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font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; font-style: normal;">sclark@vedp.org</a>  </p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; color: #000000; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"><p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 28px; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-weight: bold;'>Virginia Companies Expand into Global Markets through Commonwealth’s Trade Accelerator Program</span></p></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; color: #000000; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-weight: bold; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'>RICHMOND, VA –</span><span style='color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span>Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that 16 companies across the Commonwealth have graduated from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership’s (VEDP) Virginia Leaders in Export Trade (VALET) program and 13 companies have joined the two-year program. VALET, which now has 391 graduated companies, assists Virginia exporters that have firmly established domestic operations and are committed to international exporting as a growth strategy. </p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;">“International trade is a pillar of the Commonwealth’s economy, and the VALET program provides invaluable resources to guide Virginia businesses seeking growth into the global marketplace,” <span style="font-weight: bold;">said Governor Glenn Youngkin.</span> “We congratulate these companies that have grown their domestic sales and are taking the next steps toward international expansion, advancing Virginia’s economic growth in diverse regions of the Commonwealth.” </p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;">“The VALET program has facilitated access to global markets for businesses of any size or sector over the past two decades, helping nearly 400 Virginia companies successfully expand their international sales,”<span style="font-weight: bold;"> said Secretary of Commerce and Trade Caren Merrick. </span>“This award-winning program can be transformational as a growth strategy and provides long-term economic benefits for these businesses and the Commonwealth as a whole.” </p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;">The graduating companies are: </p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (Fairfax County) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>Alacran Consulting (Montgomery County) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>ANRA Technologies (Fairfax County) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>Atlantic Research Group (Albemarle County) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>Axxor N.A. LLC (Pittsylvania County) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>Babylon Micro-Farms (City of Richmond) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>Black Dog Salvage (City of Roanoke) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>Bloomaker USA Inc. (Augusta County) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>Elgin Separation Solutions (Tazewell County) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>NAG Marine (City of Norfolk) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>QualiChem (City of Salem) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>RangeForce (Prince William County) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>River Front Services (Fairfax County) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>SimIS, Inc. (City of Portsmouth) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>SteelMaster Buildings (City of Virginia Beach) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>The Virginia Beer Company (York County) </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;">VALET is a two-year international business acceleration program that provides participating companies with international sales plan development services, assistance from a team of experienced international service providers, international business meetings with potential partners, educational events, and customized market research. There are currently 49 companies participating in the VALET program and 441 Virginia companies have been accepted to participate in the program since its inception in 2002. </p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;">The companies joining the VALET program include: </p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>Afton Scientific Corporation (Albemarle County) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>AQ Transformer Solutions (Wythe County) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>BluePrint Automation (Chesterfield County) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>Damon Company (City of Salem) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>DataXstream, LLC (James City County) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>DZYNE Technologies (Fairfax County) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>Fabritek Company, Inc. (City of Winchester) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>Learning Tree International (Fairfax County) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>Parsons Government Services (Fairfax County) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>Regulus Global (City of Virginia Beach) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>Universal Fibers (Washington County) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>Vibrent Health (Fairfax County) </li></ul> <p class="indent--1" style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li>Yupo Corporation (City of Chesapeake) </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;">“When Virginia companies succeed overseas, it further cements the Commonwealth’s position as a key player in the global marketplace and underscores the value of VEDP’s world-class VALET program,” <span style="font-weight: bold;">said Jason El Koubi, VEDP President and CEO.</span> “We are excited to see the outcomes that these Virginia businesses will achieve—including substantial trade-supported job creation in Virginia—as a result of their participation in the program.” </p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;">Virginia exports over $51 billion in goods and services annually. 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font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; color: #000000; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"><div> <div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style='font-size: 29px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;'>Commonwealth of Virginia</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style='font-size: 24px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>Office of Governor Glenn Youngkin</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style='font-size: 24px; color: rgb(11, 11, 11); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'></span></div> </div></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; color: #000000; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: </span><span style='font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: normal;'>November 10, </span><span style='font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'>2023</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>CONTACTS: </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'></span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Office of the Governor</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'>Contact: Macaulay Porter</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'>Email: </span><a href="mailto:macaulay.porter@governor.virginia.gov" target="_blank" style='font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;'>Macaulay.Porter@governor.virginia.gov</a></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; color: #000000; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"><p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold;'>Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Additional Administration and Board Appointments</span></p></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; color: #000000; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>RICHMOND, VA </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'>– Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced additional key administration and board appointments.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>ADMINISTRATION APPOINTMENTS</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'>  </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><br></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>ADMINISTRATION</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Gillian Richmond</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'>, </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>Special Assistant</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Jona Roka</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'>, </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>Special Assistant</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>BOARD APPOINTMENTS</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>ADMINISTRATION</span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>CYBERSECURITY PLANNING COMMITTEE</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Charles Huntley </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Middlesex County, Director of Technology, County of Essex</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>COMMERCE AND TRADE</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>BROADBAND ADVISORY COUNCIL</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Jimmy Carr</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Richmond, Chief Executive Officer, All Points Broadband</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Christian R. Goodwin</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Mineral, County Administrator, Louisa County</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Ray LaMura</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Richmond, President, VCTA – Broadband Association of Virginia</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Casey Logan</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Boydton, COO, Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative and EMPOWER Broadband</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Steven Sandy</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Vinton, Assistant County Administrator, Franklin County</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Richard Schollmann </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Henrico,</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>Executive Director, Virginia Broadband Industry Association</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>COMMONWEALTH</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>VIRGINIA AFRICAN AMERICAN ADVISORY BOARD</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Monica Hall</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Chesterfield, E-Commerce Director, Lincare Holding, Inc.</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>VIRGINIA ASIAN ADVISORY BOARD</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Minesh Patel </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Powhatan, President, Owner, and Founder, Ram’s of Virginia, Inc. and Shiv Traders, Inc. </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>VIRGINIA INDIAN ADVISORY BOARD</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Chief Walt Red Hawk Brown</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Southampton County, Chief, Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe of Southampton County Virginia</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Brandon G. Thundercloud Custalow </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of West Point, Tribal Council Member, Mattaponi Indian Tribe and Reservation</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>VIRGINIA LATINO ADVISORY BOARD</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Roberto Jose Coquis</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Falls Church, Deputy Director, Human Resources, Barbaricum</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Eduardo Gil</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Falls Church, Director, Capdesvilas Advisors</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>VIRGINIA LGBTQ+ ADVISORY BOARD</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Teri Crawford Brown RNC, MSN,</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Tazewell County, CEO/President, Blackberry Winter</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Carson Cox </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Richmond, Associate Attorney, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Jeffrey Hoeflich-Nickels </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Roanoke County, owner, i77 Strategies, LLC</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>COMPACT </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>LEGISLATIVE ADVISORY COUNCIL TO THE SOUTHERN REGIONAL EDUCATION BOARD</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>The Honorable Mike Cherry</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Colonial Heights, Member, House of Delegate, 66th District</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>DESIGNATED </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>STATE REHABILITATION ADVISORY COUNCIL</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Becky Alwood </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Midlothian, Occupational Therapist, Sheltering Arms Institute</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;'> </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Heidi Lawyer </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Glen Allen, Curriculum Support Specialist, Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC)</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Brandy Schantz</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Alexandria, CEO, Schantz Group</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>STATE REHABILITATION COUNCIL FOR THE BLIND AND VISION IMPAIRED </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Jennifer Sellers, MAED </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Harrisonburg, community volunteer</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>EDUCATION</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Steve Ahn</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Damascus, Science Teacher, Washington County Schools</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>BOARD OF VISITORS OF THE VIRGINIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Carolyn Berry </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Charlottesville, Participant Coordinator, Independence Resource Center</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>J.H. Cline, Jr.,</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Staunton, retired teacher and coach, Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>BOARD OF VISITORS OF VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>General Dennis Via, Ret</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>. of McLean, Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Arrow Brooks</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Bristol, student</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Sarah Byman</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Virginia Beach, student</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Elizabeth Cobb</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Henrico, student</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'></span></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Rafael Ibanez</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Crozet, student</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Yordanose Moges</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Fairfax County, student</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Preston Riddle </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Halifax County, student</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Lance Toapanta </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Salem,</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>student</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Abubakkar Rahim </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Stafford,</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>student</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>VIRGINIA AMERICAN REVOLUTION 250 COMMISSION</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Gloria Marrero Chambers </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of McLean, Community Volunteer</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>ADVISORY BOARD ON BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Mark Llobell </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Virginia Beach, Founder and CEO, Virginia Autism Foundation</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>ADVISORY BOARD ON POLYSOMNOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Ronnie Hayes </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Richmond, Polysomnographic Technologist, VCU Health</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Hannah Tyler</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Chester, Polysomnography Technologist, VCU Health</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN FUND AUTHOIRTY </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Monique Ford</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Fredericksburg, CPA/Owner, Monique Valentine Ford, CPA</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Dr. Tyler Pieron </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Fluvanna County, Board of Directors, Cominghomewell.org</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>BOARD OF LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Lynn Hall Campbell</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Richmond and Gloucester, Regional Practice Administrator, Bon Secours/Mercy Health</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Dr. Latonya Dickerson Hughes </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Hampton, Assistant Dean, Hampton University</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>BOARD OF OPTOMETRY </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Corliss V. Booker, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Chester, Nurse Practitioner, Nursing Education Resources</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'>  </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Dr. Shawn H. Hobbs</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Richmond, Optometrist, Commonwealth Eye Care Associates</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>BOARD OF PHARMACY </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Michelle E. 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Bureau, PT, DPT </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Winchester, Associate Professor, Director of Clinical Education, Division of Physical Therapy, Shenandoah University</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Srilekha Palle </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Fairfax, visiting fellow, Independent Women’s Forum</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;'> </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES REVIEW PANEL</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Nupur Bal</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Manakin Sabot, Shareholder/Attorney, Bowen Ten Long & Bal, PC</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Christian Paasch</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Alexandria, Executive Committee Chair, Virginia Chapter, National Parents Organization</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>OFFICE OF NEW AMERICANS ADVISORY BOARD</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Karina Martich, PhD, </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Richmond, President, Berakah Inc.</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Daniel Villar </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Henrico, Director for the Office of Ethnic Ministries, Catholic Diocese of Richmond</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Dr. Zarmina Yusufi, MD, </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Fredericksburg, Internal Medicine Specialist, Stafford Hospital </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>RARE DISEASE COUNCIL</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Gwen Traficant, Vice-Chair,</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Fairfax County, community volunteer, caregiver</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>VIRGINIA BOARD FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Adrian Frierson </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Mechanicsville, Director of Transportation, Hanover County Public Schools</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>VIRGINIA HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Craig Connors </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Toano, Senior Director of Payor Relations, Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>LABOR</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>SAFETY AND HEALTH CODES BOARD</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Audrey Janosik </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Richmond, Manager, Medical Program & Regulatory Compliance, Altria Client Services</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>LEGISLATIVE</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>BROWN V. 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Inman</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Newport News, Vice President for Student Success and Enrollment Management, Hampton University</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Geneda Kearney </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Chesterfield County, Academic Coach, Walden University</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Cameron Patterson </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; 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font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; color: #000000; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: </span><span style='font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'>September 29, 2023</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>CONTACTS: </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'></span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Office of the Governor</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'>Contact: Macaulay Porter</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'>Email: </span><a href="mailto:macaulay.porter@governor.virginia.gov" target="_blank" style='font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;'>Macaulay.Porter@governor.virginia.gov</a></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; color: #000000; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"><p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold;'>Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Additional Administration and Board Appointments</span></p></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; color: #000000; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>RICHMOND, VA </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'>– Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced additional key administration and board appointments.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> ADMINISTRATION APPOINTMENTS</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR</span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Nicole Butler</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'>,</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Gillian “Gigi” Aiken</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'>, </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>Confidential Special Assistant</span> </li></ul> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><br></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>LABOR</span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Carrie Roth</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'>, </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>Director, Department of Workforce Development and Advancement</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>The Honorable Kathy Byron</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'>, </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>Deputy Director for External Affairs, Department of Workforce Development and Advancement</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Demetrios “Mitch” Melis</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'>,</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> Commissioner, Virginia Employment Commission</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Kishore Thota</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'>, </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>Director, Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>NATURAL AND HISTORIC RESOURCES</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>The Honorable John Cosgrove</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'>, </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>Deputy Commissioner, Virginia Marine Resources Commission</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>BOARD APPOINTMENTS</span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><br></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY</span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>CHARITABLE GAMING BOARD</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>The Honorable Dirksen Compton </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Pulaski County, Member, Board of Supervisors-Draper District, Pulaski County</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Anthony C. Williams</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;'> </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Petersburg, City Attorney, City of Petersburg</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>MILK COMMISSION</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Kevin Craun </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Bridgewater, Owner and Manager, Hillview Farm, Inc.</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Robert Watters </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Great Falls, Managing Partner, The Madison Group LLC</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>VIRGINIA BOARD OF FORESTRY</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Andrew Brown</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;'> </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Appomattox, Environmental Manager, Weyerhaeuser</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>William Godwin </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Franklin, Forester, Franklin Lumber, LLC</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Scott Shallenberger </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Concord, Area Procurement Manager, WestRock</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>WINE BOARD</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Kerem Baki </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Purcellville, Owner and Winemaker, Hillsborough Winery, Brewery, and Vineyard</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>AUTHORITY</span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>VIRGINIA SOLAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND ENERGY STORAGE AUTHORITY</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Robert Birdsey </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Richmond, Managing Director, Green Front Energy</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>COMMERCE AND TRADE</span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>VIRGINIA SMALL BUSINESS FINANCING AUTHORITY</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Vanitha Khera</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Mclean, Executive Director, Khera Charitable Fund</span> </li></ul> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>COMMONWEALTH</span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>VIRGINIA ASIAN ADVISORY BOARD</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Tony O. Yeh </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Vienna, Real Estate Broker, United Realty, Inc.</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'>   </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>COMPACT</span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>WASHINGTON METRORAIL SAFETY COMMISSION</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Jennifer DeBruhl </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Hanover, Director, Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>EDUCATION</span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Leslie Sanchez </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Alexandria, Founder and CEO, Impacto Group Media</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>April Hamby Crabtree</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Abingdon, Small Business Owner and Educator</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Loren Brueggen </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Alexandria, Principal, Metropolitan Consulting</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Emily Franklin </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Virginia Beach, Creative Designer, Emily Franklin Designs</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Dr. Pamela Royal </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Richmond, President, Royal Dermatology</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Christina Shin </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of McLean</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'>, </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>Managing Partner, Rowe Weinstein & Sohn, PLLC</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>BOARD OF VISITORS OF JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Jeff Bolander </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of McGaheysville, Lieutenant Colonel, US Marine Corps (retired)</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>VIRGINIA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Vanessa Thaxton-Ward, Ph.D., </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Hampton, Director, Hampton University Museum</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>FINANCE</span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>ADVISORY COUNCIL ON REVENUE ESTIMATES</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Shane McCullar </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Alexandria, CEO and Operating Principle, KW Metro Center</span> </li></ul> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES</span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>ADVISORY BOARD ON SERVICE AND VOLUNTEERISM</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Jason Ascher </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Arlington, Political Director, Mid-Atlantic Pipe Trades Association</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Shane Roberts-Thomas </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Richmond, Co-owner, Morse Group Corporation (DBA Southern Kitchen)</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Elizabeth L. Schultz </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Richmond, Assistant State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Virginia Department of Education</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>BOARD OF DENTISTRY</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>J. Michael Martinez de Andino </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Henrico, Senior Counsel (Retired), Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Jennifer Szakaly, JD, DDS,</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Isle of Wight County, Isle of Wight Family and Cosmetic Dentistry, PC (DBA Isle Dentistry) </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>RENAL DISEASE COUNCIL</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Dr. Stephen Anderson </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Forest, Owner and Pharmacist, Halifax Pharmacy</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Jennifer Jones </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Chesterfield, Resilience Practitioner,</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;'> </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>J.L. Jones Consulting, L.L.C., Executive Board of Directors, American Association of Kidney Patients</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Dr. Kinjal R. Patel </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Lorton, Physician, Virginia Nephrology Group</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Anthony Reed </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Stuarts Draft, CEO, Kidney Trails</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>STATE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Dr. Rebecca Branch-Griffin </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Chesterfield County, Retired Director of Health/Counseling Services, Virginia State University</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Brian Frankel </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Fredericksburg, Deputy Chief of EMS, Stafford County Fire and Rescue Department</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Robert E. Lipscomb, Jr., </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Lynchburg, Retired Deputy Fire Chief, Lynchburg Fire Department</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Beth Matish</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Henrico County, CEO, Johnston Willis Hospital.</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Dr. Patrick McLaughlin </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Midlothian, Physician, VCU Health</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Matthew Rickman</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Roanoke, Deputy Chief, City of Salem Fire-EMS Department</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Torie Smith </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Palmer Springs, Flight Nurse, Duke Life Flight</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>R. Bruce Stratton</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Concord, Life Member & Hall of Fame Recipient, Virginia Association of Volunteer Rescue Squads Inc.</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>STATE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FOR CHILDREN’S SERVICES </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Melvin Roy</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Washington, D.C., Founder and CEO, Foster-U</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;'> </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>LABOR</span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>BOARD FOR ARCHITECTS, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, LAND SURVEYORS, CERTIFIED INTERIOR DESIGNERS, AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>The Honorable Susan P. Dibble </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Glen Allen, Member, Board of Supervisors- South Anna District, Hanover County</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>BOARD FOR ASBESTOS, LEAD, AND HOME INSPECTORS</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Tripp Costen </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Henrico, President, Costen Floors</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Robert Shackford </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Mechanicsville, Vice President, Paramount Builders, Inc.</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL SOIL SCIENTISTS, WETLAND PROFESSIONALS, AND GEOLOGISTS</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Justin T. Brown</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Glen Allen, Environmental Scientist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers </span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>BOARD FOR WATERWORKS AND WASTEWATER WORKS OPERATORS AND ONSITE SEWAGE SYSTEM PROFESSIONALS</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Erica Duncan </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Hanover, Assistant Division Director, Henrico County</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Caleb Taylor </span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'>of Christiansburg, Executive Director, NRV Regional Water Authority</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITY BOARD</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'></span></p> <ul><li> <span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;'>Deborah Mancoll Casey</span><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;'> of Virginia Beach, Attorney, Principle and Vice Chair, Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black PLC</span> </li></ul> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; 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Shepperd, Jr.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">York County Supervisor, District 5</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hm:  (757) 858-8591</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mb:  (757) 903-1875</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Email address: Shepperd@yorkcounty.gov</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Email address:  TGShep@cox.net</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;">	</p> <p style="margin: 0;">		</p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--articleHeading text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; 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font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>It has been a while since my last report. My only excuse is that as Chairman of the York County Board of Supervisors during an election year I’ve been busier than ever. At the end of 2023, I will have completed 22 years as the Supervisor for District 5. It is an honor and privilege to serve the citizens of York County. I look forward to four more years of helping citizens address the issues we will face as the County grows and prospers. York County is wonderful place to live, play, raise a family, and do business. I want to ensure we keep it that way.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Residents and homeowner associations are encouraged to share the Report with others in their communities.  Comments and questions are always welcome*</span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--heading layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: center; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #373737; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="center" valign="top"><h1 style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif; color: #333333; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 18px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;'>Road Projects</span></h1></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--article text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="line-height: 1; text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #403F42; font-size: 16px; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic;'>Victory Blvd. and Route 17 across from Walmart</span><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Most of the street construction in and around the intersection is due to the agreement the developer Harper's Station made with the County in order to build a 157 unit assisted living and memory care facility. At this point, all the turn lanes into and out of the facility and the Walmart shopping center are complete. The additional left turn lane at the traffic light on Victory Blvd. and Rt. 17 heading westbound will soon be finished. VDOT will complete the modifications to the traffic light very soon, which will end the road construction for now.  However, the addition of a westerly lane to Victory Blvd. between Hwy. 17 and Hampton Hwy. will start in a year or two.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic;'>Yorktown Road</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Harrison Lear, the developer of Smith Farms, has yet to provide the County Staff with plans for the sidewalk that will connect Tabb High School to Mount Vernon Elementary School.  The off-site plans also include the addition of a right turn lane at the intersections of Victory Boulevard in front of Fire Station #2 and a right turn lane at the intersection of Yorktown Road and Hampton Highway.  The next phase of Smith Farms (Phase 2B, the 75</span><sup style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>th</sup><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>house) will not be approved until the offsite construction is approved by the County.  Recently, the developer has been working on the path that runs in front of the subdivision.  There is no set date for completion of the offsite work. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic;'>Wythe Creek Road Widening</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Construction of this $61 million project was supposed to begin back in early 2020. However, funding and supply chain issues caused multiple delays.  I’m now glad to report that VDOT is hoping to get the project rolling in the next couple of months.  The project includes the building of a new elevated causeway over Brick Kiln Creek that flows between the City of Hampton and the City of Poquoson.  The engineering and right of way acquisitions are complete.  All VDOT needs to do now is identify the project contractor.  When the project is finished, there will be a new traffic light at the intersection of Wythe Creek Road and Carys Chapel Road.  The light will have signalized turning that will make it much easier to get to and from NASA, Langley AFB and the City of Hampton. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel (HRBT)</span><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>The HRBT is the largest and most expensive civil construction project in Virginia’s history.  The $70 million tunnel boring machine is named Betty.  Betty is now at work and has dug approximately 1,000 feet of tunnel heading westbound.  The tunnel length one way is approximately 7,500 feet and Betty digs on average about 50 feet per day. Once Betty completes the current tunnel, it will be turned around to start the second tunnel. When finished, Betty will have dug 2.8 miles of tunnel to a depth of 150 feet under the Roads. The Roads is the body of water between the cities of Norfolk and Hampton. The total distance from shore to shore across the Roads including the trestles, is approximately 3.5 miles. The taxpayers of Hampton Roads are paying 92% of the total cost of the project through sales and gas taxes. The planned completion date for the tunnel is 2026.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Hampton Road I-64 Expansion Segment 4C</span><span style='font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'></span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Road construction along I-64 in the City of Hampton is making it tough to cross the water to the cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach and back again. The construction is one of many parts of the Hampton Roads Express Lane project that extends all the way to Bowers Hill in Chesapeake. Segment 4C of the project runs from LaSalle Avenue to Settlers Landing. The project will include the construction of one Express Lane and the conversion of one general purpose lane into an Express Lane. It will also include replacing two bridges, the widening of three bridges, and the building of noise walls, tolling gantries, and overhead signage. This $408 million project will be completed and opened for traffic in 2026.</span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #373737; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"><p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;'>Development Projects</span></p></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #373737; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>HRSD Tabb Pressure Reducing Station (PRS)& Offline Storage Facility </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>The contractor for this project will receive an order to proceed in December 2023. Construction should start between February and March of 2024. HRSD and the County are working on a letter of agreement to stipulate commitments for building the facility. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>HRSD is still committed to building only one storage tank. The original estimated cost of the facility was around $18 million for 2 tanks. The estimated cost is now around $33 million for one tank. The site for the facility is opposite the power lines from Tabb High School and Fire Station #2.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>The PRS & storage facility will consist of a 2,500 square foot building and a 2.3-million-gallon storage tank that is 130 feet wide by 35 feet tall. The facility will be nearly 500 feet from the nearest home in the Holly Meade neighborhood. HRSD will use approximately 5 acres of the 26-acre site and make the remaining property available to the County for use as a park. HSRD will create trails throughout the park per the County’s design. Also, HSRD will build a concrete parking pad near Fire Station #2 per the requirements of the Virginia Department of Transportation Smart Scale program that will eventually be part of Victory Boulevard highway improvements. The Smart Scale program will be part of the funding source for a multi-use trail that runs along Victory Boulevard to the City of Poquoson.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Celestial Way Subdivision</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>This is a proposed 43 detached home neighborhood planned for the wooded area between Lotz Acre Estate 2 subdivision off Victory Boulevard and the Running Man neighborhood. Planning for Celestial Way continues to run into significant engineering and environmental issues, as the County expected it might. Currently, the plan is stuck in limbo until the issues with VDOT and the Army Corps of Engineers are resolved. There is no projected date for approval of the site plan.</span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #373737; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"><p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;'>County Budget</span></p></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #373737; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-weight: bold;'>Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Budget</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>The current fiscal year began July 1, 2023, and will end on June 30, 2024. At any given time, the County Staff is working with three fiscal year budgets: last year’s budget, the current budget, and planning for the next budget.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>The Board of Supervisors approved the Fiscal Year 2024 General Fund Budget of approximately $175 million back in May 2023. General Property Taxes and Local Taxes make up 85.5% of the total revenue. </span><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-decoration: underline;'>The Real Estate tax rate was reduced one cent from $0.78 to $0.77 and the Personal Property Tax rate was reduced by ten cents to $3.90. </span><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>These taxes are the lowest for any full-service government on the Peninsula.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>The County’s single largest expense is $73.5 million. This pays for our Education and Educational Services i.e., schools and public libraries. Public Safety at $48 million is the second largest budget expense. The big-ticket items in Public Safety are Fire and Life Safety (fire trucks, ambulances, fire fighters, etc.), law enforcement (our Sheriff’s Department) and our Emergency Communication 911 Center that now includes the cities of Poquoson, Williamsburg and the counties of James City County and York County. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>The General Fund Expenditures are $8.8 million or 5.3% higher than the previous budget. The Supervisors approved a $2.35 million increase to the School Division’s operating budget. Also, the Supervisors increased County employee compensation by 5% plus an additional $750 for all full-time employees. This equates to an increase of approximately 5.4% to 7.5%.</span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #373737; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"><p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;'>Tourism</span></p></td> </tr> </table> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #373737; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Cruise Line Coming to Yorktown</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Princess Cruises is planning to visit Yorktown next year. In December of last year, I received an overview briefing from the cruise line concerning their plans for ship visits. Since then, I have received lots of comments, letters, and emails about the pros and cons of the visit. In July of this year, I was invited by the President of Princess Cruises to tour one of their mid-size ships docked at the City of Norfolk pier. The purpose of the tour was to develop a better understanding of ship operations from top to bottom and a better understanding of how a large cruise ship might impact Historic Yorktown and the County in general. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Here are some of the things I’ve learned about the Princes Cruise Line visit:</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="font-size: 15px;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>There will be three cruise visits in 2024. The ships, which carry up to 2,200 passengers, will anchor about 1.5 miles off Yorktown beach east of the Gloucester Yacht Club. The anchorage was approved by the Coast Guard. </span></li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="font-size: 15px;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>When a Princess Cruise ship enters a port area, i.e., Hampton Roads, all flow ports are sealed to prevent accidental spillage and the ship’s stacks are monitored and recorded for pollution control. The company has an extensive material recycling and food digester system that tracks and records all waste produced by the ship.</span></li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="font-size: 15px;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>The ships will not pass through the bridge. Passengers who wish to visit Historic Yorktown, Jamestown, or Colonial Williamsburg will be ferried to and from one of the piers in Historic Yorktown. The tenders can carry approximately 100 passengers each. The tender to ship operations will be done at a measured pace so that only one tender will dock at a time.</span></li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="font-size: 15px;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>The cruise line estimates that about 1,000 passengers will come ashore. Of that number, two thirds will take bus tours and one third will remain in Historic Yorktown to see the town and visit the national park.</span></li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="font-size: 15px;"> <span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Visits by the cruise line will not take place during significant events in Yorktown such as the 4</span><sup style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>th</sup><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> of July or Yorktown Day Celebration (October 19</span><sup style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>th</sup><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>), nor will they occur on weekends. Considering that between 3,000 to 4,000 visitors recently parked their cars and attended a Thursday evening concert event on the waterfront, the area should easily accommodate the ship visitors.</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'><span class="ql-cursor"></span></span></p> <ul><li style="font-size: 15px;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>On the day of the visit, the cruise liner will arrive early in the morning and depart the area around 5 or 6 p.m. The passengers will learn about American history, spend money in our shops and restaurants, and then depart.</span></li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>It is important to understand that York County has no regulatory authority over the ship’s visit. The County does have a say in who can and can’t dock at the piers. However, prohibiting docking operations of one type of vehicle may result in a prohibition against all docking operations.</span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #373737; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"><p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: underline; font-style: italic;'>Public Safety Updates: Crime & Punishment</span></p></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #373737; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Krystyn Reid, Commonwealth Attorney</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 16px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>One case of particular interest involved a homicide of a juvenile in the Upper end of York County in December 2020. The offender was also a juvenile at the time of the crime. The matter was set for a jury trial but, prior to the jury being seated, the defendant pled guilty to First Degree Murder and Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony. A Pre-Sentence Investigative Report was filed, and the Court sentenced the defendant on the Murder charge to 99 years of incarceration with 77 years suspended and to 3 years of incarceration on the firearm charge. The defendant, who is now an adult, will serve 25 years in prison and be on supervised probation after his release.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Another case recently concluded involved a double family homicide in the Edgehill neighborhood in the Spring of 2020. There was a delayed report of the deaths after concerned neighbors alerted law enforcement that the decedents were in the family swimming pool. The defendant pled guilty to two counts of First-Degree Murder and was sentenced to two life terms with all but 20 five years suspended on each charge for an active sentence of 50yearsincarceration followed by supervised probation. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>York County is a wonderfully safe neighborhood thanks to our Sheriff’s Office and vigilant citizens. We continue to ask all citizens to lock their cars, be wary of phone scams and if you see something - say something. It is those behaviors that make us safe and will keep us safe!</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 16px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic;'>Sheriff Ron Montgomery, York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Shots fired in Kiln Creek!</span><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> Three young adults, two males and one female, are charged with committing multiple crimes in the shooting incident near the basketball court in Kiln Creek. The incident is expected to be gang related. Approximately 25 shots were fired from a car at people playing on the court. Thankfully no one was hit. Using the Flock camera system, the license plate of the car was recorded and eventually traced to a nearby city. Two of the three people in the car are under arrest and charged with: (1) Committing a felony, (2) Shooting from a vehicle, (3) Shooting across a road, (4) Reckless handling of a gun, and (4) Shooting in a public space. They are being held in the County jail. The third suspect, an 18-year-old male, is still on the loose. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Several hundred Flock cameras are placed throughout many of the municipalities in Hampton Roads. When a vehicle is associated with a crime, law enforcement annotates the situation, and the Flock systems will notify law enforcement of the vehicle’s presence and continue tracking the vehicle as it travels around the area. Importantly, the Flock system will notify the originating law enforcement agency of the vehicle sighting.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Village Tobacco.</span><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-decoration: underline; font-style: italic;'> </span><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>The store was hit by shoplifters multiple times. However, this last time the Sheriff’s Office was able to arrest the shoplifter. This is considered an isolated incident.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Gang Murder.</span><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> Earlier this year a woman’s body was found by a jogger along the Old Williamsburg Road near the Colonial Parkway. The Sheriff’s Department responded and found multiple bullet casings near the body. The victim was identified through finger printing. Through video, witness statements, the Flock camera system, cell phone technology and expert in-house investigation capability, four people in Richmond were arrested and charged with murder. This crime was a gang related revenge killing.  </span><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-decoration: underline;'>It is important to note that neither the victim nor the criminals where from York County.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>This case highlights the outstanding talent within the Sheriff’s Department. Our citizens want top notch law enforcement, and they are getting it. The funds we spend on training, leading-edge technology, and personnel is well worth the cost. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Larceny from Vehicles.</span><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> Surprisingly, larceny from vehicles has declined over the past few months. There have been no house break-ins to report. The waterproof membrane that covers the upper deck of the parking garage in Historic Yorktown was damaged by drivers spinning car tires around the center light poles. The membrane helps to protect the structural integrity of the garage and the vehicles park on the ground floor. The County will be shutting down the upper deck for repairs. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Human Trafficking</span><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-decoration: underline; font-style: italic;'>.</span><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> The York County Sheriff’s Office is the first local law enforcement agency to successfully initiate, investigate, and participate in a human trafficking case in Hampton case. A concerned citizen reported to the Sheriff’s Office seeing young children and women apparently living on the site of the Magnolia Cleaning Services business on Penniman Road in the upper part of York County. A federal task force, in which personnel from the Sheriff’s Office participated, took over the case. The investigation found that as many as 125 women and young girls between the ages of 14 and 25 were provide with false documents and mismatched social security numbers. The four defendants associated with the crime were arrested and pled guilty to human trafficking. They received sentences ranging between 30 to 57 months. They also had to pay restitution to the victims and a forfeiture of $3.9 million.</span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #373737; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;'>School Stuff from Dr. Shandor, York County School Superintendent</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #373737; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'>School Security Officers</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'>This year, we are adding staff to our middle school and high school teams to support overall campus security. This new role, the school security officer (SSO), supplement the School Resource Officers (SROs) provided by the York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office. High schools will have two security officers, while middle schools will have one. The school security officers will be responsible for ensuring the safety and security of all students, faculty, staff, and visitors within their assigned schools. Specifically, their responsibilities include preventing incidents, investigating student violations of school board policies, and intervening in cases where students violate the law or school policies on school premises or during school-related events. