This morning was a little different for me, owing to an event I’m attending tonight. I didn’t head to the computer as soon as I fired up the coffee maker, and that’s why I missed the news this morning of an 8.8 scale earthquake in Chile early this morning. I believe that’s stronger than the [...]
Bearing Drift has a terrific guest post up by Duront Walton, Executive Director of the Virginia Telecommunications Industry Association. Mr. Walton addresses an ongoing attempt to keep a Tim Kaine-proposed tax hike on phone services in Virginia (an increase in the tax collected for 911 call center funding, specifically) to funnel funds into a non-related [...]
You won’t see that on NBC!
Candace Strother is a strong supporter of Virginians’ 2nd Amendment rights. You likely knew that if you know her at all. But did you know she was a competition pistol marksman and appeared in an ad for local gun range Blue Ridge Arsenal? Come out and cast your vote for Candace Strother for LCRC Chairman [...]
Candace Strother, candidate for the Chairman of the LCRC, addressed the Committee at their 23 Feb 2010 meeting. The LCRC Party Canvass is a week from this Saturday, to be held 6 March 2010 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at Belmont Ridge Middle School. See the LCRC web site for details. I’ve written about [...]
IN the last couple of days a case has been reported wherein a Philadelphia school district is being sued by the family of one of its students for allegedly violating the privacy of the family in their home. The school district issues laptop computers to some of the students yet neglected to advise the families [...]
It’s from 2007 but this 20/20 segment by John Stossel on the link between more stringent gun control laws and higher crime rates is just as timely today.
Interesting article by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) over at Newsweek: Imagine your family’s finances if you spent and borrowed like Washington: you’d owe $60 in credit-card loans for every $100 of income. Every month you’d pay back a little but borrow even more. In 10 years, you’d owe $87 for every $100 you made. At [...]
Earlier this week Candace Strother addressed the folks at the Leisure World Republican Club. Since I know there will be folks interested in this Chairman’s race that won’t get the chance to come to the meeting on Tuesday, 23 Feb, to hear Candace speak I thought it might be a good thing to post this [...]
I just downloaded the WordPress On The Go app from the Blackberry App World and I’m giving it a go. Keep the fingers crossed.
