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economy INSIDE ... Kaine aiming for more of the same By Chris Graham/AFP His campaign staff termed it a major policy announcement, but the rollout of the first installment of Tim Kaine's economic agenda last week came across as being something that was more than vaguely familiar. "We need to continue the successful management reforms of this administration," said Kaine, the state's lieutenant governor and the Democratic Party's presumptive gubernatorial nominee, in a conference call with reporters ... IN FOCUS: Valley turns out for derby classic By Chris Graham/AFP Kylie Miller had her strategy all mapped out. "Just to do well and do what my dad told me to do," said Miller, who competed in her third Blue Ridge Classic Soap Box Derby in Waynesboro on Saturday. Miller was one of 128 youngsters competing for one of five slots in the All-American Soap Box Derby that were up for grabs in the 12th annual River City competition. NOTES FROM THE PRESS: Politics-season news and notes By Chris Graham/AFP A television ad paid for by the Republican Governors Association accuses presumptive Democratic Party gubernatorial nominee Tim Kaine of raising taxes as Richmond's mayor - and warns Virginia taxpayers that they had "better hang onto" their wallets. The Kaine campaign retorted by pointing out that the co-chairs of the RGA ... EYE ON VIRGINIA: Deeds lays out AG agenda By Chris Graham/AFP Creigh Deeds isn't all that much interested in talking politics. The Bath County state senator is focused squarely on November - no matter who it is that ends up getting the Republican Party attorney-general nomination. "Let those other guys nominate a candidate, and you'll see the differences," said Deeds, the presumptive Democratic Party attorney-general nominee ... FACT OR FICTION: Will streetscape work be a benefit to Waynesboro? By Chris Graham/AFP Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it. In the case of downtown Waynesboro, it involves the closing off of one lane of travel in the heart of the central-business district for seven to nine weeks and the constant sound of jackhammers as work begins this morning on a $525,000 project to improve the West Main streetscape. THE AGENDA: Augusta County Board of Supervisors meeting By Chris Graham/AFP The Augusta County Board of Supervisors will meet today at 1:30 p.m. at the Augusta County Government Center in Verona. The public is invited and encouraged to attend. The agenda for the meeting includes ... THE AGENDA: Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors meeting By Chris Graham/AFP The Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors will meet tonight at 7 p.m. in the Rockbridge County Administration Building in Lexington. The public is invited and encouraged to attend. The agenda for the meeting includes ... THE AGENDA: Waynesboro City Council meeting tonight By Chris Graham/AFP Waynesboro City Council will meet tonight at 7 p.m. in the council chambers in the Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building. The public is invited and encouraged to attend. The agenda for tonight's meeting includes ... ON THE BEAT: From the WSVA newsroom ... By Karl Magenhofer and Heather Fellin Dems nominate Blubaugh in 15th More cuts at Merck Bank applies for Rockingham location
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Whine time In a speech last week, President Vicente Fox praised the dedication of Mexicans working in the United States, saying they're willing to take jobs that "even blacks" won't do. Of course, this prompted the opportunistic, rabidly radical racist reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton to find the nearest TV camera to opine (whine). Even the State Department immediately scurried to join Jesse and Al in describing the statement as "very insensitive and inappropriate." To most U.S. citizens, Jesse's and Al's protestation is the usual adulterated folly. Even the archbishop of Mexico City stated, "The declaration had nothing to do with racism. It is a reality in the United States that anyone can prove." I'd hate to think of the mayhem that would result at the behest of Jesse and Al if, say, the leader of an Asian country were to praise the dedication of Asians in our country who tend to apply themselves as better students than blacks - and whites. I would hope that Jesse and Al, rather than saturate the airwaves with their usual damnatory rhetoric, just ask a white dude his advice on solving this racial problem that they both share. His advice? Probably to study harder or shut up. - Armond Simmons, Pell City, Ala. The views expressed by op-ed writers do not necessarily reflect those of management of The Augusta Free Press.
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