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'>Care Solace</span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'>The York County School Division prioritizes proving safe, welcoming, and caring environments in which all students and staff have a sense of belonging and purpose. To support that commitment, the division has partnered with Care Solace to provide an additional layer of support for our community.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'>With Care Solace, families and staff gain access to a dedicated Care Companion 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Care companions identify local providers and find the right fit and availability of care for our families. Care Solace is now available for use for you and your family at no cost. To learn more about how you can connect with Care Solace, speak with your school’s counseling office, or school nurse.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;'>Two-Way Messaging for Families and Students.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'>YCSD is working to make communication between school and home even easier with the new Reach two-way messaging system. Blackboard Reach works within the YCSD Mobile App and lets you have a two-way conversation with teachers, coaches, and club sponsors in a secure, protected environment. Teachers can create conversations to provide upcoming due dates, share assignment instructions, and provide feedback on classwork. Students and families can reply directly to the teacher with only the teacher seeing the reply. To learn more, visit our Stay Connected page.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'>Bus Transportation</span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'>Returning students will not need to complete a new form for the 2023-24 school year if the student rode the bus last year. These students will be rolled over based on last year’s information. The only families who need to register for bus transportation are: </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'><span class="ql-cursor"></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 15px;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'>Students new to the division who will ride the bus (completed during registration)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 15px;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'>Returning students who did NOT ride a bus last year</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'>To register a child who has not previously used YCSD bus transportation, please contact your school’s main office. Bus route information will be published the week of August 21. 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Shepperd, Jr.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">York County Supervisor, District 5</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hm:  (757) 858-8591</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mb:  (757) 903-1875</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Email address: Shepperd@yorkcounty.gov</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Email address:  TGShep@cox.net</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;">	</p> <p style="margin: 0;">		</p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--articleHeading text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; 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font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; word-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;">Subscribe for District 5 Report and Crime Watch Updates</a> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #373737; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Dear Neighbors,</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>It has been a while since my last report. My only excuse is that as Chairman of the York County Board of Supervisors during an election year I’ve been busier than ever. At the end of 2023, I will have completed 22 years as the Supervisor for District 5. It is an honor and privilege to serve the citizens of York County. I look forward to four more years of helping citizens address the issues we will face as the County grows and prospers. York County is wonderful place to live, play, raise a family, and do business. I want to ensure we keep it that way.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Residents and homeowner associations are encouraged to share the Report with others in their communities.  Comments and questions are always welcome*</span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--heading layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: center; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #373737; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="center" valign="top"><h1 style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif; color: #333333; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 18px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;'>Road Projects</span></h1></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--article text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="line-height: 1; text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #403F42; font-size: 16px; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic;'>Victory Blvd. and Route 17 across from Walmart</span><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Most of the street construction in and around the intersection is due to the agreement the developer Harper's Station made with the County in order to build a 157 unit assisted living and memory care facility. At this point, all the turn lanes into and out of the facility and the Walmart shopping center are complete. The additional left turn lane at the traffic light on Victory Blvd. and Rt. 17 heading westbound will soon be finished. VDOT will complete the modifications to the traffic light very soon, which will end the road construction for now.  However, the addition of a westerly lane to Victory Blvd. between Hwy. 17 and Hampton Hwy. will start in a year or two.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic;'>Yorktown Road</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Harrison Lear, the developer of Smith Farms, has yet to provide the County Staff with plans for the sidewalk that will connect Tabb High School to Mount Vernon Elementary School.  The off-site plans also include the addition of a right turn lane at the intersections of Victory Boulevard in front of Fire Station #2 and a right turn lane at the intersection of Yorktown Road and Hampton Highway.  The next phase of Smith Farms (Phase 2B, the 75</span><sup style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>th</sup><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>house) will not be approved until the offsite construction is approved by the County.  Recently, the developer has been working on the path that runs in front of the subdivision.  There is no set date for completion of the offsite work. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic;'>Wythe Creek Road Widening</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Construction of this $61 million project was supposed to begin back in early 2020. However, funding and supply chain issues caused multiple delays.  I’m now glad to report that VDOT is hoping to get the project rolling in the next couple of months.  The project includes the building of a new elevated causeway over Brick Kiln Creek that flows between the City of Hampton and the City of Poquoson.  The engineering and right of way acquisitions are complete.  All VDOT needs to do now is identify the project contractor.  When the project is finished, there will be a new traffic light at the intersection of Wythe Creek Road and Carys Chapel Road.  The light will have signalized turning that will make it much easier to get to and from NASA, Langley AFB and the City of Hampton. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel (HRBT)</span><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>The HRBT is the largest and most expensive civil construction project in Virginia’s history.  The $70 million tunnel boring machine is named Betty.  Betty is now at work and has dug approximately 1,000 feet of tunnel heading westbound.  The tunnel length one way is approximately 7,500 feet and Betty digs on average about 50 feet per day. Once Betty completes the current tunnel, it will be turned around to start the second tunnel. When finished, Betty will have dug 2.8 miles of tunnel to a depth of 150 feet under the Roads. The Roads is the body of water between the cities of Norfolk and Hampton. The total distance from shore to shore across the Roads including the trestles, is approximately 3.5 miles. The taxpayers of Hampton Roads are paying 92% of the total cost of the project through sales and gas taxes. The planned completion date for the tunnel is 2026.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Hampton Road I-64 Expansion Segment 4C</span><span style='font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'></span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Road construction along I-64 in the City of Hampton is making it tough to cross the water to the cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach and back again. The construction is one of many parts of the Hampton Roads Express Lane project that extends all the way to Bowers Hill in Chesapeake. Segment 4C of the project runs from LaSalle Avenue to Settlers Landing. The project will include the construction of one Express Lane and the conversion of one general purpose lane into an Express Lane. It will also include replacing two bridges, the widening of three bridges, and the building of noise walls, tolling gantries, and overhead signage. This $408 million project will be completed and opened for traffic in 2026.</span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #373737; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"><p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;'>Development Projects</span></p></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #373737; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>HRSD Tabb Pressure Reducing Station (PRS)& Offline Storage Facility </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>The contractor for this project will receive an order to proceed in December 2023. Construction should start between February and March of 2024. HRSD and the County are working on a letter of agreement to stipulate commitments for building the facility. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>HRSD is still committed to building only one storage tank. The original estimated cost of the facility was around $18 million for 2 tanks. The estimated cost is now around $33 million for one tank. The site for the facility is opposite the power lines from Tabb High School and Fire Station #2.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>The PRS & storage facility will consist of a 2,500 square foot building and a 2.3-million-gallon storage tank that is 130 feet wide by 35 feet tall. The facility will be nearly 500 feet from the nearest home in the Holly Meade neighborhood. HRSD will use approximately 5 acres of the 26-acre site and make the remaining property available to the County for use as a park. HSRD will create trails throughout the park per the County’s design. Also, HSRD will build a concrete parking pad near Fire Station #2 per the requirements of the Virginia Department of Transportation Smart Scale program that will eventually be part of Victory Boulevard highway improvements. The Smart Scale program will be part of the funding source for a multi-use trail that runs along Victory Boulevard to the City of Poquoson.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Celestial Way Subdivision</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>This is a proposed 43 detached home neighborhood planned for the wooded area between Lotz Acre Estate 2 subdivision off Victory Boulevard and the Running Man neighborhood. Planning for Celestial Way continues to run into significant engineering and environmental issues, as the County expected it might. Currently, the plan is stuck in limbo until the issues with VDOT and the Army Corps of Engineers are resolved. There is no projected date for approval of the site plan.</span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #373737; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"><p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;'>County Budget</span></p></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #373737; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-weight: bold;'>Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Budget</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>The current fiscal year began July 1, 2023, and will end on June 30, 2024. At any given time, the County Staff is working with three fiscal year budgets: last year’s budget, the current budget, and planning for the next budget.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>The Board of Supervisors approved the Fiscal Year 2024 General Fund Budget of approximately $175 million back in May 2023. General Property Taxes and Local Taxes make up 85.5% of the total revenue. </span><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-decoration: underline;'>The Real Estate tax rate was reduced one cent from $0.78 to $0.77 and the Personal Property Tax rate was reduced by ten cents to $3.90. </span><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>These taxes are the lowest for any full-service government on the Peninsula.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>The County’s single largest expense is $73.5 million. This pays for our Education and Educational Services i.e., schools and public libraries. Public Safety at $48 million is the second largest budget expense. The big-ticket items in Public Safety are Fire and Life Safety (fire trucks, ambulances, fire fighters, etc.), law enforcement (our Sheriff’s Department) and our Emergency Communication 911 Center that now includes the cities of Poquoson, Williamsburg and the counties of James City County and York County. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>The General Fund Expenditures are $8.8 million or 5.3% higher than the previous budget. The Supervisors approved a $2.35 million increase to the School Division’s operating budget. Also, the Supervisors increased County employee compensation by 5% plus an additional $750 for all full-time employees. This equates to an increase of approximately 5.4% to 7.5%.</span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #373737; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"><p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;'>Tourism</span></p></td> </tr> </table> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #373737; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Cruise Line Coming to Yorktown</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Princess Cruises is planning to visit Yorktown next year. In December of last year, I received an overview briefing from the cruise line concerning their plans for ship visits. Since then, I have received lots of comments, letters, and emails about the pros and cons of the visit. In July of this year, I was invited by the President of Princess Cruises to tour one of their mid-size ships docked at the City of Norfolk pier. The purpose of the tour was to develop a better understanding of ship operations from top to bottom and a better understanding of how a large cruise ship might impact Historic Yorktown and the County in general. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Here are some of the things I’ve learned about the Princes Cruise Line visit:</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="font-size: 15px;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>There will be three cruise visits in 2024. The ships, which carry up to 2,200 passengers, will anchor about 1.5 miles off Yorktown beach east of the Gloucester Yacht Club. The anchorage was approved by the Coast Guard. </span></li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="font-size: 15px;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>When a Princess Cruise ship enters a port area, i.e., Hampton Roads, all flow ports are sealed to prevent accidental spillage and the ship’s stacks are monitored and recorded for pollution control. The company has an extensive material recycling and food digester system that tracks and records all waste produced by the ship.</span></li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="font-size: 15px;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>The ships will not pass through the bridge. Passengers who wish to visit Historic Yorktown, Jamestown, or Colonial Williamsburg will be ferried to and from one of the piers in Historic Yorktown. The tenders can carry approximately 100 passengers each. The tender to ship operations will be done at a measured pace so that only one tender will dock at a time.</span></li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="font-size: 15px;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>The cruise line estimates that about 1,000 passengers will come ashore. Of that number, two thirds will take bus tours and one third will remain in Historic Yorktown to see the town and visit the national park.</span></li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <ul><li style="font-size: 15px;"> <span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Visits by the cruise line will not take place during significant events in Yorktown such as the 4</span><sup style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>th</sup><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> of July or Yorktown Day Celebration (October 19</span><sup style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>th</sup><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>), nor will they occur on weekends. Considering that between 3,000 to 4,000 visitors recently parked their cars and attended a Thursday evening concert event on the waterfront, the area should easily accommodate the ship visitors.</span> </li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'><span class="ql-cursor"></span></span></p> <ul><li style="font-size: 15px;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>On the day of the visit, the cruise liner will arrive early in the morning and depart the area around 5 or 6 p.m. The passengers will learn about American history, spend money in our shops and restaurants, and then depart.</span></li></ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>It is important to understand that York County has no regulatory authority over the ship’s visit. The County does have a say in who can and can’t dock at the piers. However, prohibiting docking operations of one type of vehicle may result in a prohibition against all docking operations.</span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #373737; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"><p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: underline; font-style: italic;'>Public Safety Updates: Crime & Punishment</span></p></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #373737; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Krystyn Reid, Commonwealth Attorney</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 16px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>One case of particular interest involved a homicide of a juvenile in the Upper end of York County in December 2020. The offender was also a juvenile at the time of the crime. The matter was set for a jury trial but, prior to the jury being seated, the defendant pled guilty to First Degree Murder and Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony. A Pre-Sentence Investigative Report was filed, and the Court sentenced the defendant on the Murder charge to 99 years of incarceration with 77 years suspended and to 3 years of incarceration on the firearm charge. The defendant, who is now an adult, will serve 25 years in prison and be on supervised probation after his release.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Another case recently concluded involved a double family homicide in the Edgehill neighborhood in the Spring of 2020. There was a delayed report of the deaths after concerned neighbors alerted law enforcement that the decedents were in the family swimming pool. The defendant pled guilty to two counts of First-Degree Murder and was sentenced to two life terms with all but 20 five years suspended on each charge for an active sentence of 50yearsincarceration followed by supervised probation. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>York County is a wonderfully safe neighborhood thanks to our Sheriff’s Office and vigilant citizens. We continue to ask all citizens to lock their cars, be wary of phone scams and if you see something - say something. It is those behaviors that make us safe and will keep us safe!</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 16px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic;'>Sheriff Ron Montgomery, York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Shots fired in Kiln Creek!</span><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> Three young adults, two males and one female, are charged with committing multiple crimes in the shooting incident near the basketball court in Kiln Creek. The incident is expected to be gang related. Approximately 25 shots were fired from a car at people playing on the court. Thankfully no one was hit. Using the Flock camera system, the license plate of the car was recorded and eventually traced to a nearby city. Two of the three people in the car are under arrest and charged with: (1) Committing a felony, (2) Shooting from a vehicle, (3) Shooting across a road, (4) Reckless handling of a gun, and (4) Shooting in a public space. They are being held in the County jail. The third suspect, an 18-year-old male, is still on the loose. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Several hundred Flock cameras are placed throughout many of the municipalities in Hampton Roads. When a vehicle is associated with a crime, law enforcement annotates the situation, and the Flock systems will notify law enforcement of the vehicle’s presence and continue tracking the vehicle as it travels around the area. Importantly, the Flock system will notify the originating law enforcement agency of the vehicle sighting.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Village Tobacco.</span><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-decoration: underline; font-style: italic;'> </span><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>The store was hit by shoplifters multiple times. However, this last time the Sheriff’s Office was able to arrest the shoplifter. This is considered an isolated incident.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Gang Murder.</span><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> Earlier this year a woman’s body was found by a jogger along the Old Williamsburg Road near the Colonial Parkway. The Sheriff’s Department responded and found multiple bullet casings near the body. The victim was identified through finger printing. Through video, witness statements, the Flock camera system, cell phone technology and expert in-house investigation capability, four people in Richmond were arrested and charged with murder. This crime was a gang related revenge killing.  </span><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-decoration: underline;'>It is important to note that neither the victim nor the criminals where from York County.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>This case highlights the outstanding talent within the Sheriff’s Department. Our citizens want top notch law enforcement, and they are getting it. The funds we spend on training, leading-edge technology, and personnel is well worth the cost. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Larceny from Vehicles.</span><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> Surprisingly, larceny from vehicles has declined over the past few months. There have been no house break-ins to report. The waterproof membrane that covers the upper deck of the parking garage in Historic Yorktown was damaged by drivers spinning car tires around the center light poles. The membrane helps to protect the structural integrity of the garage and the vehicles park on the ground floor. The County will be shutting down the upper deck for repairs. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'>Human Trafficking</span><span style='font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-decoration: underline; font-style: italic;'>.</span><span style='font-size: 15px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;'> The York County Sheriff’s Office is the first local law enforcement agency to successfully initiate, investigate, and participate in a human trafficking case in Hampton case. A concerned citizen reported to the Sheriff’s Office seeing young children and women apparently living on the site of the Magnolia Cleaning Services business on Penniman Road in the upper part of York County. A federal task force, in which personnel from the Sheriff’s Office participated, took over the case. The investigation found that as many as 125 women and young girls between the ages of 14 and 25 were provide with false documents and mismatched social security numbers. The four defendants associated with the crime were arrested and pled guilty to human trafficking. They received sentences ranging between 30 to 57 months. They also had to pay restitution to the victims and a forfeiture of $3.9 million.</span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #373737; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;'>School Stuff from Dr. Shandor, York County School Superintendent</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #373737; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'>School Security Officers</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'>This year, we are adding staff to our middle school and high school teams to support overall campus security. This new role, the school security officer (SSO), supplement the School Resource Officers (SROs) provided by the York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office. High schools will have two security officers, while middle schools will have one. The school security officers will be responsible for ensuring the safety and security of all students, faculty, staff, and visitors within their assigned schools. Specifically, their responsibilities include preventing incidents, investigating student violations of school board policies, and intervening in cases where students violate the law or school policies on school premises or during school-related events. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'>Care Solace</span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'>The York County School Division prioritizes proving safe, welcoming, and caring environments in which all students and staff have a sense of belonging and purpose. To support that commitment, the division has partnered with Care Solace to provide an additional layer of support for our community.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'>With Care Solace, families and staff gain access to a dedicated Care Companion 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Care companions identify local providers and find the right fit and availability of care for our families. Care Solace is now available for use for you and your family at no cost. To learn more about how you can connect with Care Solace, speak with your school’s counseling office, or school nurse.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;'>Two-Way Messaging for Families and Students.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'>YCSD is working to make communication between school and home even easier with the new Reach two-way messaging system. Blackboard Reach works within the YCSD Mobile App and lets you have a two-way conversation with teachers, coaches, and club sponsors in a secure, protected environment. Teachers can create conversations to provide upcoming due dates, share assignment instructions, and provide feedback on classwork. Students and families can reply directly to the teacher with only the teacher seeing the reply. To learn more, visit our Stay Connected page.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'>Bus Transportation</span></p> <p style="text-align: center; margin: 0;" align="center"><span style='font-weight: bold; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'>Returning students will not need to complete a new form for the 2023-24 school year if the student rode the bus last year. These students will be rolled over based on last year’s information. The only families who need to register for bus transportation are: </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'><span class="ql-cursor"></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 15px;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'>Students new to the division who will ride the bus (completed during registration)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 15px;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'>Returning students who did NOT ride a bus last year</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style='font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px;'>To register a child who has not previously used YCSD bus transportation, please contact your school’s main office. Bus route information will be published the week of August 21. 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This is done with permanent campaigning which does not cease. And only those who understand, anticipate, plan, and yes, spend, on the Right have hope of combating it.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I am reaching out to you today about a unique opportunity for conservatives living on the Virginia Peninsula. American Majority Action is organizing and hiring conservative canvassers and paying $25 per hour to survey voters in the newly drawn 24th Senate District. This includes the counties of York and James City, and the cities of Poquoson, Williamsburg and Newport News. Once our data is collected from these surveys, we will transition to promoting those same values that this great country was founded on:</p><p><br /></p><ul><li><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Liberty</span></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Freedom</span></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Economic prosperity</span></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"> Preserving American Values and Traditions</span></strong></p><p><br /></p></li></ul><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our goal is to work hard to restore the American dream for every citizen of this great nation. <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">We are American Majority Action</span></strong> and <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">we believe meaningful, lasting political change starts not in Washington, but at state and local levels</span></strong>, where most actual government decisions and spending occurs. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">If you or anyone you know is interested in working with American Majority, we have a few spots remaining. 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So temps in the 60s in January IS a bit balmy here in Hampton Roads. Watch - I've jinxed us now. We shall see, right??<br /><br />I know everyone remembers us mentioning back around November - about the grand opening of Hampton Roads first casino. Well, it's been delayed a bit. If you missed it, you can <a href="http://mkt.dailypress.com/T/v600000185a8fa179c9e4a3c6e96c65848/6eebf7e57dc040e60000021ef3a0bcc2/6eebf7e5-7dc0-40e6-ab36-a79d324db973?__dU__=v0oQlZ2XmHtXjA5BshI7jVcq_SJepy1Nitlu-xVA4GorE=&__F__=v0fUYvjHMDjRPMSh3tviDHXIoXcPxvDgUUCCPvXMWoX_0JoZLAZABQFzs4tkuewudi4LSNMW-CBW7QTx5GIYAK74BN12beZ4Z0D6Qocx7ErZujj82cQ4Cf-glPeMNyYKkNq7XhA757Hz5VBGrwDp8jxhrtWgK7ZpQgjJj-oWELkXQQShcgGGQx-HZFvgGULtESdc4KxqGm6RoFLmjwNbDvNX3sSvM7mLx4srSz2O64ys2gOkZFstd5svYtDcHvFyQLn0ckpf7wRIyPt2sG63kYxpaT9t1kyWhXy1s7SnQi5LeRlfKZlFuRAU79CchEdkk2a9fn_oOg2djaobLdPo1QwDIDcvazpTbuasaUlaZ7IAcLz0zaXaQQOM-uicxMN-KKpTQt82dCSn5Jux0z2QvXcaBnO9JP22SrgSZ3IWs8QGs=">check out the update in this report by The Pilot's Natalie Anderson right here</a>. Soon enough Hampton Roads - patience!<br /><br />While all of you await that grand opening, I'll remind you of our objectives here at Reader Rewards with this newsletter: to keep us all focused on more positive local news/entertainment AND to make sure you are up to speed on the food scene here! You'll not be disappointed this week.<br /><br />Awhile back you may have heard about or read about the opening of a local chain of restaurants here in Hampton Roads: Chicken Salad Chick. Well, there's expansion in the plans already. <a href="http://mkt.dailypress.com/T/v600000185a8fa179c9e4a3c6e96c65848/6eebf7e57dc040e60000021ef3a0bcc3/6eebf7e5-7dc0-40e6-ab36-a79d324db973?__dU__=v0oQlZ2XmHtXjA5BshI7jVcq_SJepy1Nitlu-xVA4GorE=&__F__=v0fUYvjHMDjRPMSh3tviDHXIoXcPxvDgUUCCPvXMWoX_0JoZLAZABQFzs4tkuewudi4LSNMW-CBW5mn6PqSu05uXvSZB9DaLbbuWftMcMnabMS3zwvJFMO5Qm13X8zE6-qfdNeLhmrxN8p8FYsQxCVGWdg5BQffCNoTNQRbvn5IphStuP-dPScX67b2mrfjr93dc4KxqGm6RoFLmjwNbDvNX3sSvM7mLx4srSz2O64ys2gOkZFstd5svYtDcHvFyQLn0ckpf7wRIyPt2sG63kYxpaT9t1kyWhXy1s7SnQi5LeRlfKZlFuRAU79CchEdkk2a9fn_oOg2djaobLdPo1QwDIDcvazpTbuasaUlaZ7IAcoD_QxGx7kRRK6xRHBru5u-1zkbav2N4jdE9FN6z17tehu8U6xskcUgSZ3IWs8QGs=">Be sure to check out Inside Business' report by Tara Bozick right here</a> for the locations and details. Who would have thought chicken salad sandwiches would be THIS big, huh?<br /><br />Thought chicken salad sandwiches were the best-kept secret? Well, maybe The Pilot's Rekaya Gibson has another new find here in Hampton Roads. If you missed it, be sure to read up on her review of The Rustic Spoon in Virginia Beach. <a href="http://mkt.dailypress.com/T/v600000185a8fa179c9e4a3c6e96c65848/6eebf7e57dc040e60000021ef3a0bcc4/6eebf7e5-7dc0-40e6-ab36-a79d324db973?__dU__=v0oQlZ2XmHtXjA5BshI7jVcq_SJepy1Nitlu-xVA4GorE=&__F__=v0fUYvjHMDjRPMSh3tviDHXIoXcPxvDgUUCCPvXMWoX_0JoZLAZABQFzs4tkuewudi4LSNMW-CBW46V5YOzC-1ufvuoTp47hkpXgJiDvq_s-SLwh6qXiS-dvzEsHOKKcIX3SZMejyP6qWpMdvJUOGjzAHimSWTFTRuY8lWOWVvHTmoZR2JRr41Qh6uM9NYz3xAdc4KxqGm6RoFLmjwNbDvNX3sSvM7mLx4srSz2O64ys2gOkZFstd5svYtDcHvFyQLn0ckpf7wRIyPt2sG63kYxpaT9t1kyWhXy1s7SnQi5LeRlfKZlFuRAU79CchEdkk2a9fn_oOg2djaobLdPo1QwDIDcvazpTbuasaUlaZ7IAeoda2vvEOBZyWdDUn03yZcqWChOHtakRHaA1HqwcjYCfoqtFBWTYgogSZ3IWs8QGs=">You can catch Rekaya's review right here</a>. Yes Japanese cloud pancakes. If they take off - you heard about them through Rekaya and through us here right at Reader Rewards!<br /><br />Before we get too far away from local restaurants - remember that January is restaurant week for most cities here in Hampton Roads. Yes, <a href="http://mkt.dailypress.com/T/v600000185a8fa179c9e4a3c6e96c65848/6eebf7e57dc040e60000021ef3a0bcc5/6eebf7e5-7dc0-40e6-ab36-a79d324db973?__dU__=v0oQlZ2XmHtXjA5BshI7jVcq_SJepy1Nitlu-xVA4GorE=&__F__=v0fUYvjHMDjRPMSh3tviDHXIoXcPxvDgUUCCPvXMWoX_0JoZLAZABQFzs4tkuewudi4LSNMW-CBW46V5YOzC-1ueJc_SC38VtMD6pZJBLOb6MC2naU2LT4PGyQHfCH5-UcdgpB42yXznJKHyWjjIVwO6Yn_aolK6c1YtClflNyxR6azRQd924avpHHKWNIsRm7K62egPLDnLJHdlpdx9xqKskFw8C6sKNkrxA09eQrSTIIPVKhpm8m-p9luylFmx8G36dO8mVOUkkakLM-WjT6-xUBitVDvO2hGDUp_Q4gVrbQzWucJERVBhz_-WkuUNNmgbY6kG8HCIwsuHaajpx5-pRC5sLQvv_K4Q01c8D7F5vPML4EJC74C7n4mIPZNa4ewBRHcvVeVcqNfTqBvdme93gTFPteb5_t">Rekaya has the rundown on restaurant week for all cities in Hampton Roads right here</a>. Supporting local business during a traditionally slow month: not a bad idea at all.<br /><br />As usual, there are still weekend food events going on around Hampton Roads in the coming weekends. A beer bash, cupcake wars and a tea party. They're all there for us to take part in! Once again The Pilot's <a href="http://mkt.dailypress.com/T/v600000185a8fa179c9e4a3c6e96c65848/6eebf7e57dc040e60000021ef3a0bcc6/6eebf7e5-7dc0-40e6-ab36-a79d324db973?__dU__=v0oQlZ2XmHtXjA5BshI7jVcq_SJepy1Nitlu-xVA4GorE=&__F__=v0fUYvjHMDjRPMSh3tviDHXIoXcPxvDgUUCCPvXMWoX_0JoZLAZABQFzs4tkuewudi4LSNMW-CBW46V5YOzC-1ueJc_SC38VtMi8Ieql4kvnZZ51dGVi6Aj5lBuU6xxbexI-tMfvIbacdHf6K2QHsZK3k2cOaR0WiaGpNyRRwMSWe962U6GvD1DHXOCsahpukaBS5o8DWw7zV97ErzO5i8eLK0s9juuMrNoDpGRbLXebL2LQ3B7xckC59HJKX-8ESMj7drBut5GMaWk_bdZMloV8tbO0p0IuS3kZXymZRbkQFO_QnIRHZJNmvX5_6DoNnY2qGy3T6NUMAyA3L2s6U27mrGlJWmeyAHCqnxXTme5esrs28Gye3cDddLbiP616spzM1F2cViIZdtWHTmLDIUj4EmdyFrPEBr">Rekaya Gibson has the preview for all these and other events right here</a>. Enjoy!<br /><br />With the NFL regular season now over - it appears Taylor Heinicke's time with The Washington Commanders may have come to an end as well. As we suspected earlier this year - he DID bring some memorable moments. Just as he did when he broke on the scene down this way at Old Dominion. <a href="http://mkt.dailypress.com/T/v600000185a8fa179c9e4a3c6e96c65848/6eebf7e57dc040e60000021ef3a0bcc7/6eebf7e5-7dc0-40e6-ab36-a79d324db973?__dU__=v0oQlZ2XmHtXjA5BshI7jVcq_SJepy1Nitlu-xVA4GorE=&__F__=v0fUYvjHMDjRPMSh3tviDHXIoXcPxvDgUUCCPvXMWoX_0JoZLAZABQFzs4tkuewudi4LSNMW-CBW7bFLD6euTYatmcmS24q4QXYqjCmUhB_3y-bbfoOv5oL8jqWmND5PBUnd0z10McRjkY6jLMZtv-5NfJ8jhfnHntJCKvhJm83uOI--FR5-iL8SKNKG0iMtQ9KBabhayEK-ojz0XE3fSRBJyGVF6np5cznl2iSMwTwAaqB-9w3OVMuJDp8Oz-l0Ahh7d8AKu7wrR8FOIMYZHF2vL6dcRGdoWNULcXa6wyEh2U-cwEaJ-wsH3Mg0cKmnqoQDVeeKWXCu4xRw3VZLM_Ip4t_sjpMUeg3NH3p-GbezzkSFoMV5Bp0438lHjuiDQ1asOW5UfPsqDgZb6hHALak9a1TUHsK5rk">Check out the coverage of Taylor right here by The Pilot's Jami Frankenberry</a>. <br /><br />While we're still on the topic of football, how about the new head football coach at Princess Anne High School? Remember Phillip Sims from Oscar Smith High School? Yes - the star quarterback from a number of years ago. Well, he's back now as the head coach at Princess Anne. <a href="http://mkt.dailypress.com/T/v600000185a8fa179c9e4a3c6e96c65848/6eebf7e57dc040e60000021ef3a0bcc8/6eebf7e5-7dc0-40e6-ab36-a79d324db973?__dU__=v0oQlZ2XmHtXjA5BshI7jVcq_SJepy1Nitlu-xVA4GorE=&__F__=v0fUYvjHMDjRPMSh3tviDHXIoXcPxvDgUUCCPvXMWoX_0JoZLAZABQFzs4tkuewudi4LSNMW-CBW7-jtp_ba0gpKTTH8-01SNdo6dhh5ikvvhr95qf4bIuu4KYmae0RwfA8_rG7qyAbLfjBxMxpHoWaYl28GEr0sE7AlIUQt3WaRuJSih9dXYSWUnvwdwc1Yk19jr4kv4wSqq0hFno3CqupPOUlqSu8ISfRLiSmBqpBJ2tt9j1DoVG-bKwn4lNCwXdie_815QsaH0Ygp-fU2jmh8Yt_Kk6NXtKNk-QD2rD3QHQFk_T-4M3eB4zAywTRE-oMI-3VeuTO4N_2CQCpVGvWBqQsz5aNPr7bz-gjOS1Kghy0aALMdUOSB4sG0WiEneBThILtdNAj-TZ6j3YAM_mLJnZySSzTFZZv2AfFsaqKSo=">Read up on the coverage by 757Teamz' Larry Rubama right here</a>. Time certainly flies, doesn't it? Some of us may remember Phillip Sims when he played football at Greenbrier Middle School!<br /><br />With us in the middle of winter sports, be sure to <a href="http://mkt.dailypress.com/T/v600000185a8fa179c9e4a3c6e96c65848/6eebf7e57dc040e60000021ef3a0bcc9/6eebf7e5-7dc0-40e6-ab36-a79d324db973?__dU__=v0oQlZ2XmHtXjA5BshI7jVcq_SJepy1Nitlu-xVA4GorE=&__F__=v0fUYvjHMDjRPMSh3tviDHXIoXcPxvDgUUCCPvXMWoX_0JoZLAZABQFzs4tkuewudi4LSNMW-CBW7-jtp_ba0gpKTTH8-01SNdkmWOap5DK6ogRFositWkMgSbb7PRsfnnTJpsNf0imwg6lR009_pMbyRM8aiyKZCfdW-gNwz7JQ8eNmIVAK91Bge5ZfOLOp0DIo0obSIy1D0oFpuFrIQr6iPPRcTd9JEEnIZUXqenlzOeXaJIzBPABqoH73Dc5Uy4kOnw7P6XQCGHt3wAq7vCtHwU4gxhkcXa8vp1xEZ2hY1QtxdrrDISHZT5zARon7CwfcyDRwqaeqhANV54pZcK7jFHDdVksz8ini3-yOkxR6BE75bOSrJ08rusNWmtlJJlXgKmOJjipJXTBIEW3UCn6IDF1mIMf9xR1rVNQewrmuQ=">check out the coverage by The Daily Press' Marty O'Brien of a talented freshman wrestler at Poquoson High School right here</a>. Last but certainly not least - <a href="http://mkt.dailypress.com/T/v600000185a8fa179c9e4a3c6e96c65848/6eebf7e57dc040e60000021ef3a0bcca/6eebf7e5-7dc0-40e6-ab36-a79d324db973?__dU__=v0oQlZ2XmHtXjA5BshI7jVcq_SJepy1Nitlu-xVA4GorE=&__F__=v0fUYvjHMDjRPMSh3tviDHXIoXcPxvDgUUCCPvXMWoX_0JoZLAZABQFzs4tkuewudi4LSNMW-CBW7-jtp_ba0gpPMH40n1GnsQ6CBzsBeP4rQXyMRa75rlwFfLvObD9Yzul0MCCoMVA16ibkx9wPDpOtzJeTHLya1MO7h6v31OZVcL9UgCWNoti26cWjO6siadsbRJU5ZzWrtmV5ICTgFvkmnOwu5dXydUv3l7J4EGWRPTaPrCNE0zq8wKeMkQazv6E8fxwztji8nVWjH5g3vhGXOeaMRioRSuLgUuS1lmE6PgYxT8clhlWp9Rm9JnG460wmVCMUZf6mu8TMn0v1hNa5mehMtiWOsVVH6Io0XoMus8whCpPOrU8zJb1UMV3f2hpF5d7uhbI7WqfPPLly8qNoa5slVzUELwsmvliYQjDeUfc_53mYXeRw==">read up on the 757 high school basketball report right here</a> - also by 757Teamz Larry Rubama.<br /><br />Have a great holiday weekend!<br /><br />Contests, contests, contests! 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The dual Air Force family is due to welcome a second child on March 30.</p> <p>The couple's introduction to parenthood was burdened by three and 6-week time constraints, which made recovery from birth, adjusting to having a new baby, and finding childcare before returning to work that much harder.</p> <p>But this time will be different.</p> <p>The<span> </span><a href="http://mkt.dailypress.com/T/v600000185a8fa179c9e4a3c6e96c65848/6eebf7e57dc040e60000021ef3a0bcd4/6eebf7e5-7dc0-40e6-ab36-a79d324db973?__dU__=v0oQlZ2XmHtXjA5BshI7jVcq_SJepy1Nitlu-xVA4GorE=&__F__=v0fUYvjHMDjRPMSh3tviDHXIoXcPxvDgUUCCPvXMWoX_0JoZLAZABQF2zrTeyAMFpRzMGh81GJQCfSaxbYUZRjlMen487SGV2vrodvKIcQ_PyXy-L_Xrhn5d2qZ5lLYdj8BN-t7x9HbL4CtlwzgAMJqENcaFniNNRBbDLSuW5OIR4sD0nPE2XxlX0JacjoeIBMI89FxN30kQSchlRep6eXM55dokjME8AGqgfvcNzlTLiQ6fDs_pdAIYe3fACru8K0fBTiDGGRxdry-nXERnaFjVC3F2usMhIdlPnMBGifsLB9zINHCpp6qEA1XnillwruMUcN1WSzPyKeLf7I6TFHoIp8O6FnRMDPSa5DK7uOxyope5FsN7NnXoU9yLx4Llwg4xDm82yrAZDWtU1B7Cua5A==" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Department of Defense released on Jan. 4</a><span> </span>guidelines to expand the military parental leave program, giving uniformed parents 12 weeks to welcome new additions to their families and doing away with the distinction between primary and secondary caregivers.</p> <p><strong><strong>Read more in the Sunday Main News section</strong></strong></p> <p>For about 30 years, Thomas Jefferson has come to life through the interpretation and research of historical interpreter Bill Barker at Colonial Williamsburg and more recently at Monticello.</p> <p>Barker will talk with Christy S. Coleman, executive director of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, about his research and portrayal of Jefferson on Jan. 18. The talk is the first in the 2023 six-part Director's Series at Jamestown Settlement.</p> <p>Conversations with other scholars and public figures, all scheduled at 7 p.m., will take place on select Wednesdays throughout the year in Jamestown Settlement's Robins Foundation Theater.</p> <p><strong><strong>Read more in the Sunday Break section</strong></strong></p> <p></p> <p>Will Liverman first grew up singing in the choir of Norfolk's New Hope Church of God in Christ and then at New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ in Virginia Beach.</p> <p>Around age 13 — as it so often does with teen boys — Liverman's voice broke. But, unlike some of his peers', his voice got deeper, and deeper, and deeper, so thunderous that by the time he was in high school, he could fill a room with sound without a microphone.</p> <p>He didn't know it, but his voice was unique because, as he says now, he was able to "tap into more of a classical sound."</p> <p>Liverman, 34, has what The Washington Post called "a voice for a historic moment" and is what the Chicago Tribune called "a rising international baritone." On Thursday, he was set as a concert headliner at the Metropolitan Museum of Art<b><span> </span></b>in New York. The week before, at the Guggenheim museum, he presented a soul opera that he co-wrote. He's in the running for two Grammys next month — for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album ("Okpebholo: Lord, How Come Me Here?") and Best Opera Recording (Terence Blanchard's "Fire Shut Up in My Bones").</p> <p><strong>Read more in the Sunday Break section<br /></strong></p> <p>It turned out to be a storybook ending for Jeannie Hunt.</p> <p>Hunt, owner of Jeannie's Used Books for the past 22 years, was faced with two huge undertakings this past fall: find a new location for her business and relocate the more than 270,000 books within it. Fortunately, Hunt was able to accomplish both thanks to the kindness of strangers and faithfulness of customers.</p> <p>She learned last spring that her new landlord wanted to reconstruct the strip mall, including the 1,800-square-foot space she leased at 3202 High St. in Portsmouth. By early fall, she needed to vacate the store and all of its inventory. A resident of Edenton, North Carolina, Hunt had happily made the three-hour round-trip commute to run the business she loves.</p> <p><strong>Read more in the Sunday Work & Money section</strong></p> <p></p> <p>If you're like me, you've probably come up with some New Year's resolution for 2023, whether it be saving more money, eating healthier, exercising more or losing weight.</p> <p>Unfortunately for most Americans, they don't keep their New Year's resolution. One study showed that of the 41% of Americans who made New Year's resolution, only 9% were successful in keeping them at year's end.<br /><br />In 2017, former Great Bridge boys basketball coach Gary Obenour made a resolution and he stuck to it, thanks to his daughter, Mallory.</p> <p>In December of 2016, she had a sit-down meeting with her father. She was concerned because his weight had ballooned to more than 300 pounds. She was getting ready to move to Florida and confronted him about his weight with her impending wedding coming up in June.</p> <p>"I basically told him I was worried about him," she said. "And I told him, 'I don't know if you're going to be around to even walk me down the aisle.'"</p> <p>Obenour, 58, was floored by her words.</p> <p><strong>Read more in the Sunday Sports section<br /></strong><strong><br /><br />Note To Readers: A reminder that Parade magazine is now only found along with your e-edition of either The Virginian-Pilot or Daily Press each Sunday morning. 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color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">FBI...</span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="heading_block block-4" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:5px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVmZWRlcmFsaXN0LmNvbS8yMDIyLzA4LzA0L2ZiaS1kaXJlY3Rvci13cmF5LXNldHMtcG9zc2libGUtbmV3LXJlY29yZC1mb3ItaG93LW1hbnktdGltZXMtYS1wZXJzb24tY2FuLWZhaWwtaW4tYS0zLTUtaG91ci1oZWFyaW5nLw/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B18782f55/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">FBI Director Sets New Record For Lies, Dodges, And Obfuscations To Avoid Slight Attempts At Congressional Oversight<br></a>"There is the perception that there are two tiers of justice: one for people that are favored and one for ordinary Americans," Sen. Marsha Blackburn noted during her interrogation.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS90aGVyZWNvdW50L3N0YXR1cy8xNTU1MjIwMzE5MDkwMjI5MjUx/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B0a310722/email">Ted Cruz Slams Boot on Table While Questioning FBI Director About Symbols of Extremist Groups</a><br>"I will self-report right now that every day in the Senate I wear my boots that have the Gonzales battle flag on the back."</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlYmxhemUuY29tL25ld3MvdGVkLWNydXotY2hyaXMtd3JheS1hZ2VudC13aGl0bWVyLXBsb3QtamFuLTY/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B90d71946/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">FBI agent who was in charge during Whitmer kidnapping plot investigation now leads J6 investigation</a><br>Wray admitted the FBI agent in charge of the D.C. field office is the same agent who was in charge of the Detroit field office when the FBI allegedly uncovered a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.<br><br><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbmV4YW1pbmVyLmNvbS9uZXdzL2p1c3RpY2Uvd3JheS1mYmktd2hpc3RsZWJsb3dlci1jbGFpbXMtaHVudGVyLWJpZGVuLWlucXVpcnktZGVlcGx5LXRyb3VibGluZw/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B9add6c3a/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wray says he finds allegations FBI mishandled Hunter Biden info 'deeply troubling'</a><br>Wray testified he found it "deeply troubling" when he read recent whistleblower allegations that bureau agents had falsely labeled accurate information about Hunter Biden as disinformation during the FBI's investigation in 2020.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVmZWRlcmFsaXN0LmNvbS8yMDIyLzA4LzA0L2ZiaS1kaXJlY3Rvci1jaHJpc3RvcGhlci13cmF5LXJlZnVzZXMtdG8tY29uZGVtbi1ydXNzaWEtY29sbHVzaW9uLWhvYXgv/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461Ba1ff1028/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">FBI Director Christopher Wray Refuses To Condemn Russia Collusion Hoax</a><br>Wray refused to acknowledge that the false allegations accusing Trump of colluding with Russia to influence the 2016 election, an accusation that fueled the FBI's unlawful spying on members of the Republican's presidential campaign, were, in fact, a hoax.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucmV2b2x2ZXIubmV3cy8yMDIyLzA4L3JlbGVhc2UtdGhlLXRhcGUtcmV2b2x2ZXItaGFzLWRlZmluaXRpdmUtcHJvb2YtZmJpLWlzLWhpZGluZy1jcml0aWNhbC1mb290YWdlLW9mLWphbi02LXBpcGUtYm9tYmVyLw/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B9a3fb5cd/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Revolver News: FBI Is Hiding Footage of Jan 6 'Pipe Bomber' Planting Bomb</a><br>Claims that the FBI is not releasing footage that should show the "pipe bomber" planting the bomb, but instead released a different angle where the view of the bomb being planted is blocked.</p></span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table class="row row-9" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table class="row-content" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; width: 600px;" width="600"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px;"> <table class="heading_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">Domestic News...</span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="heading_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:5px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlYmxhemUuY29tL25ld3MvdXMtZGlzdHJpY3QtanVkZ2UtcnVsZXMtd2VzdC12aXJnaW5pYS1tZWRpY2FpZC1tdXN0LXByb3ZpZGUtY292ZXJhZ2UtZm9yLWdlbmRlci1yZWxhdGVkLXN1cmdlcmllcw/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461Bdecefc83/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Judge rules sex changes must be covered by Medicaid<br></a>A federal judge ruled that West Virginia must allow transgender patients covered by Medicaid to receive sex changes, reasoning that individuals with a gender dysphoria diagnosis must be treated the same as those suffering from other medical conditions.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseWNhbGxlci5jb20vMjAyMi8wOC8wNC9oYXJtLXJlZHVjdGlvbi1zYWZlLWNvbnN1bXB0aW9uLXNpdGVzLW92ZXJkb3NlLWRydWdzLWhlcm9pbi1jcmFjay8/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B34df5d74/email">Biden's 'Harm Reduction' Drug Policy Isn't Backed By Evidence, Report Finds</a><br>A new Manhattan Institute analysis of anti-overdose policies found that so-called "safe-consumption" sites haven't been proven to reduce overdose deaths and can sometimes result in increased overdose rates in a surrounding area.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlYmxhemUuY29tL25ld3Mvcm9uLWRlc2FudGlzLXN1c3BlbmRzLXNvcm9zLXN0YXRlLWF0dG9ybmV5/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461Be2400f12/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">DeSantis suspends progressive, Soros-backed state attorney who vowed not to enforce state laws</a><br>"The constitution of Florida has vested the veto power in the governor, not in state attorneys," DeSantis said. "We are not going to allow this pathogen that's been around the country of ignoring the law; we are not going let that get a foothold in the state of Florida."</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly9ueXBvc3QuY29tLzIwMjIvMDgvMDQvbWVldC10aGUtc2hvcGxpZnRlci13aXRoLTEwMS1hcnJlc3RzLWFuZC1sZXQtZ28tYWxtb3N0LWV2ZXJ5LXRpbWUv/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B927a3908/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Meet the shoplifter with 101 arrests — and let go almost every time</a><br>The career crook whom the NYPD calls the city's "Recidivist No. 1" is an ex-con who apparently didn't learn much behind bars.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly9jd2JjaGljYWdvLmNvbS8yMDIyLzA4L21hbi1vbi1iYWlsLWZvci1hdHRlbXB0ZWQtbXVyZGVyLWFuZC10d28tc2VwYXJhdGUtZ3VuLWNhc2VzLWhhZC1hbm90aGVyLWd1bi1pbi1hLXN0b2xlbi1jYXItcHJvc2VjdXRvcnMtdGVsbC1hcG9wbGVjdGljLWp1ZGdlLmh0bWw/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461Bb8eb654b/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Man on bail for attempted murder and two separate gun cases had another gun in a stolen car</a><br>"The court is apoplectic," Judge Maryam Ahmad said.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbmV4YW1pbmVyLmNvbS9uZXdzL2NoaWNhZ28td291bGQtYmUtcm9iYmVyLWRpZXMtYWZ0ZXItd29tYW4tc3RhbmRzLWhlci1ncm91bmQ/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461Bc8609f0d/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chicago would-be robber dies after woman stands her ground and shoots him</a><br>At least four males attempted to break into the woman's parked car when she confronted the would-be robbers. One of them whipped out a weapon and pointed it at the woman; then the woman pulled out a weapon of her own and fired at the would-be criminals.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly9ueXBvc3QuY29tLzIwMjIvMDgvMDQvcHJvZ3Jlc3NpdmVzLXdhbnQtdXMtdG8tZ2l2ZS11cC1vbi1uZXcteW9yay1ueWMtaXMtZmlnaHRpbmctYmFjay8/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B8d6619ea/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Progressives want us to give up on New York. NYC is fighting back</a><br>Well, at least New Yorkers have a new hero. I'm talking of course of Ro Malabanan, the black belt jiu-jitsu MMA fighter who detained a madman he saw walking around Soho sucker-punching people.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHl3aXJlLmNvbS9uZXdzL2NhbGlmb3JuaWEtY291bnR5LXRvLXBvc3NpYmx5LXZvdGUtb24tc2VjZXNzaW9uLW1lYXN1cmUtaW4tbWlkdGVybS1lbGVjdGlvbnM/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461Bd837c9ab/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">California County To Possibly Vote On Secession Measure In Midterm Elections</a><br>One million registered voters in California's fifth most populous county have the chance in the midterm elections later this year to potentially secede from the state.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlYmxhemUuY29tL25ld3MvY29uc3VtZXJzLWJleW9uZC1kb25lLXdpdGgtYmV5b25kLW1lYXQtdmVnYW4tZm9vZC1jb21wYW55LXMtc3RvY2stdGFua3MtdHJpYWwtd2l0aC1tY2RvbmFsZC1zLWZsb3Bz/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B478f7b99/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Consumers beyond done with Beyond Meat?</a><br>Vegan food company's stock tanks, trial with McDonald's flops.</p></span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="heading_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">Politics...</span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="heading_block block-4" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:5px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHl3aXJlLmNvbS9uZXdzL2t5cnN0ZW4tc2luZW1hLXB1c2hlcy1iaWRlbnMtYWdlbmRhLWZvcndhcmQtYWdyZWVzLXRvLWRlbW9jcmF0LXRheC1pbmNyZWFzZXMtYW5kLWNsaW1hdGUtc3BlbmRpbmc/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B601fd985/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kyrsten Sinema Pushes Biden's Agenda Forward, Agrees To Democrat Tax Increases And Global Warming Spending<br></a>Schumer said he plans on moving forward with the reconciliation bill on Saturday.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseWNhbGxlci5jb20vMjAyMi8wOC8wNC9zZW5hdGUtZGVtLWF1dG9tYWtlcnMtY2xpbWF0ZS1iaWxsLXNvdXJjaW5nLWNoaW5hLw/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461Bcdb7928f/email">Senate Dem, Automakers Working To Kill 'Buy American' Provision In Climate Bill, Keep Sourcing In China</a><br>Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan and auto industry leaders are pushing to eliminate crucial tax credit restrictions for electric vehicles in the Senate's tax and spending agreement, which could help China, a nation that dominates the EV materials market.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYnJlaXRiYXJ0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDIyLzA4LzA0L2pvZS1iaWRlbnMtY2FtcGFpZ24tZnVuZGVkLXByaXZhdGUtc2VjdXJpdHktZmlybS1vd25lZC1jb3J0ZXotbWFzdG9zLWh1c2JhbmQtYnVkZHktaHVudGVyLWJpZGVuLw/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B92e9c02a/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Biden's Campaign Funded Private Security Firm Owned by 'Buddy' of Hunter Biden</a><br>Biden's 2020 campaign funded a private security firm owned by Democrat Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto's husband, who was friends with Hunter Biden and solicited work from the Biden family while Joe Biden was VP.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucG9saXRpY28uY29tL25ld3MvMjAyMi8wOC8wMi9nb3Atc3BlbmRpbmctY29sb3JhZG8td2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1zZW5hdGUtMDAwNDkxMDg/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461Bdd9bb547/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Senate GOP launches ads in two blue states</a><br>The NRSC has talked for months about the two blue states being in play. This week, they're launching ads.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY25iYy5jb20vMjAyMi8wOC8wNC90cnVtcC1hbmQtd2hpdGUtaG91c2Utb2ZmaWNpYWxzLWxpa2VseS10by1iZS1jcmltaW5hbGx5LWNoYXJnZWQtaW4tZWxlY3Rpb24tcHJvYmUuaHRtbA/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461Bc8d9eba2/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Eric Holder: Trump likely to be criminally charged in DOJ election probe</a><br>The architect of "Fast & Furious," which armed Mexican cartels with arms that were eventually used to kill at least one American and perhaps 100 Mexicans, said that Trump will "probably" be indicted on criminal charges.</p></span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="heading_block block-5" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">Economy...</span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="heading_block block-6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:5px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlYmxhemUuY29tL29wLWVkL3JvdGgtYmlkZW4taXMtaW1wb3ZlcmlzaGluZy10aGUtbWlkZGxlLWFuZC13b3JraW5nLWNsYXNzZXM/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B7000eaf9/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Carol Roth: Biden is impoverishing the middle and working classes<br></a>At every turn, the government is coming after more and more of your wealth.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY25iYy5jb20vMjAyMi8wOC8wNC9lbG9uLW11c2stcHJlZGljdHMtbWlsZC0xOC1tb250aC1yZWNlc3Npb24tdGVhc2VzLXNoYXJlLWJ1eWJhY2tzLmh0bWw/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B5b2670f7/email">Elon Musk predicts mild 18-month recession</a><br>Musk joked that "making macroeconomic prognostications is a recipe for disaster" but nonetheless estimated that "we are past peak inflation" and likely to see a "relatively mild recession," lasting for about 18 months.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly9maW5ib2xkLmNvbS9ibGFja3JvY2stcGFydG5lcnMtd2l0aC1jb2luYmFzZS10by1vZmZlci1jcnlwdG8tZm9yLWluc3RpdHV0aW9uYWwtaW52ZXN0b3JzLw/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B703bf4da/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">BlackRock partners with Coinbase to offer crypto for institutional investors</a><br>It seems that the biggest names in traditional finance are confident that cryptocurrencies have a bright future. </p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlYmxhemUuY29tL25ld3MvYWZ0ZXIteWVhcnMtb2YtZmx5aW5nLXVuZGVyLXRoZS1nb3Zlcm5tZW50cy1yYWRhci10aGUtY3J5cHRvY3VycmVuY3ktaW5kdXN0cnktaXMtZmFjaW5nLW1ham9yLXJlZ3VsYXRpb24/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B61c3e90e/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">After years of flying under the government's radar, the cryptocurrency industry is facing major regulation</a><br>A bipartisan bill would give regulatory authority over cryptocurrencies to the Commodities Futures Trading Commission.</p></span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="heading_block block-7" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">Border...