Posted by Brent Finnegan on November 3rd, 2009
Rockingham County went for the straight Republican ticket. No surprises there. After all, the county overwhelmingly voted for Gilmore over Warner last November.
But how did the city go so Republican? As John Elledge put it, “Obama’s Stone Spring precinct gives Lohr 63-37.” Remember this? What happened? Your best guesses below . . .
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The Arts Council of the Valley First Fridays Downtown for this month is Friday, September 3, 5 – 7pm. Scheduled events are listed in the following press release: Arts Council of the Valley, Smith House, 311 S. Main St. Michael Hough, Sculpture, Sarah Byrd, Book Signing, and Kimmon Waldruff, Acoustic Sets Arts Council of the Valley [...]
Fairfield Center’s Harrisonburg Summits series continues with a evening focusing on creating connections between local college students and the community at the Harrisonburg Student-Citizen Summit. The free event is scheduled from 3:30- 9:00 pm on Tuesday, September 21st, and will convene at Memorial Hall (Entrance B), the former Harrisonburg High school at James Madison University. [...]
Three Rockingham County preservation groups are warning the Board of Supervisors of the potentially hazardous effects of unregulated drilling in Bergton. State mining officials will not require emergency management plans for a proposed Marcellus Shale natural gas well near Bergton in Rockingham County despite growing reports of explosions and other accidents at similar wells in [...]
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I don’t think $38K is exceptionally high coming out of a four year college.
Most any Chemistry or Physics major is going to be making more than that. I’m not sure about “life sciences”. Probably depends a lot if you are the traditional kind studying live/dead animals ( large scale ) or the newer ones dealing on a DNA level. Business majors? Vastly overpaid. English majors? Majority are teachers anyway. And most people non-teachers are working more way than 200 days for their salary.
Joe,
You were a failure at running a small city. You control exactly nothing. Don’t be a sore loser.
xoxo,
eso
Joe, to be accurate, the F16s in Virginia are Air Reserve resources…Langley is the first completely deployed wing of F22s.
“And most people non-teachers are working more way than 200 days for their salary.”
failure at making a sentence.
There has to be a name for the ability to respond earnestly to being mocked.