According to the Virginia State Board of Elections site, McCain is leading the primary by a fairly unbeatable amount. At this moment, 84.34% of precincts are reporting and McCain is leading 49.86% to Huckabee’s 41.37%. Sorry, but I think this is done. Update: FoxNews.com is headlining this one as “McCain Tops Huckabee… Barely.” I don’t [...]
Ice is starting to form pretty quickly on lesser-used roads in eastern Loudoun and I just heard of about 5 cars having accidents on a bridge near the house. Bridges are freezing pretty damn fast so keep your eyes open. I’m from the mid-west, folks, so I know how to drive in pretty bad weather. [...]
Oh, dear: A prostitution complaint in Leesburg led to the arrest of a man and a woman who are in the country illegally from Mexico, Leesburg Police Department spokesman Lt. Jeff Dube said.An informant let police know about the possible prostitution ring less than 30 days ago, and detectives started investigating the complaint. On Feb. [...]
Well, let’s see. Revenues in Loudoun County are generated on a per-dollar-of-property-value basis, property values have declined since last year, and (like clockwork) the school superintendent says he needs millions more in his budget. What’s that sound like? Like tax rates are going up. Color me surprised. Setting a budget is no fun, not for [...]
There was no visible evidence at my polling place this morning that a GOP primary was even underway. Outside the school where I vote there were 2 signs indicating this was a polling place and only 2 spots where there were any political signs at all. Both places there were signs looked just like this [...]
Her name was Millie and she mattered to me more than she knew. You see, I never managed to meet her, living as far away from each other as we did. But she had a daughter who grew up and – long story short – married a brother of mine. Whether I’d met her or [...]