</span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="heading_block block-8" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:5px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYnJlaXRiYXJ0LmNvbS9jbGlwcy8yMDIyLzA4LzAyL2FiYm90dC13ZXJlLWxvb2tpbmctYXQtb3RoZXItY2l0aWVzLXRvLXNlbmQtbWlncmFudHMtdG8td2VsbC1rZWVwLXNlbmRpbmctdGhlbS11bnRpbC1iaWRlbi1hZG1pbi1kb2VzLWl0cy1qb2Iv/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B8a70b5a2/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Abbott: We're 'Looking at Other Cities' to Send Illegals<br></a>The state will continue sending buses of illegals to northern cities "until the Biden administration does its job to enforce the laws concerning the border." </p></span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="heading_block block-9" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">WAR News... </span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="heading_block block-10" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:5px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVmZWRlcmFsaXN0LmNvbS8yMDIyLzA4LzA0L3doaXN0bGVibG93ZXItYmlkZW4tYWRtaW4td2VsY29tZWQtaHVuZHJlZHMtb2YtYWZnaGFucy1vbi1wZW50YWdvbi13YXRjaGxpc3QtdG8tdS1zLw/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461Be8036e38/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Whistleblower: Biden Admin Welcomed Hundreds Of Afghans On Pentagon Watchlist To U.S.<br></a>"324 individuals evacuated from Afghanistan were allowed to enter the United States, despite appearing on the DoD's Biometrically Enabled Watchlist," which identifies people determined to be "threats or potential threats to national security, including known suspected terrorists."</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlZ3VhcmRpYW4uY29tL2J1c2luZXNzLzIwMjIvYXVnLzAzL2luZmxhdGlvbi13aWxsLXNvYXItdG8tYXN0cm9ub21pY2FsLWxldmVscy1vdmVyLW5leHQteWVhci10aGlua3Rhbmstd2FybnM/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461Baf2b2bb3/email">UK inflation will soar to 'astronomical' levels over next year</a><br>A long recession is also coming, top think tank warns.</p></span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="heading_block block-11" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">MONKEYVID-19...</span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="heading_block block-12" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:5px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlYmxhemUuY29tL25ld3MvYmlkZW4tYWRtaW5pc3RyYXRpb24tbW9ua2V5cG94LWhlYWx0aC1lbWVyZ2VuY3k/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461Bbb9072fc/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Biden administration declares monkeypox a 'public health emergency' across US<br></a>A public emergency declaration could permit the government to access emergency funds to fight the virus, enable health authorities to collect more data about cases and vaccinations, and ramp up vaccine distribution.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL2hlYWx0aC8yMDIyLzA4LzA0L21vbmtleXBveC1nYXktc2FmZS1zZXgv/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461Ba8070da6/email">As monkeypox strikes gay men, officials debate warnings to limit partners</a><br>Sex is a major driver of the global outbreak. But health officials and longtime HIV activists say calls for abstinence don't work.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly9qdXN0dGhlbmV3cy5jb20vbmF0aW9uL3N0YXRlcy9jZW50ZXItc3F1YXJlL3NlYXR0bGUtY2l0eS1jb3VuY2lsLXZvdGVzLWVuZC1wYW5kZW1pYy1oYXphcmQtcGF5LWdyb2Nlcnktc3RvcmU/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B212100b3/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Seattle City Council votes to end pandemic hazard pay for grocery workers</a><br>Pandemic hazard pay of an additional $4 dollars an hour to grocery store workers in Seattle will likely end by next month after a 5-2 vote by the Seattle City Council in favor of ending it.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly9qdXN0dGhlbmV3cy5jb20vcG9saXRpY3MtcG9saWN5L2RlbW9jcmF0cy1ibG9jay1tZWFzdXJlcy1zdG9wLWdhaW4tZnVuY3Rpb24tcmVzZWFyY2g/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B80a042c6/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Democrats block measures to stop gain-of-function research</a><br>Senate Democrats on Thursday declined to offer unanimous consent to two measures to stop gain-of-function research, a process now infamous for its alleged connection to the spread of COVID-19.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVwb3N0bWlsbGVubmlhbC5jb20vc2VuYXRvci13aWVuZXItc2hhcmVzLWdheS1mZXRpc2gtZmVzdGl2YWwtbW9ua2V5cG94LXByb3RlY3Rpb24tdGlwcy1pbmNsdWRlcy1jb3ZlcmluZy11cC1wb3RlbnRpYWwtcG94ZXM/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B83ab3264/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">California state Senator Wiener shares gay fetish festival monkeypox protection tips</a><br>"Closing bathhouses in 1980s didn't reduce HIV. It was an epic blunder & pushed people into the shadows," Wiener Tweeted. "Let's not make that same knee-jerk mistake with MPX."</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9TY290dF9XaWVuZXIvc3RhdHVzLzEzMjAxMDAwODExODIyMjg0ODA/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B7825b5f7/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">California state Senator Wiener in 2020: "We need a national mask mandate"</a><br>"That's how we beat this virus."</p></span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table class="row row-11" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table class="row-content" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; width: 600px;" width="600"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px;"> <table class="heading_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">Commie Update...</span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="heading_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:5px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbmV4YW1pbmVyLmNvbS9wb2xpY3kvZGVmZW5zZS1uYXRpb25hbC1zZWN1cml0eS9jaGluYS1yYWdlcy1qYXBhbi10YWl3YW4tZW1waXJl/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B68e465b1/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">China rages at historic enemy Japan as it flexes muscle over Taiwan<br></a>Chinese missiles landing in waters near Japan suggest how an attempt to subjugate Taiwan could turn into a wider war.</p></span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="heading_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">Entertainment...</span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="heading_block block-4" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:5px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHl3aXJlLmNvbS9uZXdzL2tldmluLXNwYWNleS1tdXN0LXBheS10ZW5zLW9mLW1pbGxpb25zLW9mLWRvbGxhcnMtdG8taG91c2Utb2YtY2FyZHMtcHJvZHVjZXJzLWFmdGVyLWFsbGVnZWQtc2V4dWFsLW1pc2NvbmR1Y3Qtb24tc2V0/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461Bd4678eac/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kevin Spacey Must Pay Tens Of Millions Of Dollars To 'House Of Cards' Producers<br></a>A judge has ordered Kevin Spacey to pay $31 million for alleged sexual misconduct behind the scenes of the Netflix White House drama.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly9ueXBvc3QuY29tLzIwMjIvMDgvMDQvdGhlLWZsYXNoLXByb2R1Y2VyLXNheXMtbW92aWUtc3RpbGwtc2FmZS1hbWlkLWJhdGdpcmwtZGlzYXN0ZXIv/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B402378c1/email">'The Flash' producer says Ezra Miller movie still on despite 'Batgirl' disaster</a><br>Both films form part of the DC Extended Universe, with whispers growing that "The Flash" could be the next franchise flick to be canned due to disturbing assault and grooming allegations leveled at lead actor Ezra Miller.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYnJlaXRiYXJ0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDIyLzA4LzAyL3Nob3d0aW1lcy10aGUtZmlyc3QtbGFkeS1zdGFycmluZy12aW9sYS1kYXZpcy1hcy1taWNoZWxsZS1vYmFtYS1pcy1hLW9uZS10ZXJtLWZsb3Av/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461Bdc7e636e/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Showtime's 'The First Lady,' Starring Viola Davis as Michelle Obama, Is a One-Term Flop</a><br>The series has been canceled after just one season following ridicule from viewers and widespread negative reviews.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseWNhbGxlci5jb20vMjAyMi8wOC8wNC9tYWNoaW5lLWd1bi1rZWxseS10b3VyLWJ1cy1kZWZhY2VkLXBlbmlzLWhvbW9waG9iaWMtc2x1ci8/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B0b944686/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Machine Gun Kelly's Tour Bus Defaced With A Penis And The 'F' Word</a><br>Mr. Kelly took to social media to mock the people responsible for the stunt. "Wrong bus you f*cking idiot," he said, as he clarified that this wasn't even the bus he was personally using.</p></span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="heading_block block-5" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">Media...</span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="heading_block block-6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:5px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlYmxhemUuY29tL25ld3MvYWxleC1qb25lcy1qdXJ5LW9yZGVycy1hbGV4LWpvbmVzLXRvLXBheS00MS1taWxsaW9uLXRvLXR3by1wYXJlbnRzLW9mLWEtc2FuZHktaG9vay12aWN0aW0tZm9yLWNhbGxpbmctaXQtYS1ob2F4/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461Bb16273c1/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4M<br></a>Lawyers for the families of Sandy Hook victims had requested $150 million. Jones' lawyers, meanwhile, had asked that he pay $8.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseWNhbGxlci5jb20vMjAyMi8wOC8wNC9qZWZmcmV5LWVwc3RlaW4tYmlsbC1jbGludG9uLWxhd3llci1hbGV4LWpvbmVzLXRyaWFsLXBlZG9waGlsaWEtbWFyay1iYW5rc3Rvbi1hdHRvcm5leS8/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461Bda6574c6/email">Lawyer Asks Alex Jones About Pedophilia. It Goes About How You'd Expect</a><br>"One of the things you've been talking about a lot recently ... is your allegation that government officials are aiding in pedophilia, child trafficking, and the grooming of children, right?" Bankston asked Jones. "You mean like what Jeffrey Epstein did with the Clintons," Jones responded.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbmV4YW1pbmVyLmNvbS9vcGluaW9uL2xhLXRpbWVzLWVkaXRvcnMtdGhpbmstZ2VvcmdlLWdhc2Nvbi1pcy10aGUtcmVhbC12aWN0aW0tb2YtdGhlLWNpdHlzLWNyaW1lLXN1cmdl/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461Bee8c5236/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Los Angeles Times editors think George Gascon is the real victim of the city's crime surge</a><br>The editorial board offered two defenses of Gascon as it denounced the recall election petition against him as part of a "destructive, distracting recall mania" that took down San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlYmxhemUuY29tL25ld3Mvd2hvb3BpLWdvbGRiZXJnLXN1Z2dlc3QtZ29kLW9rLXdpdGgtYWJvcnRpb24/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B10519e41/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Whoopi Goldberg suggests God is OK with abortion</a><br>Since 'God made us smart enough to know when' giving birth 'wasn't going to work for us' — plus 'freedom of choice'...</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbmV4YW1pbmVyLmNvbS9uZXdzL2JsbS1hY3RpdmlzdC1zaGF1bi1raW5nLWRveC1yZXBvcnRlcnM/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B63aa31cc/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">BLM activist Shaun King threatens to dox, inflict 'pain' on reporters</a><br>"I know where you live. Where you used to live. Where your family lives. Where they work," King wrote in Instagram posts directed to New York Post reporters Kevin Sheehan and Isabel Vincent.</p></span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="heading_block block-7" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">Environment...</span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="heading_block block-8" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:5px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseWNhbGxlci5jb20vMjAyMi8wOC8wNC9kZW0tY2xpbWF0ZS1iaWxsLWJpbGxpb25zLWZhcm1lcnMtbm90LWdyb3ctZm9vZC8/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B5a2ec8b2/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Democrats' Climate Bill Could Pay Farmers To Not Grow Food<br></a>The Senate Democrats' climate bill could set aside more than $20 billion to incentivize farmers not to grow crops in the interests of environmental conservation and preventing climate change, according to the bill's text.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVwb3N0bWlsbGVubmlhbC5jb20vY2xpbWF0ZS1hbGFybWlzbS1jcmVhdGVzLXBvdGVudGlhbC1mb3ItdXMtZm9vZC1pbnNlY3VyaXR5LWFzLWFudGktZmFybS1zZW50aW1lbnQtZ3Jvd3M/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B0d25f549/email">Climate alarmism creates potential for US food insecurity as anti-farm sentiment grows</a><br>"Americans are feeding into this lie that climate change is because of agriculture and climate change is not going to get better until farmers and ranchers do better."</p></span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table class="row row-12" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table class="row-content" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; width: 600px;" width="600"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px;"> <table class="heading_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">LGBTQIA2S+...</span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="heading_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:5px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlYmxhemUuY29tL25ld3MvbWljaGlnYW4tdG93bi1kZWZ1bmRzLWdyb29tZXItbGlicmFyeQ/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B33beee27/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Michigan town defunds library over its insistence on including graphic LGBT content in young adult section<br></a>After a protracted battle over its LGBT content, residents of Jamestown Township, Michigan, voted no (62.5% to 37.5%) on August 2 to a 10-year millage renewal and increase for the Patmos Library.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbmV4YW1pbmVyLmNvbS9uZXdzL255Yy1wcml2YXRlLXNjaG9vbC1tYW5kYXRvcnktZHJhZy1zaG93LWNoYXBlbA/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461Bf1e0ec37/email">NYC private school holds mandatory drag show in chapel</a><br>Students at Manhattan's Grace Church High School are speaking out after they were forced to attend the school's Pride chapel last spring.</p></span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table class="row row-13" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table class="row-content" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; width: 600px;" width="600"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px;"> <table class="heading_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">Education...</span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="heading_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:5px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseWNhbGxlci5jb20vMjAyMi8wOC8wNC93aGF0LWRvZXMtc2VtZW4tdGFzdGUtbGlrZS1jYWxpZm9ybmlhLXNjaG9vbC1wbGFubmVkLXBhcmVudGhvb2QtbGVzc29uLXNleHVhbC1oZWFsdGgv/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B2fa91be5/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">'What Does Semen Taste Like?' California School Uses Planned Parenthood Lesson To Teach Sexual Health<br></a>A California school district is using a Planned Parenthood lesson plan on "sexual health and education" to push gender identity concepts.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVuYXRpb25hbGRlc2suY29tL25ld3MvYW1lcmljYXMtbmV3cy1ub3cvc2Nob29sLWRpc3RyaWN0LXRlYWNoZXMtbWF0aC1pcy1vcHByZXNzaXZlLWluc2lzdHMta2lkcy1yZWNvZ25pemUtaW5lcXVhbGl0eS1vZi10ZXN0aW5n/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B5f27992f/email">School district claims math can be 'oppressive,' insists kids recognize testing inequality</a><br>The Seattle Public Schools system has been using a "Math Ethnic Studies Framework" since 2019 that seeks to end "oppressive mathematical practices" and advance the subject toward a more "collectivist" vision.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly9yZWRzdGF0ZS5jb20vamVmZmMvMjAyMi8wOC8wMy9wYXJlbnRzLWRlZmVuZGluZy1lZHVjYXRpb24taXMtc2hvd2luZy11cy1ob3ctdG8tcHVzaC1iYWNrLWFnYWluc3QtZ3Jvb21lci1zY2hvb2wtZGlzdHJpY3RzLW42MDYzNzI/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461Bc9a5ba76/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Parents Defending Education Is Showing Us How to Push Back Against Groomer School Districts</a><br>Parental rights advocacy group Parents Defending Education has filed a lawsuit against in Iowa. The lawsuit alleges that a district is violating students' First and 14th Amendment rights with its "Transgender and Students Nonconforming to Gender Role Stereotypes" policy.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly9ub3R0aGViZWUuY29tL2FydGljbGUvbWlkZGxlLXNjaG9vbGVyLXRlbGxzLXRlYWNoZXItaGlzLXByb25vdW5zLWFyZS1iYW5hbmEtYW5kLXJvY2stYW5kLXNoZS10YWtlcy10by10aWt0b2stYmVjYXVzZS1zaGUtZG9lc250LWtub3ctaWYtaGVzLWpva2luZy1vci1pZi1zaGUtc2hvdWxkLWFjdHVhbGx5LWNhbGwtaGltLWJhbmFuYQ/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B9ab8c891/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Middle schooler trolls teacher with "banana" and "rock" pronouns</a><br>It looks like a middle schooler just blew his teacher's mind when she tried to introduce her students to the idea of "personal pronouns."</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlY29sbGVnZWZpeC5jb20vbm9ydGh3ZXN0ZXJuLW5vLWxvbmdlbm9ydGh3ZXN0ZXJuLW5vLWxvbmdlci1yZXF1aXJlcy1saXRlcmF0dXJlLW1ham9ycy10YWtlLWVuZ2xpc2gtYW5kLWFtZXJpY2FuLWxpdC1zdXJ2ZXktY291cnNlc3ItcmVxdWlyZXMtbGl0ZXJhdHVyZS1tYWpvcnMtdGFrZS1lbmdsaXNoLWFuZC1hbWVyaWNhbi1saXQtc3VydmV5LWNvdXJzZXMv/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B88658899/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Northwestern no longer requires literature majors take English and American lit survey courses</a><br>Northwestern University's Department of English has axed its mandate that literature majors take a pair of comprehensive English and American literature survey courses.</p></span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table class="row row-14" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table class="row-content" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; width: 600px;" width="600"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px;"> <table class="heading_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">Science...</span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="heading_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt;"> <tr> <td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:5px;text-align:center;width:100%;"> <h2 style="margin: 0; color: #21201f; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHl3aXJlLmNvbS9uZXdzL3NjaWVudGlzdHMtY3JlYXRlLXRoZS1maXJzdC1zeW50aGV0aWMtZW1icnlvcw/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461Ba5aaaaa1/email" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scientists Create The First Synthetic Embryos<br></a>Researchers in Israel have created the world's first "synthetic embryos" in a landmark study, without using sperm or egg cells.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://links.glennbeck.com/click/28626873.346833/aHR0cHM6Ly9qdXN0dGhlbmV3cy5jb20vbmF0aW9uL3N0YXRlcy9jZW50ZXItc3F1YXJlL2ZhYS1kaXJlY3RzLXVmby1zcG90dGVycy1jYWxsLXdhc2hpbmd0b24/564cc9953b35d0790e8c2461B6c278650/email">FAA directs UFO spotters to call Washington</a><br>The rule adds that if there's any danger to life or property, the controller should call the police instead.</p></span></h2> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table class="row row-15" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace: 0pt; 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Residents and homeowner associations are encouraged to share the information with others in their communities. I will gladly add you to the distribution list upon request to either <a href="mailto:tgshep@cox.net">tgshep@cox.net</a> or <a href="mailto:shepperd@yorkcounty.gov">shepperd@yorkcounty.gov</a>. Please include your name and home address in the request. Comments and questions are always welcome.* <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Thomas G. Shepperd, Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>District 5 Representative<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>York County Board of Supervisors<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>(C) 757-903-1875<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>(H) 757-868-8591<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:shepperd@yorkcounty.gov">shepperd@yorkcounty.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:tgshep@cox.net"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>tgshep@cox.net</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>--------------------July 2022 District 5 Report and Crime Watch Update--------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>1. Personal Property Tax – The June 2022 tax bill was a bit of a shocker for many, especially those with relatively new cars and trucks. Supply chain issues, lack of production, the unavailability of computer chips and the increasing demand for new and used vehicles all played a role in driving up the price of new and used vehicles. Yes, the County could have made an earlier adjustment in the personal property tax rate, which is currently $4.00 per $100.00 of value but it didn't. At the time of approval on May 3<sup>rd</sup>, the tax rate was considered relatively low, and our focus was on lowering the real estate tax rate. Remember, at that time the State had not approved its budget and the County was concerned over the possible loss of revenue such as the $3 million we receive from the grocery tax. I have heard criticism that York County should have stepped up and lowered the rate like some other jurisdictions. What's missing in the criticism is an understanding that most of the jurisdictions that did lower their rates only brought their rates down to a level comparable to York County's. For example, Isle of Wright County dropped their rate from $4.50 to $3.90 and James City County lowered their rate to $4.00 but raised their real estate tax rate. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Now that the budgets and tax rates have been passed and the personal property tax bills are in hand for the first half of the year, how is the County going to address the unexpected tax rate issue? First, in the near term, the County is allowing for extended payments through September 30, 2022, with only a 2% penalty. Normally, the payment penalty would increase to 10% starting on July 21. This will allow you to make tax payments over several months. For hardship cases where someone faces a choice between putting food on the table or paying their taxes, the County on a case-by-case basis is using a means test that is similar to the elderly and disabled relief real estate tax means test to help reduce the burden of personal property tax. The criteria for tax relief are that your income must be less than $55,000, you must be current on all personal property tax payments, and your 2022 personal property taxes must have increased by at least $100. Maximum relief per household is $250. The application process for the Personal Property Tax Relief Hardship Program is being administered by the County's Department of Community Services. Call 757-890-3885 or email to </span><a href="mailto:housing@yorkcounty.gov"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>housing@yorkcounty.gov</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The second personal property tax bill will be sent out in December 2022. Currently, the County is working to establish an equitable way to provide County taxpayers with meaningful tax relief that will be reflected in the December bill. At the time of this report, it is estimated that the County will have a revenue surplus of approximately $3 to $3.5 million to help address the personal property tax issue. I anticipate that many but not all the December 2022 tax bills will be equal to or slightly lower than the December 2021 bill. Most of the tax bills will be substantially lower than the June 2022 tax bills. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>2. Why is the County buying a $1.3 million fire truck? The Supervisors go to great lengths to get ahead of potential disasters. York County has a professional fire department with an exceptional fire and life safety reputation. Providing our fire department with proper equipment is essential to outstanding service demanded by our citizens. The County has operated two ladder trucks for many years. These trucks provide greater flexibility for fighting fires, help reduce the requirements for additional fire equipment, and play a role in reducing homeowner insurance costs, which is partially based on local government's firefighting capability. Fire trucks age differently that other vehicles. They are driven more aggressively, exposed to harsh emergency environments, and idle for extensive periods of time for quick response. They are not like regular street cars and trucks. They age faster. For example, the ladder truck we are replacing may have nearly 100,000 miles in two years by the time we receive the new truck, but the equivalent mileage will be approximately 200,000 miles.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>3. What is going on with the remodeling of the Riverwalk Restaurant and the cracked beam in the parking garage on Water Street as issues? As for the restaurant, keep in mind that the County owns the building, and the Marcon Co. owns the restaurant business that is in the building . The building is 20 years old, which as I understand it, makes it due for a renovation. Also, the building was not originally designed with two restaurants in mind. The current arrangement with two kitchens is inefficient. The business owner wishes to expand capacity, enhance the dining experience on the waterfront, and improve efficiency by consolidating the kitchens.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The cost for the remodeling will be shared on a percentage basis between the York County Economic Development Authority (62.5%) and the Marcon Co. (37.5%). The County has set aside $2 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, which is one time money provided to us by the Federal Government. The Marcon Co. will provide approximately $1.5 million. The remainder, if needed will come from the County's Economic Development Authority (EDA) Capital Fund or the Board of Supervisors' Economic Development Fund. This is a "Place Making" effort that is important to the social and economic vitality of York County.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>As for the cracked beam, our first concern with the garage is public safety. That is why we initially closed the garage and hired an expert engineer to survey the damage. As it turns out, the crack in the beam is superficial, meaning it only needs cosmetic repair. The beam is structurally sound and the upper deck of the garage is now open for parking.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>4. The new Sheriff's Office Building. The estimated cost of the new building is approximately $25 million. It has been in the County's Capital Improvement Plan for quite some time. The Sheriff's Office moved into the current building in 1998. There have been three space studies, and each identified the need for more space. Current, bathroom facilities are very limited (prisoners and staff must use the same facility), there's no conference room and several closets have been turned into offices. There is literally no more space for additional employees.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>York County has a population of about 70,000. Based on a standard of 1.8 deputies per 1,000 population, the County should have 126 deputies. We believe the current force of 110 deputies is sufficient to meet our law enforcement needs. However, over the coming years, we know the force will need to grow. The space study for the new building identified a need for a 53,000 sq. ft. building. The new building has a build out of 40 years. It will have a training facility, showers for emergency operations, and a community room for groups that interact with the Sheriff's Office. We do not want to experience the problem that James City County experienced when in 2009 the County built a 47,000 sq. ft. building only to find that today they are out of room. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>5. Beale's Restaurant on Route 17. The County's Economic Development Authority (EDA) acquired the property for $450,000. The idea is to expand business in the County that is compatible with the surrounding communities. The EDA had the land cleared and water and sewer installed. Beale's was identified as a desirable business and approached by the EDA. An agreement was reached, and Beale's bought the property for $400,000 with a loan from the EDA. The EDA established a loan forgiveness plan where $200,000 of the loan would be forgiven once Beale's receives a Certificate of Occupancy. At the first 6- and 12-month periods of operations, Beale's will receive additional loan forgiveness of $75,000 each period. Originally, there was a time limit to establish the restaurant but once the pandemic hit and materials became nearly impossible to acquire, the Supervisors extended the limit. The stipulation is that Beale's must continue to make a good faith effort to build the restaurant, which it has. As our community continues to open and the pandemic recedes, we believe the taxes from the building and land along with the food and beverage tax will cover the cost to the County. Beale's will very likely help to stimulate additional business growth along Route 17.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>6. The Tabb Pressure Reducing Station (PRS) and Offline Storage Facility (OLSF) project is currently in design development. One storage tank was removed from the plan to reduce project costs. The project design will be completed this summer and construction of the facility will begin in early 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>7. Crime Watch. While the number of cases involving larceny from vehicles has declined, the number of arrests for illegal possession of a weapon has increased. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> a. The 7-11 store murders on the Newport News side of Kiln Creek remain unsolved. The incident involved a masked individual coming into the store and shooting the owner and an employee. Both died because of their injuries. The Newport News police are actively working the case.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> b. The York County Sheriff's Office responded to a call late at night of individuals on the pier in Historic Yorktown brandishing firearms. It appears that two males and two females were making a video with their guns. When the deputies showed up, the individuals fled the scene but were arrested later that night after ditching the weapons. The weapons have been recovered. One individual was charged with carrying a concealed weapon without a permit and for being a convicted felon in possession of a weapon.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> c. Very recently, a large group of people on Friday and Saturday night have been riding around and gathering at various places on the Peninsula. In and of itself, this is not a crime. However, when the gathering becomes large, noisy, and bit rowdy, law enforcement will move in to break up the crowd. The crowd that the Sheriff's Department was recently involved with had, that same night, been run out of Newport News by the city police. The group then decided to show up at the parking lot near the Pub in Historic Yorktown. Again, this was late at night. It is estimated that approximately 100 cars were in the group. The Sheriff's Department arrested two individuals on weapons possession and suggest that the others might want to leave York County. They did and headed to Hampton where they once again became rowdy to a point where one individual was shot in the butt by another crowd member. This is just an example of some of the things our law enforcement must deal with.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> d. The Sheriff's Department reports that 90% of all stollen guns are taken from vehicles. Please do us all a favor and remove your guns and secure your vehicles. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>* Comments and opinions expressed in the District 5 Report are authorized and approved by me and do not necessarily represent the position of other elected representatives. All email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and to the Virginia Public Records Act, which may result in monitoring and disclosure to third parties, including law enforcement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div>PTPadminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376015457837810154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708359106289287465.post-91951292505450379802022-06-01T17:44:00.001-04:002022-06-01T17:44:13.343-04:00Budget Update<!--[if !mso 9]><!--><span style='font-size:0px;max-width: 0px;max-height: 0px;mso-hide:all;'> Update on General Assembly budget </span><!--<![endif]--><head> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width"> <style>@media only screen and (max-device-width: 480px) {table[class=tmplfooter]{width:330px !important;max-width:320px !important; text-align:left;} table[class=tmplheader]{width:330px !important; max-width:320px !important; text-align:left;} } </style> </head> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#333;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial;" id="HEADER"> <tr><td align="center"> <div> <table style="color:#333;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial; text-align:center;padding:5px;;width:600px;" class="tmplheader" align="center" id="H_INNER"><tr><td><div class="txtsize" style="color:#333;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial;">Is this email not displaying correctly? 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This budget we just passed does much that I support and with which I strongly agree; however, it returns to the taxpayers only 25% of the surplus. With the developing fiscal train wreck in Washington, families are contending with financial challenges on all fronts — wages that just can’t keep up with record high gas prices, inflation at 30-year highs, rising interest rates, skyrocketing housing costs, and rising cost of food and electricity. We need to put those challenges of working Virginians first. We could do better, and with targeted amendments from the Governor, I am hopeful that we will.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "times new roman", times, serif;"> </span></p><p class="Body"><font face="times new roman, times, serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="None">The compromise budget that the finance committees released this past weekend did </span><span class="None"><span lang="FR">contain </span>some of those priorities…</span></font><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "times new roman", times, serif;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font face="times new roman, times, serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">★<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span class="None">Over $4.2 billion in tax relief in the form of one-time tax rebates for Virginians and standard deduction increases</span></font></p><p class="Body" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font face="times new roman, times, serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">★<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span class="None">$730 million over two years for salary raises for teachers</span></font></p><p class="Body" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font face="times new roman, times, serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">★<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span class="None">$113 million for law enforcement salary raises</span></font></p><p class="Body" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font face="times new roman, times, serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">★<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span class="None">$100 million for lab school initiatives (although I would prefer charter schools rather than schools run by the universities responsible for teaching public school teachers)</span></font></p><p class="Body" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font face="times new roman, times, serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">★<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span class="None">$5 million for Operation Ceasefire funding</span></font></p><p class="Body" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font face="times new roman, times, serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">★<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span class="None">$45 million over two years in support for the School Resource Officer Incentive Grant Program</span></font></p><p class="Body"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "times new roman", times, serif;">I am pleased to see general fund dollars being spent for transportation. For years, Democrats have argued that transportation must be funded exclusively from the Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) and that even in times of plenty, the expenditure of general funds for transportation is nothing more than a raid on education dollars. That argument has always been specious. The TTF consists primarily of gas tax revenues. The fact is that between increasing fuel economy and the advent of electric vehicles, our transportation dollars will need to come from somewhere else. I am disappointed, however, that all this general fund transportation money is being spent on widening the stretch of I-64 between New Kent and James City County and none on I-81.</span></p><p class="Body"><span class="None" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "times new roman", times, serif;">I did not vote for this budget today for a few reasons. First, I believe in limiting the size and scope of government. This state budget is about two times the size of Governor McDonnell</span><span dir="RTL" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "times new roman", times, serif;"></span><span dir="RTL" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "times new roman", times, serif;"></span><span class="None" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "times new roman", times, serif;"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span>s last budget. As Virginians continue to struggle with rising costs, we need to be diligent to limit government spending to the extent possible. We seem to aspire to a different goal — expanding government spending to the extent possible. A once in a lifetime opportunity to make major structural changes in Virginia tax policy was missed.</span></p><p class="Body"><span class="None" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "times new roman", times, serif;">This budget also missed</span><span class="None" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "times new roman", times, serif;"><span lang="FR"> important </span>opportunities and included many misguided spending initiatives:</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "times new roman", times, serif;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font face="times new roman, times, serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">●<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span class="None">No gas tax relief was included in this budget</span></font></p><p class="Body" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font face="times new roman, times, serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">●<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span class="None">The grocery tax was not fully repealed</span></font></p><p class="Body" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font face="times new roman, times, serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">●<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span class="None">$210 million was set aside for I-64 but none for I-81</span></font></p><p class="Body" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font face="times new roman, times, serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">●<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span class="None">Tuition Assistance Grants for in-state students attending Virginia’s private colleges and universities was increased to $4,500, but students attending Virginia’s private Historically Black Colleges and Universities will receive an additional $5,000 ($9,000 total)</span></font></p><p class="Body" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font face="times new roman, times, serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">●<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span class="None">We found $100,000 for the Sports Hall of Fame but inexplicably no money included to provide Virginia Line of Duty Act benefits for the families of the two fallen Bridgewater officers</span></font></p><p class="Body" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font face="times new roman, times, serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">●<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span class="None">$5 million for a CASA welcome center in Northern Virginia </span></font></p><p class="Body" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font face="times new roman, times, serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">●<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span class="None">$10 million in financial aid for undocumented students</span></font></p><p class="Body" style="margin-left:.5in"><br></p><p class="Body"><font face="times new roman, times, serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="None">I examine closely the line items to which we are allocating taxpayer dollars because I believe strongly in our responsibility to stick to conservative and disciplined financial principles. 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font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 18px; color: #000000; text-align: left; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;"> <div></div> <div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div> <div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-style: normal; font-size: 22px;">Green New Deal Still Rules in Virginia</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;">by Steve Haner</span></div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> </span></div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;">3/11/2022 -- The elections of a Republican Virginia governor and a new Republican majority in the House of Delegates have not changed Virginia’s status as one of the greenest of Green New Deal states in the country. Every effort to reverse the course set during the previous period of Democratic hegemony has failed at the 2022 General Assembly.</span></div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> </span></div> <div> <span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;">The massive construction plans for ratepayer-funded solar, wind and battery facilities dictated by the 2020 Virginia Clean Economy Act remain on track. A bill to </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001my6gwsxIsIWNR6g4-UI-1PzBg6ePUhZ4M0k5_-mQihpQxJDpgYnacECYzNBacK24lPZmBOVn7tw76y6a0zPNWjk9g_TbbiZHZIcK5SlTONQ9O254UNTwFdbzov8Aw_RDtMP-mbbuWh9NCiRtptk-Xiin9GZSkv8T8x1PjuNO9ByrNLx8tQe6_s3lhvb3dIxe3fA64GicK2muu47fYmhoCtEbRrH28Z0f&c=885180Rskr2YynJWonjPQeL04fd8lG31vU6Eqmt6xdc7kUuMs-u0-w==&ch=2XIrbeCPsWpr29Y4ud7c2CYFsLM5ogmgj52cwYrRRpGaV31mopjhwA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">repeal VCEA</a><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> failed in the majority-Democratic Virginia Senate. So did a </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001my6gwsxIsIWNR6g4-UI-1PzBg6ePUhZ4M0k5_-mQihpQxJDpgYnacECYzNBacK24MD7izAZ3C7SeUkbdSXyPYm6u0BosZYjYRPNSO7-_D8DNg2vHd166F2br4lPIz7fMEZg-NM_Im1GTmwNY_GyZnDIjqK3W2Cre4SW44EHwwBp_snhmmIUptMj_shYZYpykYMP9jj5rcp--dMrv0kG8VbV2Z4GP1t_7&c=885180Rskr2YynJWonjPQeL04fd8lG31vU6Eqmt6xdc7kUuMs-u0-w==&ch=2XIrbeCPsWpr29Y4ud7c2CYFsLM5ogmgj52cwYrRRpGaV31mopjhwA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">simpler bill</a><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> that merely restored the ability of the State Corporation Commission to review those construction plans for prudence, reasonableness and cost.</span> </div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> </span></div> <div> <span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;">If California moves to ban the sales of new internal combustion engine cars and other vehicles starting with the 2035 model year, as expected, Virginia is still positioned to automatically follow suit. Until then, a growing percentage of all new car sales must be electric starting in 2025. </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001my6gwsxIsIWNR6g4-UI-1PzBg6ePUhZ4M0k5_-mQihpQxJDpgYnacN8mXk4L7-ZoMdiiQLsBs04LCPScZWChickTo2hKHPPkPEf1rV5DbDKRXm40sR6kF1L7u__h8SZkGyFaZc0pnnY_uXPF7uw4GqXYSf2OAB7W16taR2KhZyN6DRJ_bhDAEhhAa_8esGg0ydE1MamWxM7trEE_-u8A34yAoFJDT8qT&c=885180Rskr2YynJWonjPQeL04fd8lG31vU6Eqmt6xdc7kUuMs-u0-w==&ch=2XIrbeCPsWpr29Y4ud7c2CYFsLM5ogmgj52cwYrRRpGaV31mopjhwA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">A bill to revisit that 2021 legislation</a><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;">, and do a proper regulatory adoption process, also died in the Senate.</span> </div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> </span></div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;">Legislative efforts to remove Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative regional compact all failed. A regulatory reversal may still be possible without legislation, but in the meantime the carbon tax remains on every Dominion Energy Virginia bill and works its way into everything touched by electricity costs.</span></div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> </span></div> <div> <span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;">In these waning hours of the regular session, a bill to </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001my6gwsxIsIWNR6g4-UI-1PzBg6ePUhZ4M0k5_-mQihpQxJDpgYnacECYzNBacK2429P2WbbvEGtz47DcN2q5_Eojelz6LfJ95QW2MyMr8xrxXfNzT3TEEkJUJfJslgV14QYz4jbAbv6ES5ybf7S1XjqoM51XxMsKrE02i6HhEs1JnXPUoWXgGHvjbWNyeRaBOXkegWSX10oWMSk39W2gV7-nBsWWaFYa&c=885180Rskr2YynJWonjPQeL04fd8lG31vU6Eqmt6xdc7kUuMs-u0-w==&ch=2XIrbeCPsWpr29Y4ud7c2CYFsLM5ogmgj52cwYrRRpGaV31mopjhwA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">protect the use of natural gas</a><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> from local restrictions or prohibitions is struggling in a conference committee. If it fails or passes without teeth, local governments that operate natural gas utilities (such as the City of Richmond) can proceed to close them or restrict new connections. Other localities can use building codes or other regulations to do the same to private natural gas suppliers. The state’s largest and one of its more Democratic localities, Fairfax County, has </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001my6gwsxIsIWNR6g4-UI-1PzBg6ePUhZ4M0k5_-mQihpQxJDpgYnacPNa2uc1fi1UPQi7injCZcNcg4N_LxD4HNgH1xvD31utYMIXd4LSlZwBOKzvHW6TxEMni3kM9BaM3wdKeJHXbw4D7DTQ4rv4wP1ERgDmGz2N5qgFtmi2yJLd2RP19cJ3zjsmm_c5qJNn3BrXrN0aTcFNiv_mrs7boCBIBV1UWNqp&c=885180Rskr2YynJWonjPQeL04fd8lG31vU6Eqmt6xdc7kUuMs-u0-w==&ch=2XIrbeCPsWpr29Y4ud7c2CYFsLM5ogmgj52cwYrRRpGaV31mopjhwA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">plans to discourage gas</a><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> already adopted. It and Richmond won’t be alone.</span> </div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> </span></div> <div> <span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;">Within the General Assembly, the partisan divide on this debate is nearly total. The bill to protect natural gas did receive two Democratic votes in the House. Some Senate Democrats voted to restore State Corporation Commission oversight on the reasonableness, prudence and cost of renewable energy generation that is expected to add hundreds if not </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001my6gwsxIsIWNR6g4-UI-1PzBg6ePUhZ4M0k5_-mQihpQxJDpgYnacJmb8O39Jq7jPizp6VTmfZXIOmSPH1gkZe32d7fPqqgAzOp_-gWzNiGNWc5Lyzm0950r6ttiLwEhlJOdkbFHy6COAw3YeW8LN0HMvsH1SGoxKT71gKzpsT97oD-vpWkftyAsmiGhHLIDu3yeCCd48nMncp9Qu4KQXw==&c=885180Rskr2YynJWonjPQeL04fd8lG31vU6Eqmt6xdc7kUuMs-u0-w==&ch=2XIrbeCPsWpr29Y4ud7c2CYFsLM5ogmgj52cwYrRRpGaV31mopjhwA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">thousands</a><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> of dollars to annual electric bills.</span> </div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> </span></div> <div> <span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;">But that bill, </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001my6gwsxIsIWNR6g4-UI-1PzBg6ePUhZ4M0k5_-mQihpQxJDpgYnacECYzNBacK24MD7izAZ3C7SeUkbdSXyPYm6u0BosZYjYRPNSO7-_D8DNg2vHd166F2br4lPIz7fMEZg-NM_Im1GTmwNY_GyZnDIjqK3W2Cre4SW44EHwwBp_snhmmIUptMj_shYZYpykYMP9jj5rcp--dMrv0kG8VbV2Z4GP1t_7&c=885180Rskr2YynJWonjPQeL04fd8lG31vU6Eqmt6xdc7kUuMs-u0-w==&ch=2XIrbeCPsWpr29Y4ud7c2CYFsLM5ogmgj52cwYrRRpGaV31mopjhwA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">House Bill 73</a><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;">, did not even receive total Republican support. It failed in the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001my6gwsxIsIWNR6g4-UI-1PzBg6ePUhZ4M0k5_-mQihpQxJDpgYnacPNa2uc1fi1UGk7I9Uu0-7mpRDYyJkCFIZ9pAgSNor04qOojNnaBXza4CWIWTzIzjt9NYmJi4rq1ryEW-juo46-TIxaDONGwHzPLkbpKg4b4ooq2YpMLNKmFdSVn8igRbxKIM6zldCOwC9XOXLqfTRc-zaCCiCzhwA==&c=885180Rskr2YynJWonjPQeL04fd8lG31vU6Eqmt6xdc7kUuMs-u0-w==&ch=2XIrbeCPsWpr29Y4ud7c2CYFsLM5ogmgj52cwYrRRpGaV31mopjhwA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">9-5</a><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;">, with four Democrats and only one Republican voting to keep it alive. One Republican, Senator Mark Obenshain, R-Harrisonburg, voted to kill it. Senate Minority Leader Thomas Norment, R-James City County, failed to vote.</span> </div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> </span></div> <div> <span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;">The same pair had weeks before </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001my6gwsxIsIWNR6g4-UI-1PzBg6ePUhZ4M0k5_-mQihpQxJDpgYnacPNa2uc1fi1Ur6UdSmT0SHvJ7-L3siqMzX15-TiHtRWzcZaefUUZ3wDGAtNjVRIT5MYYJ7qf5oWMQki9cIk_vlyeLKf52zT6SQIOWpDogE0r2iRokljKvU3OHckc01eyODdOGwgH_HDFYbIHxbMPnGzmr3xcfCiKQA==&c=885180Rskr2YynJWonjPQeL04fd8lG31vU6Eqmt6xdc7kUuMs-u0-w==&ch=2XIrbeCPsWpr29Y4ud7c2CYFsLM5ogmgj52cwYrRRpGaV31mopjhwA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">voted to kill</a><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> a similar effort at restoring SCC authority over these projects, that </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001my6gwsxIsIWNR6g4-UI-1PzBg6ePUhZ4M0k5_-mQihpQxJDpgYnacN8mXk4L7-ZoCg3r7iXLViXhWPhb4KWPBOzfjat7Ot0kNKgcOQBU4NugYW7UUlY5A1F05Ixer_MylUWWFomlPvhLmW2Kl4NtrvTJFrA5Iswe9M2IQAYXEd5WPYG4kgxe7HauROPB7IFT6kWbcfJLIJE=&c=885180Rskr2YynJWonjPQeL04fd8lG31vU6Eqmt6xdc7kUuMs-u0-w==&ch=2XIrbeCPsWpr29Y4ud7c2CYFsLM5ogmgj52cwYrRRpGaV31mopjhwA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">bill</a><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> coming from one of their Senate Republican colleagues.</span> </div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> </span></div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;">Through the session the steadfast position of the House Republicans with lukewarm support from key Senate colleagues has been joined by mostly silence from Governor Glenn Youngkin, who has only sought to repeal the RGGI carbon tax. The offshore wind and solar bonanza of VCEA, the demands to buy electric cars and covert our homes to all-electric, those will cost average Virginians far more than will RGGI.</span></div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> </span></div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;">Whether they know it or like it, Virginians remain firmly in the grip of those who think fossil fuels are dangerous and must be rapidly retired. We currently depend on those fuels heavily, they are abundant within U.S. borders and national waters, they have delivered reliable economic prosperity, yet they must disappear from Virginia’s future. Replacing them with intermittent and unreliable electricity will be expensive and risky.</span></div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> </span></div> <div> <span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;">Why do Democrats think Virginians want this? Three decades of a steady drumbeat of false or exaggerated narratives about claimed climate catastrophes has sunk in. In a </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001my6gwsxIsIWNR6g4-UI-1PzBg6ePUhZ4M0k5_-mQihpQxJDpgYnacPNa2uc1fi1Uh6M0xSB6Til7v6MC_DSGdQNvIFQ6mbk8jdm1Hl1E601NEC6BuPWc7dez0TKqmTbWsQ9U7OUQO5-XBlrYrNoPkOH0tAOpP78egF8Oea09AqR1ZS75sb-P7c-jXB4FuGUNbtPTWLQoLAE=&c=885180Rskr2YynJWonjPQeL04fd8lG31vU6Eqmt6xdc7kUuMs-u0-w==&ch=2XIrbeCPsWpr29Y4ud7c2CYFsLM5ogmgj52cwYrRRpGaV31mopjhwA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">recent poll</a><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> conducted by Christopher Newport University, anticipating these issues before the 2022 General Assembly, respondents repeated the messages of looming disaster they have been told.</span> </div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> </span></div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;">First the pollster asked about various claimed disastrous climate change impacts. More than 40% stated there already are major impacts on Virginia from rising sea levels, harm to wildlife, and more common storms and extreme heat. Another 30% or more claimed there are already minor impacts. Fewer than one-quarter saw no impacts.</span></div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> </span></div> <div> <span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;">There is minor sea level rise, having caused no damage, and the other three claimed extreme outcomes are </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001my6gwsxIsIWNR6g4-UI-1PzBg6ePUhZ4M0k5_-mQihpQxJDpgYnacPNa2uc1fi1UXjIA1LNDGfG9qv5INe_X-xd-1_djVwBa7kdUfksZACzYEVwGV5Ed4LQ08p92uwwMKlbjP_MH7Bw4_UXxmMZlfLhnmQ3Kzy2HG_dj4tLi_p8AOt0f9iT_jVLt9keFl18a22Po1hO9QcBLaYSE1IwYLexoOIx1zHassj9RjknSoBs=&c=885180Rskr2YynJWonjPQeL04fd8lG31vU6Eqmt6xdc7kUuMs-u0-w==&ch=2XIrbeCPsWpr29Y4ud7c2CYFsLM5ogmgj52cwYrRRpGaV31mopjhwA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">total fiction</a><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;">. Virginia has experienced little to no change in its climate and certainly no ill effects. But more than half of voting Virginians believe it has, either major or minor.</span> </div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> </span></div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;">With the pump fully primed by that first question (a lesson in polling bias), voters were then asked about the priority for state government of “addressing climate change.” About one third set it as a top priority and another third as a medium priority. Similar two-third majorities expressed support for the VCEA and membership in RGGI, including about 40% of Republican respondents.</span></div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> </span></div> <div> <span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;">Missing from some of those questions, of course, was any mention of the cost of converting to intermittent wind and solar electricity, costs which have been estimated and are available. The growing electric bill tax that is imposed by RGGI was never mentioned. Bring those into the poll question and suddenly voters respond very differently. Suddenly their doubts blossom, as a Thomas Jefferson Institute-sponsored </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001my6gwsxIsIWNR6g4-UI-1PzBg6ePUhZ4M0k5_-mQihpQxJDpgYnacJt2nPHr_j0E_3yFmIvDW0tf-xpESjUDJyg2FMcT9WTXH3HMye2CwZ-rvpV6HSXxf9rILk9fzVI_pzOX_AIxBZrwiRxlQMXQuu71xX1V6P2jhJMcUQblmURyZcsBt9xypY4Rejq8FIcJuBMkFR3qTjmytNFi_NtIUmwNlwnbMC1A7G6k6Vk9ZD5iOZvUn-SjIg==&c=885180Rskr2YynJWonjPQeL04fd8lG31vU6Eqmt6xdc7kUuMs-u0-w==&ch=2XIrbeCPsWpr29Y4ud7c2CYFsLM5ogmgj52cwYrRRpGaV31mopjhwA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">poll</a><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> showed. With the price tag attached, even Democrats disliked RGGI.</span> </div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> </span></div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;">But the price tags remain unknown, sometimes hidden and buried, and will now be obscured by government-driven inflation and war-driven commodity price hikes. The mainstream media outlets filled with daily climate disaster claims are silent on the costs or risks of the energy conversions they tout. Abundant evidence that the climate catastrophe narrative is false on some points and debatable on others never makes the local paper or nightly news.</span></div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> </span></div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;">The physics behind our climate remains a controversial mystery. Inertia is something all can understand.</span></div> <div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-size: 19px;"> </span></div> <div> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">A version of this commentary originally appeared on March 10 in the online </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001my6gwsxIsIWNR6g4-UI-1PzBg6ePUhZ4M0k5_-mQihpQxJDpgYnacPNa2uc1fi1U7JZ3_aEI0l20oVdH4Bz5nrNVCceUVabNW7vi8d3H_BWj3W753w9ggvkeIlgWX32VK0-T56_uqmBzpStMLqcQwmTP9ge7Y2CD8vsO1ds2gG5dKrm8_GFr8DGTYnhFEuX8WikBNA9Bk8UEq3Y15QzsKWvO5btzypg1&c=885180Rskr2YynJWonjPQeL04fd8lG31vU6Eqmt6xdc7kUuMs-u0-w==&ch=2XIrbeCPsWpr29Y4ud7c2CYFsLM5ogmgj52cwYrRRpGaV31mopjhwA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Bacon’s Rebellion</a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"> blog. Steve Haner is a senior fellow with the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy. He may be reached at </span><a href="mailto:steve@thomasjeffersoninst.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-style: italic; 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<br>
<br>The purpose of the District 5 Report is to keep you up to date on activities
<br>in and around our area. Residents and homeowner associations are encouraged
<br>to share the information with others in their communities. For those who do
<br>not receive the report, I will gladly add you to the distribution list upon
<br>request to either <a href="mailto:tgshep@cox.net">tgshep@cox.net</a> or <a href="mailto:shepperd@yorkcounty.gov">shepperd@yorkcounty.gov</a>. Please include
<br>your name and address in the request. Comments and questions are always
<br>welcome. You can reach me at the phone numbers and email addresses listed
<br>below my name.* I greatly appreciate your help in disseminating the report
<br>to other residents of our communities.
<br>
<br>Regards,
<br>
<br>Tom
<br>
<br>Thomas G. Shepperd, Jr.
<br>District 5 Representative
<br>York County Board of Supervisors
<br>
<br>(C) 757-903-1875
<br>(H) 757-868-8591
<br>
<br><a href="mailto:shepperd@yorkcounty.gov">shepperd@yorkcounty.gov</a>
<br><a href="mailto:tgshep@cox.net">tgshep@cox.net</a>
<br>
<br>........................June 2021 District 5 Report.................
<br>
<br>1. Announcements:
<br>
<br>a. Real Estate Assessment - Every two years property owners in York County
<br>receive their real estate assessment. You should receive yours by December
<br>31st. Over the past couple of years, we have seen a significant jump in
<br>home prices due to high demand and the limited availability of homes. The
<br>County assessors have been somewhat conservative in their assessments, and
<br>we can expect to see on average between 7 to 12 percent increase for
<br>residential property. Commercial property assessments will be flat to down
<br>while apartments and timeshares will be up. Keep in mind that the County's
<br>assessment may not reflect the actual market value of your property.
<br>Several ways to determine your property's market value is to review the sale
<br>price of homes in and around your property and to discuss with your
<br>insurance company what it would cost to replace your home. For example,
<br>USAA will show you what your home is insured for and what it will cost to
<br>replace it. Probably the most accurate way to value your home is to hire a
<br>professional assessor. However, if you are not selling your home, just
<br>doing a little research will give you a pretty good idea of its value. The
<br>assessment you receive from the County will become effective on January 1st.
<br>The assessment will be used by the County to determine your annual property
<br>tax once the Board of Supervisors sets the tax rate in May 2022. In the
<br>meantime, you can use the current tax rate of $.795 per $100 of assessed
<br>value to get an idea of what your property tax will be in 2022.
