good for the Progress, and that’s good for Media General affiliates around the country who are also following the story.

Published by Waldo Jaquith on October 30, 2009 in In Brief. 8 Comments