<br>
<br>The County assessment you receive in the mail will provide you with
<br>information on how to appeal your home's assessed value. Options for
<br>appealing the assessment include calling the Assessor's Office, applying to
<br>the court appointed Board of Equalization or filing suit in Circuit Court
<br>and having your appeal heard by a judge. Keep in mind that there are time
<br>limits for each appeal. Complete details about the appeals process are
<br>available on the Real Estate Assessment website at
<br><a href="http://www.yorkcounty.gov">www.yorkcounty.gov</a><<a href="http://www.yorkcounty.gov">http://www.yorkcounty.gov</a>>. When you get to the website
<br>select "Government" then select "Real Estate Assessment ." The appeal
<br>process will be on the left side of the Real Estate Assessment page.
<br>
<br>b. Sports Tourism - Creating a family friendly indoor complex in the
<br>Williamsburg area has been discussed for years. The idea is that such a
<br>complex will enhance our competitive position as a tourism market.
<br>Currently, York County receives about $15 million a year in revenue from
<br>tourism. York County is a small county and, to make the economics of
<br>constructing and operating a successful sports facility, requires partnering
<br>with other municipalities such as the City of Williamsburg and James City
<br>County. We recognize that all three communities receive tourism dollars and
<br>see the value in leveraging a small portion of the tourism income to grow
<br>the tourism business.
<br>
<br>The City of Williamsburg has taken a position that it will provide some
<br>capital for construction. The Greater Williamsburg Tourism Council has a
<br>reserve fund for tourism projects, which should be available to complete the
<br>required construction and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has offered
<br>its Visitors Center property as the site for the new sports complex. The
<br>advantage of the site is that it includes existing infrastructure, a
<br>convenient location for all three localities and excellent interstate access
<br>for future sports tourism participants. The successful construction and
<br>operation of the tourism facility represents one of the most innovative and
<br>complex intergovernmental projects ever undertaken by the three localities
<br>of the Historic Triangle. It is not achievable without the collaboration of
<br>all three jurisdictions.
<br>
<br>c. Fire Station 7 - The County is converting the Crossroads Community Youth
<br>Home to a new fire station in the upper part of the County. The new fire
<br>station will be designated as Fire Station Number 7. The property is owned
<br>by the City of Williamsburg and will be leased to the County for $5000.00 a
<br>year. The conversion will cost about $3.5 million and include the
<br>construction of a pre-engineered metal building with 3 drive-through bays
<br>and associated mechanical, electrical, and plumbing work.
<br>
<br>d. ARPA funds - The American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) was signed into law
<br>March 11, 2021 and provided $1.9 trillion nationally in response to the
<br>negative economic impact of Covid-19. The Act provided $4.3 billion to
<br>Virginia for allocation to local governments though the General Assembly.
<br>In addition, the ARPA also provide State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
<br>(SLFRF) directly to local governments. York County will receive $13.3
<br>million through SLFRF. There are restrictions for use of these funds and
<br>since the funds are non-recurring, the County Administrator is recommending
<br>that we apply 80% of the money to cover items in the County's and School's
<br>Capital Improvement Programs. The remaining 20% will be divided equally to
<br>provide community support and to meet one-time County needs.
<br>
<br>e. Redistricting - The York County Planning Department presented options
<br>for redistricting based on requirements stemming from the 2020 census. The
<br>County population now stands at 70,045. The average annual growth rate for
<br>the past 10 years is 0.7%, which is the lowest since the 1950's. The
<br>current population by election districts is District 1 - 15,220, District 2
<br>- 12,836, District 3 - 14,805, District 4 - 13,446 and District 5 - 13,738.
<br>To ensure equal representation, the district lines will need to be adjusted
<br>so that the population for each district falls between 14,743 and 13,339,
<br>which is historically an allowable 5% variation. The future growth in
<br>housing is an aspect of the census that is being considered. Based on
<br>future housing units in the development pipeline, District 1 will have 1,890
<br>new homes over the next 10 years. The other districts will have: District 2
<br>- 367 units, District 3 - 762 units, District 4 - 121 units, and District 5
<br>- 73 units. The Supervisors can take future growth into consideration as
<br>long as the population variation remains with 5% for each district.
<br>Currently, we are waiting to see what the state proposes for the General
<br>Assembly and federal congressional boundaries. We need to understand the
<br>impact of split districts.
<br>
<br>2. Crime in York County - Over the past 20 years, I've provided crime
<br>watch updates and for 20 years the number one crime in our County continues
<br>to be larceny from vehicles. Larceny means stealing something. This year
<br>there have been 195 cases in York County. The best way to prevent these
<br>larcenies is to remove valuables from the car and lock the car doors. Out
<br>of every 100 larcenies from vehicle cases approximately 99 involve unlocked
<br>cars. Also, you might want to remove keys from your car. There were over
<br>30 reported cases of stolen vehicles in York County. Other crimes of note
<br>this year were the theft of over 60 catalytic converters. Catalytic
<br>converters are required for your vehicle to protect the environment. They
<br>can cost thousands of dollars to replace. Security cameras, parking in a
<br>lighted area, and even etching your vehicles VIN number or license plate on
<br>the converter can help deter catalytic converter crimes.
<br>
<br>It never ceases to amaze me the number of copycat crimes that pop up after a
<br>serious incident. The recent incident at Oxford High School in Michigan
<br>where four people were killed and seven injured has led to at least 20
<br>juveniles on the southside of Hampton Roads and now three high schoolers in
<br>York County being arrested for threatening to kill teachers and students or
<br>blowing up a school. Thanks to an attentive parent and the quick action of
<br>York County School Department and Sheriff's Department personnel, a
<br>potential ugly incident at Grafton High School was averted. There are
<br>several lessons here for parents and kids that need to be restated. First,
<br>threatening to kill, harm, or do damage to someone particularly on school
<br>property is taken very, very seriously. While a child may think it's funny
<br>to pull such a stupid prank, in the end after seeing the embarrassment and
<br>financial hardship the action can cause the family and spending time in
<br>juvenile lockup can be an attitude changer. Also, just saying you're sorry
<br>and that you didn't really mean it, doesn't cut it. You are now in the
<br>court system, which can drag on for months if not years. The second big
<br>lesson is that paying attention and reporting a potentially dangerous
<br>situation is critical to stopping the chain of events that can lead to
<br>tragedy. Parents, please talk with your children about what they should do
<br>if they hear, see, or receive information concerning a potential threat.
<br>For the parents and even the children, you can call the 24/7 non-emergency
<br>dispatch number at 890-3621, to be put in contact with a deputy to discuss
<br>the situation. Whenever in doubt, call 911. Finally, parents we have a
<br>right to bear arms, but we also have a responsibility to ensure firearm
<br>safety, which includes training and storage. Apparently, the parents of
<br>the child involved in the Oxford HS incident failed on both counts and now
<br>face charges of involuntary manslaughter.
<br>
<br>3. Transportation Update.
<br>
<br>a. I-64 Widening Project on the Peninsula - The widening of I-64 from
<br>Jefferson Avenue to the Lightfoot exit is now complete. It is amazing to
<br>see the tremendous construction progress taking place along the I-64
<br>corridor since 2015. The three segments of the I-64 widening cost
<br>approximately $532 million. The citizens of the 14 local governments that
<br>make up Hampton Roads paid about 60 percent of the total cost of the
<br>project. This is a great example of what can be accomplished when the state
<br>and federal governments get out of the way and allow local governments to
<br>work together to solve regional problems.
<br>
<br>b. Wythe Creek Road (Rt. 172) Widening Project - The project is on schedule
<br>with the primary purpose of providing improved emergency evacuation. The
<br>project will start in the City of Hampton and proceed to the City of
<br>Poquoson. Plans include a new 1,544-foot bridge over the causeway. The
<br>bridge will be elevated about 11 feet, which puts it above the 100-year
<br>flood plain and has 3 lanes towards the City of Hampton. There will be
<br>significant intersection improvements at the Carys Chapel Road intersection
<br>to include the installation of a traffic light, crosswalk, and sidewalks.
<br>The old bridge will be reduced in size for use by pedestrians and
<br>bicyclists. The project will encompass road widening from Langley Boulevard
<br>in the City of Hampton to 700 feet north of Huntlandia Way in the City of
<br>Poquoson. Utility relocation started in 2020 and the project was advertised
<br>in the fall of 2020. Completion of the project is estimated to be in 2024.
<br>
<br>4 . Development Update:
<br>
<br>a. Proposed Lotz Acres Development - Celestial Way is the name of a
<br>proposed by-right development in District 5. The property connects at Big
<br>Bethel Road near the stream out flow next to the New Bethel Baptist Church
<br>and expands out on the raw land that lies between the neighborhoods of Lotz
<br>Acres Estate and Tequesta Village. The County has not received a
<br>development plan, but it appears that Celestial Way will most likely connect
<br>to Lotz Acres Estate by way of the stub streets on Heavens Way and Orion
<br>Court. To develop the property, Mr. Lotz would be required to divert the
<br>current stream that flows across the property. This would result in an
<br>unsightly and not environmentally friendly 20-foot wide by 4-feet deep
<br>concrete ditch that diverts the stormwater around the perimeter of the
<br>property. The County has proposed a stream restoration project that will
<br>provide a more esthetically pleasing and environmentally friendly solution.
<br>The restoration is called the Moore's Creek Stream Restoration Project,
<br>which is fitting considering that the original Moore's Creek Project
<br>resulted in outflow stormwater from Woodlake Crossing being deposited across
<br>Mr. Lotz's property. Mr. Lotz is in favor of the stream restoration
<br>project, which will save him the cost of diverting the stream. However, the
<br>development will have to be reduced by 4 or 5 lots to accommodate the
<br>restoration. The County has discussed the stream restoration with the
<br>Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). DEQ believes the
<br>restoration is a good candidate for a State Local Assistance Fund Grant
<br>because of the positive impact it will have on the Chesapeake Bay.
<br>Restoration projects not only help the Bay but also meet requirements of the
<br>Federal Clean Water Act by providing credit towards reducing the County's
<br>Total Maximum Daily Load of sediment, phosphorus and nitrates discharge.
<br>The Moore's Creek Stream Restoration Project is a Capital Improvement
<br>Project proposed in the FY2023 Budget with construction slated for FY2024.
<br>
<br>b. Hampton Road Sanitation District Pressure Reducing Station (PRS) and
<br>Tank Project - Recap: HRSD purchased the 26-acre parcel behind Tabb High
<br>School for the purpose of constructing a facility that would help in
<br>managing the sewer flow and pressure along two major sewer truck lines that
<br>intersect in the area. The project will consist of a partial below ground
<br>PRS and two 2.3 million gallon above ground tanks. This is not a sewer
<br>treatment project.
<br>
<br>HRSD conducted an Open House meeting on September 9th at Tabb High School to
<br>present the project and receive comments. About 25 people attended.
<br>Written comments received by HRSD can be found online at
<br><a href="http://www.HRSD.com">www.HRSD.com</a><<a href="http://www.HRSD.com">http://www.HRSD.com</a>>. As a result of the meeting, HRSD
<br>conducted an analysis to determine if there was a viable site option other
<br>than the current property behind the Tabb Fire Station. The analysis looked
<br>at vacant land of suitable size (7.5 acres) within a one-mile radius of the
<br>current proposed site and found 3 potential sites. It was determined from
<br>the analysis that that the current property provided the best option for the
<br>PRS and tanks. On November 12th, I met with the HRSD Staff to receive an
<br>update on the planning. My takeaway from the meeting is that HRSD will
<br>select Site 2, which is next to the powerlines. Site 2 provides additional
<br>distance from the homes in the Holly Meade neighborhood and more spacing
<br>from the Tabb High School property. The project is currently in the design
<br>phase with 50% expected to be completed this winter and 90% in the Spring of
<br>2022. The final design will be in the Summer of 2022 with construction
<br>beginning in the Fall. Construction is expected to be completed in the
<br>Spring of 2024.
<br>
<br>5. Summary of Board of Supervisors Actions:
<br>
<br>a. Approved Resolution 21-98 to approve a two-year extension of a Special
<br>Use Permit for a solar energy facility on 380 acres off Penniman Road in the
<br>northern part of the County.
<br>
<br>b. Approved Resolution 21-93 to approve a Special Use Permit that allowed
<br>the Magruder-Tabb Animal Hospital to relocate from its current location to a
<br>new 3.2-acre site at 3525 Hampton Highway, which is next to the Yorkshire
<br>Downs neighborhood.
<br>
<br>c. Approved Ordinance No. 21-25 establishing the interest rate on payments
<br>made to the County and eliminating fees for certain electronic checks
<br>returned for no account/unable to locate or invalid account number.
<br>
<br>d. Approved Resolution 21-106 to endorse a proposed sidewalk construction
<br>project under the federal transportation alternative set-aside program and
<br>approved Resolution 21-107 to approve and endorse York County's FY 2023
<br>request for funding through the revenue sharing program for transportation.
<br>Comment: These resolutions continue our work toward providing walkway and
<br>bike ways throughout the County. Evaluation of project will be based on
<br>criteria such as: (1) Utility in linking neighborhoods; (2) Community
<br>support i.e., do residents along the corridor want the sidewalk/bikeway; (3)
<br>Feasibility i.e., reasonable cost; (4) Compliance with State/Federal
<br>Standards, which allows for use of State and Federal funds.
<br>
<br>e. Approved Resolution 21-113 to modify an agreement between the County and
<br>the Hampton Roads Criminal Justice Training Academy to permit improvements
<br>for law enforcement training at York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office Firearms
<br>Facility in York County.
<br>
<br>f. Approved Resolution 21-110 to authorize the County Administrator to
<br>execute a contract to provide construction services for the site work for
<br>the Sheriff's Department building on Goodwin Neck Road.
<br>
<br>g. Approved Resolution 21-129 to execute an amendment to the contract with
<br>Metro Fiber Networks, Inc. for the expansion of dark fiber to the upper
<br>County facilities. Comment: Dark fiber increases bandwidth by over 10,000
<br>percent. Dark fiber, which is used in the lower end of the County for Fire
<br>and Life Safety, is not available in the upper County. The installation of
<br>dark fiber will provide a more reliable and secure system for Fire Stations
<br>Number 3, Number 5, and Number 7.
<br>
<br>h. Approve Resolution 21-130 to authorize payment of retention bonuses to
<br>state supported law enforcement personnel from state funding and to all
<br>other County full time employees with exception of department directors and
<br>senior management from existing appropriated funds. Comment: The state
<br>approved $3,000 hazard pay bonus for state supported positions in the
<br>Sheriff's Department, which is approximately 50% of the department. To
<br>insure we retain trained staff, the Board of Supervisors approved a
<br>retention supplement of $3,000 for all uniformed public safety personnel and
<br>Emergency Communications Telecommunicators (911 folks) and $1,500 for all
<br>other full-time staff members.
<br>
<br>i. Approved Resolution 21-144 to approve an automotive oil change service
<br>building located at 4507 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy., which is the empty corner lot
<br>at the intersection of Rt.17 and Oriana Road. Comment: It has taken nearly
<br>20 years to complete the redevelopment of the intersection.
<br>
<br>j. Approved Resolution 21-148, a concurrent resolution with the City of
<br>Williamsburg, James City County, and York County to create the Historic
<br>Triangle Recreations Facilities Authority.
<br>
<br>k. Approved Resolution 21-154 to authorize the extension of the County's
<br>sewer system to the Victory at Tabb development, which is at the corner of
<br>Meadowlake Road and Hampton Highway.
<br>
<br>* Comments and opinions expressed in the District 5 Report are authorized
<br>and approved by me and do not necessarily represent the position of other
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<br>parties, including law enforcement.PTPadminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376015457837810154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708359106289287465.post-6120096052578738442021-05-03T16:27:00.001-04:002021-05-03T16:27:40.913-04:00CFV - Where do I go to vote this Saturday?<!-- --> <!--[if !gte mso 9]><!----><span class="mcnPreviewText" style="display:none; font-size:0px; line-height:0px; max-height:0px; max-width:0px; opacity:0; overflow:hidden; visibility:hidden; mso-hide:all;">Conservatives coming together.</span><!--<![endif]--> <!-- --> <center> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%" id="bodyTable" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;height: 100%;margin: 0;padding: 0;width: 100%;"> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" id="bodyCell" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 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exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if mso]> <table align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <![endif]--> <!--[if mso]> <td valign="top" width="600" style="width:600px;"> <![endif]--> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #808080;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;"> Fellow Virginians,<br> <br> This Saturday is going to be an historic day in Virginia history. Below is the list of locations of where you will be voting as a delegate this Saturday. <br> <br> One of our goals is - To mobilize "the People" of Virginia in the defense of conservative values.<br> <br> Please volunteer to put up signs by responding to this email with your name and address. Don't expect others to do this for us - be the person who steps up to fight along side us. <br> <br> 53,650 citizens of the Commonwealth have signed up to be delegates in the largest convention ever held. If you are receiving this email you are likely one of them. However, we also know that this convention deprives hundreds of thousands of voters from participating in the nomination process. <br> <br> We are looking for volunteers (delegate or not) to attend each of the below 140+ convention locations across the Commonwealth and put up signs for our endorsed candidates. We will mail signs directly to you or deliver them to you in person prior to the convention this Saturday. <br> <br> Our endorsed candidates are Amanda Chase, Winsome Sears, Lance Allen and Chuck Smith. You can see the vetting results on our <a href="https://chasingfreedomvirginia.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=54e6c45c47cfc2eacdf284ec1&id=e212d22d80&e=d45b7a4d8b" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #00ADD8;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">website</a>. <br> <br> If this information is helpful, please donate to Chasing Freedom - Virginia so we can continue to fight for our conservative values. <br> <br> Tom Speciale<br> Chair, CFV <br> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="874" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody> <tr height="27"> <td height="27" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Locality</strong></td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Location</strong></td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Address</strong></td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong>Who Votes Here</strong></td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Accomack County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Club Car Café</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">18497 Dunne Ave, Parksley VA</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Accomack County Delegates Excluding Tangier Island Residents</td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Accomack County </td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Tangier Island Fire Department</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">16344 Main Ridge Rd, Tangier, VA 23440</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Residents of Tangier Island Only</td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Albemarle County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Madison County High School</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">68 Mountaineer Ln, Madison VA</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Alexandria City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">National Right to Work Building</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">8001 Braddock Road, Springfield, VA 22151</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Alleghany County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Salem Civic Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">1001 Roanoke Blvd., Salem, VA 24153</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Amelia County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">VFW Post 8759</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">16440 Five Forks Rd, Amelia Court House, VA 23002</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Amherst County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Tree of Life Ministries</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">2812 Greenview Dr, Lynchburg VA 24502</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Appomattox County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Tree of Life Ministries</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">2812 Greenview Dr, Lynchburg VA 24502</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Arlington County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">National Right to Work Building</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">8001 Braddock Road, Springfield, VA 22151</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Augusta County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Augusta County Parks and Rec</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">18 Gov Center Ln, Verona, VA 24482</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Bath County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Augusta County Parks and Rec</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">18 Gov Center Ln, Verona, VA 24482</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Bedford County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Tree of Life Ministries</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">2812 Greenview Dr, Lynchburg VA 24502</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Bland County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Wytheville Meeting Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">333 Community Blvd., Wytheville, VA 24382</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Botetourt County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Salem Civic Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">1001 Roanoke Blvd., Salem, VA 24153</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Bristol City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Washington County Republican Party HQ</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">1060 W. Main St., Abingdon, VA 24210</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Brunswick County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Drakes Branch Fire Dept</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">4800 Main St, Drakes Branch VA 23927</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Buchanan County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Trinity Assembly of God</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">503 Indian Creek Rd., Cedar Bluff, VA 24609</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Buckingham County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Fluvanna County Fire Department 51</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">51 SR 659, Kents Store VA</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Buena Vista City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Augusta County Parks and Rec</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">18 Gov Center Ln, Verona, VA 24482</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Campbell County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Tree of Life Ministries</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">2812 Greenview Dr, Lynchburg VA 24502</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Caroline County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Meadow Event Park Gate 6</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">13191 Dawn Blvd, Doswell VA 23047</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Carroll County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Wytheville Meeting Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">333 Community Blvd., Wytheville, VA 24382</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Charles City County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Crossways Kingsway Church</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">5100 John Tyler Hwy, Williamsburg, VA 23185</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Charlotte County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Drakes Branch Fire Dept</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">4800 Main St, Drakes Branch VA 23927</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Charlottesville City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Madison County High School</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">68 Mountaineer Ln, Madison VA</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="49"> <td height="147" rowspan="2" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Chesapeake City (Part)</td> <td rowspan="2" width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Great Bridge Baptist Church</td> <td rowspan="2" width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">640 S Battlefield Blvd, Chesapeake VA 23322</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Chesapeake City Following Precincts:</td> </tr> <tr height="98"> <td height="98" width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63</td> </tr> <tr height="48"> <td height="96" rowspan="2" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Chesapeake City (Part)</td> <td rowspan="2" width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Lake Drummond Masonic Lodge</td> <td rowspan="2" width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">509 George Washington Highway N. Chesapeake 23323</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Chesapeake City Following Precincts</td> </tr> <tr height="48"> <td height="48" width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">3, 4, 6, 11, 13, 19, 20, 21, 25, 27, 28, 35, 38, 39, 44, 45, 48, 54, 64</td> </tr> <tr height="45"> <td height="90" rowspan="2" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Chesterfield County (Part)</td> <td rowspan="2" width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Evergreen Elementary</td> <td rowspan="2" width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">1701 Evergreen Parkway, Midlothian, VA 23114</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Chesterfield County</td> </tr> <tr height="45"> <td height="45" width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Midlothian Magisterial District</td> </tr> <tr height="47"> <td height="94" rowspan="2" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Chesterfield County (Part)</td> <td rowspan="2" width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Fulghum Center</td> <td rowspan="2" width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">13900 Hull St, Midlothian VA 23112</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Chesterfield County</td> </tr> <tr height="47"> <td height="47" width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Clover Hill Magisterial District & Matoaca Magisterial District</td> </tr> <tr height="47"> <td height="94" rowspan="2" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Chesterfield County (Part)</td> <td rowspan="2" width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Life Christian</td> <td rowspan="2" width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">16801 Harrowgate Rd, South Chesterfield, VA, 23834</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Chesterfield County</td> </tr> <tr height="47"> <td height="47" width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Bermuda Magisterial District & Dale Magisterial District</td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Clarke County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">10TH DISTRICT REPUBLICAN HQ</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">20098 Ashbrook Place, Ashburn, VA 20147</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Colonial Heights City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Life Christian Academy</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Lyons Ave, Colonial Heights, VA 23834</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Covington City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Salem Civic Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">1001 Roanoke Blvd., Salem, VA 24153</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Craig County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Salem Civic Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">1001 Roanoke Blvd., Salem, VA 24153</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Culpeper County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Madison County High School</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">68 Mountaineer Ln, Madison VA</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Cumberland County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Drakes Branch Fire Dept</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">4800 Main St, Drakes Branch VA 23927</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Danville City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Tree of Life Ministries</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">2812 Greenview Dr, Lynchburg VA 24502</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Dickenson County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">OFFICE OF SENATOR TRAVIS HACKWORTH</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">540-B Park Ave. NW, Norton, VA 24273</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Dinwiddie County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Parking Lot – Petersburg</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">16 West Bank St, Petersburg, VA 23803</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Emporia City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Parking Lot- Emporia</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">401 S Main St, Emporia VA 23847</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Essex County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Meadow Event Park Gate 6</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">13191 Dawn Blvd, Doswell VA 23047</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Fairfax City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">NOVA COMMUNITY COLLEGE – ANNANDALE</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale VA 22003</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Fairfax County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">NOVA COMMUNITY COLLEGE – ANNANDALE</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale VA 22003</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Falls Church City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">National Right to Work Building</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">8001 Braddock Road, Springfield, VA 22151 </td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Fauquier County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Madison County High School</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">68 Mountaineer Ln, Madison VA</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Floyd County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Salem Civic Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">1001 Roanoke Blvd., Salem, VA 24153</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Fluvanna County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Fluvanna County Fire Department 51</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">51 SR 659, Kents Store VA</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Franklin City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Windsor Town Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">23361 Courthouse Highway, Windsor VA 23487</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Franklin County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Tree of Life Ministries</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">2812 Greenview Dr, Lynchburg VA 24502</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Frederick County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">10th District Republican HQ</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">20098 Ashbrook Place, Ashburn, VA 20147</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Fredericksburg City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Spotsylvania GOP Office</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">4920 Southpoint Pkwy, Fredericksburg VA 22407</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Galax City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Wytheville Meeting Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">333 Community Blvd., Wytheville, VA 24382</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Giles County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Giles County Republican Party HQ</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">116 Tazewell St., Pearisburg, VA 24134</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Gloucester County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">6470 Main St, Gloucester VA 23061</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Goochland County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">VFW Post 8759</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">16440 Five Forks Rd, Amelia Court House, VA 23002</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Grayson County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Wytheville Meeting Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">333 Community Blvd., Wytheville, VA 24382</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Greene County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Madison County High School</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">68 Mountaineer Ln, Madison VA</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Greensville County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Parking Lot- Emporia</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">401 S Main St, Emporia VA 23847</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Halifax County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Drakes Branch Fire Dept</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">4800 Main St, Drakes Branch VA 23927</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Hampton City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">10800 Warwick Blvd, Newport News, VA</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">10800 Warwick Blvd, Newport News, VA</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Hanover County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Meadow Event Park Gate 6</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">13191 Dawn Blvd, Doswell VA 23047</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Harrisonburg City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Augusta County Parks and Rec</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">18 Gov Center Ln, Verona, VA 24482</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Henrico County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Deep Run Recreation Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">9900 Ridgefield Parkway, Richmond VA 23233</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Henry County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Salem Civic Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">1001 Roanoke Blvd., Salem, VA 24153</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Highland County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Augusta County Parks and Rec</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">18 Gov Center Ln, Verona, VA 24482</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Hopewell City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Life Christian Academy</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Lyons Ave, Colonial Heights, VA 23834</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Isle of Wight County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Windsor Town Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">23361 Courthouse Highway, Windsor VA 23487</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">James City County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Crossways Kingsway Church</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">5100 John Tyler Hwy, Williamsburg, VA 23185</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">King & Queen County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">6470 Main St, Gloucester VA 23061</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">King George County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Meadow Event Park Gate 6</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">13191 Dawn Blvd, Doswell VA 23047</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">King William County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Meadow Event Park Gate 6</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">13191 Dawn Blvd, Doswell VA 23047</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Lancaster County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">6470 Main St, Gloucester VA 23061</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Lee County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Office of Senator Travis Hackworth</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">540-B Park Ave. NW, Norton, VA 24273</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Lexington City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Augusta County Parks and Rec</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">18 Gov Center Ln, Verona, VA 24482</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Loudoun County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">10th District Republican HQ</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">20098 Ashbrook Place, Ashburn, VA 20147</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Louisa County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Spotsylvania GOP Office</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">4920 Southpoint Pkwy, Fredericksburg VA 22407</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Lunenburg County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Drakes Branch Fire Dept</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">4800 Main St, Drakes Branch VA 23927</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Lynchburg City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Tree of Life Ministries</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">2812 Greenview Dr, Lynchburg VA 24502</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Madison County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Madison County High School</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">68 Mountaineer Ln, Madison VA</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Manassas City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Prince William County Fairgrounds</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">10624 Dumfries Rd, Manassas VA 20112</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Manassas Park City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Prince William County Fairgrounds</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">10624 Dumfries Rd, Manassas VA 20112</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Martinsville City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Salem Civic Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">1001 Roanoke Blvd., Salem, VA 24153</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Mathews County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">6470 Main St, Gloucester VA 23061</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Mecklenburg County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Drakes Branch Fire Dept</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">4800 Main St, Drakes Branch VA 23927</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Middlesex County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">6470 Main St, Gloucester VA 23061</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Montgomery County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Salem Civic Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">1001 Roanoke Blvd., Salem, VA 24153</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Nelson County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Tree of Life Ministries</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">2812 Greenview Dr, Lynchburg VA 24502</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">New Kent County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Meadow Event Park Gate 6</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">13191 Dawn Blvd, Doswell VA 23047</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Newport News City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">10800 Warwick Blvd, Newport News, VA</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">10800 Warwick Blvd, Newport News, VA</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Norfolk City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Lake Drummond Masonic Lodge</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">509 George Washington Highway N. Chesapeake 23323</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Northampton County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Eastville Volunteer Fire Dept Bingo Hall</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">17202 Courthouse Rd Eastville VA</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Northumberland County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">6470 Main St, Gloucester VA 23061</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Norton City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">OFFICE OF SENATOR TRAVIS HACKWORTH</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">540-B Park Ave. NW, Norton, VA 24273</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Nottoway County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">VFW Post 8759</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">16440 Five Forks Rd, Amelia Court House, VA 23002</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Orange County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Madison County High School</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">68 Mountaineer Ln, Madison VA</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Page County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Shenandoah County Fairgrounds</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">300 Fairground Road, Woodstock, VA 22664</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Patrick County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Wytheville Meeting Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">333 Community Blvd., Wytheville, VA 24382</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Petersburg City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Parking Lot – Petersburg</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">16 West Bank St, Petersburg, VA 23803</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Pittsylvania County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Tree of Life Ministries</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">2812 Greenview Dr, Lynchburg VA 24502</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Poquoson City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Tabb High School</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">4431 Big Bethal Rd, Yorktown VA</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Portsmouth City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Lake Drummond Masonic Lodge</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> 509 George Washington Highway N. Chesapeake 23323</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Powhatan County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">VFW Post 8759</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">16440 Five Forks Rd, Amelia Court House, VA 23002</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Prince Edward County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Drakes Branch Fire Dept</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">4800 Main St, Drakes Branch VA 23927</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Prince George County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Parking Lot – Petersburg</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">16 West Bank St, Petersburg, VA 23803</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Prince William County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Prince William County Fairgrounds</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">10624 Dumfries Rd, Manassas VA 20112</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Pulaski County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Wytheville Meeting Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">333 Community Blvd., Wytheville, VA 24382</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Radford City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Wytheville Meeting Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">333 Community Blvd., Wytheville, VA 24382</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Rappahannock County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Madison County High School</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">68 Mountaineer Ln, Madison VA</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Richmond City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Crest Wood Elementary School</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">7600 Whittington Dr., Richmond, VA 23225</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Richmond County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Meadow Event Park Gate 6</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">13191 Dawn Blvd, Doswell VA 23047</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Roanoke City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Salem Civic Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">1001 Roanoke Blvd., Salem, VA 24153</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Roanoke County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Salem Civic Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">1001 Roanoke Blvd., Salem, VA 24153</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Rockbridge County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Augusta County Parks and Rec</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">18 Gov Center Ln, Verona, VA 24482</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Rockingham County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Augusta County Parks and Rec</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">18 Gov Center Ln, Verona, VA 24482</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Russell County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Washington County Republican Party HQ</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">1060 W. Main St., Abingdon, VA 24210</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Salem City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Salem Civic Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">1001 Roanoke Blvd., Salem, VA 24153</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Scott County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">OFFICE OF SENATOR TRAVIS HACKWORTH</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">540-B Park Ave. NW, Norton, VA 24273</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Shenandoah County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Shenandoah County Fairgrounds</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">300 Fairground Road, Woodstock, VA 22664</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Smyth County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Wytheville Meeting Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">333 Community Blvd., Wytheville, VA 24382</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Southampton County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Windsor Town Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">23361 Courthouse Highway, Windsor VA 23487</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Spotsylvania County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Spotsylvania GOP Office</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">4920 Southpoint Pkwy, Fredericksburg VA 22407</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Stafford County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Prince William County Fairgrounds</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">10624 Dumfries Rd, Manassas VA 20112</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Staunton City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Augusta County Parks and Rec</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">18 Gov Center Ln, Verona, VA 24482</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Suffolk City</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Windsor Town Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">23361 Courthouse Highway, Windsor VA 23487</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Surry County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Southeast 4-H Educational Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">15189 Airfield Rd, Wakefield VA 23888</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Sussex County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Southeast 4-H Educational Center</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">15189 Airfield Rd, Wakefield VA 23888</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="68"> <td height="68" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Tazewell County</td> <td width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Trinity Assembly of God</td> <td width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">503 Indian Creek Rd., Cedar Bluff, VA 24609</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr height="50"> <td height="127" rowspan="2" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Virginia Beach City (Part)</td> <td rowspan="2" width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Virginia Beach Amphitheater Lots C + D</td> <td rowspan="2" width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">3550 Cellar Door Way, Virginia Beach, VA 23456</td> <td width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Virginia Beach City Following ZIP Codes</td> </tr> <tr height="77"> <td height="77" width="237" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">23452, 23453, 23456, 23457, 23462, 23464, 23466, 23467, 23471</td> </tr> <tr height="45"> <td height="90" rowspan="2" width="204" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Virginia Beach City (Part)</td> <td rowspan="2" width="233" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Wave Church & Leadership College</td> <td rowspan="2" width="200" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">1000 N. 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States IRS code. We are an open community organization of Virginia citizens and common cause interest groups. We follow a policy of non-alignment with regard to any specific political party. Our members are dedicated to preserving and promoting our individual rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as envisioned by our nation's founders.<br> <br> <strong>Our Goals</strong><br> <br> • Serve as a unified voice in Virginia for grassroots activists and organizations.<br> • Mobilize "the People" of Virginia in the defense of conservative values.<br> • Be a trusted source of information on civics and Virginia politics.<br> • Vet, approve, endorse, and support conservative candidates across Virginia.<br> <br> We believe in the brilliance of our Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the framework contained therein for the preservation and promotion of our social welfare and the common good of all Virginia citizens. With this understanding we plan to passionately reinvigorate civic responsibility and restore "of, by and for the people" to its rightful place in our Republic.<br> <br> <strong>We believe...</strong><br> <br> • THE CONSTITUTION is the Law of the Land. Our individual rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; as enshrined in the Bill of Rights, serve to limit the government as intended by the Founders.<br> • RELIGIOUS LIBERTY is a cornerstone of our Constitution and must be protected as an inalienable human right.<br> • THE 2nd AMENDMENT, serves to protect The People against domestic and foreign oppression and must be protected as an inalienable human right.<br> • All citizens, in order to realize their fullest potential, are entitled to EQUAL RIGHTS, EQUAL JUSTICE, and EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, not equal outcomes.<br> • THE FAMILY is the most essential and most empowering organization in our shared human existence.<br> • ALL LIFE IS PRECIOUS and must be protected.<br> • THE FREE ENTERPRISE system is the most productive supplier of human needs and economic justice. Fiscal responsibility and budgetary restraint must be exercised by all levels of government.<br> • PEACE is preserved through a STRONG NATIONAL DEFENSE.<br> • GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY is essential to maintain trust and faith with The People.<br> • OUR HISTORY and the associated memoria serve as guideposts in our journey as a Nation, to serve as reminders of our shared sacrifices and as warnings to future generations.<br> <br> <strong>Chasing Freedom – Virginia is a union of coalitions devoted to our shared values.</strong><br> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">1. Citizen and Candidate Training Coalition</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">2. Civil Rights Coalition</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">3. Constitution Coalition</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">4. Criminal Justice Coalition</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">5. Economic and Business Coalition</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">6. Education Coalition</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">7. Faith Coalition</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">8. Family Coalition</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">9. Free Speech Coalition</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">10. Health Care Coalition</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">11. Life Coalition</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">12. National Defense Coalition</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">13. Outreach Coalition</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">14. 2nd Amendment Coalition</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">15. Veterans Coalition</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">16. 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width="1">PTPadminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376015457837810154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708359106289287465.post-19937377371355053402021-04-09T12:52:00.001-04:002021-04-09T12:52:57.825-04:00Norment Endorses Cox; Democrats Rumble As Northam Picks McAuliffe<img src="https://mailgun.substack.com/api/v1/email/open?token=eyJtIjoiPDIwMjEwNDA5MTY1MjEyLjEuYTVlNmFhZTQ1NTNhNzhhOTk5ODEzMmQ0ZjYzMzQyZDZAbWcyLnN1YnN0YWNrLmNvbT4iLCJ1IjoyNTQ4ODU1NywiciI6ImFsZXhhbmRlcm9meW9ya0BnbWFpbC5jb20iLCJkIjoibWcyLnN1YnN0YWNrLmNvbSIsInAiOjM0ODc1MTE2LCJzIjo1NDYxOCwiYyI6InBvc3QiLCJmIjp0cnVlLCJpYXQiOjE2MTc5ODcxNDAsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0wIiwic3ViIjoiZW8ifQ.niA6_4D2uYU0M2VPqiou0gbqVpVSWBIimfHrS8cNihg" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" style="height:1px !important;width:1px !important;border-width:0 !important;margin-top:0 !important;margin-bottom:0 !important;margin-right:0 !important;margin-left:0 !important;padding-top:0 !important;padding-bottom:0 !important;padding-right:0 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margin: 0 0 1em 0;">First and foremost, to grapple with how important the endorsement of State Senator <strong>Tommy Norment </strong>(R-James City) truly is, one has to imagine the gulf — and in fact, the rivalry — between the Republicans in both the House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">So wide is this gulf that when then-Speaker <strong>Kirk Cox </strong>(R-Colonial Heights) cut the deal to expand Medicaid in order to avoid a Bernie-style Medicaid for All proposal, it was Norment who was left in the cold as Cox and Northam cut the deal that brought it much close to what then-Governor (and former Vice President) <strong>Mike Pence</strong> achieved in Indiana. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">State Senator <strong>Emmett Hanger</strong> (R-Mount Solon) had long been rumored to be the Senate Republicans’ candidate for the gubernatorial nod. Yet after weeks of speculation that <strong>Glenn Youngkin </strong>might have pulled off the impossible, it seems as if Senate Republicans are putting their weight behind Cox:</p><blockquote style="border-left: 4px solid #D10000; margin: 1em 0;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0; margin-left: 1em;"><em>"To begin the daunting work of restoring the common-sense conservative policies that made Virginia a national model, Republicans must win all three statewide offices and regain the majority in the House of Delegates this year. But to effectively fulfill that mission, we need a Republican governor who has the extensive experience to start reversing the damage on day one. Kirk Cox will be that governor.<br><br>"Like Governors Allen and McDonnell, Kirk Cox has the legislative experience essential to passing a conservative agenda through the General Assembly. Kirk respects our constitution and understands the importance of the limits it places on all branches of government. He will employ the constitutional options available to a governor, and the skills he honed as a legislative leader, to attack learning loss, kick-start the economy, support law enforcement, and promote public safety. </em></p></blockquote><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Conservatives in the Virginia Senate — namely State Senator <strong>Mark Obenshain</strong> (R-Harrisonburg) — are mostly angling for <strong>Pete Snyder</strong> in the current contest, which may provide a bit of insight as to how these endorsements are coming down.</p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">As it stands at present, Cox seems to be carrying most of the state endorsements from former governors and current members of the US House of Representatives. Former Governors <strong>George Allen</strong> and <strong>Bob McDonnell</strong> were very early supporters. Rep. <strong>Morgan Griffith</strong> (VA-09) has endorsed, as well as former Rep. <strong>Tom Davis</strong>. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Snyder’s endorsement list runs a bit shorter, but certainly has its strong conservative bonafides. Former Heritage Foundation president <strong>Kay Coles James</strong> is — for policy wonks such as myself — the very top of that list, followed by former Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. State Senator <strong>Mark Obenshain</strong> joins endorsements from Delegate <strong>Israel O’Quinn</strong> and <strong>Lee Ware</strong> respectively. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">The endorsement list for <strong>Glenn Youngkin</strong> is a bit thin, but is perhaps notable for the individuals he has chosen to endorse downticket, <a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwtkM2OqzAMhZ-m2YHIHwmLLO7mvgZysaFRqYNCmA5vP2E6UpRYjo_O8TdBoSXlM2xpL-K6xnJuFJje-0qlUBbHTnmMGJQ13lvrBAaD0lsv4j7OmegFcQ0lHyS2477GCUpMfCms6aUXj-Dk7K2mzpjBdHfEDmaLEntAqT06_fGFAyPxRIG-KJ-JSazhUcq23_S_m_pfz_v9buf0fWVrp_SqnS2tscRpr-VXzEvkCM2Sqp5TbiZgjFgXbJaVmJszHbw8IzcbTCIG1SnZmW6QvVVStbIFSz0AGWs1OA_DMHipFZq519oo7G-mey2q3Y_7XmB6XhFEDrDSdzWinOYz5WcdWi4gv7-Vx1jf18GxnCMx3FfCD6ryIf4Lb1yIKdegOEIJspdu8E7qwTn1QVNZauOdlbIX1R5TVXEoD8r0h5xrJEbI-AOnLZ8b" style="color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: underline;">plowing $400,000 into a PAC designed to help local Republican and conservative elected officials</a> — a sorely needed resource in Virginia.</p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">State Senator <strong>Amanda Chase</strong> (I-Chesterfield) breathlessly announced being endorsed by former Lt. General <strong>Michael Flynn</strong>, which probably doesn’t swing votes, but is an endorsement nonetheless. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">This leaves precisely three notable Republican public figures as having yet-to-endorse: former Governor <strong>Jim Gilmore </strong>— recently on return as ambassador to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) — and Representatives <strong>Rob Wittman</strong> (VA-01) and <strong>Ben Cline</strong> (VA-06). </p><div class="captioned-image-container-static" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 16px; text-align: center;"><figure style="display: inline-block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%;"><table class="image-wrapper" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin: 8px auto; mso-padding-alt: 1em 0 1.6em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"></td><td align="left" class="content" width="550" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image-link" target="_blank" href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVUsuu3CAM_ZrJLlF4w4LFVaX-RuSAk0kngRTIvTf9-pJJN5WQbQz2OXDsoOAc02n3mEtzmaGcO9qAX3nFUjA1R8Y0LN5SwbUWQjXeck-00M2ShykhbrCstqQDm_0Y18VBWWK4KgSXRDdPS0eniaQKUBIQ08iQMG-kA8aY8prcuHD4BYNDi5-YzhiwWe2zlD0_2MeD_qzL-dDlY8wF3KtzcaupZYMZq5-wuOfla5sSH_TH7ztgH3OMvu6nddhTnBPmvHxizeeCuNeKG4KKC0RcMNWMh3thPU8t9mKs7Hk7ArCWM4WtEUS34EdGR1TKaN5l1sEGf2KAr3zzqj3uv3iHb5L5HUpEh47p1jucWk4laQ0z2AKRXgnhjen9oKX4FrL7tePcLJb2lPS8N0QKSmhHOhAoAZALwUBpMMZowqjnk2SMUy8fvN9m-t9PNcnCit8QPKY4nTG96qX5Eu59WrkO1W9HWMo5YIBxRX9LWu7JeIs8zBgw1YnxAxRLJKmvV4QZpegtYdWcca0EIbKp8D7WqmDLExP-G41QKQUPyf8FZgHO6Q" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-decoration: none; width: auto;"><img data-attrs="{"src":"https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6eecec38-dcef-4261-939e-a16d755d990d_865x56.jpeg","height":56,"width":865,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":9627,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/jpeg","href":null}" alt="" width="550" class="wide-image" src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1730,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6eecec38-dcef-4261-939e-a16d755d990d_865x56.jpeg" style="-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; border: none !important; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0 auto; margin-bottom: 0; max-width: 550px; vertical-align: middle; width: 100%;"></a></td><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></figure></div><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Allow me to offer just one word of caution. Having been privy to much of the negative campaigning that has been going on to date, I’d encourage folks to take it all with a grain of salt. Most of the attacks have been downright silly. We should take that as a good sign, because it demonstrates that our top-tier candidates aren’t terribly far removed from one another in the final analysis.</p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">More than this, we are all going to have to work together the day after the election. Which is more than what Virginia Democrats are going to be able to say after what is looking to be a bloody and racially divisive June primary…</p><div class="captioned-image-container-static" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 16px; text-align: center;"><figure style="display: inline-block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%;"><table class="image-wrapper" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin: 8px auto; mso-padding-alt: 1em 0 1.6em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"></td><td align="left" class="content" width="550" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image-link" target="_blank" href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVUs1upDAMfprhBiL_4cChqrSvgZzEMGwhYZPQdvbp1zP0slJkO3bsz_FnDxWXlB_jkUptnmKqjwPHiF9lw1oxN2fBPK1h5Epaq5RpwigDs8o2a5nmjLjDuo01n9gcp9tWD3VN8ZmhpGa2uY9M255pyle9MYEzbnAWWmkue6d8zy9cOMOK0eOIn5gfKWKzjfdaj3ITbzf-i44PsSunKxX8R-fTTq51hwVJz1j9_ampTE03_v7nMsTbklKg-7xNR05LxlLWTyR_qYgHZVwQXD1B1BOGhDv9B1I8t9gr57yVrQMQrRQG20Ex20Jwgjs0ZrCyK6KDHf6mCF_l6otqXLN4ma8my8scuPVusL51WlI9yUwLs8S2B3DK6KGHGSer1bfS3e8Dl2Ydec9ZL_uBaUWj61gHCjUASqUEGAvDMFgmeJCzFkLyoG-y3xf-36SaPMKG3xAD5jQ_Uv6gR8uTuFeUep1I72dc62PCCG7DcFFar814kTwtGDHTxoQJKrHK6PeGicGYHwqJcyGtUYzphuBDoqw41jtm_FmNSC3FADn8A2HXzVQ" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-decoration: none; width: auto;"><img data-attrs="{"src":"https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/928cb98c-b643-4417-af4e-0aab57690afe_865x56.jpeg","height":56,"width":865,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":9627,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/jpeg","href":null}" alt="" width="550" class="wide-image" src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1730,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F928cb98c-b643-4417-af4e-0aab57690afe_865x56.jpeg" style="-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; border: none !important; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0 auto; margin-bottom: 0; max-width: 550px; vertical-align: middle; width: 100%;"></a></td><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></figure></div><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><strong>In more bewildering and spectacular news, Ralph Northam endorsed the guy who told him to quit just three years ago — Terry McAuliffe.</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container-static" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 16px; text-align: center;"><figure style="display: inline-block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%;"><table class="image-wrapper" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin: 8px auto; mso-padding-alt: 1em 0 1.6em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"></td><td align="left" class="content" width="550" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image-link" target="_blank" href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVUsuOnDAQ_JrhBsIvbB84rCLlN1DbbhgyjE1ss7uTr08z5BIJuduPriq62kPFJeXXuKdSm3OZ6mvHMeJX2bBWzM1RME9rGLmSxiilmzDKwIwyzVqmOSM-Yd3Gmg9s9sNtq4e6pnhWKDkw09xHZWc790Pfc6m9YNoBWCQ4ZXQI2A8XLxxhxehxxE_MrxSx2cZ7rXu5iY8b_0mfD7ErhysV_KPz6UlH6xMWpDhj9fczEkxNN_7j95WIjyWlQPt5m_acloylrJ9I56Ui7lRxUXB1kqiThhZ3-AfSfW6xV855I1vSLFopNLZWMdNCcII71Noa2RXRwRP-pAhf5dJFGFcv3ulbZHmnwgknxWxbzgBa6QnPccZbM5-wwdsQ1MSoV9_Uru7XjkuzjrznrJe9ZYOitx3rQOEAgFIpAdqAtdYwwYOcByEkD8NN9s-F_9erJo-w4TfEgDnNr5Qf9Gg5rXvfktqJ4vOIa31NGMFtGC5T6zUbb5unBSNmmpkwQR3ZwOj_NRNWa36ZSK4LabRibGiIPiSqimO9Y8Z_wxFJUgyQw1-6cM6h" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-decoration: none; width: auto;"><img data-attrs="{"src":"https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3b3b43f9-21aa-4c7e-b212-8f9518dc9dd5_1060x600.jpeg","height":600,"width":1060,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":315945,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/jpeg","href":null}" alt="" width="550" class="wide-image" src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_2120,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b3b43f9-21aa-4c7e-b212-8f9518dc9dd5_1060x600.jpeg" style="-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; border: none !important; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0 auto; margin-bottom: 0; max-width: 550px; vertical-align: middle; width: 100%;"></a></td><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></figure></div><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">If that strikes you as, well, just plain odd? You’re not alone. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><strong>Far be it from me to dwell too long on LG Justin <a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwtUcuO4yAQ_JpwIzIvPw4cRoqSiXZH2uzsZfZiYWgcFBsiDJPx3y-erISqJaC7uqq0SjCGuMp7WBLaoE_rHaSHxzJBShBRXiD2zkgqeNsK0SAjuSGtaJFbehsBZuUmmWIGdM_D5LRKLvitQ_CatOgqdUO0YAoYZdsM4JqZhgy2EqTTbCBPXpWNA69BwifENXhAk7ymdF927GVHj-WkK3y6ODrv1JJU3Oswl1taUVJKxTfoCljlolVfOAU8a5UnZy1g57GBOeioErYh5hmvIeMUoRhg8Ax4cjfAI4Q4ArZTWM3GyY520JMzO3Y4P15-swd7DP1w-NOd2LE9vx9exfuvy3l-qx9J_Hjz_GP9e_0Z8OWUz82ao6En9XGMcEFObmtWvOpILSihe7JXAmqlgItiTdOqrutawqjhtmaMU1PveDWPdL_koYjVt00tilJN8KW8gRjsGuKtfBo3_79fi_19qXP2Lq09eDVMYJ7JpGfA31n1I3iIm-5eJUlq0nRtQ1jXNPSZRImO8bYRhNSo0JtQurws7kf4n7AvK3mjovkHm2vBIA" style="color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: underline;">Fairfax’s comments that McAuliffe treated him like George Floyd</a> (ouch). </strong></p><blockquote style="border-left: 4px solid #D10000; margin: 1em 0;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0; margin-left: 1em;"><em>I was falsely accused in 2019. Everyone here on the stage called for my immediate resignation, including Terry McAuliffe, three minutes after the press release came out. <strong>He treated me like George Floyd, treated me like Emmett Till. </strong>No due process. Immediately assumed my guilt.</em></p></blockquote><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Of course, as Matt Colt Hall over at the<em> Virginia Star</em> outlines, <a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwtUcuO4yAQ_JpwIzIvPw4cRoqSiXZH2uzsZfZiYWgcFBsiDJPx3y-erISqJaC7uqq0SjCGuMp7WBLaoE_rHaSHxzJBShBRXiD2zkgqeNsK0SAjuSGtaJFbehsBZuUmmWIGdM_D5LRKLvitQ_CatOgqdUO0YAoYZdsM4JqZhgy2EqTTbCBPXpWNA69BwifENXhAk7ymdF927GVHj-WkK3y6ODrv1JJU3Oswl1taUVJKxTfoCljlolVfOAU8a5UnZy1g57GBOeioErYh5hmvIeMUoRhg8Ax4cjfAI4Q4ArZTWM3GyY520JMzO3Y4P15-swd7DP1w-NOd2LE9vx9exfuvy3l-qx9J_Hjz_GP9e_0Z8OWUz82ao6En9XGMcEFObmtWvOpILSihe7JXAmqlgItiTdOqrutawqjhtmaMU1PveDWPdL_koYjVt00tilJN8KW8gRjsGuKtfBo3_79fi_19qXP2Lq09eDVMYJ7JpGfA31n1I3iIm-5eJUlq0nRtQ1jXNPSZRImO8bYRhNSo0JtQurws7kf4n7AvK3mjovkHm2vBIA" style="color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: underline;">Fairfax was warming up the engines to take the place of an embattled Northam</a> in 2019 after the blackface/KKK allegations (Northam still cannot recall which) when the <em>funniest thing</em> happened — the media was fed a story about Fairfax and an instance of sexual assault.</p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Thus not only did Northam survive thanks to some — shall we say, <em>fast</em> — assistance from on high, but Virginia Democrats effectively blinked at the open racism in their own ranks.</p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><strong>That’s how we get things done in Tammany, I suppose.</strong></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">So to watch Northam deliver his payback to McAuliffe for all that help with an endorsement while everyone in the room — Justin Fairfax especially — knows how the sausage got made? And <em>no one </em>breathes a word in the media?</p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Come the hell on, fellas. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Worse still? That the media (the leftist institution that it is) sits on its hands and doesn’t even bother to report on the dichotomy? </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><strong>Name any other time where conservatives and progressives join hands against the liberal establishment and point towards the same problem?</strong></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Of course, Virginia Republicans are watching in real time as Virginia Democrats are telling just about every person of color on the ticket that the fix is in. Pete Snyder raked Virginia Democrats over the coals for it:</p><blockquote style="border-left: 4px solid #D10000; margin: 1em 0;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0; margin-left: 1em;"><em>“The fix is in, Virginia Democrats. You knew it was going to happen, and the two of them are elbowing out an entirely new generation of talent in the Democratic party. But you know what? This is what the establishment does. They squash the little guy. They cast aside others just so they could desperately cling to power.” </em></p></blockquote><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">…and yet the <em>primary</em> is supposed to be the so-called “democratic way”? </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Never mind that. Of course it is the Democratic way (capital-D) — this is how the Jim Crow-era Byrd Machine works to grind out opposition. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Black Democrats now get the treatment of having perfectly qualified candidates run against the party machine, only to be ground to dust the very moment they come close to touching actual power — and have it done to them by two guys in blackface/hoods backed by Clintonistas like Fast Terry. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Not that DPVA Chairman Susan Swecker is bothered by that prospect at all:</p><div class="tweet" style="background: #fff; border: 1px solid #e1e8ed; border-radius: 5px; display: block; font: normal normal 16px/1.4 Helvetica, Roboto, 'Segoe UI', Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 1em auto; max-width: 520px; padding: 20px 20px 11.6px 20px;"><a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwtkMtuhDAMRb9mskR5PxZZVK267qpbZIhhooGAQuiUv28YKkWOrcS-16eHguOSD78uWyFnaMuxok_43CYsBTPZN8xtDJ4raa1ShgQvA7PKkri1Q0acIU6-5B3JundT7KHEJZ0dSmpmyd0PVA_MOguKdrID7pQN0jipneCuM3jpwh4iph49_mA-loRk8vdS1u0m3m78s57yjKejpl_mWn18fb-93yHmmm8Fyr7VhAlLuVVaSE0FVYZVv9FzyhmV1DGtOOMNa0ChBkCplABjwTlnmeBBDloIyYO-STqPvNn2rk7uH6ciyR4m_IUUMC_DseRH_TSeu79e6-ptvec9xXK0mKCbMFxUygX3xakdMWGu0EMLxTPNjLOGCWcMvyhUbEJaoxjTpMqHpXYlX-6Y8Z9uqpZSgBz-ACPYkeA" target="_blank" style="color: black; display: block; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="tweet-header" style="display: block; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14px; text-decoration: none;"><img class="tweet-user-avatar" src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/twitter_name/w_36/DPVAChair.jpg" alt="Twitter avatar for @DPVAChair" style="-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; border: none !important; border-radius: 50%; display: block; float: left; height: 36px; margin: 0 8px 0 0; max-width: 550px; vertical-align: middle; width: 36px;"><span class="tweet-author-name" style="color: #1c2022; display: block; font-weight: 700;">Susan Swecker </span><span class="tweet-author" style="color: #697882; display: block; font-size: 14px;">@DPVAChair</span></div>And that's a big ole damn straight. We are having a primary where thousands of people will choose our statewide nominees - THAT'S THE DEMOCRATIC WAY! <span class="tweet-fake-link" style="color: #1ca1f2; text-decoration: none;">@vademocrats</span> <span class="tweet-fake-link" style="color: #1ca1f2; text-decoration: none;">@petesnyder</span> <span class="tweet-fake-link" style="color: #1ca1f2; text-decoration: none;">@TMSoutherland85</span> <div class="quoted-tweet" style="border: 1px solid #e1e8ed; border-radius: 4px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 12px; padding: 10px;"><p style="color: #1c2022; display: block; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0;"><span class="quote-tweet-name" style="color: #1c2022; display: inline-block; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding-right: 5px;">Trevor Southerland </span><span class="quote-tweet-username" style="color: #697882; font-size: 14px;">@TMSoutherland85</span></p>I don't think the person rigging the @VA_GOP convention, in which only a few hundred will have a vote, by paying off RPV staff &amp; officers should really be commenting about the open primary on the D side that will allow every Virginian the opportunity to have their voice heard. https://t.co/0eOzh0Z0b2</div><div class="tweet-footer" style="color: #697882; display: block; font-size: 14px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 10px; text-decoration: none;"><p class="tweet-date" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e8ed; color: #697882; display: block; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;">April 8th 2021</p><span class="retweets" style="display: inline-block; margin-right: 8px;"><span class="rt-count" style="color: #1c2022; font-weight: bold;">1</span> Retweet</span><span class="likes" style="display: inline-block; margin-right: 8px;"><span class="like-count" style="color: #1c2022; font-weight: bold;">7</span> Likes</span></div></a></div><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Kirk Cox was also <a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwtkU1uxCAMhU8z7DoKf4EsWHTTa0QecBJUAhEhneb2dWYqWc-Abfnpw0PDudTTbWVv7JKxnRu6jM89YWtY2bFjHWNwQitrtTYsOBW41ZbFfZwq4goxuVYPZNvxSNFDiyVfE1r13LLFCWXCNEnUdpBeCy_DwHveWWtAhQcP771whIjZo8MfrGfJyJJbWtv2m_y8iS-KVp55gZTuvqzXNW77gtjoWBFmyKv3UNty0oPoBKfUqUssSS5UgXX1cKQUJ_zIQltDwaK7mjvVkSktuLjzO2jsAVBpLcFYGIbBcimCmnoplQj9TXXrLO778dgb-O_LD6sOEv5CDljLdJb6TU3zheZVJTIj5fXIsZ0jZngkDG9o7c3-hXGcMWOlPwkjNEeQzGANl4Mx4g2JqEpFvjnvGa0PhaayawtW_IefyVIOUMMf5X6eTQ" style="color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: underline;">terribly nonplussed about the dichotomy:</a></p><blockquote style="border-left: 4px solid #D10000; margin: 1em 0;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0; margin-left: 1em;"><em>Two years ago, McAuliffe called Northam's actions 'racist, unacceptable & inexcusable'. Today, he gratefully accepted his endorsement. Yesterday, McAuliffe sent out a fundraising email calling </em>me <em>racist for advocating for election integrity. </em></p></blockquote><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">For one, I’m not sure Republicans have to tolerate any scolding from a political party whose leader can't remember his preference for blackface or hoods. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><strong>But I guess that’s the Byrd Machine Way. </strong></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">For Republicans wondering about whether or not our internal fisticuffs are going to hobble us in November, do not worry too much. Democrats seem more intent on destroying minority voices within their own ranks in the pursuit of raw power. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">In the words of Jack Kemp, if the Democratic Party is failing minority communities, give the Republicans a try and help shape the future of a party that desperately needs your leadership — and if it doesn’t work? Fire us. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><strong>What you are seeing here is an evolution in Republican leadership. </strong></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">As progressives begin to figure it out that the institutions <em>really are against them</em>, and as conservatives begin to hear their voices in anti-institutionalist rhetoric? Guess who is smiling from above?</p><div class="captioned-image-container-static" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 16px; text-align: center;"><figure style="display: inline-block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%;"><table class="image-wrapper" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin: 8px auto; mso-padding-alt: 1em 0 1.6em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"></td><td align="left" class="content" width="298" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image-link" target="_blank" href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVUs2O3CAMfprJLRG_AQ4cVpX6GpEBJ5NOAimQ3Z0-fZlJL5WQbQz2Z_uzh4pLyk97pFK7l5jq80Ab8atsWCvm7iyYpzVYJoXWUqouWBGolrpbyzRnxB3WzdZ8Ynecbls91DXFV4QUI9Xd3WpDJADXzBABVIN3ciaCKmI0wjy6CxfOsGL0aPET8zNF7DZ7r_UoN_5xYz_b8SEO5XSlgn8MPu3Nte6wYNMzVn9_6Zamphv78fsy-MeSUmj3eZuOnJaMpayf2PylIh4t4oJg8gUiXzBNuNM_sL3nHol0zmvRu9ZAL7jC3kiqewiOM4dKGS2GwgfY4U-K8FWuulqOaxZv811keZtiHpmHQHrBiOyFR9MbR1WPFInyMyViZtMoyDdXYvh14NKtlhHW_MTQUTLKBjqAxBEAhZQclAZjjKachZabc8HCeBNkX9h_o-qyhQ2_IQbMaX6m_Giflhdz79dW7NT0fsa1PieM4DYMF6f1Wo03y9OCEXNbmTBBtXSkrX1FuVGKXRw20rnQSlI6dg0-pBYVbb1jxn-7EVtJMUAOfwEoXc5m" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-decoration: none; width: auto;"><img data-attrs="{"src":"https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4f62cad0-4205-4ce9-9b17-e1e07cf104f2_640x374.jpeg","height":374,"width":640,"resizeWidth":298,"bytes":null,"alt":"See the source image","title":null,"type":null,"href":null}" alt="See the source image" width="298" class="" src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_298,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f62cad0-4205-4ce9-9b17-e1e07cf104f2_640x374.jpeg" style="-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; border: none !important; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0 auto; margin-bottom: 0; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;"></a></td><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></figure></div><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><strong>Are we figuring it out yet? </strong></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Maybe — just maybe — if we shed that leftist narrative and quit playing up to it, we might actually find common ground with folks who want the same things we do for our families, businesses, and communities? </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Given all the Schumpeterian creative destruction that has impacted just about every other economy and institution, maybe it’s high time for government — the last of the institutions — to get a taste of their own policies and get that critical overhaul that puts power back into the hands of individuals for a change? </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwtkMtuhSAQhp9GlkZuAgsWTZqz6gO03RiU8ZKjYHA81rcv1iZkyNzyz_91DmGI6bRr3JBcocFzBRvg2GZAhET2DVIzecuk0FpKRbwVnmqpybQ1fQJY3DRbTDuQdW_nqXM4xXBtSFFTTUbLlKlaI7QQbWUAem-8YprlRJnat-rWdbufIHRg4QXpjAHIbEfEdSv4W8Ee-R3HUZ5xx72FsovLVXHYjQV_vAr-_vWB7FN_n63fyGRZxWglKkNrySgraekk1M6BkJI7pZ0xRlPOvOhrzgXzdSGqZWDltrcbuu55CZBk3Qw_LnhIsT9jeuah4bL7181um_wve5jwbCC4dgZ_g8Cb5x-aZoAAKXP2jUNLa6qMVpQbpdhtPJPiQitJaU2yvI95K1gcIcE_0JBPCt4l_wtlQJCF" style="color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: underline;">Maybe Milton Friedman was </a><em><a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwtkMtuhSAQhp9GlkZuAgsWTZqz6gO03RiU8ZKjYHA81rcv1iZkyNzyz_91DmGI6bRr3JBcocFzBRvg2GZAhET2DVIzecuk0FpKRbwVnmqpybQ1fQJY3DRbTDuQdW_nqXM4xXBtSFFTTUbLlKlaI7QQbWUAem-8YprlRJnat-rWdbufIHRg4QXpjAHIbEfEdSv4W8Ee-R3HUZ5xx72FsovLVXHYjQV_vAr-_vWB7FN_n63fyGRZxWglKkNrySgraekk1M6BkJI7pZ0xRlPOvOhrzgXzdSGqZWDltrcbuu55CZBk3Qw_LnhIsT9jeuah4bL7181um_wve5jwbCC4dgZ_g8Cb5x-aZoAAKXP2jUNLa6qMVpQbpdhtPJPiQitJaU2yvI95K1gcIcE_0JBPCt4l_wtlQJCF" style="color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: underline;">right</a></em>. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">The suburbs are looking for a champion and a message. Virginia Republicans might actually be forging that message in real time.</p><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px;"><hr style="background: #f6dfdf; border: none; height: 1px; margin: 24px 0; padding: 0;"></div><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><strong>Shaun Kenney</strong><em> is the editor of The Republican Standard, former chairman of the Board of Supervisors for Fluvanna County, and a former executive director of the Republican Party of Virginia.</em></p></div></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="post-meta big custom" style="margin: 0 0 10px;"><tr><td class="post-meta-item icon" style="color: #757575; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; height: 30px; line-height: 30px; padding: 7px 12px 7px 0; padding-right: 16px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span><a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxtUkuP2jAQ_jXkVhS_EueQQ7ULK9gmwAo2ZS-RiSfBkJccBwi_vg5sD5UqWTP2eJ7ffJkwUDR6CNumM84oUjO0ENZw7UowBrTTd6BTJUPMKOeM-Y4MqUSccUd1aa4BKqHK0OgenLY_lCoTRjX1GMGoh7hzDAMWcJQxTDBwV7D8wAVFXJIcB7mkUj7ril4qqDMI4QJ6aGpwyvBoTNtNyM8JnttjjqDhu0bdGVFLoeW06w_2np2nWVNZJ9EqKy_IijGtVY8Gf2gQ2djYhMxNcwarX2FYogx_Dr9xeV6cmiHebujqdYfi4aqyt-Au50H79bLwovuGxvfdLdruu0W9LPdJ7Iok6G2Moi0-L9RViWTu2vctPs3IaluQaBuxXy_LNiORWqnlVSYLY_PjaFsoa7_b92gfvpL5Sb6Vl4NaBtNPNlv5DGF_9157SXrZr28bfqGrHn3s4vVmFkEK6493vEn2E-z1pkq7ptcZ2Fn-ovBtr0CqvhpnHId3VIhdjFzqBshjGOEpmgoGnhBAGSPC5yII7I4IljT3CKFYehPqVgX-B11Hh6KEm8UddJMPjT5bp2Is8Pi1m0mtrvpamSGFWhxKkE9imCe_Hs2kBdSgLe9kKkyIPOQH3Eck8H38JIJlDqHc4oA8x5aXjY2qw_8u_w9uk-3m" class="like-button" style="color: #757575; display: block; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_45,c_scale,f_png,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Ficon%2FHeartIcon%3Fv%3D2%26height%3D30" width="22.5" height="30" style="border: none !important; float: left; height: 30px; max-width: 22.5px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" alt=""></a></span></td><td class="post-meta-item icon" style="color: #757575; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; height: 30px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0; padding: 7px 12px 7px 0; padding-right: 16px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span><a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxtUstu4jAU_RqyA8WOHSeLLEYtdOi0VKhAWzaRY1_AkNiR7RTC149T2sVII9nW1fF9nyO4h72xfdEa56PhKX3fQqHh7GrwHmzUObClkgWmJMsoZZEsiEQZzSLlyp0FaLiqC287iNquqpXgXhk9RFCSoiw6FClmjMU5iyu6SyucMBAVAJGEspjhPLvV5Z1UoAUU8Am2Nxqiujh437pR8muEZ-H4A1j4rqGd51pyKyeuq4ItThNhmuDUhquNbUD7MWhprAM3FuYyltAYYbl3Y9s1VQ2jZObNCfQouYf-EQm86d9xfZofTb9YLcnL_Rot-rMSD_lVzvJ2ezdPn69LsriuL8-rDzdv6oMcsNXHZXE9BXx6fXk9K_6-uIYcSvzeqKfVOl4cp2SuQp5ko77wId8d6rdvs6N8qD8r9ZhPiBMPdEorHtdPayifatxbeTLGgF--HsfT1dYsq-3bn1afRzjtfFM601kRZrj_Gf8bb0CqrhlmGmj5BoXRPuxj8D5wCwHlYiDpB4hUgWOMYhLnKKUY4QmacAop50AoTTjLeJ7nGUqwJLs0SQiW6YjEzR7_s_3IFryGS-AFrNn1xp6C037o4-s3MBc6aZpOK9-XoHkgQd6E42_6--q53IOGwBPIkvsCpYjlGUNJzhi-CSUoKyEZowilUSgvTYjSxX_F8Rclm_0E" style="color: #757575; display: block; text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_33,c_scale,f_png,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Ficon%2FShareIcon%3Fv%3D2%26height%3D30%26stroke%3D%2523999999" width="16.5" height="30" style="border: none !important; float: left; height: 30px; max-width: 16.5px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" alt="Share"></a></span></td></tr></table><div class="container-border" style="border-top: 1px solid #f6dfdf; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 32px 0 0; width: 100%;"></div><div class="post-cta" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 24px 0 40px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 26px; margin: 24px 0 0; margin-top: 0;"><span>You’re on the free list for <a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxtkM9uhCAQh59mORqHPwIHDr3sa5hRRpesgkFs69uXXXtp0oQACTPz8ftGLDSnfLot7YW9tr6cG7lIX_tCpVBmx065D95xJY1RSjPvpAejDAt7P2WiFcPiSj6IbcewhBFLSPHVoWQHhj0cqJY0B_RguVQWkKRUEyc1EAqr2ouLhw8UR3L0SflMkdjiHqVs-0183Pi9rvKgTL-MuBeMHrNv9mOo9_HZjGmtRSw43nJoZWuhUxx4Aw0q6rBSlRKoDVprDQju5dQJIbnvbrJdZ_5nEssOF_quDMppOlN-1qL5FfX9Wn_R13M9YihnTxGHhfwloVwu31r6mSLl6tj3WBx0oK3RIKzW_ApdLQlptALoWMX7VLui-zfoDynokFU" style="color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: underline;">The Republican Standard</a>. 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margin: 0 0 1em 0;">After much <em>sturm und drang</em> the RPV State Central Committee has chosen an unassembled convention with 37 locations (to be determined) across the Commonwealth on Saturday, May 8th from 9am to 4pm. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><em>Wunderbar. </em></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">So now comes the hard part. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><strong>First and foremost, RPV State Central has to pull off this unassembled convention alongside our district committees. </strong> That may not be an easy task as eight gubernatorial candidates are hoovering in endorsements and trumpeting each one as a minor political coup. Precisely how many disinterested or non-committed poll workers will be left to run the unassembled conventions is anyone’s guess.</p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><strong>Want to file to be a delegate at the RPV Convention? Follow these helpful steps!</strong></p><ol style="margin: 1em 0;"><li style="margin: 3.75px 0 3.75px 7.5px; mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0;"><strong>Fill out this Delegate Filing Form.</strong> <a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwtkNGOhCAMRb9meBsDKogPPGyymd8wFYpDFoEgzqx_vzhu0rQ0bXMvR0PBJeZDpbgVcqapHAlVwPfmsRTMZN8wT86olvdScj4Qo3rDJJfEbZPNiCs4r0rekaR99k5DcTGcF7wXTJKnMuOITPej5HQEow21AqQVAw4DiAH4pQu7cRg0KnxhPmJA4tWzlLTduq9b-6jxcnlxwUGzxFTbd7rrGAqGUps9-Qhmq6-WtqwW2tX0jR6X-sX7I-b1_nDew-yxScYSp85F2jHBhk62fcMabXG2ve50i2iBCgqj5RQYnQcjhB1vPV2Xttn2eSugfxodV5IVePyFYDBHe8T8U5eWk8hnWoFMta57cOWYMJzq5mJVLuQfetOCAXP1aSYoqjriIxMda2lPLzYVZtcNUkpGSZU3sV4FVZ6Y8Z95qJaCgWz-AEH4nX4" style="color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: underline;">Just click here and fill it out</a>.</p></li><li style="margin: 3.75px 0 3.75px 7.5px; mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0;"><strong>Save your form or print it to PDF. </strong> There should be little buttons on the top right hand corner of your browser. </p></li><li style="margin: 3.75px 0 3.75px 7.5px; mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0;"><strong>Send your Delegate Filing Form to the campaign of your choice.</strong> They will file the paperwork for you so you don’t have to! Which campaign, you might ask? Since Jason Miyares for AG has helpfully sent an e-mail outlining this process, we are going to heap all of our problems onto <a href="mailto:Cooper@JasonMiyares.com" style="color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: underline;">Cooper@JasonMiyares.com</a>.</p></li><li style="margin: 3.75px 0 3.75px 7.5px; mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0;"><strong>DO THIS AS SOON AS YOU CAN.</strong> Some localities have yet to publish their calls, but some deadlines are as soon as March 18th (that’s two days from now).</p></li></ol><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Here is a <em>partial listing </em>which I have amended to go in chronological order (please feel free to forward other dates and we can keep a rolling schedule):</p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><strong>Franklin City / Southampton</strong>: March 18 (<em>at meeting</em>)<br><strong>Newport News</strong>: March 19<br><strong>Williamsburg/James City</strong>: March 24<br><strong>King George</strong>: March 29<br><strong>Henrico</strong>: April 3<br><strong>Northumberland</strong>: April 3<br><strong>Goochland</strong>: April 5<br><strong>Patrick</strong>: April 6 <br><strong>Virginia Beach</strong>: April 7<br><strong>Charlotte</strong>: April 8<br><strong>Fairfax</strong>: April 10th <em>at noon</em><br><strong>Rockbridge</strong>: April 10<br><strong>Shenandoah</strong>: April 16<br><strong>Appomattox</strong>: April 17<br><strong>Stafford</strong>: April 17<br><strong>Powhatan</strong>: April 19<br><strong>Salem</strong>: April 20</p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><strong>Obviously, feel free to contact your favorite campaign and file your Delegate Filing Form with them </strong><em><strong>or </strong></em><strong>file directly with your unit chairman. The process will be somewhat haphazard; give everyone a bit of grace and latitude if you can (we are on the same side, after all).</strong></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Of course, that’s the <em>easy </em>part.</p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">The second and perhaps more difficult part is to set some parameters so that (a) when one candidate emerges (b) the integrity of the process remains intact and (c) the <em>nasty</em> campaigning — not the negative campaigning — is kept to a basic minimum.</p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">If your mailbox is overflowing with mail from third party groups, don’t worry about it. Put it in the circular file (i.e. the trash can). If folks don’t have the courage to put their name to the attack, then it isn’t worthy of your consideration.</p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Instead, try this one neat trick out.</p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><strong>Listen to what the candidates are telling you about themselves. </strong>Find out what they are willing to bleed for and what they have bled for. What are they wearing on their sleeves in a way that sets them apart from the rest? </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Look at their endorsements (they matter) and what they bleed for — especially the local ones — and find out why they are willing to bleed for that particular candidate. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Then start looking at their campaign staff — their tone, methods, anger, platitudes and sincerity — and imagine them in positions of power in Richmond when your vote <em>doesn’t</em> matter to them anymore. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><strong>Above all else, don’t feel pressured to pick a side. </strong></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Negative campaigning is a term used in political technology to describe reasons to vote <em>against</em> a candidate. Obviously, all of the candidates have disagreements, otherwise they wouldn’t be running against one another. But <em>nasty</em> campaigning that looks to bully, harass, lie, distort or flat out present nonsense as truth? </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">That’s immoral — and there’s enough of Old Virginia left to where <em>honor</em> and <em>character</em> still matter to the rest of us.</p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><strong>There are 53 days left until the May 8th state convention. </strong> One suspects that it will get really nasty the last three weeks in. Just be aware that there is a war on for your mind, that negative and <a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwtkEuOwyAQRE8TdrH42rBgMZu5hsWnnaBgbOF2Et9-cDISolrQpa5-wSHclnrYddmQnNeIxwq2wGvLgAiV7BvUMUXLldRaqYFEKyPTSpO0jVMFmF3KFusOZN19TsFhWsrpULJnmtytEsYYFaNnlBtpqAyUKeMpk14MzvPvXLfHBCWAhSfUYylAsr0jrttF_Fz4bzuv16srB6YZti4sc3vhlA1NGD3r_myBnJvk9IQmE7h6deWdAI8r3qG69ejuOGeSLKecUcF6NgjNZce6MIGfZBCBA0yO9tSZSVHHqB9i30_mIul84922-w1deJwJSLUuw9uVCHWZjqU-WtPt5PH5bTjGpvNeEh4jFOczxC8p_AL_sBtvUFo0hDg6tC2RMqwXjFNJv2QaSiEGrTWjpI2PS3MVe-4D_8RLi1Siq_EP9aabWQ" style="color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: underline;">nasty campaigning works by triggering the fight-or-flight mechanism in your amygdala</a>, convincing your brain that the attack must be true because the <em>emotions you feel</em> are true. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Ta-da! </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">You’re now an expert. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Weigh these candidates on their actions and their virtues, not on manufactured vices or purported negative campaigning. Tell them to explain not just what they want to do, but how they intend to do it, through which relationships, and how they have bled in the past for their causes. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Anyone can wave a bloody shirt. Only a few people can truly lead. </p><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px;"><hr style="background: #f6dfdf; border: none; height: 1px; margin: 24px 0; padding: 0;"></div><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><strong>Shaun Kenney</strong><em> is the editor of The Republican Standard, former chairman of the Board of Supervisors for Fluvanna County, and a former executive director of the Republican Party of Virginia.</em></p></div></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="post-meta big custom" style="margin: 0 0 10px;"><tr><td class="post-meta-item icon" style="color: #757575; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; height: 30px; line-height: 30px; padding: 7px 12px 7px 0; padding-right: 16px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span><a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxtUkuP4jAM_jX0NiivlvbQA-IxC9qCVsssu1yqNHFL6FNpSlt-_aQwe1hppciOHduf7XyCG8hqPYZN3RpnErEZGwgr6NsCjAHtdC3oWMmQuMz3XXfhyJBJ7Lu-o9o41QAlV0VodAdO0yWFEtyoupoyXOZh37mGgvE0TRCnCQAwLgUkfoqDBFOXy5SKFy7vpIJKQAh30GNdgVOEV2OadkaXM7K1x1xBwxdG1RpeSa7lvO0Sexf5XNSlDeKNsvKOrZjKWvVs8E0DF1NjM7o1dQ5Wr2HcY0F-jb9Jke9u9Xg4_WDH9Qc-jL0S78FDboPmstp50SOix3XGotOy3VX74s_5gPg56GyOYg3Jd6pX_LxF1h4Otw0-njYkemyG76t9I2ikjmrfy_PO2PokOmXK-h_Wnvzj5by9yffinqh9MF8Om4QD_sjNZVgC9DJ-Y6Zvh8WxXamfxbe76l19KOB-QzPidaaM27rTAuwsf7fw5S9Bqq6cZpyGd1RIEMGIYg8vqE_YHM9FCknKBBUEIOXIQzxIXcQxShbS89JgxlCZkX-26-iQFzDYvYOu07HWuQ3KJoDnq_2Z2Oqyq5QZY6h4UoB8EcO8-PVsJs6gAm15J2NuQtuRG2CPYoIYehHBMofShe_7GDkWXtY2qwr_-_mfK5byvQ" class="like-button" style="color: #757575; display: block; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_45,c_scale,f_png,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Ficon%2FHeartIcon%3Fv%3D2%26height%3D30" width="22.5" height="30" style="border: none !important; float: left; height: 30px; max-width: 22.5px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" alt=""></a></span></td><td class="post-meta-item icon" style="color: #757575; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; height: 30px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0; padding: 7px 12px 7px 0; padding-right: 16px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span><a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxtUstuozAU_ZqwI_IDCCxYdJqmk6pJNTOkrw0y9nVwADsypgn5-jFNuxhpJNuyju_jXJ_DmYO9sWN-NL0LpqN04xFyDae-BefABkMPtlQiJ3GUpnG8CEQeCZzGaaD6UlqAjqk2d3aA4DhUreLMKaOnjDhKcBrU-SKVVUQTRCTJOMiqklWKo0SmNMZCVsm1LxuEAs0hhw-wo9EQtHnt3LGf0ZsZWfnlarDw1UP3jmnBrJj3Q-XvvJlz0_mgo99Sada2YzjF9-GpZi4czRBqABE6EzbanGZ05UwDekaXMD5gTp7HV9I264MZt8Wv6Gm5w9vxpPh9dhGr7Ph-u042lw19Wu6jTXHTr7u2FhNWvJ23RXPeHjbnzZ-TYq_bi6-h-M9n9Vjs0PZwF62Vr0Of1Sc-1bvF4_vL6iDu249KPWTzi12S8EeJHl5-FaAiZe4ed91uL9UF_Sbo3tAiYVlDFrh-m5FkcF3Zm8Fy8Ny_h__COxBq6KaZJlG-QG60A-2m6JpZ8Cjjk0TfQKBygghGFCd4QVMSzfGcS6hkxCknAJKhBLFMxohhVC1EkshsFqFuT_75-8DmrIWzVwWskaOxjQ_aTzw-X71unknXDVq5sQTNqhbE1Tbu6r5PzuUeNFjvSlEyl3tGcYYTigmK0NUm3leULtI0xSjw7YXxWTr_rzX-Ald9-7o" style="color: #757575; display: block; text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_33,c_scale,f_png,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Ficon%2FShareIcon%3Fv%3D2%26height%3D30%26stroke%3D%2523999999" width="16.5" height="30" style="border: none !important; float: left; height: 30px; max-width: 16.5px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" alt="Share"></a></span></td></tr></table><div class="container-border" style="border-top: 1px solid #f6dfdf; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 32px 0 0; width: 100%;"></div><div class="post-cta" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 24px 0 40px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 26px; margin: 24px 0 0; margin-top: 0;"><span>You’re on the free list for <a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxtkEtuxCAQRE8zLC3-4AWLbOYaFp_Gg8YGC-Mkvn2YcTaRIiFoiequrudtg7nU02xlb-h1Te3cwGT42hdoDSo6dqhTCoYKrrUQCgXDA9FCo7RPsQKsNi2m1QPQdrgledtSya8OwSXR6GGIDNQpqzynkQktlSLUx9E5b7GgYC9fe4QE2YOBT6hnyYAW82ht22_s40bv_bQHVPj1yHuzOdgahv1wvfbPwZe1i1AyFFOCGZFEMU35QAYfwUXumacA0WKJ7RgFtgQ7FaSM443jdaZ_JqFq7ALf3QNqiWepzy6aX1Hfv32Lqb_rkVM7J8jWLRAuCO1i-cYyzZChdsZhsq1zIGIkkhGKOb5Cd0qMKa01wajbh9K7svk36A--pJIS" style="color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: underline;">The Republican Standard</a>. 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font-size: 14px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4em; text-align: center;"><em>source: UVA Weldon Cooper Center; statchatva.com</em></figcaption></figure></div><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">For those who have taken the opportunity to get to know the Old Dominion, one would be well served to drive the Colonial Parkway. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Built by the Rockefeller family in the 1930s, the road is designed in such a way that you could travel the length from Jamestown through Williamsburg and to Yorktown without even so much as noticing the colonial capital. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">This is by design, of course. Yet it is also a way of understanding how unique Virginia is among her sister colonies turned states. Whereas New England built townships upon the rocky yet rich black soil, Virginians built farms and plantations upon cheap land, pushing further west when the soil gave out or new opportunities arose. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Townships and cities were the oddities. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">For almost 400 years, this concept of Virginia <em>was </em>Virginia. We were an agrarian society of farms and farmlets, ranchers and miners, fishermen and merchants. True, we built a great manufacturing city in Richmond and a great port at Hampton Roads — our own Athens and Piraeus — but much like our Colonial Parkway, these major ports could go unnoticed. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Fast forward to the present day? </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Virginians — native Virginians — still have this concept of Virginia that entails our geography. Tidewater, Piedmont, Valley and Blue Ridge were the three parts of Virginia from our old civics textbooks. Cities were along the Fall Line; history dotted the whole; Virginia was the Old Dominion and the Mother of Presidents and we should all aspire to be leaders as they were. </p><h2 style="-moz-osx-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: 'SF Compact Display', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 1.625em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.16em; margin: 1em 0 0.625em 0;">Old Dominion to New Commonwealth</h2><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">The reality of Virginia today — and even over the last 20 years — has changed dramatically. Want to see the real map of Virginia?</p><div class="captioned-image-container-static" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 16px; text-align: center;"><figure style="display: inline-block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%;"><table class="image-wrapper" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin: 8px auto; mso-padding-alt: 1em 0 1.6em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"></td><td align="left" class="content" width="550" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image-link" target="_blank" href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVUtuOrSAM_ZrNm0Zugg887Ewyv2G4VDfZCg7gzHi-_qCel5OQtrSUtdJVqwvMMR1qi7mg04zl2EAF-MkLlAIJ7RnS6J0inEnJuUBOMYcll8jncUoAq_aLKmkHtO1m8VYXH8PZwVmPJXqpjkDHDJFycgO1TjBp683wzgkjmO1vXL07D8GCgm9IRwyAFvUqZcsP-nyQz3qsC23eTS7avlsb15ryq56h-gmKfZ2-flPig3x83QF9zjG6ep-WcUtxTpCz_4aazwVgqx03BOEnCD9hqjG7fUOtpwY6boyVrDFa04ZRAc3AsWy0M5QYEGKQrM201av-E4P-yTev-sc9iyu8SOYrFFwT6_qpEdPAG4aNaM5RNKCZJZYwboGOvRx--65rtzAjr0hHcHeannEmWtwuYktsWkV8P1i3zuS_maCk9AK_OjhIcTpiOh_Np0RXtbIaq1_34MsxQtBmAXeLV-4duOQcZwiQ6m64UReFe0yIZJQJRsgtVlWXYixEpYoqvIu1K6jyggT_liBUSsHp5P4Co4vJ0A" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-decoration: none; width: auto;"><img data-attrs="{"src":"https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/75a2cd6f-7f95-41b7-b28b-ea4c2c245ce3_689x600.png","height":600,"width":689,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":null,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":null,"href":null}" alt="" width="550" class="wide-image" src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1378,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F75a2cd6f-7f95-41b7-b28b-ea4c2c245ce3_689x600.png" style="-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; border: none !important; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0 auto; margin-bottom: 0; max-width: 550px; vertical-align: middle; width: 100%;"></a></td><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></figure></div><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">See Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William? Richmond? Hampton Roads?</p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">That’s Virginia. <em>In 2014.</em></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Yet it is much more granular than that. Remember our first graphic? </p><div class="captioned-image-container-static" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 16px; text-align: center;"><figure style="display: inline-block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%;"><table class="image-wrapper" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin: 8px auto; mso-padding-alt: 1em 0 1.6em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"></td><td align="left" class="content" width="395" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image-link" target="_blank" href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVUsuu3CAM_ZrJLhHPQBYsrir1NyIDTiadBFIg997060sm3VRCtjHY58jHDgrOMZ1mj7k0lxnLuaMJ-JVXLAVTc2RM4-INk0JrKVXjjfBUS90seZwS4gbLako6sNkPuy4OyhLDVSFFT3XzNAP03jprmQYHkk-D9ZYKx5m0zFs13Lhw-AWDQ4OfmM4YsFnNs5Q9P_jHg_2sx_nQ5cPmAu7VubjV1LLBjNVPWNzz8rVNiQ_24_cd8I85Rl_v0zruKc4Jc14-seZzQdxrxQ3B5AUiL5hq7OFeWN9Ti0Ra67RoLQBvBVfYDpLqFrzlzKJSgxZd5h1s8CcG-Mo3r9rjnsU7fJPM71ADJ2JwQ0udFa0YiGw106plIJUlepDcupFJSb4pI6T7tePcLIYRRslleiGF6mi3qj2JaVPx9RBkm9l_Y2mSgRW_IXhMcTpjuj7Nl0rv10psrH47wlLOEQPYFf2tX7nX4K3oOGPAVNfDj1AM7SljWnChBGO3XlVgTqlSvR6aCu9jrQqmPDHhvz0IlVLwkPxfgcnKTA" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-decoration: none; width: auto;"><img data-attrs="{"src":"https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8a3049c9-1cb4-4905-8287-2a57b08953bc_2550x1200.jpeg","height":685,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":395,"bytes":null,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":null,"href":null}" alt="" width="395" class="" src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_395,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8a3049c9-1cb4-4905-8287-2a57b08953bc_2550x1200.jpeg" style="-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; border: none !important; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0 auto; margin-bottom: 0; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;"></a></td><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></figure></div><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">One third of Virginia lives in what one might call our urban centers. Another third lives in the suburbs clustered around those urban centers. That final third? Rural Virginia… or what one might call “real Virginia” before all those folks from New Jersey and New York moved down here. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><em>Feel free to rattle your cane from your front porch with me at this point in time.</em></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">One can instantly see the problem for those of us with a more Jeffersonian mindset. The old agrarian idea of Virginia isn’t just being overwhelmed, it is being subsumed by the Hamiltonians in our urban centers. The suburbs aren’t fencing, either. These are people who move towards these gravitational centers for employment purposes and adopt the values of the urban centers. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Want proof?</p><div class="captioned-image-container-static" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 16px; text-align: center;"><figure style="display: inline-block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%;"><table class="image-wrapper" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin: 8px auto; mso-padding-alt: 1em 0 1.6em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"></td><td align="left" class="content" width="550" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image-link" target="_blank" href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVUsuu3CAM_Zphl4g3zILFVaX-RsTDyaSTQArk3pt-fUnSTSVkG4N9jnzsbYUp5cNsqVR0mqEeG5gIX2WBWiGjvUAe5mCo4FoLoVAwPBAtNJrLMGaA1c6LqXkHtO1umb2tc4pnheCSaPQyGhyRVFIevMBOSAlKev4EKzkWAPbGtXuYIXow8An5SBHQYl61buXBPh70Zzs-xL7srlTr371Pa0vNq52g-RGqf52-tanpQX_8vgP2MaUU2n1chi2nKUMp8ye0fKkAW6u4Iag4QcQJ04zb_Rvae-4AC-e85p2zlnWcKeiegujOBseoA6WemveF9Xa1f1K0X-Xm1Xrcs7jCi2S5QoKDC5zILiho_dT47LSyvIMRxpbWQXM8UIzxN2GM9L82mNBsKKYEn0ZywVVP-kVtmY-rSu8Hx-tE_xsLysYu8G1jgJzGI-Xz03SqdL02YkPz6x7negwQrVsg3PrVew0uRYcJIuS2HmGw1RBJKNWcccUpvfVqAjNClJL6iRp8SK0qmvqCDP_2IDZKMdgc_gJxGcos" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-decoration: none; width: auto;"><img data-attrs="{"src":"https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/10dbd416-d7e3-47f9-87a4-efef4168d840_2000x1331.jpeg","height":969,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":null,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":null,"href":null}" alt="" width="550" class="wide-image" src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_2912,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F10dbd416-d7e3-47f9-87a4-efef4168d840_2000x1331.jpeg" style="-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; border: none !important; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0 auto; margin-bottom: 0; max-width: 550px; vertical-align: middle; width: 100%;"></a></td><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><figcaption class="image-caption" style="color: #757575; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4em; text-align: center;"><em>source: New York Times</em></figcaption></figure></div><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Now some of this admittedly is that Donald Trump changed the map in suburban states such as Virginia and Arizona (and to some degree, North Carolina and Georgia). Those populist values sharpened in the face of the old Obama-era “coalition of the ascendant” (and is there anything more condescending than telling one half of America that their values are obsolete?) simply didn’t play well in the suburbs.</p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Why? That’s easy enough. Suburban values simply gravitate towards urbane ones. It’s what Jefferson cautioned about when he railed against the corruption of cities. Urban centers standardize citizens to the needs of the polity; suburbs do so in a sub-standard way.</p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Don’t worry — it gets worse.</p><h2 style="-moz-osx-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: 'SF Compact Display', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 1.625em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.16em; margin: 1em 0 0.625em 0;">Migration and Density</h2><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><strong>Let’s make the problem more stark. </strong> The UVA Weldon Cooper Center has some magnificent maps detailing the wider problem of how this isn’t a problem of mere growth, but mass migration from that rural 1/3 to the urban 1/3.</p><div class="captioned-image-container-static" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 16px; text-align: center;"><figure style="display: inline-block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%;"><table class="image-wrapper" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin: 8px auto; mso-padding-alt: 1em 0 1.6em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"></td><td align="left" class="content" width="550" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image-link" target="_blank" href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVUsuu3CAM_Zphl4hnIAsWV5X6G5EJTiadBFIg997060sm3VRCtjHY58jHIxScYzrtHnMhlxnKuaMN-JVXLAUTOTKmYfGWK2mMUpp4Kz0zypAlD1NC3GBZbUkHkv1w6zJCWWK4KpTsmCFP2wuquOy89B1SDrwznVETMIbGePD0xoXDLxhGtPiJ6YwByWqfpez5IT4e_Gc9ow9tPlwuML7aMW41tWwwY_UTlvF5-dqmxAf_8fsOxMcco6_3aR32FOeEOS-fWPO5IO614obg6gJRF0w17hhfWN9Tg1Q5NxrZOADRSKGx6RUzDXgnuEOteyPbLFrY4E8M8JVvXrXHPYt3-CaZ787GK8W8bEAL3Ujd1c4dmxo5sd70veKO0oFxSr-1pO2vHWeyWE45o5fppJK6Ze2q9ySnTcfXQ9Jt5v9NhSQLK35D8JjidMZ0fZovkd6vlddQ_XaEpZwDBnAr-lu-cm_BW9BhxoCpbocfoFjWMc6NFFJLzm-5qr6CMa0705MK72OtCrY8MeG_NQiVUvCQ_F9bUcja" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-decoration: none; width: auto;"><img data-attrs="{"src":"https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b8d551d4-a737-4764-b61f-4f1989952b00_1200x740.jpeg","height":740,"width":1200,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":null,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":null,"href":null}" alt="" width="550" class="wide-image" src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8d551d4-a737-4764-b61f-4f1989952b00_1200x740.jpeg" style="-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; border: none !important; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0 auto; margin-bottom: 0; max-width: 550px; vertical-align: middle; width: 100%;"></a></td><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></figure></div><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">It’s not just that more people are moving to Virginia. Rural localities are hemorrhaging citizens who work, eat, sleep, live, pay taxes, raise children, and hope for the future for other opportunities closer to Northern Virginia.</p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">To make matters slightly worse? What happens when you go to college or university in today’s environment? Send your kids to Caesar; expect good little Romans. Conservative opinions are rarely tolerated while progressive (sic) opinions are praised, lauded, and almost necessary to find employment in the federal or state bureaucracy. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Critical theory cuts both ways, you see.</p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Things get more complicated when one considers how urban living requires different demands than rural living. Utilities are different, schools are different, expectations are higher, quality of life and the difference between a have and a have-not is more stark, <em>languages </em>are different, ethnicities abound, one is forced into contact with ideas and opinions far different than what you’re used to back home… </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">…and then you move back home. Or into a suburb. City mouse talks to country mouse and the result is nearly predictable. </p><h2 style="-moz-osx-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: 'SF Compact Display', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 1.625em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.16em; margin: 1em 0 0.625em 0;">Two Parties, Three Virginias</h2><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">So where does this leave Virginia Republicans who are struggling mightily to recapture the General Assembly and win their first statewide race since 2009.</p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Not only that… but we are fighting a bit of a civil war at present between our rural core (to whom Trump was a godsend) and our suburban layer (to whom Trump cost three US House seats and two state majorities in Richmond). </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">The problem at present is that the Democrats can talk to the suburbs in their own language, precisely because urban needs and suburban needs are still clustered around the centers of economy and power. Rural Virginians are simply backed by a different economy that doesn’t require that same economy or social framework.</p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Republicans have an opportunity speaking not in terms of strict economy and “the business of Virginia being business” <em>per se</em>, but rather in terms of <em>values</em>. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><strong>Let’s all be honest for just a moment. </strong> For as much as the media and the business community love to pick on social conservatives, how many Virginians do you really think are on board with any of the following policies:</p><ul style="margin: 1em 0;"><li style="margin: 3.75px 0 3.75px 7.5px; mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0;">Abortion on demand and for any reason up to the moment of birth?</p></li><li style="margin: 3.75px 0 3.75px 7.5px; mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0;">Surrendering so-called assault firearms (sic) to the government?</p></li><li style="margin: 3.75px 0 3.75px 7.5px; mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0;">Federal and state taxpayer funding for abortion?</p></li><li style="margin: 3.75px 0 3.75px 7.5px; mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0;">Forced transgenderism in women’s sports?</p></li><li style="margin: 3.75px 0 3.75px 7.5px; mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0;">Coercing others to use preferred gender pronouns?</p></li><li style="margin: 3.75px 0 3.75px 7.5px; mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0;">Keeping public schools shuttered while private and parochial schools figure it out and open on time?</p></li><li style="margin: 3.75px 0 3.75px 7.5px; mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0;">Refusing to allow parents to send their children to the school of their choosing?</p></li><li style="margin: 3.75px 0 3.75px 7.5px; mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0;">Tearing down historic monuments and digging up graves? </p></li><li style="margin: 3.75px 0 3.75px 7.5px; mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0;">Defunding our police and law enforcement? </p></li><li style="margin: 3.75px 0 3.75px 7.5px; mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0;">Cancel culture for holding the wrong opinions?</p></li><li style="margin: 3.75px 0 3.75px 7.5px; mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0;">Systemic bias for being of the wrong ethnicity/race? </p></li></ul><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><strong>All of these are </strong><em><strong>actual positions</strong></em><strong> being defended by Virginia Democrats today. </strong></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Fiscal conservatives — and I count myself among their number — forget that the entire idea of an economy is not to be in service to itself, but rather in service to society. Families being the building blocks of society, the things that unite us aren’t more money shoveled into hedge funds and stocks, but rather the things that actually matter. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><em><strong>Moral conservatism — not fiscal — is what is going to unite the Republican coalition again.</strong> </em> No, this doesn’t mean that we are charging into people’s bedrooms and telling them how to live. But it does mean that coercion in the service of ideology is not merely intolerable, but <em>tyrannical</em>. That live and let live isn’t just a throwaway line, but something we deeply and fundamentally believe you can do here in Virginia better than anywhere else in the world. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><em>Granted, some folks aren’t going to bristle over this prioritization of the moral over the fiscal. I would submit that this is a question of perspective. </em></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Consider for a moment that lawmaking is ultimately an inherently moral process. We ask lawmakers to pass moral laws, reject immoral ones, and routinely ask them to discern between the two. Character and conscience matter in that discernment, and so long as faith informs character, we cannot and will not ask lawmakers to check either their conscience or character at the courthouse or statehouse door.</p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">What the Republican coalition in Virginia needs is a tone shift, away from raw economics and towards the moral optimism of value in society. What do we value in Virginia? Why do we value it? </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Is being a Virginian something you get from your granddaddy? Or is it a virtue — an idea — that we pass on to future generations? Is it Jamestown to Williamsburg to Yorktown? Or is it I-95 to I-64 to a container vessel headed to China? </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><strong>If the argument is economic?</strong> <em>The left is going to win that argument.</em><br><strong>If the argument is what we value? </strong> <em>The right is going to win that argument precisely because we are right. </em></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Again, back to this map.</p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"></p><div class="captioned-image-container-static" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 16px; text-align: center;"><figure style="display: inline-block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%;"><table class="image-wrapper" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin: 8px auto; mso-padding-alt: 1em 0 1.6em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"></td><td align="left" class="content" width="550" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image-link" target="_blank" href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVUsuunDAM_ZrJDkReJCyyuKrU30B5GIYOJDQJ91769TVDN5Ui27FjH8fH3laYUz7NnkollxjruYOJ8FVWqBUyOQrkcQmGSaG1lIoEIwLVUpOljFMG2OyympoPIPvh1sXbuqR4ZUjRU02eRlnnHPe8E9SBEj1ztAelJiaGYKWkN649wgLRg4FPyGeKQFbzrHUvD_7xYD_x-BDbcrhSrX-1Pm3oWjY7A-oJqn9eGsvU9GA_ft8G_5hTCnif1nHPac5QyvIJ6C8VYMeMG4LJC0ReMCjc4V-A8dxAJ53zWjTOWt4IrqAZJNWNDY4z_IwatGgLb-1m_6Rov8rdF9a4Z_E2302Wt8kCA8kH1gSvB6zX6warQGOFC9qL3uFoRiZl901Z17W_dpjJYljHaHeJXkihWtquas9i2lR6PUS3zey_sZBs7ArfNgbIaTpTvh7NF0vvKDY2ot6OuNRzhGjdCuHmr95r8GZ0nCFCxvUIo62G9pQxLbhQgrGbLySYU6pUrweC8CFhVjT1CRn-7UHElmKwOfwFhCLKTg" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-decoration: none; width: auto;"><img data-attrs="{"src":"https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/2d2e5392-dc89-4368-be7e-a4bd8c46bb16_2550x1200.jpeg","height":685,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":430351,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/jpeg","href":null}" alt="" width="550" class="wide-image" src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_2912,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d2e5392-dc89-4368-be7e-a4bd8c46bb16_2550x1200.jpeg" style="-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; border: none !important; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0 auto; margin-bottom: 0; max-width: 550px; vertical-align: middle; width: 100%;"></a></td><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></figure></div><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Conservative values are going to lose the fight in those dark green areas. The entire infrastructure and apparatus of the urban centers are not just against us, but for the moment diametrically opposed to everything we believe. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">For lack of alternatives, the suburbs are choosing economy over values, precisely because the media has caged anything conservative as racism, bigotry, hate and so forth. See the play clearly now? </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><strong>Republicans require a moral conservatism rooted in the values of a free society. </strong> That means a revalidation of the basic human right to exist, a sharp defense of an unfettered 1A and 2A, defending <em>actual</em> science in the public square, fully funding our law enforcement personnel, and defending the rich and liberating history of the Republican Party — because it is <em>our party</em> that fought to end slavery, <em>our party</em> that fought segregation, <em>our party</em> that fought Jim Crow, <em>our party </em>that ended welfare, <em>our party</em> that defeated Soviet Communism, <em>our party </em>that fights against abortion, and <em>our party</em> that fights for school choice and a free and unfettered public square. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">The Democrats don’t have any of this and they know it. </p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><strong>If the grand contest here is between three Virginias, the battleground is in the suburbs. </strong> Which narrative will endure? The failed narrative of economic leftism and wealth creation centered around urban vices? Or the more hopeful and enduring narrative of moral conservatism as the reason we build economies in the first place?</p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;">Two parties get to contest the middle third. Creating prosperity is all well and good, but let’s not forget — and let’s remind others — why we build a prosperous society for our families and for one another in the first place.</p><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px;"><hr style="background: #f6dfdf; border: none; height: 1px; margin: 24px 0; padding: 0;"></div><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"><strong>Shaun Kenney</strong><em> is the editor of The Republican Standard, former chairman of the Board of Supervisors for Fluvanna County, and a former executive director of the Republican Party of Virginia.</em></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0;"></p><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0 0 1em 0; margin-bottom: 0;"></p></div></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="post-meta big custom" style="margin: 0 0 10px;"><tr><td class="post-meta-item icon" style="color: #757575; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; height: 30px; line-height: 30px; padding: 7px 12px 7px 0; padding-right: 16px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span><a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxtUsuumzAQ_Zqwa4SNwbBgUd2ENGmT-27au0HGnhCHh5ExCc7X1yS3i0qVrDOe8cwcz4MzA6XSNu1Ub7wJcmM7SFu49DUYA9obetC5FCkOSRyHIfVESgSKw9iTfX7QAA2TdWr0AF43FLXkzEjVThEhiVDsHVPEaYAoK8IEIIqxX_gowTELIGZQYOzfedkgJLQcUjiDtqoFr06PxnT9LPg6w5k75ggaPjna3rBWMC3m_VC4O6_mXDXOiXXS4Rk5mNI6cfvgFw2MTx-bBZlRFTi5ALtBHP-0v3BdrU_K7t6eyePiHe3sRfJVchVZ0n08rKPtdTnurhw_Lqp-3W7q3_udz_bJ4GIk6XC1lhfJ9pnv9HF3WtrtqfS312f842HT8WArH-XmIvZr4_Lj7Vspnf3q9MluP_bZSazqcyE3yTxfPiXvOtzIc2g5OY3fWxWO8WtJM3uk9HVV6urw8kTHb4Oa4WgwTd6rQXNwtfztwqe9ASGHZqpxKt6TKfYx8ieISEjoHM1r2mlyaKiqZsRvSvxPHz2dshpG12HQ6mCVnpzKKdXt1c0gd7IZWmlsDi0rahD3FTD3TbrR5iW0oN2GiZyZFEUI45gEhBKM7yN3OxIgRGkUJ56jF8pFtel_x_wH0Mjqvg" class="like-button" style="color: #757575; display: block; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_45,c_scale,f_png,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Ficon%2FHeartIcon%3Fv%3D2%26height%3D30" width="22.5" height="30" style="border: none !important; float: left; height: 30px; max-width: 22.5px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" alt=""></a></span></td><td class="post-meta-item icon" style="color: #757575; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; height: 30px; line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0; padding: 7px 12px 7px 0; padding-right: 16px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 3px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;"><span><a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxtUk1v4jAQ_TXkBood5-uQw24pbFBJd1VKSy-RY0-IIbFTxwHCr1-n0MNKK9kj63lm3nw8Rg3slR6SVnXGGU1uhhYSCeeuBmNAO30HOhc8wT6JIt8PHZ4QjiI_ckSXlxqgoaJOjO7BafuiFowaoeQY4ZMARU6VFD4g7gdBjMsoRAHyEEIupz7y_SiiAbrx0p4LkAwSOIEelASnTipj2m7i_ZjghT2mAg13DtkZKjnVfNb1hX2z44ypxjq19tKpoTVMVTk1lS1wehJ6L6SgNtXCqCPIiTeHYYUY3g7vuD6mBzVkmz_kef6KsuEs2DK-8kXcfjykwfr6eMmuDD_Pj13a1BUfsc3usj6kJJuv3UycBX3PrjaHYL-24mnz6maHR5JanHlb8YWP-R7Q8PG2OPBlfSrEKp7tmjc07OBn35Wxt8xXJ9FkJ14UB-njl98t2g06_0SfSD6lExz0psk71WsGtvbvlu94A1z0zdjTuIo7yJQ0IM3oXVENFqVsXMw34IgEuxi5owmIT8IZmtVhq0nZhOo4IW6zx__M1tGJHerFTh20KgelR6f9yPj1a_diOZuml8IMOUha1MBvsjA3dX1Vl-9Bgraq4zk1iRUDxhHxSEgwvsnA6sbqIwyDKHYsPVc2Sib_Xf1fLFzxyw" style="color: #757575; display: block; text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_33,c_scale,f_png,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Ficon%2FShareIcon%3Fv%3D2%26height%3D30%26stroke%3D%2523999999" width="16.5" height="30" style="border: none !important; float: left; height: 30px; max-width: 16.5px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" alt="Share"></a></span></td></tr></table><div class="container-border" style="border-top: 1px solid #f6dfdf; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 32px 0 0; width: 100%;"></div><div class="post-cta" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 24px 0 40px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 26px; margin: 24px 0 0; margin-top: 0;"><span>You’re on the free list for <a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxtUEFuxCAMfM1yjAKBwB449LLfQAScLFoCETht8_uSTS-VKlljS_Z4NOMswpLLobdckZxg8NhAJ_iqERChkL1CMcFrJrhSQkjiNfdUCUVCNXMBWG2IGssOZNunGJzFkNPJEHykijw1tWq2lDMn7X2c7SgE54pNg3CtyxkuXbv7AMmBhk8oR05Aon4ibvU2fNzYoxU-ocCvRqpok7fFd3Wf2uxenctrOyJBs57R_oSRCy472kW5FT6vMr9uvF8X9odDirYRvts3KHk-cjmPltPUe9v0TOvrngIeBpKdIvjLLl6pvQMwCyQoLU1vLGo6UsYUH7jkjF32Wh4DpVKO6k6avM-NlfS_ln4ASWqLug" style="color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: underline;">The Republican Standard</a>. 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In other words, the registration rates of those counties exceeded 100% of eligible voters. The study found eight states showing state-wide registration rates exceeding 100%: Alaska, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont.</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4">The September 2020 study collected the most recent registration data posted online by the states themselves. This data was then compared to the Census Bureau's most recent five-year population estimates, gathered by the American Community Survey (ACS) from 2014 through 2018. ACS surveys are sent to 3.5 million addresses each month, and its five-year estimates are considered to be the most reliable estimates outside of the decennial census.</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4">Judicial Watch's latest study is necessarily limited to 37 states that post regular updates to their registration data. Certain state voter registration lists may also be even larger than reported, because they may have excluded "inactive voters" from their data. Inactive voters, who may have moved elsewhere, are still registered voters and may show up and vote on election day and/or request mail-in ballots.</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4">Judicial Watch relies on its voter registration studies to warn states that they are failing to comply with the requirements of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, which requires states to make reasonable efforts to clean their voter rolls. Judicial Watch can and has sued to enforce compliance with federal law.</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4">Earlier this month, Judicial Watch sued <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/co-voter-rolls/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span>Colorado</span></a> over its failure to comply with the National Voter Registration Act. In Judicial Watch's new study, 42 Colorado counties—or two thirds of the state's counties—had registration rates exceeding 100%. Particular data from the state confirms this general picture. As the complaint explains, a month-by-month comparison of the ACS's five-year survey period with Colorado's own registration numbers for the exact same months shows that large proportions of Colorado's counties have registration rates exceeding 100%. Earlier this year, Judicial Watch sued <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/jw-sues-pa-voting/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span>Pennsylvania</span></a>and <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-to-force-north-carolina-to-clean-its-voter-rolls/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span>North Carolina</span></a> for failing to make reasonable efforts to remove ineligible voters from their rolls as required by federal law. The lawsuits allege that the two states have nearly 2 million inactive names on their voter registration rolls. Judicial Watch also sued Illinois for refusing to disclose voter roll data in violation of Federal law.</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4">"The new study shows <a name="x_x__Hlk53650987" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a>1.8 million excess, or 'ghost' voters in 353 counties across 29 states," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "The data highlights the recklessness of mailing blindly ballots and ballot applications to voter registration lists. Dirty voting rolls can mean dirty elections."</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4">Judicial Watch's study updates the results of a similar study from last year. In August 2019, Judicial Watch analyzed registration data that states reported to the federal Election Assistance Commission (EAC) in response to a survey conducted every two years on how states maintain their voter rolls. That registration data was compared to the then-most-recent ACS five-year survey from 2013 through 2017. The study showed that 378 U.S. counties had registration rates exceeding 100%.</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4">Judicial Watch is a national leader for cleaner elections.</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4">In 2018, the Supreme Court upheld a voter-roll cleanup program that resulted from a Judicial Watch settlement of a federal lawsuit with <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-statement-supreme-court-decision-upholding-ohio-efforts-maintain-clean-voter-rolls/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span>Ohio</span></a>. California <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/california-begins-massive-voter-roll-clean-up-notifies-up-to-1-5-million-inactive-voters-as-part-of-judicial-watch-lawsuit-settlement/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span>settled</span></a> a NVRA lawsuit with Judicial Watch and last year began the process of removing up to 1.6 million inactive names from Los Angeles County's voter rolls. <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-victory-court-ordered-consent-decree-requires-kentucky-to-clean-up-election-rolls/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span>Kentucky</span></a> also began a cleanup of hundreds of thousands of old registrations last year after it entered into a consent decree to end another Judicial Watch lawsuit.</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4">In September 2020, Judicial Watch sued <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/illinois-refuses-voter-roll-data/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span>Illinois</span></a> for refusing to disclose voter roll data in violation of Federal law.</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4">Judicial Watch Attorney Robert Popper is the director of Judicial Watch's clean elections initiative.</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"> </font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div align="center"><font size="4"><b>STATES AND COUNTIES WITH REGISTRATION RATES EXCEEDING 100%</b></font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div align="center"><font size="4"><b>(* means no separate reporting of inactive registrations)</b></font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Alabama:</b> Lowndes County (130%); Macon County (114%); Wilcox (113%); Perry County (111%); Madison County (109%); Hale County (108%); Marengo County (108%); Baldwin (108%); Greene County (107%); Washington County (106%); Dallas County (106%); Choctaw County (105%); Conecuh County (105%); Randolph County (104%); Shelby County (104%); Lamar County (103%); Autauga County (103%); Clarke County (103%); Henry County (103%); Monroe County (102%); Colbert County (101%); Jefferson County (101%); Lee County (100%); Houston County (100%); Crenshaw County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*Alaska:</b> <b>Statewide (111%)</b></font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Arizona:</b> Santa Cruz County (107%); Apache County (106%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*Arkansas:</b> Newton County (103%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Colorado</b>: <b>Statewide (102%)</b>; San Juan County (158%); Dolores County (127%); Jackson County (125%); Mineral County (119%); Ouray County (119%); Phillips County (116%); Douglas County (116%); Broomfield County (115%); Elbert County (113%); Custer County (112%); Gilpin County (111%); Park County (111%); Archuleta County (111%); Cheyenne County (111%); Clear Creek County (110%); Teller County (108%); Grand County (107%); La Plata County (106%); Summit County (106%); Baca County (106%); Pitkin County (106%); San Miguel County (106%); Routt County (106%); Hinsdale County (105%); Garfield County (105%); Gunnison County (105%); Sedgwick County (104%); Eagle County (104%); Larimer County (104%); Weld County (104%); Boulder County (103%); Costilla County (103%); Chaffee County (103%); Kiowa County (103%); Denver County (103%); Huerfano County (102%); Montezuma County (102%); Moffat County (102%); Arapahoe County (102%); Jefferson County (101%); Las Animas County (101%); Mesa County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*Florida:</b> St. Johns County (112%); Nassau County (109%); Walton County (108%); Santa Rosa County (108%); Flagler County (104%); Clay County (103%); Indian River County (101%); Osceola County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*Georgia:</b> Bryan County (118%); Forsyth County (114%); Dawson County (113%); Oconee County (111%); Fayette County (111%); Fulton County (109%); Cherokee County (109%); Jackson County (107%); Henry County (106%); Lee County (106%); Morgan County (105%); Clayton County (105%); DeKalb County (105%); Gwinnett County (104%); Greene County (104%); Cobb County (104%); Effingham County (103%); Walton County (102%); Rockdale County (102%); Barrow County (101%); Douglas County (101%); Newton County (100%); Hall County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*Indiana:</b> Hamilton County (113%); Boone County (112%); Clark County (105%); Floyd County (103%); Hancock County (103%); Ohio County (102%); Hendricks County (102%); Lake County (101%); Warrick County (100%); Dearborn County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Iowa:</b> Dallas County (115%); Johnson County (104%); Lyon County (103%); Dickinson County (103%); Scott County (102%); Madison County (101%); Warren County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*Kansas:</b> Johnson County (105%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Maine: Statewide (101%)</b>; Cumberland County (110%); Sagadahoc County (107%); Hancock County (105%); Lincoln County (104%); Waldo County (102%); York County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Maryland:</b> <b>Statewide (102%)</b>; Montgomery County (113%); Howard County (111%); Frederick County (110%); Charles County (108%); Prince George's County (106%); Queen Anne's County (104%); Calvert County (104%); Harford County (104%); Worcester County (103%); Carroll County (103%); Anne Arundel County (102%); Talbot County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*Massachusetts:</b> Dukes County (120%); Nantucket County (115%); Barnstable County (103%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*Michigan:</b> <b>Statewide (105%)</b>; Leelanau County (119%); Otsego County (118%); Antrim County (116%); Kalkaska County (115%); Emmet County (114%); Berrien County (114%); Keweenaw County (114%); Benzie County (113%); Washtenaw County (113%); Mackinac County (112%); Dickinson County (112%); Roscommon County (112%); Charlevoix County (112%); Grand Traverse County (111%); Oakland County (110%); Iron County (110%); Monroe County (109%); Genesee County (109%); Ontonagon County (109%); Gogebic County (109%); Livingston County (109%); Alcona County (108%); Cass County (108%); Allegan County (108%); Oceana County (107%); Midland County (107%); Kent County (107%); Montmorency County (107%); Van Buren County (107%); Wayne County (107%); Schoolcraft County (107%); Mason County (107%); Oscoda County (107%); Iosco County (107%); Wexford County (106%); Presque Isle County (106%); Delta County (106%); Alpena County (106%); St Clair County (106%); Cheboygan County (105%); Newaygo County (105%); Barry County (105%); Gladwin County (105%); Menominee County (105%); Crawford County (105%); Muskegon County (105%); Kalamazoo County (104%); St. Joseph County (104%); Ottawa County (103%); Clinton County (103%); Saginaw County (103%); Manistee County (103%); Lapeer County (103%); Calhoun County (103%); Ogemaw County (103%); Macomb County (103%); Missaukee County (102%); Eaton County (102%); Shiawassee County (102%); Huron County (102%); Lenawee County (101%); Branch County (101%); Osceola County (101%); Clare County (100%); Arenac County (100%); Bay County (100%); Lake County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*Missouri:</b> St. Louis County (102%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*Montana:</b> Petroleum County (113%); Gallatin County (103%); Park County (103%); Madison County (102%); Broadwater County (102%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*Nebraska:</b> Arthur County (108%); Loup County (103%); Keya Paha County (102%); Banner County (100%); McPherson County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Nevada:</b> Storey County (108%); Douglas County (105%); Nye County (101%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*New Jersey:</b> <b>Statewide (102%)</b>; Somerset County (110%); Hunterdon County (108%); Morris County (107%); Essex County (106%); Monmouth County (104%); Bergen County (103%); Middlesex County (103%); Union County (103%); Camden County (102%); Warren County (102%); Atlantic County (102%); Sussex County (101%); Salem County (101%); Hudson County (100%); Gloucester County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*New Mexico:</b> Harding County (177%); Los Alamos County (110%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>New York</b>: Hamilton County (118%); Nassau County (109%); New York (103%); Rockland County (101%); Suffolk County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*Oregon:</b> Sherman County (107%); Crook County (107%); Deschutes County (105%); Wallowa County (103%); Hood River County (103%); Columbia County (102%); Linn County (101%); Polk County (100%); Tillamook County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Rhode Island: Statewide (101%)</b>; Bristol County (104%); Washington County (103%); Providence County (101%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*South Carolina</b>: Jasper County (103%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>South Dakota</b>: Hanson County (171%); Union County (120%); Jones County (116%); Sully County (115%); Lincoln County (113%); Custer County (110%); Fall River County (108%); Pennington County (106%); Harding County (105%); Minnehaha County (104%); Potter County (104%); Campbell County (103%); McPherson County (101%); Hamlin County (101%); Stanley County (101%); Lake County (100%); Perkins County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Tennessee:</b> Williamson County (110%); Moore County (101%); Polk County (101%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Texas:</b> Loving County (187%); Presidio County (149%); McMullen County (147%); Brooks County (117%); Roberts County (116%); Sterling County (115%); Zapata County (115%); Maverick County (112%); Starr County (110%); King County (110%); Chambers County (109%); Irion County (108%); Jim Hogg County (107%); Polk County (107%); Comal County (106%); Oldham County (104%); Culberson County (104%); Kendall County (103%); Dimmit County (103%); Rockwall County (102%); Motley County (102%); Parker County (102%); Hudspeth County (101%); Travis County (101%); Fort Bend County (101%); Kent County (101%); Webb County (101%); Mason County (101%); Crockett County (101%); Waller County (100%); Gillespie County (100%); Duval County (100%); Brewster County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Vermont: Statewide (100%)</b></font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Virginia:</b> Loudoun County (116%); Falls Church City (114%); Fairfax City (109%); Goochland County (108%); Arlington County (106%); Fairfax County (106%); Prince William County (105%); James City County (105%); Alexandria City (105%); Fauquier County (105%); Isle of Wight County (104%); Chesterfield County (104%); Surry County (103%); Hanover County (103%); New Kent County (103%); Clarke County (103%); King William County (102%); Spotsylvania County (102%); Rappahannock County (102%); Albemarle County (101%); Stafford County (101%); Northampton County (101%); Poquoson City (100%); Frederick County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Washington:</b> Garfield County (119%); Pend Oreille County (112%); Jefferson County (111%); San Juan County (108%); Wahkiakum County (108%); Stevens County (103%); Pacific County (103%); Clark County (102%); Island County (102%); Klickitat County (102%); Thurston County (102%); Lincoln County (101%); Whatcom County (100%); Asotin County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*West Virginia</b>: Mingo County (104%); Wyoming County (103%); McDowell County (102%); Brooke County (102%); Hancock County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div align="center"><font size="4">###</font></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> PTPadminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376015457837810154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708359106289287465.post-40955849882175824962021-01-27T14:34:00.001-05:002021-01-27T14:34:41.188-05:00extra regstrered voters <div style="color:black;font: 10pt arial;"> <div><br> </div> <div><small class="post-date">October 16, 2020 <span class="datesource-spacer">|</span> Judicial Watch </small> <h1 class="post-title">New Judicial Watch Study Finds 353 U.S. Counties in 29 States with Voter Registration Rates Exceeding 100%</h1> <div class="container-featured-image"> <img alt="" data-src="https://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/judicialwatch_tw_pressroom-voterreg_1024x512_v1-768x384.jpg" class="post-featured-image lazyloaded" src="https://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/judicialwatch_tw_pressroom-voterreg_1024x512_v1-768x384.jpg"> </div> <div align="center"><font size="4"><b><i>1.8 Million 'Extra' Registered Voters</i></b></font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>(Washington, DC)</b> – Judicial Watch announced today that a <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/documents/judicial-watch-voter-roll-study-oct-2020/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-ogsc=""><span data-ogsc="rgb(5, 99, 193)">September 2020 study</span></a> revealed that 353 U.S. counties had 1.8 million more registered voters than eligible voting-age citizens. In other words, the registration rates of those counties exceeded 100% of eligible voters. The study found eight states showing state-wide registration rates exceeding 100%: Alaska, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont.</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4">The September 2020 study collected the most recent registration data posted online by the states themselves. This data was then compared to the Census Bureau's most recent five-year population estimates, gathered by the American Community Survey (ACS) from 2014 through 2018. ACS surveys are sent to 3.5 million addresses each month, and its five-year estimates are considered to be the most reliable estimates outside of the decennial census.</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4">Judicial Watch's latest study is necessarily limited to 37 states that post regular updates to their registration data. Certain state voter registration lists may also be even larger than reported, because they may have excluded "inactive voters" from their data. Inactive voters, who may have moved elsewhere, are still registered voters and may show up and vote on election day and/or request mail-in ballots.</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4">Judicial Watch relies on its voter registration studies to warn states that they are failing to comply with the requirements of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, which requires states to make reasonable efforts to clean their voter rolls. Judicial Watch can and has sued to enforce compliance with federal law.</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4">Earlier this month, Judicial Watch sued <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/co-voter-rolls/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-ogsc=""><span data-ogsc="rgb(5, 99, 193)">Colorado</span></a> over its failure to comply with the National Voter Registration Act. In Judicial Watch's new study, 42 Colorado counties—or two thirds of the state's counties—had registration rates exceeding 100%. Particular data from the state confirms this general picture. As the complaint explains, a month-by-month comparison of the ACS's five-year survey period with Colorado's own registration numbers for the exact same months shows that large proportions of Colorado's counties have registration rates exceeding 100%. Earlier this year, Judicial Watch sued <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/jw-sues-pa-voting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-ogsc=""><span data-ogsc="rgb(5, 99, 193)">Pennsylvania</span></a>and <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-to-force-north-carolina-to-clean-its-voter-rolls/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-ogsc=""><span data-ogsc="rgb(5, 99, 193)">North Carolina</span></a> for failing to make reasonable efforts to remove ineligible voters from their rolls as required by federal law. The lawsuits allege that the two states have nearly 2 million inactive names on their voter registration rolls. Judicial Watch also sued Illinois for refusing to disclose voter roll data in violation of Federal law.</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4">"The new study shows <a name="x_x__Hlk53650987"></a>1.8 million excess, or 'ghost' voters in 353 counties across 29 states," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "The data highlights the recklessness of mailing blindly ballots and ballot applications to voter registration lists. Dirty voting rolls can mean dirty elections."</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4">Judicial Watch's study updates the results of a similar study from last year. In August 2019, Judicial Watch analyzed registration data that states reported to the federal Election Assistance Commission (EAC) in response to a survey conducted every two years on how states maintain their voter rolls. That registration data was compared to the then-most-recent ACS five-year survey from 2013 through 2017. The study showed that 378 U.S. counties had registration rates exceeding 100%.</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4">Judicial Watch is a national leader for cleaner elections.</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4">In 2018, the Supreme Court upheld a voter-roll cleanup program that resulted from a Judicial Watch settlement of a federal lawsuit with <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-statement-supreme-court-decision-upholding-ohio-efforts-maintain-clean-voter-rolls/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-ogsc=""><span data-ogsc="rgb(5, 99, 193)">Ohio</span></a>. California <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/california-begins-massive-voter-roll-clean-up-notifies-up-to-1-5-million-inactive-voters-as-part-of-judicial-watch-lawsuit-settlement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-ogsc=""><span data-ogsc="rgb(5, 99, 193)">settled</span></a> a NVRA lawsuit with Judicial Watch and last year began the process of removing up to 1.6 million inactive names from Los Angeles County's voter rolls. <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-victory-court-ordered-consent-decree-requires-kentucky-to-clean-up-election-rolls/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-ogsc=""><span data-ogsc="rgb(5, 99, 193)">Kentucky</span></a> also began a cleanup of hundreds of thousands of old registrations last year after it entered into a consent decree to end another Judicial Watch lawsuit.</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4">In September 2020, Judicial Watch sued <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/illinois-refuses-voter-roll-data/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-ogsc=""><span data-ogsc="rgb(5, 99, 193)">Illinois</span></a> for refusing to disclose voter roll data in violation of Federal law.</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4">Judicial Watch Attorney Robert Popper is the director of Judicial Watch's clean elections initiative.</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"> </font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div align="center"><font size="4"><b>STATES AND COUNTIES WITH REGISTRATION RATES EXCEEDING 100%</b></font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div align="center"><font size="4"><b>(* means no separate reporting of inactive registrations)</b></font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Alabama:</b> Lowndes County (130%); Macon County (114%); Wilcox (113%); Perry County (111%); Madison County (109%); Hale County (108%); Marengo County (108%); Baldwin (108%); Greene County (107%); Washington County (106%); Dallas County (106%); Choctaw County (105%); Conecuh County (105%); Randolph County (104%); Shelby County (104%); Lamar County (103%); Autauga County (103%); Clarke County (103%); Henry County (103%); Monroe County (102%); Colbert County (101%); Jefferson County (101%); Lee County (100%); Houston County (100%); Crenshaw County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*Alaska:</b> <b>Statewide (111%)</b></font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Arizona:</b> Santa Cruz County (107%); Apache County (106%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*Arkansas:</b> Newton County (103%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Colorado</b>: <b>Statewide (102%)</b>; San Juan County (158%); Dolores County (127%); Jackson County (125%); Mineral County (119%); Ouray County (119%); Phillips County (116%); Douglas County (116%); Broomfield County (115%); Elbert County (113%); Custer County (112%); Gilpin County (111%); Park County (111%); Archuleta County (111%); Cheyenne County (111%); Clear Creek County (110%); Teller County (108%); Grand County (107%); La Plata County (106%); Summit County (106%); Baca County (106%); Pitkin County (106%); San Miguel County (106%); Routt County (106%); Hinsdale County (105%); Garfield County (105%); Gunnison County (105%); Sedgwick County (104%); Eagle County (104%); Larimer County (104%); Weld County (104%); Boulder County (103%); Costilla County (103%); Chaffee County (103%); Kiowa County (103%); Denver County (103%); Huerfano County (102%); Montezuma County (102%); Moffat County (102%); Arapahoe County (102%); Jefferson County (101%); Las Animas County (101%); Mesa County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*Florida:</b> St. Johns County (112%); Nassau County (109%); Walton County (108%); Santa Rosa County (108%); Flagler County (104%); Clay County (103%); Indian River County (101%); Osceola County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*Georgia:</b> Bryan County (118%); Forsyth County (114%); Dawson County (113%); Oconee County (111%); Fayette County (111%); Fulton County (109%); Cherokee County (109%); Jackson County (107%); Henry County (106%); Lee County (106%); Morgan County (105%); Clayton County (105%); DeKalb County (105%); Gwinnett County (104%); Greene County (104%); Cobb County (104%); Effingham County (103%); Walton County (102%); Rockdale County (102%); Barrow County (101%); Douglas County (101%); Newton County (100%); Hall County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*Indiana:</b> Hamilton County (113%); Boone County (112%); Clark County (105%); Floyd County (103%); Hancock County (103%); Ohio County (102%); Hendricks County (102%); Lake County (101%); Warrick County (100%); Dearborn County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Iowa:</b> Dallas County (115%); Johnson County (104%); Lyon County (103%); Dickinson County (103%); Scott County (102%); Madison County (101%); Warren County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*Kansas:</b> Johnson County (105%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Maine: Statewide (101%)</b>; Cumberland County (110%); Sagadahoc County (107%); Hancock County (105%); Lincoln County (104%); Waldo County (102%); York County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Maryland:</b> <b>Statewide (102%)</b>; Montgomery County (113%); Howard County (111%); Frederick County (110%); Charles County (108%); Prince George's County (106%); Queen Anne's County (104%); Calvert County (104%); Harford County (104%); Worcester County (103%); Carroll County (103%); Anne Arundel County (102%); Talbot County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*Massachusetts:</b> Dukes County (120%); Nantucket County (115%); Barnstable County (103%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*Michigan:</b> <b>Statewide (105%)</b>; Leelanau County (119%); Otsego County (118%); Antrim County (116%); Kalkaska County (115%); Emmet County (114%); Berrien County (114%); Keweenaw County (114%); Benzie County (113%); Washtenaw County (113%); Mackinac County (112%); Dickinson County (112%); Roscommon County (112%); Charlevoix County (112%); Grand Traverse County (111%); Oakland County (110%); Iron County (110%); Monroe County (109%); Genesee County (109%); Ontonagon County (109%); Gogebic County (109%); Livingston County (109%); Alcona County (108%); Cass County (108%); Allegan County (108%); Oceana County (107%); Midland County (107%); Kent County (107%); Montmorency County (107%); Van Buren County (107%); Wayne County (107%); Schoolcraft County (107%); Mason County (107%); Oscoda County (107%); Iosco County (107%); Wexford County (106%); Presque Isle County (106%); Delta County (106%); Alpena County (106%); St Clair County (106%); Cheboygan County (105%); Newaygo County (105%); Barry County (105%); Gladwin County (105%); Menominee County (105%); Crawford County (105%); Muskegon County (105%); Kalamazoo County (104%); St. Joseph County (104%); Ottawa County (103%); Clinton County (103%); Saginaw County (103%); Manistee County (103%); Lapeer County (103%); Calhoun County (103%); Ogemaw County (103%); Macomb County (103%); Missaukee County (102%); Eaton County (102%); Shiawassee County (102%); Huron County (102%); Lenawee County (101%); Branch County (101%); Osceola County (101%); Clare County (100%); Arenac County (100%); Bay County (100%); Lake County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*Missouri:</b> St. Louis County (102%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*Montana:</b> Petroleum County (113%); Gallatin County (103%); Park County (103%); Madison County (102%); Broadwater County (102%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*Nebraska:</b> Arthur County (108%); Loup County (103%); Keya Paha County (102%); Banner County (100%); McPherson County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Nevada:</b> Storey County (108%); Douglas County (105%); Nye County (101%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*New Jersey:</b> <b>Statewide (102%)</b>; Somerset County (110%); Hunterdon County (108%); Morris County (107%); Essex County (106%); Monmouth County (104%); Bergen County (103%); Middlesex County (103%); Union County (103%); Camden County (102%); Warren County (102%); Atlantic County (102%); Sussex County (101%); Salem County (101%); Hudson County (100%); Gloucester County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*New Mexico:</b> Harding County (177%); Los Alamos County (110%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>New York</b>: Hamilton County (118%); Nassau County (109%); New York (103%); Rockland County (101%); Suffolk County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*Oregon:</b> Sherman County (107%); Crook County (107%); Deschutes County (105%); Wallowa County (103%); Hood River County (103%); Columbia County (102%); Linn County (101%); Polk County (100%); Tillamook County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Rhode Island: Statewide (101%)</b>; Bristol County (104%); Washington County (103%); Providence County (101%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*South Carolina</b>: Jasper County (103%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>South Dakota</b>: Hanson County (171%); Union County (120%); Jones County (116%); Sully County (115%); Lincoln County (113%); Custer County (110%); Fall River County (108%); Pennington County (106%); Harding County (105%); Minnehaha County (104%); Potter County (104%); Campbell County (103%); McPherson County (101%); Hamlin County (101%); Stanley County (101%); Lake County (100%); Perkins County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Tennessee:</b> Williamson County (110%); Moore County (101%); Polk County (101%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Texas:</b> Loving County (187%); Presidio County (149%); McMullen County (147%); Brooks County (117%); Roberts County (116%); Sterling County (115%); Zapata County (115%); Maverick County (112%); Starr County (110%); King County (110%); Chambers County (109%); Irion County (108%); Jim Hogg County (107%); Polk County (107%); Comal County (106%); Oldham County (104%); Culberson County (104%); Kendall County (103%); Dimmit County (103%); Rockwall County (102%); Motley County (102%); Parker County (102%); Hudspeth County (101%); Travis County (101%); Fort Bend County (101%); Kent County (101%); Webb County (101%); Mason County (101%); Crockett County (101%); Waller County (100%); Gillespie County (100%); Duval County (100%); Brewster County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Vermont: Statewide (100%)</b></font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Virginia:</b> Loudoun County (116%); Falls Church City (114%); Fairfax City (109%); Goochland County (108%); Arlington County (106%); Fairfax County (106%); Prince William County (105%); James City County (105%); Alexandria City (105%); Fauquier County (105%); Isle of Wight County (104%); Chesterfield County (104%); Surry County (103%); Hanover County (103%); New Kent County (103%); Clarke County (103%); King William County (102%); Spotsylvania County (102%); Rappahannock County (102%); Albemarle County (101%); Stafford County (101%); Northampton County (101%); Poquoson City (100%); Frederick County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>Washington:</b> Garfield County (119%); Pend Oreille County (112%); Jefferson County (111%); San Juan County (108%); Wahkiakum County (108%); Stevens County (103%); Pacific County (103%); Clark County (102%); Island County (102%); Klickitat County (102%); Thurston County (102%); Lincoln County (101%); Whatcom County (100%); Asotin County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div><font size="4"><b>*West Virginia</b>: Mingo County (104%); Wyoming County (103%); McDowell County (102%); Brooke County (102%); Hancock County (100%)</font></div> <font size="4"> </font> <div align="center"><font size="4">###</font></div> </div> </div> PTPadminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376015457837810154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708359106289287465.post-57657179488794114002020-11-04T14:06:00.001-05:002020-11-04T14:07:09.239-05:00Rob Wittman Wins 8th Term Representing Virginia's First Congressional District<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" id="background-table" style="background-color:#ffffff;" > <tbody><tr style="border-collapse:collapse;" > <td align="center" 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<strong style="font-size:20px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Rob Wittman Wins 8th Term Representing Virginia's First Congressional District</strong></p> <p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:15px;" > <span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" ><strong>MONTROSS, VA -- </strong>Congressman Rob Wittman (R, VA-01) yesterday won Virginia's First Congressional District Race for re-election to his eighth term against opponent Qasim Rashid.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Wittman's win is a clear victory for the people of the region as he is the Commonwealth's senior-most Republican, serving as Ranking Member on the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee. He has a long history of environmental, broadband, infrastructure, defense, and veteran related wins in Congress, both legislatively and through funded projects. His experience, vision, and personal connection to the district proved to be what the people of Virginia's First District wanted and needed in the People's House.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Wittman has represented the First Congressional District since winning a special election in 2007 filling the seat vacated following the passing of Congresswoman Jo Ann Davis. Congressman Wittman has dedicated his life to the selfless service of his family, friends, neighbors, and all people in the Commonwealth of Virginia. </span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Wittman delivered the following remarks after his victory, in which he lays out his plan for the future of VA-01, the Commonwealth, and the nation, gives his sincerest thanks to the people of the First District, and reiterates his commitment to service, hard work, and complete representation of all people in our region.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Scroll below to read Wittman's remarks as prepared for delivery in full:</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Good evening. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Tonight, it is with great humility that I'm honored to say I will once again be serving the people of America's First District in Washington in the 117th Congress. To the people of the First District, I thank you. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I want to thank my family, my wife Kathryn, my supporters, and the people of the First District for their tremendous work this year. In the face of unprecedented circumstances, I am extremely grateful for your support of my endeavors to once again serve the First District in Washington. Most importantly, I want to thank God for the guidance and strength He provided to us all through this year. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I also want to thank my opponent for a spirited race; I wish him, his family and staff the absolute best as they transition into the next chapter of their lives. It is now time for our region and our nation to come together as one America.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >To say this year has been unprecedented is an understatement. To say that we are facing difficulties at nearly every turn is only beginning to understand the challenges facing our nation:<br style="line-height:100%;" /> From a nuclear-strike-capable and ever-growing Chinese Navy to an emboldened and marauding Russia; to a lack of high-speed broadband coverage to a lack of freight and commuter rail capacity; to an economy still reeling from the effects of COVID-19 to families wondering how they will pay for their medical bills. We don't need to look far to find the difficult and the challenging.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Recently, the words of founding father, patriot, and native of the First Congressional District, Patrick Henry, have been on my mind:</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >"They tell us that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? … Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?... We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power."</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >He spoke these words during his "Give me liberty or give me death" speech, in late March of 1775.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >The colonists were facing seemingly insurmountable odds. They were considering the then-unheard-of act of Independence. And yet they persevered. In the face of those odds -- in the face of the dark times that followed -- in the face of bleak winters and hot summers -- the American spirit shone through. The United States -- Americans -- prevailed.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >The same question posed by Patrick Henry can be asked of our nation now as we face the uncertainty of the coming weeks and year: When shall we be stronger?</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I am looking to our future, and I remain steadfastly hopeful. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, folks of the First District have proven their resiliency. We have proven our ability to care for one another -- to utilize the resources we need to manage these times -- to ask for help when we need it and provide help when we can. It is this spirit that will see us through.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >It is with this same spirit -- the spirit of our founders -- the spirit of our neighbors and families who have seen us through these times -- it is with this spirit that I will return to Washington to serve you.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >As we face challenges ahead, I will continue to work tirelessly for you and for all people of the First District.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >As we look to address the health and economic impacts of COVID-19, I've called on my colleagues in Congress to provide additional relief to Americans who need it most. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I have joined a discharge petition to release millions of dollars in aid to small businesses. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I supported vital relief bills earlier this year -- I believe we must continue to provide targeted relief to the people who need it, rein in wasteful spending, and eliminate unfocused programs.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I will continue to call on my fellow Members in Congress to do the same and more. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I'm proud to report that Secretary of Defense Mark Esper recently announced a new plan to expand and modernize our fleet to outpace our competitors and adversaries. This is something which I've advocated on behalf of for years. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I will be a vocal advocate as we look to implement this plan in the coming years. Through my leadership role on the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, I will do my utmost to increase shipbuilding and provide for our military members.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >This year, I have continued my work to improve access to broadband services, building upon the work I have undertaken over the past decade. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I firmly believe that we will see more done in the next two years than we have in the past ten. Much of that is thanks to the joint work I have done with stakeholders, elected officials, and members of the Administration over the past several years. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I will continue to support localities as they apply for grants and work with providers to allow our localities to fully capitalize on the technology of the 21st Century. Rest assured, I will continue to push my colleagues and the Administration to act swiftly on my legislation to bridge the digital divide.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >In the same vein, I currently have a bill before the House aimed at relieving congestion on our roadways, providing greater capacity for commuter and freight rail traffic. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >The Long Bridge Act of 2020 will allow for the construction of a new Long Bridge across the Potomac to increase rail capacity throughout the mid-Atlantic. If this bill is not passed this year, it will be one of the first bills I reintroduce in the 117th Congress. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >In conjunction with this bill, I advocated for a successful US-DOT grant application from the Port of Virginia to increase their rail terminal capacity to boost our region's economy. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I will continue these efforts through advocacy for public-private partnerships and increased funding opportunities in the coming years. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >This year drastically changed every aspect of our lives, and changed the way our campaign was run. It could not have been possible without the incredible work of my staff and volunteers throughout 2020. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I want to say a very special thank you to my Chief of Staff, Carolyn, for her outstanding work for the people of the First Congressional District at every level of engagement. I cannot express enough her tireless efforts for the people of our region.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I also want to thank my Campaign Manager, Nathan, for his work directly engaging with folks and stakeholders around our region, to help ensure that all people in the First District have their voices heard. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I have an amazing campaign team - Tiphanie, Joey, Brent, Reeve, Christie, Rob, Ashlee, and Sandy. They worked incredibly hard and I am so appreciative for all that they do.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Thank you as well to:</span></em></p> <ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:18px;margin-left:19px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;" > <li style="font-size:13px;line-height:18px;color:#444444;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >my District Director in my Congressional Office, Joe;</span></em></li> <li style="font-size:13px;line-height:18px;color:#444444;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" ><em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >my Legislative Director and Deputy Chief of Staff in my Congressional Office, Brent;</span></em></span></em></li> <li style="font-size:13px;line-height:18px;color:#444444;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" ><em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" ><em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >my Congressional Director of Operations, Jordan;</span></em></span></em></span></em></li> <li style="font-size:13px;line-height:18px;color:#444444;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" ><em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" ><em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" ><em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >my Communications Director in my Congressional Office, Erika;</span></em></span></em></span></em></span></em></li> <li style="font-size:13px;line-height:18px;color:#444444;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" ><em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" ><em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" ><em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" ><em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >and Kim, our Digital Director for the campaign.</span></em></span></em></span></em></span></em></span></em></li> </ul> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Thank you to the entirety of my Congressional DC Office staff - Max, John, Chris, Curran, Jacob and Sarah - for their immeasurable work legislatively. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Thank you to my Congressional District Office staff - Chris, Karen, Christina, Cheryl, and John - from Mechanicsville, Stafford, and Tappahannock for their work serving the people of our region directly. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >And an important thank you to all the campaign staff and volunteers who helped in so many ways throughout this year -- without your work tonight would not have been possible.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Folks who know me know I don't shy away from hard work. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >From my time on the tomato farm, to the fishing boat, to college and the Corps of Cadets, to the Virginia Department of Health, local offices, and in Congress -- I have always worked with the same spirit of resolve and service that was instilled in me from a young age.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Throughout this year, I safely visited several locations around our region, talking with folks from all walks of life -- from Prince William to Mathews, from Stafford to James City, from Reedville to Mechanicsville -- The people I have interacted with have the same work ethic that I do. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >We want to roll up our sleeves and get things done to help our communities. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >It's because we grew up here. We know what it takes to help each other, and that is why I am so proud to serve you in Washington. We have hard work ahead of us, but I'm committed to working for you.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I say it often, and it's something I believe firmly: the people of our region -- our friends, neighbors, coworkers -- are the greatest people in the United States of America.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Thank you for the opportunity to once again serve you in Washington. 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/>PTPadminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376015457837810154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708359106289287465.post-37291361318875924442020-11-04T14:06:00.000-05:002020-11-04T14:07:03.171-05:00Rob Wittman Wins 8th Term Representing Virginia's First Congressional District<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" id="background-table" style="background-color:#ffffff;" > <tbody><tr style="border-collapse:collapse;" > <td align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse;" > <table class="w640" width="640" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:10px;margin-left:10px;" > <tbody><tr style="border-collapse:collapse;" ><td class="w640" width="640" height="20" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse;" ></td></tr> <tr style="border-collapse:collapse;" > <td class="w640" width="640" 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style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Wittman's win is a clear victory for the people of the region as he is the Commonwealth's senior-most Republican, serving as Ranking Member on the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee. He has a long history of environmental, broadband, infrastructure, defense, and veteran related wins in Congress, both legislatively and through funded projects. His experience, vision, and personal connection to the district proved to be what the people of Virginia's First District wanted and needed in the People's House.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Wittman has represented the First Congressional District since winning a special election in 2007 filling the seat vacated following the passing of Congresswoman Jo Ann Davis. Congressman Wittman has dedicated his life to the selfless service of his family, friends, neighbors, and all people in the Commonwealth of Virginia. </span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Wittman delivered the following remarks after his victory, in which he lays out his plan for the future of VA-01, the Commonwealth, and the nation, gives his sincerest thanks to the people of the First District, and reiterates his commitment to service, hard work, and complete representation of all people in our region.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Scroll below to read Wittman's remarks as prepared for delivery in full:</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Good evening. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Tonight, it is with great humility that I'm honored to say I will once again be serving the people of America's First District in Washington in the 117th Congress. To the people of the First District, I thank you. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I want to thank my family, my wife Kathryn, my supporters, and the people of the First District for their tremendous work this year. In the face of unprecedented circumstances, I am extremely grateful for your support of my endeavors to once again serve the First District in Washington. Most importantly, I want to thank God for the guidance and strength He provided to us all through this year. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I also want to thank my opponent for a spirited race; I wish him, his family and staff the absolute best as they transition into the next chapter of their lives. It is now time for our region and our nation to come together as one America.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >To say this year has been unprecedented is an understatement. To say that we are facing difficulties at nearly every turn is only beginning to understand the challenges facing our nation:<br style="line-height:100%;" /> From a nuclear-strike-capable and ever-growing Chinese Navy to an emboldened and marauding Russia; to a lack of high-speed broadband coverage to a lack of freight and commuter rail capacity; to an economy still reeling from the effects of COVID-19 to families wondering how they will pay for their medical bills. We don't need to look far to find the difficult and the challenging.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Recently, the words of founding father, patriot, and native of the First Congressional District, Patrick Henry, have been on my mind:</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >"They tell us that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? … Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?... We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power."</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >He spoke these words during his "Give me liberty or give me death" speech, in late March of 1775.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >The colonists were facing seemingly insurmountable odds. They were considering the then-unheard-of act of Independence. And yet they persevered. In the face of those odds -- in the face of the dark times that followed -- in the face of bleak winters and hot summers -- the American spirit shone through. The United States -- Americans -- prevailed.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >The same question posed by Patrick Henry can be asked of our nation now as we face the uncertainty of the coming weeks and year: When shall we be stronger?</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I am looking to our future, and I remain steadfastly hopeful. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, folks of the First District have proven their resiliency. We have proven our ability to care for one another -- to utilize the resources we need to manage these times -- to ask for help when we need it and provide help when we can. It is this spirit that will see us through.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >It is with this same spirit -- the spirit of our founders -- the spirit of our neighbors and families who have seen us through these times -- it is with this spirit that I will return to Washington to serve you.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >As we face challenges ahead, I will continue to work tirelessly for you and for all people of the First District.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >As we look to address the health and economic impacts of COVID-19, I've called on my colleagues in Congress to provide additional relief to Americans who need it most. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I have joined a discharge petition to release millions of dollars in aid to small businesses. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I supported vital relief bills earlier this year -- I believe we must continue to provide targeted relief to the people who need it, rein in wasteful spending, and eliminate unfocused programs.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I will continue to call on my fellow Members in Congress to do the same and more. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I'm proud to report that Secretary of Defense Mark Esper recently announced a new plan to expand and modernize our fleet to outpace our competitors and adversaries. This is something which I've advocated on behalf of for years. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I will be a vocal advocate as we look to implement this plan in the coming years. Through my leadership role on the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, I will do my utmost to increase shipbuilding and provide for our military members.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >This year, I have continued my work to improve access to broadband services, building upon the work I have undertaken over the past decade. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I firmly believe that we will see more done in the next two years than we have in the past ten. Much of that is thanks to the joint work I have done with stakeholders, elected officials, and members of the Administration over the past several years. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I will continue to support localities as they apply for grants and work with providers to allow our localities to fully capitalize on the technology of the 21st Century. Rest assured, I will continue to push my colleagues and the Administration to act swiftly on my legislation to bridge the digital divide.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >In the same vein, I currently have a bill before the House aimed at relieving congestion on our roadways, providing greater capacity for commuter and freight rail traffic. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >The Long Bridge Act of 2020 will allow for the construction of a new Long Bridge across the Potomac to increase rail capacity throughout the mid-Atlantic. If this bill is not passed this year, it will be one of the first bills I reintroduce in the 117th Congress. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >In conjunction with this bill, I advocated for a successful US-DOT grant application from the Port of Virginia to increase their rail terminal capacity to boost our region's economy. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I will continue these efforts through advocacy for public-private partnerships and increased funding opportunities in the coming years. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >This year drastically changed every aspect of our lives, and changed the way our campaign was run. It could not have been possible without the incredible work of my staff and volunteers throughout 2020. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I want to say a very special thank you to my Chief of Staff, Carolyn, for her outstanding work for the people of the First Congressional District at every level of engagement. I cannot express enough her tireless efforts for the people of our region.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I also want to thank my Campaign Manager, Nathan, for his work directly engaging with folks and stakeholders around our region, to help ensure that all people in the First District have their voices heard. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I have an amazing campaign team - Tiphanie, Joey, Brent, Reeve, Christie, Rob, Ashlee, and Sandy. They worked incredibly hard and I am so appreciative for all that they do.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Thank you as well to:</span></em></p> <ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:18px;margin-left:19px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;" > <li style="font-size:13px;line-height:18px;color:#444444;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >my District Director in my Congressional Office, Joe;</span></em></li> <li style="font-size:13px;line-height:18px;color:#444444;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" ><em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >my Legislative Director and Deputy Chief of Staff in my Congressional Office, Brent;</span></em></span></em></li> <li style="font-size:13px;line-height:18px;color:#444444;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" ><em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" ><em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >my Congressional Director of Operations, Jordan;</span></em></span></em></span></em></li> <li style="font-size:13px;line-height:18px;color:#444444;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" ><em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" ><em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" ><em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >my Communications Director in my Congressional Office, Erika;</span></em></span></em></span></em></span></em></li> <li style="font-size:13px;line-height:18px;color:#444444;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" ><em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" ><em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" ><em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" ><em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >and Kim, our Digital Director for the campaign.</span></em></span></em></span></em></span></em></span></em></li> </ul> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Thank you to the entirety of my Congressional DC Office staff - Max, John, Chris, Curran, Jacob and Sarah - for their immeasurable work legislatively. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Thank you to my Congressional District Office staff - Chris, Karen, Christina, Cheryl, and John - from Mechanicsville, Stafford, and Tappahannock for their work serving the people of our region directly. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >And an important thank you to all the campaign staff and volunteers who helped in so many ways throughout this year -- without your work tonight would not have been possible.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Folks who know me know I don't shy away from hard work. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >From my time on the tomato farm, to the fishing boat, to college and the Corps of Cadets, to the Virginia Department of Health, local offices, and in Congress -- I have always worked with the same spirit of resolve and service that was instilled in me from a young age.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Throughout this year, I safely visited several locations around our region, talking with folks from all walks of life -- from Prince William to Mathews, from Stafford to James City, from Reedville to Mechanicsville -- The people I have interacted with have the same work ethic that I do. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >We want to roll up our sleeves and get things done to help our communities. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >It's because we grew up here. We know what it takes to help each other, and that is why I am so proud to serve you in Washington. We have hard work ahead of us, but I'm committed to working for you.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >I say it often, and it's something I believe firmly: the people of our region -- our friends, neighbors, coworkers -- are the greatest people in the United States of America.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:15px;" > <em><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;" >Thank you for the opportunity to once again serve you in Washington. 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/>PTPadminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376015457837810154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708359106289287465.post-17895134478732265132020-10-27T07:23:00.000-04:002020-10-27T07:24:13.258-04:00Political Headlines from across Virginia<center> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="bodyTable" style="height:100%;border-collapse:collapse;mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;" width="100%"> <tr> <td align="center" id="bodyCell" style="padding:10px;" valign="top"> <!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE // --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="templateContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;max-width:600px;" width="100%"> <tr> <td id="templatePreheader" valign="top"> <img alt="VaNews" class="logo" src="https://cdn.vpap.org/static/vanews/vanews_logo.png" style="border: 0; height: auto; outline: none; text-decoration: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; padding: 16px 0 0 0; max-width: 250px"> <div 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style="margin-bottom:48px;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=4f1b4462a4&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> VMI superintendent resigns after Black cadets describe relentless racism </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By IAN SHAPIRA, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute resigned Monday morning, after Black cadets described relentless racism at the nation's oldest state-supported military college and Gov. Ralph Northam ordered an independent probe of the school's culture. Retired Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III, 80, had been superintendent of the 181-year-old school since 2003.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=cf88bdcaf0&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Lexington sheds some Confederate monikers </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By TIM THORNTON, Va Business Magazine </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Lexington memorializes Confederate Gens. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson and Robert E. Lee so much, Lee's final resting place in the city was described as "a kind of Confederate Graceland" in a 2009 Washington Post travel story. Lexington's image changed some this summer, however. While Virginia Military Institute refused to remove Confederate statues and names from its campus, Carilion Clinic acquired the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital and renamed it Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital. The Robert E. Lee Hotel, which opened in 1926, became The Gin, and the city-owned Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, where Jackson's statue stands over his grave, became Oak Grove Cemetery.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=cf1ed94d99&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Poll: Virginia voters say virus, not economy, most important </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Enacting restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus is more important than removing them to get the economy going, according to a majority of Virginia voters polled this month. The poll conducted by Hampton University and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 62% think the biggest priority for their community is to prevent the coronavirus from spreading, even if it hurts the economy, while 35% said removing restrictions to help the economy, even if more people get the virus, is the bigger priority.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=dcf3306198&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Modelers: Coronavirus to double if behavior doesn't change </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By LUANNE RIFE, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Virginia is averaging more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases each day, and unless people's behavior changes, the pace is likely to double and hit its peak by mid-December, according to the latest forecast by University of Virginia modelers. The model calls for nearly 15,000 new cases a week in December.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=4958926430&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Dramatic increase in COVID cases stretching health system </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By DAVID MCGEE, Bristol Herald Courier (Metered Paywall - 15 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A tsunami of new COVID-19 cases is "stretching" the resources of Ballad Health even more than system officials projected. On Monday, Ballad established a single-day record with 166 confirmed COVID-positive patients, with a dozen more suspected cases awaiting test results, system officials said Monday. Twenty-eight of them were being treated in intensive care units, with 13 on ventilators.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=98a5125eb7&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Torched Trump signs, raised middle fingers: Why D.C. can't wait for the election to end </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By PAUL SCHWARTZMAN, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Victoria Frankhauser, a Joe Biden supporter who lives in McLean, Va., expressed sympathy when vandals threw eggs and spray-painted "R-A-P-I-S-T" across her neighbor's poster-sized lawn sign supporting President Trump. Pegge Caccavari, who lives next door, responded to the mischief by installing a "Honk for Trump" sign, which she bathed in a flood light so drivers could see the display at night. The blare of horns at all hours has disturbed Frankhauser and her three children ever since.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=891484a369&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> As virus halts inmate roadway cleanup in Smyth and Wythe, volunteers step up </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JASMINE DENT FRANKS, Bristol Herald Courier (Metered Paywall - 15 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">With inmate work release programs at the regional jails in both Dublin and Abingdon placed on hold due to the coronavirus, litter alongside the roadways in Smyth and Wythe counties is piling up. Typically, the sheriff's offices in each county supervise a crew of trusties inmates who are sent out to help clear the roadsides. In Smyth County, those inmates are typically out each day of the week and in Wythe County, they work 10-hour shifts Monday through Thursday.</p> </div> <div class="vanews"> <div class="mt-5 top-stories-wrapper full-report" style="margin-top:48px;font-weight:bold;color:#004a80;font-size:38px;line-height:46px;border-bottom:3px solid #5fa263;margin-bottom:29px;"> <div>The Full Report</div> <div class="pubcount" style="color:#42585C;font-weight:normal;font-size:18px;line-height:32px;">43 articles, 26 publications</div> </div> <ul class="list-inline buttonlinks mb-3" style="padding-left:0;list-style:none;"> <li class="list-inline-item" style="display:inline-block;margin-right:.1rem;line-height:2.5rem;"><a class="buttonlink" href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=4a0f4562bc&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#fff;background-color:#407455;padding:5px 10px;text-decoration:none;border-radius:0;margin:0 1rem 32px 0;white-space:nowrap;">Read Online</a> </li> <li class="list-inline-item" style="display:inline-block;margin-right:.1rem;line-height:2.5rem;"><a class="buttonlink" href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=bfe9cf4415&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#fff;background-color:#407455;padding:5px 10px;text-decoration:none;border-radius:0;margin:0 1rem 32px 0;white-space:nowrap;">10 Most Clicked</a> </li> <li class="list-inline-item lirefer" style="display:inline-block;line-height:2.5rem;"><a class="buttonlink refer" href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=0f24096925&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#fff;padding:5px 10px;text-decoration:none;border-radius:0;margin:0 1rem 32px 0;white-space:nowrap;background-color:#004a80;">Refer a Friend</a> </li> </ul> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">FROM VPAP</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=6806ef330c&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"><span class="from-vpap" style="color: #fff; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; background-color: #65a368; padding: 4px 8px; margin-right: 6px; text-decoration: none">From VPAP</span> Now Live: Pre-Election Campaign Finance Reports </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> The Virginia Public Access Project </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">VPAP has posted campaign finance disclosures by local candidates on next week's ballot and committees seeking to pass or defeat ballot issues. The reports, which cover activity in October through last Thursday, include those filed by mayoral candidates in Richmond and Virginia Beach and a statewide referendum on how legislative districts are drawn.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=d3bd16782f&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"><span class="from-vpap" style="color: #fff; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; background-color: #65a368; padding: 4px 8px; margin-right: 6px; text-decoration: none">From VPAP</span> GOP Super PAC no longer funding TV ads in 2nd Congressional District </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> The Virginia Public Access Project </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A Super PAC dedicated to electing Republicans to the U.S. House has reallocated its TV budget in Virginia by shifting money out of the 2nd District and investing more heavily in a GOP candidate seeking to win back the 7th District and a candidate seeking to hold the reliably Republican 5th District. The shift by the Congressional Leadership Fund has left former Rep. Scott Taylor (R-Virginia Beach) with a diminished TV presence heading into the final week of the campaign.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=617a0b3925&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"><span class="from-vpap" style="color: #fff; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; background-color: #65a368; padding: 4px 8px; margin-right: 6px; text-decoration: none">From VPAP</span> Maps, Timeline of COVID-19 in Virginia </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> The Virginia Public Access Project </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Our COVID-19 dashboard makes it easy to track the latest available data for tests performed, infections, deaths and hospital capacity. There's a filter for each city and county, plus an exclusive per-capita ZIP Code map. Updated each morning around 10:30 a.m.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">EXECUTIVE BRANCH</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=df2134da5a&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia Sheriff's Association writes governor asking for amendment to military equipment bills </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By EMMA NORTH, WFXR-TV </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Virginia Sheriff's Association wrote to Gov. Ralph Northam asking him to change two bills that would restrict law enforcement agencies' acquisition of certain military surplus equipment. The particular issue they have with HB 5049 and SB 5030 is restrictions on the use of Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles. The Senate bill states that Virginia State Police and local law enforcement agencies will be prohibited from acquiring armored multi-wheeled vehicles that are mine-resistant, ambush-protected and configured for combat from a surplus program operated by the federal government.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">GENERAL ASSEMBLY</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=8c63fb4949&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Norfolk delegation backs Del. Joe Lindsey for judgeship </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By GRAHAM MOOMAW, Virginia Mercury </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">State lawmakers who represent Norfolk are backing one of their own for a vacant judgeship on the Norfolk General District Court, according to a letter obtained by The Virginia Mercury. The General Assembly's Norfolk delegation is proposing Del. Joe Lindsey, D-Norfolk, a trial lawyer who has also served as a substitute judge, to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Judge S. Clark Daugherty.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=7a194fcc9a&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Gooditis elected chair of the I-81 Advisory Committee </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JOSH JANNEY, Winchester Star (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Del. Wendy Gooditis (D-Clarke County) has been unanimously elected chair of the Interstate 81 Advisory Committee. Gooditis was selected to the post on Friday. "I'm grateful to the committee members who have placed their trust in me," Gooditis said in a news release. "I-81 is vital to western Virginia's economy. I look forward to supporting the economic growth of this region while working to ensure that I-81 is a safe and reliable roadway for all motorists."</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">STATE ELECTIONS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=fd98ab6a00&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Redistricting amendment has engendered passionate friends and fierce foes </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By SCOTT MCCAFFREY, Inside NOVA (Metered Paywall) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">No matter which side one happens to be on in the battle over a state constitutional amendment to revamp Virginia's legislative and congressional redistricting, there seems to be general agreement on one thing: Offer a politician the chance to enhance his or her party's prospects by drawing election districts their way, and they will do it.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=63ffc06bb1&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Ballot question asks Virginians whether to exempt disabled veterans' vehicles from taxes </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ANDREW CAIN, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">It has received much less attention than redistricting, but Virginia voters are considering a second proposed state constitutional amendment on their ballots this year. Question two asks voters whether a car or pickup truck owned and chiefly used by a 100% service-disabled veteran of the U.S. armed forces or the National Guard should be exempt from state and local taxation.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">FEDERAL ELECTIONS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=326ea155e9&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Swing-District Democrats, Defying Predictions, Poised to Help Keep House </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By LUKE BROADWATER, New York Times (Metered Paywall - 1 to 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">When Representative Abigail Spanberger, the Democrat running for re-election in the conservative-leaning Richmond suburbs, arrived to debate her Republican opponent on a recent evening, she received a heroine's welcome, loudly cheered by supporters on both sides of the street who held blue balloons and handmade signs praising her accomplishments. There was no such warm welcome for Nick Freitas, the state delegate running to oust her, recalled Carol Catron, 52, a stay-at-home mom and a supporter of Ms. Spanberger, who was among those shouting "We love Abigail!" outside as the Republican walked in without making eye contact.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=fa75dcf5ed&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Two Lexington Residents Vie To Represent Valley In U.S. House </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By IAN MUNRO, Daily News Record (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Congresman Ben Cline, R-Lexington, faces his first opponent, another Lexington resident, as an incumbent in the U.S. House of Representatives in November. Nicholas Betts, who like Cline also works in the legal field, is a Democrat who has held jobs in construction, landscaping and as a teaching assistant. Both candidates said tackling the COVID-19 pandemic is first on their list of actions if elected.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=e9302c623b&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> 60 percent of Loudoun voters may cast ballots before Election Day </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By NATHANIEL CLINE, Loudoun Times (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Loudoun County is on track to have all of its early votes and ballots received by 7 p.m. on Election Day, according to a local election official. This includes about 50,000 returned mail-in ballots and another 25,000 expected to be cast between now and Nov. 3. Richard Keech, deputy director for Loudoun County's Office of Elections and Voter Registration, said the office is projecting that about 60 percent of voters will have cast their ballots by Election Day.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=02beafb344&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Early voting numbers surge in Peninsula area </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By NOOR ADATIA, Daily Press (Metered Paywall - 1 article a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Maria Taylor prefers to vote on Election Day itself, but this is an abnormal year. So the Yorktown resident decided to avoid a line at her precinct and took her 76-year-old mother to vote early Friday. "With Covid, I don't want her around that many people," she said. "It is wise for her."</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=bb1fc234dc&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Voter turnout steady during Saturday voting in Williamsburg, James City and York </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ALEX PERRY, Virginia Gazette (Metered Paywall - 4 Articles per Month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Voters showed up to the polls on Saturday for early voting in Williamsburg, James City and York counties, including young citizens who voted for the first time, and even younger "future voters" like 9-year-old Trent Guarino in York County. Parents Katie and Anthony Guarino brought their son Trent to the York County Registrar's Office in Washington Square, where Trent got a future voter sticker like many other children that came in with their parents to the polls. Katie Guarino, 32, said that she wanted to show her son the importance of voting.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=c5f3dfe518&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> More than 47,000 votes already cast locally </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By NOLAN STOUT, Daily Progress (Metered Paywall - 25 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Nearly 47,000 people in Charlottesville and Albemarle County already have cast their ballot for next week's election. With only a week until Election Day, about 40% of each locality's voters have officially made their decisions.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=bbacb3547c&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia early voters favor Biden, Post-Schar poll finds </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By LAURA VOZZELLA, ANTONIO OLIVO AND SCOTT CLEMENT, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Voters who support former vice president Joe Biden are fueling an unprecedented surge in early voting in Virginia, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll that finds nearly 7 in 10 early ballots were cast for the Democrat seeking the White House. About 1.95 million Virginians have voted in person or by mail, according to state data — nearly half the total number who turned out for the 2016 contest, and more than triple the 538,410 voters who voted early four years ago.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">ECONOMY/BUSINESS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=9f9151e091&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Nearly 200 jobs coming to Pittsylvania County </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JOHN R. CRANE, Danville Register & Bee </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A furniture manufacturer and a supplier are bringing nearly 200 jobs to Pittsylvania County. Ison Furniture Manufacturing, a North Carolina-based furniture manufacturer, is planning to bring a vacant facility back to life and create 150 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Monday afternoon. The company is expected to invest $3.5 million to purchase and renovate the recently closed A.C. Furniture Company facility in the Axton community in Pittsylvania County.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=105b85cb25&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Hampton University poll: Virginians feel OK about their finances, gloomier about the economy </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By DAVE RESS, Daily Press (Metered Paywall - 1 article a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Most Virginians -- 62% -- say they feel good about their personal financial situations but fewer than half feel that way about the national, state or local economy, a new Hampton University-Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found. Some two-thirds of Virginia voters say they've been spending less since the pandemic hit -- but they also don't seem to be saving more or paying down debts any faster than usual, the poll found.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">TRANSPORTATION</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=5a7164f875&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> New data underscore COVID impact on airport finances </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> Inside NOVA (Metered Paywall) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has seen its year-to-date revenue from airlines decline more than 23 percent, according to new figures, with revenue from sources indirectly related to aviation service declining 46 percent.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=fd6ab11f37&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> What's behind Virginia's increasing pedestrian death toll and how to reverse the trend </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By WYATT GORDON, Virginia Mercury </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">On Thursday evening, friends and family were at the intersection of Jahnke and German School roads on Richmond's Southside to mourn the loss of 16-year-old Aajah Rosemond, who was killed by a driver while walking to the store. According to police, a collision with a GMC Yukon sent a roughly 6,000 pound Nissan Titan spiraling up and onto the sidewalk, fatally striking the teenager. The evening news tells such tales with disturbing regularity, a product of Virginia's rapidly rising pedestrian death rate.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">HIGHER EDUCATION</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=7ab31bcd91&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> VMI superintendent resigns as fallout continues from systemic racism allegations </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By CLAIRE MITZEL, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Virginia Military Institute's top leader resigned Monday, a week after Gov. Ralph Northam announced an investigation into the school's culture and policies following reports of racism that received national attention. Retired Army Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III resigned as superintendent at the request of state leaders, according to his resignation letter.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=04a991dc70&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Head of Virginia Military Institute Resigns Amid Review of Racism on Campus </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By DAVE PHILIPPS, New York Times (Metered Paywall - 1 to 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Virginia Military Institute's superintendent resigned on Monday, after Virginia's governor ordered an independent investigation of allegations of systemic racism at the state-supported military college. Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III, 80, who has led the school since 2003, said in his resignation letter that the staff of Gov. Ralph Northam and members of the Virginia legislature had "lost confidence in my leadership" and had asked him on Friday to resign.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=5bf06414ab&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> VMI board says "with deep regret" that superintendent is out </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> Associated Press </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute has resigned, the school's board president announced in a statement Monday, a week after state officials ordered an investigation into what they characterized as a culture of "ongoing structural racism." Retired Army Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III tendered his resignation Monday, and the Board of Visitors accepted it "with deep regret," board President John William Boland said in a statement.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=23a8f56466&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> William & Mary women's track team questions department's management, refuses meeting with AD </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By MARTY O'BRIEN, Daily Press (Metered Paywall - 1 article a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">William & Mary women's track and field athletes said Monday they have refused an "urgent" meeting on Thursday with interim director of athletics Jeremy Martin to discuss their concerns about the elimination of the men's track and field team at the school. Instead, they are requesting a meeting with school President Katherine Rowe, Board of Visitors Rector John Littel and Provost Peggy Agouris prior to Thursday. Their request comes two days after 26 W&M track athletes signed an open letter to administration expressing that the men's indoor and outdoor track teams – slated for elimination at the end of the academic year – be reinstated.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=38cb5ada28&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Bridgewater College's alumni, students and faculty rush to defend programs from cuts </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By BRIDGET MANLEY, Harrisonburg Citizen </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Many Bridgewater College alumni, students and faculty were surprised by the announcement this month that the college would eliminate several student organizations and some academic programs and are mobilizing to try to save some of them. The college's decisions to move forward would mean laying off faculty — even as the college said the year-long strategic resource allocation process was transparent and included campus-wide input.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=40b40c13a4&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Large Covid Outbreaks "Very Likely" On College Campuses, Unless.... </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ROBBIE HARRIS, WVTF </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A new Virginia Tech study suggests large outbreaks of Coronavirus at colleges and universities will continue to grow unless certain behaviors change. Researchers looked at millions of simulations of interactions by students living on campus that suggest, large outbreaks are likely to spread – and fast.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=565a831edc&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Starships were meant to fly: Robots take off with JMU Dining </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JAMES FARIS, The Breeze </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Even in a bumpy semester for JMU, Starship delivery robots have been on a roll. Since landing at JMU last semester, Starship Technologies' self-driving robots have grown in popularity as students opt to order on-campus food from the comfort of their dorms. A fleet of 40 bots has made over 19,000 deliveries since August, Brent Beringer, director for dining at JMU, said via email.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">CORONAVIRUS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=9c4eb2fa70&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia Department of Health dashboard shows state has had 25 COVID-19 outbreaks in K-12 schools </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By SABRINA MORENO, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Virginia Department of Health reported 174,275 total COVID-19 cases on Monday — a 904-case increase from Sunday — and 3,581 total deaths, an increase of two. More than 36,000 of those cases are within the 20-29 age group, and 27,136 cases are from the state's 1,238 outbreaks. The VDH classifies an outbreak as at least two lab-confirmed cases. Among cases associated with outbreaks; 2,301 are linked to colleges and universities; 307 with child care; 186 with grades K-12.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=a45ecf00da&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Culpeper's Coffeewood Correctional coronavirus outbreak more than doubles in week </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ALLISON BROPHY CHAMPION, Culpeper Star Exponent (Metered Paywall - 20 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Culpeper County added 61 positive cases of COVID-19 in the past week as the ongoing outbreak more than doubled at Coffeewood Correctional Center in Mitchells. The Virginia Dept. of Health reported 1,374 total cases for Culpeper County as of Oct. 26 and 18 deaths, which has held steady for the past two weeks.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=c3e93a9f25&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> 25% of recent Alexandria COVID-19 cases possibly tied to workplace </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JACK POINTER, WTOP </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">As the long-predicted fall surge of COVID-19 accelerates nationwide, the City of Alexandria in Virginia is detailing how over 400 of its recent cases possibly originated. The city's Health Department interviewed 422 infected residents from Sept. 21 to Oct. 19 and found that one-fourth of them had been in their workplaces within two weeks of feeling sick.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">VIRGINIA OTHER</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=b04e26802f&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Claire Gastañaga will retire next year as executive director of ACLU of Virginia </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By FRANK GREEN, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Claire Gastañaga will retire as the executive director of the ACLU of Virginia on March 31 or as soon as a successor is found, the organization announced Monday. "I'm profoundly grateful for the eight plus years that I've been honored to serve as the executive director of the ACLU of Virginia," Gastañaga said in a statement Monday. "Now is the time to make room for new leadership while continuing to be an agent for change in Virginia in a way that is authentically me."</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">LOCAL</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=a9efdc1b43&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Survey: A Majority of APS Teachers Prefer Remote Teaching for Now </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JO DEVOE, ArlNow </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A 61% majority of Arlington Public Schools teachers prefer to continue distance teaching or telework, according to a survey recently conducted by APS. Almost 4,300 employees, or 63% of APS staff, completed the survey. Teachers and assistants had the highest participation rates, 87% and 86% respectively, and while teachers had a stronger preference for distance learning over in-person teaching, assistants were split 50-50.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=10ef5f572c&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Fairfax County teachers union opposes new concurrent method for instruction </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By KRISTI KING, WTOP </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A union representing teachers in Virginia's largest school system believes instructors and parents have been ambushed by a dual announcement from the Fairfax County Public Schools superintendent, demanding a decision about returning to classrooms that will begin deploying a new form of instruction. "We are doing concurrent learning; this is the model we will use," first-grade teacher Emily Vanderhoff said, paraphrasing a return-to-school update released late last Friday afternoon.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=3527102fc6&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Loudoun Supervisors to Resurrect Land Conservation Program </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By RENSS GREENE, Loudoun Now </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">County supervisors have voted to lay the groundwork to resurrect the Purchase of Development Rights program, a land conservation tool that would see them spend county dollars to permanently protect some properties from development. In a purchase of development rights program, the county could buy the development rights from a piece of land, permanently separating those rights from that land an retiring them. In theory, that would allow the landowner to realize some of the value from their land's development potential while also permanently protecting that land from actual development.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=28223f8056&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Richmond police chief forms community advisory committee, won't publicly identify most of its members </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By REED WILLIAMS, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Richmond Police Chief Gerald Smith has established an External Advisory Committee that he hopes will strengthen relationships and foster greater trust between his department and city residents. But despite widespread calls for greater police transparency and accountability in Richmond and nationwide, Smith has declined to name all but one of the new committee's 15 members and balked when asked if a reporter could cover one of the meetings.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=b46a08ea5a&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Despite Virginia making Election Day a holiday, some city workers won't get it off </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JONATHAN EDWARDS, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Virginia Beach Mayor Bobby Dyer on Monday announced he was making Election Day 2020 a holiday, giving city workers the day off with pay. The move came two days after state lawmakers and activists pushed him and other city leaders around the region to do so. But, unlike other cities in Hampton Roads, they won't get the day off in the future.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=2f29b9664b&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Quaker school in Virginia Beach downsizes, sells land to developer for apartments </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By STACY PARKER, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A modest Quaker school secluded in the trees next to Laskin Road has cut a deal with a developer that will shrink its footprint in half. Virginia Beach Friends School sold seven of its 13 acres to The Breeden Company last week as it looks to reconfigure its already small campus.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=69271edfca&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Former Lancaster County commonwealth's attorney has law license suspended </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ALI ROCKETT, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Former Lancaster County Commonwealth's Attorney Jan Smith has agreed to a one year and one day suspension of his law license for misconduct in his handling of a 2017 fatal boating accident. A three-judge panel, which was scheduled to hold a disciplinary hearing Monday, approved the agreement last week, according to documents from the bar.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=b336d72bdf&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Two Brownsville Elementary employees test positive for COVID-19 </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By STAFF REPORT, Daily Progress (Metered Paywall - 25 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Two staff members at Brownsville Elementary have tested positive for COVID-19, the school told families Monday, bringing the division's total to 11 employees and one contractor who have contracted the virus since the start of school in September. Brownsville is one of three schools hosting day care programs five days a week for children of employees of Albemarle County.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=c66908194f&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> School board votes to bring high school students back to class Nov. 16 </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By RANDY ARRINGTON, Page Valley News </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Page County School Board voted, 5-1, on Monday night to bring high school students back into the classroom two days a week beginning Monday, Nov. 16. Numerous complaints from parents regarding falling grades, a lack of instruction and psychological drawbacks of high school students not attending class with their peers and their teachers prompted the third major revision to the school division's "Return to Learn" plan.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=ddeeaf45d6&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Henry County Public Schools reports first two cases of COVID-19 among students </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By KIM BARTO MEEKS, Martinsville Bulletin (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Henry County Public Schools has reported its first positive cases of COVID-19 in students, with one at Magna Vista High School and one at Fieldale-Collinsville Middle School. Both schools remain open, except for part of one grade level at the middle school that is learning virtually as a precaution, according to schools spokesperson Monica Hatchett.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mb-5" style="margin-bottom:48px;"> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">EDITORIALS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=c8eedc55f6&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Take action to halt domestic violence, help victims </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> Virginian-Pilot Editorial (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Every year, October is the time designated across the United States to shine a light on the seemingly intractable problem of domestic violence. Usually, there are vigils and events to support domestic violence victims and those who help them. People wear purple. They relate stories of abuse and offer a message of hope: Things don't have to be this way; you can get help. They raise money for the cause.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=b955a54450&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Looking forward, how can Virginia — and the nation — prepare better amid this ongoing pandemic? </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> Richmond Times-Dispatch Editorial (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Looking back, the warning signs were there. One year ago, the term "pandemic" largely was reserved for studies assessing preparedness. In October 2019, the Global Health Security Index (GHSI) released a report assessing 195 countries' abilities to handle pandemics. Some of the top-line conclusions were bleak: "National health security is fundamentally weak around the world. No country is fully prepared for epidemics or pandemics, and every country has important gaps to address.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">OP-ED</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=aefd2a90e4&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Roberts: William & Mary: A time to lead </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By GEORGE H. "SKIP" ROBERTS JR., published in Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Much credit goes to the College of William & Mary leadership in pausing their decision to eliminate a number of sports to include its very successful track and swimming programs pending more review. If past is prologue, the process largely will be the same as other similar schools that form their committees, bring in consultants, and conclude that football and basketball are the untouchables.</p> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"><em>George H. 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The framework, the first such effort at the state level, is the initial step from Virginia for how best to reduce risk to people and property from sea level rise and coastal flooding, and follows similar work by several Hampton Roads cities, like Norfolk and Virginia Beach. Officials touted it as the first plan of its kind along the East Coast.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=87bd6e77b1&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Surge of early voting in Va.'s largest county means a long wait for some voters </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ANTONIO OLIVO AND LOLA FADULU, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">More than a month has passed since early voting began in Virginia and, amid record turnouts during a deadly pandemic, the long lines to cast a ballot in the state's most populous jurisdiction have moved at an agonizingly slow pace. With about 9,400 people per day in Fairfax County voting in person during early voting, it has taken as long as two hours to make it to the front of the line in some locations.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=c70d3ec475&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Reversing ban, Va. 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The decision overturns a Fairfax County judge's ruling last year that the data collection program violated Virginia privacy laws, which stopped police from continuing the program.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=9a96074f8f&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Newport News Shipbuilding settles employment discrimination charges </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By DAVE RESS, Daily Press (Metered Paywall - 1 article a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Newport News Shipbuilding has accepted a conciliation agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to resolve allegations of hiring discrimination. The shipyard agreed to pay $3.5 million in back pay and interest to 4,428 Black applications who were not hired for 10 different positions.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=f689decd4f&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Families opting out of public school pose financial impact on system </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JIM MCCONNELL, Chesterfield Observer </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Mike and Christy Gasiorowski had never given much thought to sending their children to private school. And why would they have? Jack and Ella already attended two of the highest-performing public schools in Chesterfield County, Midlothian Middle and J.B. Watkins Elementary, respectively. Both were thriving academically and engaged socially, and their parents couldn't have been more satisfied with the quality of education.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=d3727e5973&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Quarry full of hazardous waste removed from superfund list after 33 years </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ELIAS WEISS, Chatham Star Tribune </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Environmental Protection Agency Friday morning announced the official removal of the 13-acre First Piedmont Corporation Rock Quarry Site, in the Beaver Park community of Pittsylvania County, from the National Priorities list for superfund sites. Superfund law in the U.S. is designed to investigate and clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances. Between 1970 and 1972, the First Piedmont Corporation leased the on-site rock quarry and used it as an industrial landfill.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=d101f48018&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"><span class="from-vpap" style="color: #fff; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; background-color: #65a368; padding: 4px 8px; margin-right: 6px; text-decoration: none">Friday Read</span> Pixie post: Fairy letters offer advice, respite in Virginia </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By BEN FINLEY, Associated Press </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">With the coronavirus lockdown and school out for the summer, 9-year-old Maya Gebler's social world had shrunk to her immediate family and a few friends. When her human pen pals stopped writing, she turned to the fairies who had taken up residence at a tree in her Virginia neighborhood. And the fairies wrote back. "They care about you," she said. "And they want to write to you."</p> </div> <div class="vanews"> <div class="mt-5 top-stories-wrapper full-report" style="margin-top:48px;font-weight:bold;color:#004a80;font-size:38px;line-height:46px;border-bottom:3px solid #5fa263;margin-bottom:29px;"> <div>The Full Report</div> <div class="pubcount" style="color:#42585C;font-weight:normal;font-size:18px;line-height:32px;">62 articles, 34 publications</div> </div> <ul class="list-inline buttonlinks mb-3" style="padding-left:0;list-style:none;"> <li class="list-inline-item" style="display:inline-block;margin-right:.1rem;line-height:2.5rem;"><a class="buttonlink" href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=7954b07f91&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#fff;background-color:#407455;padding:5px 10px;text-decoration:none;border-radius:0;margin:0 1rem 32px 0;white-space:nowrap;">Read Online</a> </li> <li class="list-inline-item" style="display:inline-block;margin-right:.1rem;line-height:2.5rem;"><a class="buttonlink" href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=f93343c151&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#fff;background-color:#407455;padding:5px 10px;text-decoration:none;border-radius:0;margin:0 1rem 32px 0;white-space:nowrap;">10 Most Clicked</a> </li> <li class="list-inline-item lirefer" style="display:inline-block;line-height:2.5rem;"><a class="buttonlink refer" href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=b600b1cbd4&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#fff;padding:5px 10px;text-decoration:none;border-radius:0;margin:0 1rem 32px 0;white-space:nowrap;background-color:#004a80;">Refer a Friend</a> </li> </ul> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">FROM VPAP</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=ca7db6c56c&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"><span class="from-vpap" style="color: #fff; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; background-color: #65a368; padding: 4px 8px; margin-right: 6px; text-decoration: none">VPAP Visual</span> House Money Drives Casino Initiatives </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> The Virginia Public Access Project </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Gaming companies seeking a foothold in Virginia have invested more than $2 million to back Nov. 3 ballot initiatives in four Virginia cities. The only money raised to block a local casino referendum came in Norfolk, where a competitor is seeking to block a bid by the Pamunkey Indian Tribe.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=6b0db71f6d&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"><span class="from-vpap" style="color: #fff; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; background-color: #65a368; padding: 4px 8px; margin-right: 6px; text-decoration: none">From VPAP</span> Early Voting in Virginia Now Triple 2016 -- and Climbing </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> The Virginia Public Access Project </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">By Thursday, more than 1.7 million Virginians had already voted in the November 3 election -- more than three times the early votes recorded in 2016. VPAP's interactive dashboard shows the mix of in-person and mail ballots and provides a snapshot of early voting in each city and county.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=c68c4132f2&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"><span class="from-vpap" style="color: #fff; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; background-color: #65a368; padding: 4px 8px; margin-right: 6px; text-decoration: none">From VPAP</span> Maps, Timeline of COVID-19 in Virginia </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> The Virginia Public Access Project </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Our COVID-19 dashboard makes it easy to track the latest available data for tests performed, infections, deaths and hospital capacity. There's a filter for each city and county, plus an exclusive per-capita ZIP Code map. Updated each morning around 10:30 a.m.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">GENERAL ASSEMBLY</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=c33e2c4cfe&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Under new law, prosecutors will be able to drop marijuana cases </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By MARGARET MATRAY, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Last year, Norfolk's top prosecutor said his office would seek to dismiss virtually all misdemeanor marijuana cases as part of an effort toward criminal justice reform. But Circuit Court judges wouldn't let them, and Commonwealth's Attorney Greg Underwood challenged them in the state Supreme Court. Underwood lost, with justices saying Virginia had given judges the final say on dismissing charges for over two centuries.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=52f5d3f043&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Ex-NASCAR driver gets probation in case long delayed by his lawmaker attorney </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By SARAH RANKIN, Associated Press </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Former NASCAR driver Eric McClure pleaded no contest this week to a misdemeanor domestic violence charge and was sentenced to probation, according to a Virginia prosecutor, in a court hearing that was long delayed by McClure's state lawmaker attorney. The Associated Press has previously reported that McClure's appeals trial after his conviction in a lower court for assault and battery against his now-estranged wife was pushed back over and over again. His attorney, state Del. Jeff Campbell, repeatedly invoked a privilege of his office that grants legislator-lawyers broad discretion to obtain continuances in their cases.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=06896f67dc&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Former NASCAR driver pleads 'no contest' in drawn-out Smyth domestic assault appeal </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JASMINE FRANKS, Smyth County News & Messenger </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">After more than two years of avoiding the courtroom, a former NASCAR Xfinity driver and his state lawmaker attorney appeared before a Smyth County Circuit Court judge on Wednesday for a plea hearing in a domestic assault case against him. Convicted of misdemeanor assault and battery on his wife in Smyth County Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court, 41-year-old Eric Wayne McClure appealed the case to the circuit court in June 2018. The case began to draw scrutiny in early 2020 after McClure's attorney, Jeff Campbell, who represents the 6th District in the Virginia House of Delegates, repeatedly used a special exemption to continue the case.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">FEDERAL ELECTIONS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=036f619bdd&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Biden leads Trump 52 percent to 41 percent among Virginia likely voters </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By GREGORY S. SCHNEIDER , LAURA VOZZELLA AND SCOTT CLEMENT, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Former vice president Joe Biden leads President Trump 52 percent to 41 percent among likely Virginia voters, according to a new Washington Post-Schar School poll — roughly double Hillary Clinton's margin of victory in the state in 2016. Biden's advantage cuts across most demographic groups, with regional strength in the Northern Virginia suburbs and the Richmond area.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=d2016c4b6e&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Taxes, health care dominate in final candidate forum for Spanberger and Freitas </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By MICHAEL MARTZ, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Taxes and health care dominated the final forum for Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-7th, and Del. Nick Freitas, R-Culpeper, Thursday, less than two weeks before the close of an election for Virginia's 7th Congressional District that could help determine control of the House of Representatives. Freitas intensified his attack on Spanberger for her support of former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, during a Zoom forum conducted by the Richmond First Club.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=82e90da4a3&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Webb Pushes Virginia Democrats Into Trump Country </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By BEN PAVIOUR, WCVE-FM </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The little town of Fork Union, Virginia voted for President Trump by three points in 2016. Since then, residents like Ron Lewis say things have gotten worse. "The only thing we have is a drug store and a bank," Lewis said, gesturing toward a mostly deserted strip mall along the town's main drag. Lewis and other locals gathered in its parking lot during a Friday lunch break to hear from Democratic Congressional hopeful Cameron Webb, a man Lewis said can help change this town's fortunes.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=0ebaa50d56&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Cameron Webb calls on Bob Good to divest from pharmaceutical industry in wake of Purdue Pharma settlement </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By AMY FRIEDENBERGER, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Cameron Webb, the Democratic congressional candidate in central Virginia, has called on his Republican opponent Bob Good to divest his holdings in the pharmaceutical industry following Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, agreeing to plead guilty to criminal charges related to its marketing of the the addictive painkiller. Webb, a 37-year-old internal medicine doctor and director of health policy and equity at the University of Virginia, said by Good divesting, he will be able to govern in the interest of the 5th District and not the companies he has a financial stake in.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=710ef61714&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> How Virginia's largest congressional district could flip this year </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By CHARLOTTE RENE WOODS, Charlottesville Tomorrow </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">As polling shows Dr. Cameron Webb could flip the 5th Congressional District from Republican to Democrat, it goes beyond Webb and Bob Good as candidates and to the actual shape and demographics of the district itself. Former Campbell County Supervisor Bob Good, the Republican candidate for the seat in the House of Representatives, said he wants to fight. Webb, the Democratic candidate and director of health policy and equity at the University of Virginia, said he wants to heal. Which message — and candidate will prevail — remains to be seen, but recent polling indicates Webb could flip the seat blue for the first time in a decade.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=4ab3d2b5e7&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Over a million Virginians have already voted in person. Lines are long in some places. </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ANA LEY, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">More than a million Virginians have already voted in person — and another 650,000 by mail — far outpacing the number of absentee voters in the 2016 presidential election. "None of us have ever seen this record-breaking turnout," Virginia Beach Registrar Donna Patterson said over the phone Thursday. "It's really exciting."</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=e120723d63&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Williamsburg, York, James City residents register — and vote — in 2020 election </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By MAGGIE MORE, Virginia Gazette (Metered Paywall - 4 Articles per Month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">More than a week and a half ahead of Election Day, 44,597 or so voters in Williamsburg and James City and York counties have already cast their ballots, while more than 1.6 million voters across the state have also voted. The Virginia Department of Elections website shows that the state had 5,972,577 registered voters as of Thursday. That number has not yet been finalized with all of the people who registered before the Oct. 15 deadline.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=587b2bfc7a&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Students say protests motivating them to go the polls </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By HUNTER BRITT, VCU Capital News Service </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Voters are more divided now than they were in the 2016 election, according to a recent poll by the Pew Research Center. Many young Virginians believe the passion could translate to the polls on Election Day. Rickia Sykes, a senior at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, said that her political views have grown stronger since protests erupted globally in late May. The death of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis Police Department officer kneeled on Floyd's neck for nearly 8 minutes, inspired months of protests.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">STATE GOVERNMENT</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=b42cd6a116&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> With new roadmap to combat rising seas, Virginia officially acknowledges the threat of climate change </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By SARAH VOGELSONG, Virginia Mercury </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Virginia will no longer sidestep recognition that climate change is occurring and poses an existential threat to the state's way of life, shoreline, economies and resources, a new planning document released by Gov. Ralph Northam's administration Thursday reveals. The report, called the Coastal Resilience Master Planning Framework, heralds a shift in the Old Dominion's approach to an issue on which more than 99 percent of global scientists have reached consensus but is still frequently portrayed as controversial in state and national politics.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=68522a6153&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Va. police can keep license plate data indefinitely, state Supreme Court rules </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By TOM JACKMAN, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Police in Virginia may indefinitely keep data from automated license plate readers, noting the time and place where a car was photographed by police, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The court ruled that simply storing license plate numbers and photos of cars does not constitute "keeping" data because officers must connect to a separate database from the state Department of Motor Vehicles or other criminal databases to link a license plate with a name.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=91872248e2&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia got just one bidder for a $100M+ radio project. A key legislator wasn't happy about it. </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By GRAHAM MOOMAW, Virginia Mercury </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Motorola was the only company interested in bidding on an expensive project to update Virginia's statewide public safety radio system, an outcome that led a competitor to complain the process was one-sided and drew scrutiny from a top lawmaker. The Statewide Agencies Radio System, or STARS, began with a $329 million contract between the state and Motorola in 2004, with the goal of establishing a 24/7, digital voice and data communications system used by nearly two dozen state agencies.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=d3f2c640b6&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Abingdon company fined $54,000 for hazardous waste violations </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By SARAH WADE, Washington County News </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">An Abingdon manufacturer has agreed to pay more than $50,000 in fines for hazardous waste violations, including improperly disposing of more than 6,200 pounds of it, according to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). A 2019 DEQ inspection of Wolf Hills Fabricators uncovered a slew of violations of federal codes, all of them related to documenting, storing and disposing of hazardous waste, as well as training employees on how to properly handle it.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=6a88bd8b79&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Va. flags to be half-staff Friday in memory of late Bernard Cohen, lawyer in Loving v. Virginia case </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Bernard S. Cohen, who won a landmark case that led to the U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of laws forbidding interracial marriage and later went on to a successful political career as a state legislator, died last week at age 86. In honor of Cohen, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday that the Virginia flag at the State Capitol in Richmond would fly at half-staff on Friday, Oct. 23. The order also allows Virginia flags to be at half-staff in Alexandria and other localities across the state.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">ECONOMY/BUSINESS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=131b9b565a&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Initial unemployment claims rose 25% in Virginia last week </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By KIMBERLY PIERCEALL, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Another 11,365 Virginians filed initial claims for unemployment benefits last week, up 25% from the prior week as the number continues to ebb up and down week to week. Across the country, 787,000 Americans filed initial unemployment claims as of Oct. 17, down 55,000 from the previous week, which had already been revised down an additional 56,000 to 842,000.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=e0950ed403&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia Beach's swift reopening and familiarity to tourists helped it survive a pandemic summer </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By STACY PARKER, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">COVID-19 dug a deep canyon in Virginia Beach's tourism market last spring, with hoteliers taking the worst beating from the pandemic, according to the city's Convention & Visitors Bureau. After a steep downturn in the early weeks of the pandemic, however, Virginia Beach rallied over the summer with a hand from repeat visitors who lived within driving distance and preferred the resort city's familiarity.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=5d54f64c82&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Trump Issues Order Giving Him More Leeway to Hire and Fire Federal Workers </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ERIC LIPTON, New York Times (Metered Paywall - 1 to 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">President Trump signed an executive order this week that could substantially expand his ability to hire and fire tens of thousands of federal workers during a second term, potentially allowing him to weed out what he sees as a "deep state" bureaucracy working to undermine him. The executive order, issued late Wednesday and described by one prominent federal union leader as "the most profound undermining of the Civil Service in our lifetimes," would allow federal agencies to go through their employee rosters and reclassify certain workers in a way that would strip them of job protections that now cover most federal employees.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=f50e4101e9&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Moving F-22s to Langley means more people, more jobs — and more noise, Air Force study says </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By DAVE RESS, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Air Force plans to move training for F-22 pilots to Langley Air Force Base from Florida will bring some 2,400 people to the region — and increase the number of households that would hear fighter jet operations. The Air Force hopes to make the move next year, according to a draft environmental impact statement released this week.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=72235b1e81&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> COVID infecting Winchester Medical Center revenue </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By EVAN GOODENOW, Winchester Star (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Besides killing some 1.1 million people, including about 222,000 Americans, the coronavirus pandemic has hospitals hemorrhaging money. Winchester Medical Center lost nearly $49.2 million through Sept. 30 compared to the same time last year. The losses are projected to rise to between $55 million and $58 million by year's end, according to Mark Nantz, president and CEO of Valley Health System. The losses, primarily from the cancellation of non-emergency surgeries from March 23 to May 6, were part of nearly $78 million lost by Valley Health, the six-hospital chain of which WMC is a part.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=0808bd1fca&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Grants for Appalachian Trail communities to come from Mountain Valley Pipeline gift </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By LAURENCE HAMMACK, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Appalachian Trail Conservancy is offering $150,000 in grants to strengthen the ties between the scenic footpath and eight Virginia and West Virginia counties through which it passes. And there's more money where that came from. Community impact grants announced this week by the conservancy will be funded by a $19.5 million contribution from Mountain Valley Pipeline, which is building a natural gas pipeline that will pass under the Appalachian Trail as it runs along the state line in Giles County.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=bfff1bb802&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Lee Enterprises Posts Ad Looking for Ashley Spinks's Replacement </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ROSA CARTAGENA, Washingtonian </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Lee Enterprises is looking to fill a difficult job. The media company has posted the Newsroom Editor position for Floyd Press, a small newspaper based in rural Virginia, after firing the previous editor, Ashley Spinks. The 26-year-old journalist had talked to Virginia public radio station WVTF about her struggles running the weekly publication under Lee's management for a story called "She's a One-Person Newsroom, But Lee Enterprises Kept Cutting."</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=a55660a459&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Glimmer of hope for striped bass: Numbers of young fish show stability </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By DAVE RESS, Daily Press (Metered Paywall - 1 article a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Virginia Institute of Marine Science's annual count of young striped bass once again yielded a number higher than the historic average. But the significant increase — 13.89 fish per sample, compared to last year's 9.54 and the historical average of 7.77 from 1980 to 2009 — may be a fluke of bad weather and the pandemic, VIMS cautioned.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">TRANSPORTATION</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=1abeed527f&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Prince William County pays consulting firm $1.3 million to manage Va. 28 bypass 'messaging' </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By DANIEL BERTI, Prince William Times </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Prince William County has signed a three-year, $1.3 million contract with a communications firm to conduct community outreach for the county's $300 million Va. 28 bypass proposal as it moves through the design and right-of-way process. The contract did not come before the Prince William Board of County Supervisors for consideration because the board approved the bypass and the contract is "part of the project," according to county spokeswoman Sherrie Johnson.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=afeaf57613&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Self-driving shuttle debuts in high-traffic Virginia spot </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The future of transportation arrived in northern Virginia, looking like a big blue toaster on wheels that seats six and drives itself through the region's notorious traffic. State and local officials debuted the Relay system Thursday, an all-electric, autonomous vehicle that will provide free shuttle rides back and forth from the Dunn Loring Metrorail stop to the bustling Mosaic District in Fairfax County.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=875235ae4f&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Valley Legislators Advocate For Rail Trail </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JESSICA WETZLER, Daily News Record (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">For the last several years, a group of public, private and nonprofit organizations located in Rockingham and Shenandoah counties has been exploring possible uses for an abandoned railroad track in the Valley. With help from Del. Tony Wilt and Sen. Emmett Hanger, a new recreational opportunity could be on the horizon. Wilt, R-Broadway, introduced a budget amendment during this year's General Assembly special session calling for the Department of Conservation and Recreation to assess the feasibility of developing a 38.5-mile linear park along the rail corridor that spans from Broadway to Strasburg.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">HIGHER EDUCATION</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=7496832160&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> UVa spring semester will mirror fall's mix of online, in-person classes </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By BRYAN MCKENZIE, Daily Progress (Metered Paywall - 25 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">University of Virginia students can expect their spring semester to look much like the fall with a mix of online and in-person classes and restrictions on the size of student gatherings, face mask requirements and a regimen of regular COVID-19 testing, officials announced Thursday. They can also expect a shortened spring break with shorter breaks scattered throughout the semester as encouragement to limit travel out of the area, officials said.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=67745e5ed7&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Case workers and quarantine: When students test positive for COVID-19 at William & Mary </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ALEX PERRY, Virginia Gazette (Metered Paywall - 4 Articles per Month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Students and faculty that have tested positive for COVID-19 at the College of William & Mary this fall have been managed using a new system developed by the college, along with quarantine and isolation protocols for students living on campus.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=a39c40d926&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Liberty University students to start spring semester with quarantine, online classes </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By RICHARD CHUMNEY, News & Advance (Metered Paywall - 18 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Liberty University students will start the spring semester by quarantining in their dorm rooms and briefly taking classes online, and the school has eliminated the traditional weeklong spring break. The moves are aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus during the first weeks of the semester as thousands of students return from a monthlong winter break and also preventing a similar spread in the spring.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=d2b53d6c0e&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Liberty University launches website to report misconduct under Jerry Falwell Jr.'s tenure </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By RICHARD CHUMNEY, News & Advance (Metered Paywall - 18 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A financial consulting firm hired by Liberty University to investigate allegations of wrongdoing by former president Jerry Falwell Jr. has launched a website for employees to confidentially report evidence of misconduct. The launch of the website represents the first public phase of an independent and wide-ranging investigation by Baker Tilly US, an accounting and advisory firm, into Falwell's tenure as president.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=62bf5dde7d&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Netflix offers boot camp and scholarships to Norfolk State students in an effort to increase diversity in tech </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By SALEEN MARTIN, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Patricia Mead remembers one of the first students she spoke to as a judge for the FIRST Robotics program in 2002. He was from Bedford–Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, New York, competing in a high school robotics program. "I thought you had to be superhuman to program a computer," she recalled him saying. "He was completely intimidated." The student joined the program, realized he could do it and went on to pursue engineering, she said.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">CORONAVIRUS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=9ad7b4c3c1&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia COVID-19 cases rise by 1,332 from Wednesday </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By STAFF REPORT, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Virginia Department of Health reported Thursday that the statewide total for COVID-19 cases is 170,104 — an increase of 1,332 from the 168,772 reported Wednesday. The 170,104 cases consist of 159,060 confirmed cases and 11,044 probable cases. There are 3,524 COVID-19 deaths in Virginia — 3,274 confirmed and 250 probable. That's an increase of nine from the 3,515 reported Wednesday.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=ae5036d757&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> D.C. already has $90 million back from FEMA for fighting covid-19. So far, Fairfax County has $0. </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By REBECCA TAN, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Federal Emergency Management Agency has reimbursed the District about $90 million — or about $130 for each resident — for fighting the novel coronavirus. Neighboring Montgomery County has gotten $20,000, or about 2 cents per resident. The rest of Maryland and, to an even greater extent, Virginia, are also lagging far behind the nation's capital, where officials are sensitive to being shortchanged by the federal government and have aggressively pursued reimbursement.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=35a4d6ba26&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Northern Virginia immigrants disproportionately affected by COVID-19 </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JAMES JARVIS, Inside NOVA (Metered Paywall) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">COVID-19 has disproportionately affected immigrants in Northern Virginia who are the most vulnerable to the economic stresses caused by the pandemic, according to a new report. The Immigrants in Northern Virginia Report was released Wednesday before a virtual webinar hosted by panelists representing the Northern Virginia Regional Commission, the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia and New American Economy, a research and advocacy organization.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=4e87ce5ff4&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Henrico Courthouse Employees Quarantined After Positive COVID-19 Results </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By WHITTNEY EVANS, WCVE-FM </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Several employees of the Henrico County courthouse are in quarantine. General District Court Clerk Barbara Shaw told VPM News that this comes after two employees tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, the criminal section of the court clerk's office is understaffed, leading to some cases being postponed. All traffic violation hearings that were scheduled from Tuesday, October 20 to Friday, October 30 have continued. Other cases in the building are still being heard. The circuit court is not affected.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=b7a39f5149&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Anyone who attended a recent concert at a Henrico restaurant should quarantine, health officials say </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By SABRINA MORENO, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Henrico County Health District reported Thursday that it's investigating a COVID-19 outbreak associated with an Oct. 9 live music event at JJ's Grille, a restaurant on Staples Mill Road in Glen Allen. People who attended the show should "immediately stay home and away from others for 14 days (until October 24)," the health district said.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=e9daffb4a9&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> October's COVID-19 record death toll grows in Pittsylvania-Danville Health District </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By STAFF REPORT, Danville Register & Bee </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A Danville woman in her 80s became the 58th resident in the Pittsylvania-Danville Health District to die of COVID-19 in what is now the deadliest month so far locally for the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday — for the sixth consecutive day — a new fatality appeared on the Virginia Department of Health's online database. A record 20 deaths have been added this month alone for Danville and Pittsylvania County.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">VIRGINIA OTHER</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=14d0755b91&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Windsor cemetery top choice for monument </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By STEPHEN FALESKI, Smithfield Times (Paywall) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Isle of Wight's monument task force, on Oct. 21, ranked Windsor's municipal cemetery as its front-runner choice of seven potential sites on which to relocate the county's Confederate statue.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=97c38ea07c&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Nelson County Confederate statue to remain, for now </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By NICK CROPPER, Nelson County Times </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A Confederate soldier statue at the Nelson County Courthouse appears unlikely to go anywhere for at least the next few months, with the board of supervisors opting instead to focus on other issues. While there still are no official plans for the monument, several supervisors said during the Oct. 13 meeting the issue would remain a priority, but Chairman Tommy Harvey said he did not want to rush to form a committee, citing more pressing concerns as well as the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=e93bee0adb&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Supervisors vote to end Lee-Jackson holiday </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By LARRY CHOWNING, Southside Sentinel </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors voted, 4-0, Oct. 6 on a 2020-2021 calendar that eliminates Lee-Jackson Day as a holiday and instead will give holiday status to county employees on "Election Day." The decision by the board of supervisors to drop Lee-Jackson Day from the calendar comes on the heels of efforts across the South and Virginia to take down Confederate statues and flags associated by some as symbols of hate.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">LOCAL</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=9b6d16fed1&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Alexandria Public Schools will return hundreds of students with disabilities to classrooms </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By HANNAH NATANSON, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Alexandria City Public Schools board voted to approve a plan that will bring hundreds of lower- and middle-schoolers back to classrooms over the next few months. The plan, outlined in a lengthy presentation Wednesday night by Superintendent Gregory C. Hutchings Jr., prioritizes the return of young children with disabilities and English-language learners throughout the rest of 2020.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=2d3adae0a2&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Supervisors Could Take Control of Loudoun Libraries </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By RENSS GREENE, Loudoun Now </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Loudoun supervisors could take over direct control of the Loudoun County Public Library, putting an end to the separate, governing Board of Trustees that has overseen the library system since its creation in the 1970s. The discussion comes after a summer that saw county supervisors clash with the Library Board of Trustees when the county sought to take over libraries to use for daytime childcare centers while schools are closed.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=8bbb8a724d&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Prince William School Board approves staggered return-to-school plan </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JILL PALERMO, Prince William Times </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">All Prince William County students who choose the school division's proposed "hybrid plan" could return to schools for in-person learning by the start of the third quarter, which begins Feb. 2, under a plan the school board approved early Thursday despite criticisms from some members who said it lacks a sense of urgency about getting students back in school.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=cb01f296c1&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Henrico School Board votes for phased return to classrooms </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By KENYA HUNTER, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Henrico County Public Schools students will be allowed back in classrooms in phased groups beginning Nov. 30, the School Board decided Thursday in a 4-1 vote. Students who choose to return will attend in-person classes four days a week, with Wednesday being a virtual day. A fully virtual option will remain available to students.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=c25c5c410f&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Audit finds no evidence of 'bullying' by teachers union </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JIM MCCONNELL, Chesterfield Observer </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Based on available documentation and responses to an anonymous survey, Chesterfield County's Internal Audit Department could not substantiate allegations that members of the local teachers union bullied school employees who disagreed with its official stance on reopening schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=57645ba636&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> More than half of Albemarle families opt for in-person classes </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By KATHERINE KNOTT, Daily Progress (Metered Paywall - 25 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">About 55% of Albemarle County families have said they want their children to go back to school for classes twice a week, and division officials say they have enough teachers to make that work. The School Board voted Oct. 8 to move to Stage Three of the division's reopening plan, which opens up in-person classes to preschoolers through third-graders as well as increasing the number of students who can go into schools for online classes.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=9756307945&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Charlottesville ends payments to more than 200 temporary employees </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By NOLAN STOUT, Daily Progress (Metered Paywall - 25 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Charlottesville has stopped paying more than 200 temporary employees who were receiving paychecks throughout the pandemic although they weren't able to work.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=3d24fcf998&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> New cigarette tax approved in Amherst County </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JUSTIN FAULCONER, Amherst New Era Progress </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The price of cigarettes in Amherst County is set to go up in mid-2021 through a newly approved tax, a measure county officials estimate will yield $1 million or more in annual revenue. The Amherst County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to approve the new tax effective in July. Supervisor David Pugh opposed the move.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=1476a194de&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Political, Diversity Issues Raised At Rockbridge School Board Meeting </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By HARRISON M. BRANHAM, News-Gazette </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A number of citizens approached the Rockbridge County School Board at the regular monthly meeting on Tuesday of last week with concerns unrelated to the reopening of schools. During the public comment portion of the meeting, Kerrs Creek resident Scott Guise said the Board was deceitful in its previous issued statement denying partisan affiliation or influence in their work for the division.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=4a638ceb43&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Pulaski man could potentially keep home now on town land with private easement </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By SAM WALL, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Gary Martin's precarious living situation may have a pathway to a happy ending for the lifelong town resident, according to the town's mayor. Martin—who has lived on a patch of the town's MacGill Park for the better part of 40 years—was sent a letter late last month by interim Town Manager Darlene Burcham that he needed to vacate the premises in 30 days after discovering he lived on the property but could find no documentation that he had anything in writing.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=8af87c8f1b&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Mathews to stay with virtual instruction through 2020 </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By CHARLIE KOENIG, Gazette-Journal </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The majority of students at Mathews County Public Schools will continue to receive their instruction virtually, at least until the end of the calendar year. That was the decision of the school board, meeting on Tuesday in the Harry M. Ward Auditorium at Mathews High School. The decision came after a public comment period, where several parents and one middle school student made a plea for the return to in-person instruction.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=b27c32b9c6&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Halifax IDA director Brown fired from position </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> South Boston News & Record </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">In a stunning turnaround after his hiring little more than a year ago, Brian Brown, executive director of the Halifax County Industrial Development Authority, is out of the job. Members of the IDA board gathered in emergency session Thursday to enter into closed executive session, where Brown's status was apparently the main topic of discussion. After coming out of the closed meeting, IDA directors asked Brown to turn over all the files he had been working on, and board chair Robert Bates and director Ryland Clark escorted him out of the building.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=69a01688a3&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Danville Mayor Alonzo Jones resigns from school system job </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ELIAS WEISS, Chatham Star Tribune </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Star-Tribune confirmed this afternoon that Danville Mayor and former DPS Director of Maintenance and Operations Alonzo Jones resigned from his position at Danville Public Schools. While neither DPS nor Jones has made any announcement to the public yet, and while his name and former title are still listed on the Virginia Department of Education website, Jones's name was quietly removed from the DPS personnel website today, sparking questions.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mb-5" style="margin-bottom:48px;"> </div> <div class="panel panel-default sponsor-msg" style="margin-bottom:20px;border-radius:4px;border:1px solid #eae9e9;background-color:#f2f2f2;"> <div class="panel-body" style="padding:15px;"> <p class="todays" style="padding:0;margin:0;font-style:italic;">Today's Sponsor:</p> <h3 style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-size:1.3rem;margin-top:0;"><strong>James Dyke</strong> </h3> <p class="small" style="padding:0;margin:0;"></p> <p style="padding:0;margin:0;">Advocating for childcare and early childhood education.</p> </div> <!-- panel-body //--> </div> <!-- panel //--> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">EDITORIALS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=571d542c87&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> On Purdue Pharma, Trump's Justice Department just did what Bush's refused to do </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> Roanoke Times Editorial (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">President Trump's Department of Justice has just done something that George W. Bush's Department of Justice refused to do. It's secured a criminal conviction against the maker of OxyContin — which has agreed to plead guilty to three felony counts, pay more than $8 billion and shut down the company. Separately, the Justice Department has reached a civil settlement with the Sackler family, the former owners of Purdue Pharma.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=c258ba655d&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia's predictable gun control backlash </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> Free Lance-Star Editorial (Metered Paywall - 10 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">According to Isaac Newton's Third Law of Motion, "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." This is also true in politics, although it sometimes takes a while to identify the opposite reaction, which is often simply referred to as "the backlash." If you want a perfect example of a political backlash, look no further than Virginia, where gun control sentiment ran high following the June 2019 massacre of 12 people in Virginia Beach by a disgruntled city worker.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=7d5ed00bfb&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Fixing police records law should remain a priority </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> Virginian-Pilot Editorial (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Of all the criminal justice bills passed by the General Assembly in this year's special session, lawmakers chose to delay one of the most important proposals — a bill that would make police records more accessible — for further study. That's all well and good if it makes for stronger legislation and, in turn, a stronger law. But in Virginia, "further study" is too often a synonym for "inaction" and lawmakers cannot allow this critical change to public record laws fall by the wayside.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=d34a2edd56&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> The importance of voting </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> Richmond Times-Dispatch Editorial (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A long-ago slogan of the Maryland Lottery was "You gotta play to win." A motto for having a say in government should be "You gotta vote to participate." And what does that mean? Having your voice heard as your local, state and federal elected leaders make decisions that affect all aspects of your life, from your tax rate, to when schools open, to where roads go. Voting matters. It's that simple.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=65cf6a97d5&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> The false promise of a surplus during a pandemic </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> Richmond Times-Dispatch Editorial (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The city of Richmond entered 2020 with budgetary priorities that could not have accounted for COVID-19. 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"I have never experienced this level of mistrust or misinformation," Dr. Cynthia Morrow, director of the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts, said Tuesday.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=002e22b418&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Amid Continuing Pandemic, Families Wait for Housing Help </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By CAT MODLIN-JACKSON, WVTF </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">On a summer evening, Tammie Lyle is in the parking lot of a Motel 6 across from Richmond International Airport. She's a few yards away from the room where her son is winding down after a day of virtual elementary school. The family has lived here for weeks. They have two beds, one bathroom, no kitchen. And the rent isn't cheap.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=b53f092048&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Va. saw jobs recovery drop in September </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By SYDNEY LAKE, Va Business Magazine </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">After recovering a total of 68,000 jobs in August, Virginia saw its labor force fall by 71,954, or 1.7%, in September, according to employment statistics released Tuesday by the Virginia Employment Commission. Between September 2019 and September 2020, the VEC estimates that Virginia has lost 207,100 jobs a 5.1% decrease.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=7f4145224c&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> A new Virginia law aims to keep bad cops from landing new jobs </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By GARY A. HARKI, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The state board that oversees police will soon be tasked with creating standards of conduct that all Virginia officers must abide by thanks to legislation passed in Virginia's special session and is expected to be signed by Gov. Ralph Northam. The new law will also give the board more power to strip officers of their certification if they have committed a crime or violated those standards.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=ba5754a325&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> VMI official to Northam: 'Systemic racism does not exist here' </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By IAN SHAPIRA, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Virginia Military Institute fought back Tuesday against allegations that its Black cadets face bigotry and hostility, telling Gov. Ralph Northam (D) in a letter that "systemic racism does not exist here and a fair and independent review will find that to be true." The letter, signed by John Boland, president of VMI's Board of Visitors, came after Northam and other state leaders authorized an independent investigation of the culture of the 181-year-old school in Lexington. Northam is a 1981 graduate of VMI.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=bf249c4b99&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Early voting 'unprecedented' in Prince William </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By DANIEL BERTI, Prince William Times </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">More than 88,000 people in Prince William County have cast early ballots in this year's general election, bringing the county's voter turnout up to 30% with two weeks left until election day, according to county election officials. The number of early voters, both from people voting in-person at early voting locations and those who have returned absentee ballots, has already surpassed the number of early and absentee votes cast in 2016.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=fb5544ee13&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> When to expect election results in the Washington region </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By MICHAEL BRICE-SADDLER, ERIN COX AND ANTONIO OLIVO, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The onslaught of mail-in voting in 2020 — and the cumbersome procedures to count those ballots — could delay full election results by days or weeks in some parts of the region. Elections staff in Maryland, Virginia and D.C. are racing to process as many mail-in ballots and early votes as possible before the polls close on Nov. 3. Although unofficial results will be published after polls close on election night in each jurisdiction, officials say those totals will be updated with thousands of absentee and mail-in ballots that are counted in the days that follow.</p> </div> <div class="vanews"> <div class="mt-5 top-stories-wrapper full-report" style="margin-top:48px;font-weight:bold;color:#004a80;font-size:38px;line-height:46px;border-bottom:3px solid #5fa263;margin-bottom:29px;"> <div>The Full Report</div> <div class="pubcount" style="color:#42585C;font-weight:normal;font-size:18px;line-height:32px;">47 articles, 24 publications</div> </div> <ul class="list-inline buttonlinks mb-3" style="padding-left:0;list-style:none;"> <li class="list-inline-item" style="display:inline-block;margin-right:.1rem;line-height:2.5rem;"><a class="buttonlink" href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=3e6d7b83f8&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#fff;background-color:#407455;padding:5px 10px;text-decoration:none;border-radius:0;margin:0 1rem 32px 0;white-space:nowrap;">Read Online</a> </li> <li class="list-inline-item" style="display:inline-block;margin-right:.1rem;line-height:2.5rem;"><a class="buttonlink" href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=5058f492bf&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#fff;background-color:#407455;padding:5px 10px;text-decoration:none;border-radius:0;margin:0 1rem 32px 0;white-space:nowrap;">10 Most Clicked</a> </li> <li class="list-inline-item lirefer" style="display:inline-block;line-height:2.5rem;"><a class="buttonlink refer" href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=9560312ce2&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#fff;padding:5px 10px;text-decoration:none;border-radius:0;margin:0 1rem 32px 0;white-space:nowrap;background-color:#004a80;">Refer a Friend</a> </li> </ul> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">FROM VPAP</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=cfc8e5d3d1&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"><span class="from-vpap" style="color: #fff; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; background-color: #65a368; padding: 4px 8px; margin-right: 6px; text-decoration: none">VPAP Visual</span> Sept. fundraising generates two Top 10 lists </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> The Virginia Public Access Project </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">What is considered a big pile of campaign cash is situational. A candidate who raises the most in a small town election might not even show up on the radar in places like Richmond or Arlington County. That's why we made two Top 10 lists to rank candidates for local office who raised the most money last month. One list is led by Virginia Beach mayoral hopeful Jody Wagner, who brought in more than $320,000. Atop the second list is Theresa Coates-Ellis, who raised $12,900 in her bid to become mayor of Manassas.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=245ad42bea&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"><span class="from-vpap" style="color: #fff; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; background-color: #65a368; padding: 4px 8px; margin-right: 6px; text-decoration: none">From VPAP</span> Maps, Timeline of COVID-19 in Virginia </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> The Virginia Public Access Project </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Our COVID-19 dashboard makes it easy to track the latest available data for tests performed, infections, deaths and hospital capacity. There's a filter for each city and county, plus an exclusive per-capita ZIP Code map. Updated each morning around 10:30 a.m.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">EXECUTIVE BRANCH</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=1a44c0dec2&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> 10 things Gov. Northam wants to do to reduce hunger in Virginia </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By KATHERINE HAFNER, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, nearly 850,000 Virginians were already considered food insecure, meaning they can't reliably access food. In the wider Hampton Roads area alone, there are more than 180,000 people who fall into that category, a third of them children. The COVID-19 crisis has thrown the issue into even sharper relief, state officials said this week. An additional nearly half a million people in the state are experiencing food insecurity due to the pandemic.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">STATE ELECTIONS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=c919affbd6&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Roanoke Del. Sam Rasoul files paperwork to run for lieutenant governor </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By AMY FRIEDENBERGER, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Del. Sam Rasoul of Roanoke has filed campaign paperwork indicating he will run for lieutenant governor in 2021. The Democrat hasn't made any formal announcement yet, which is expected to come after the November election. Rasoul, 39, a Palestinian American, was elected to the House in 2014, becoming the first Muslim member of the legislature.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=ae693ad7a6&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia's crowded race for lieutenant governor draws its 10th candidate </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By LAURA VOZZELLA, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Del. Sam Rasoul filed paperwork this week that allows him to start raising money to run next year for lieutenant governor, making him the 10th candidate to enter the race. Rasoul (D-Roanoke) said in an interview Tuesday that he will wait until after next month's presidential and congressional contests before formally announcing his bid.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=ee6ad65899&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Mike Allers announces run for House of Delegates against Lee Carter </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> Inside NOVA (Metered Paywall) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Mike Allers Jr., a teacher and political commentator, announced Tuesday he plans to seek the Republican nomination for the Manassas-based 50th District House of Delegates seat. The seat is currently held by Democrat Lee Carter, who was elected in 2017 and re-elected last year.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">FEDERAL ELECTIONS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=4a2394a482&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Spanberger and Freitas talk health care, income inequality in first debate </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By MEAGAN FLYNN, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) clashed with Republican Del. Nick Freitas on everything from income inequality to coronavirus relief, as Spanberger pitched herself as a moderate focused on issues affecting rural Americans while Freitas stressed the need for limited government and cutting red tape.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=97aa29b183&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Spanberger and Freitas split on minimum wage, health care, pandemic during forum </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By MICHAEL MARTZ, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Access to this article limited to subscribers) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">In a televised faceoff Tuesday night with Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-7th, Del. Nick Freitas, R-Culpeper, focused on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden to define the choice for voters in a tightly contested 7th Congressional District race that could help decide control of the House of Representatives.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=bc69ca7f39&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Luria, Taylor accuse each other of lying at debate in tight Va. House race </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By PATRICIA SULLIVAN, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.) and Republican challenger Scott Taylor tore into each other Tuesday night in one of two debates they will engage in this week, accusing each other of lying and using scare tactics to try to win one of the most competitive congressional races in the nation. The two Navy veterans — competing in Virginia's 2nd District, which is home to eight major military installations — said their opponents were misrepresenting their record or positions on a variety of issues: the Green New Deal, protection of preexisting conditions in health care, Black Lives Matter and China.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=686e278949&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Luria-Taylor rematch 'among most expensive in Virginia' </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By DAN NOVAK, Eastern Shore News (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Virginia's second congressional district race between incumbent Rep. Elaine Luria (D) and former Rep. Scott Taylor (R) is turning out to be one of the most competitive in the country, and one of the most expensive in the state. The race is a tossup, according to the Cook Political Report, and the national parties and deep-pocketed super PACS have taken notice: Luria has raised more than $5.7 million in the race and Taylor more than $2 million, according to the Virginia Public Access Project.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=f1708ba4ff&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Masks will be strongly encouraged at Virginia polling places, but not mandatory </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By GRAHAM MOOMAW, Virginia Mercury </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Virginia voters who show up on Election Day without a mask or visibly sick will be asked to put a mask on or cast their ballot outside the polling place, but they won't be denied access if they refuse, according to state election officials. At a virtual media briefing Tuesday on the state's plans for a coronavirus-disrupted presidential election, Elections Commissioner Chris Piper said the state can't prohibit anyone from voting if they insist on casting a ballot indoors without wearing a mask.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=0c9f57eff7&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Democrats optimistic about increasing Fauquier vote </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By LAWRENCE EMERSON, Fauquier Now </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Democrats in Fauquier harbor no illusion that their party's candidates for president, U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives will carry this county in the Nov. 3 election. But, they claim to see progress for their cause in reliably "red" Fauquier, where Republican presidential candidates have averaged 60 percent of the vote in the last five elections.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=742081b6bc&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> More than 22K ballots cast so far locally </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JOSH JANNEY, Winchester Star (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">More than 22,000 people have already voted in the city of Winchester and Frederick and Clarke counties, according to area elections officials. That's a local record for ballots cast before Election Day. Votes have been cast early in-person or by absentee ballot.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=833dd01b79&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Early voting steady, smooth so far in Bristol </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By DAVID MCGEE, Bristol Herald Courier (Metered Paywall - 15 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">About 22% of the city's registered voters have already cast ballots through early or absentee voting, with two weeks remaining until Election Day. Through Tuesday, 2,511 of the city's 11,723 voters participated in the commonwealth's first opportunity to come to a polling place and vote in both the presidential election and the public referendum for a proposed casino, Penny Limburg, the city's general registrar said Tuesday. Early voting continues through Oct. 31, and Election Day is Nov. 3.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=3f903f8bf6&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> County to increase ballot dropboxes ahead of Election Day </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By STAFF REPORT, Daily Progress (Metered Paywall - 25 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Albemarle County is adding more drop boxes for voters to deposit their mail-in ballots. Starting the week of Oct. 26, a drop box will be available at Albemarle High School from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">STATE GOVERNMENT</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=0810c39eab&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia Lottery sales surge, as gaming options multiply </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By MICHAEL MARTZ, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Access to this article limited to subscribers) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Virginia Lottery is off to a fast start in the race for sales and profits in an unprecedented era of expansion for legal gaming opportunities in a state that traditionally had discouraged them. Lottery sales increased by $181.5 million, or almost 36%, in the first three months of the fiscal year that began on July 1, compared with the first three years of fiscal 2020, powered by the quick launch of internet sales of lottery tickets, which the General Assembly approved this year.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=b11087c738&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia Supreme Court Approves Loudoun's Jury Trial Return </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By PATRICK SZABO, Loudoun Now </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Virginia Supreme Court has approved the Loudoun County Circuit Court's plan to resume jury trials, but not until at least the end of next month. On Oct. 15, Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Donald W. Lemons notified Loudoun County Circuit Court Chief Judge Douglas L. Fleming, Jr. that the county's plan was approved and effective immediately—although Loudoun's plan stipulates that the first jury trial won't begin until at least 45 days after the Supreme Court's approval, Monday, Nov. 30.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">ECONOMY/BUSINESS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=c8f965052e&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia's unemployment stays virtually still in September </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By KIMBERLY PIERCEALL, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The unemployment rate in Virginia inched up one-tenth of a percentage point in September to 6.2% as the pandemic continues to affect the labor market, according to data released Wednesday by the Virginia Employment Commission. While the rate was 2.7% a year ago, Virginia still remains below this year's U.S. unemployment rate, which fell to 7.9% last month.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=5189374aef&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia's jobless rate ticks up in September as labor force participation declines </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JOHN REID BLACKWELL, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Access to this article limited to subscribers) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Virginia's unemployment rate inched up slightly from August to September as the pace of the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic seemed to slow. The state's jobless rate rose from 6.1% in August to 6.2% in September, even though the number of people counted as unemployed declined and employers reported adding jobs.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=c4a94aad95&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Atlantic coast's menhaden fishing haul cut by 10% for 2021 and 2022 </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By DAVE RESS, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A new way of thinking about fishing quotas will bring a 10% cut in the coastwide cap for menhaden, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission decided Tuesday. The commission's menhaden board voted to cut the quota for 2021 and 2022 to 194,400 metric tons from the current 216,000, a 10% reduction.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=402c82d300&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Hospitals resolve complaints of clergy access amid pandemic </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> Associated Press </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Hospitals in Maryland and Virginia have resolved religious discrimination complaints with federal officials over the hospitals' decisions to block clergy access to patients during the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday. In response to the complaints, MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center in Clinton, Maryland, and Mary Washington Healthcare in Fredericksburg, Virginia, revised their visitation policies to allow patients to receive religious services as long as clergy members follow infection prevention practices.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">HIGHER EDUCATION</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=b6344f9f46&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> VMI pledges full cooperation in independent probe, denies systemic racism </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By CLAIRE MITZEL AND AMY FRIEDENBERGER, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Virginia Military Institute's leadership on Tuesday pledged full cooperation in the independent investigation ordered by state officials but denied that systemic racism exists at the nation's oldest state-supported military college. "I welcome an objective, independent review of VMI's culture and the Institute's handling of allegations of racism and/or discrimination," Board of Visitors President John "Bill" Boland wrote in a two-page reply to Gov. Ralph Northam.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=d5b29a8bbe&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Carroll Foy: VMI's Confederate-tinged history needs a future of 'inclusion and diversity' </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By BILL ATKINSON, Progress Index (Metered paywall - 10 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">While Virginia Military Institute's ties to the former Confederacy are undeniable, its future must be seeded more with an eye toward relegating those ties to the background, a Petersburg native and VMI grad running for governor said over the weekend. Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy referenced a report by The Washington Post of what it called "relentless racism" against Black cadets and alumni in her comments.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=3094581265&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> William & Mary president admits errors in decision-making process used to cut sports </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By MARTY O'BRIEN, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A day after William & Mary reversed its decision made in September to cut three women's athletic teams, university president Katherine Rowe acknowledged flaws in the decision-making process that also resulted in the elimination of four men's sports still on the athletic department chopping block. "In this case we should have fully addressed (gender) equity matters first, based on our core commitments and our legal obligations, and then worked to address the significant (budget) shortfalls in years ahead," Rowe said Tuesday during her monthly Community Conversation at W&M. "That's the sequence we're following now."</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=4923288a58&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> More Virginia colleges scrap traditional spring break </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ANYA SCZERZENIE, VCU Capital News Service </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A growing number of Virginia colleges are announcing that spring break will be canceled or modified in an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Virginia Tech, located in Blacksburg, announced plans Monday. The biggest change is that the university will not have a week-long spring break. It will instead have five one-day breaks spaced throughout the semester.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">CORONAVIRUS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=00f861ab6b&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia COVID-19 cases rise by 926 from Monday </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By STAFF REPORT, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Access to this article limited to subscribers) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Virginia Department of Health reported Tuesday that the statewide total for COVID-19 cases is 167,754 — an increase of 926 from the 166,828 reported Monday. The 167,754 cases consist of 157,213 confirmed cases and 10,541 probable cases. There are 3,485 COVID-19 deaths in Virginia — 3,236 confirmed and 249 probable. That's an increase of 28 from the 3,457 reported Monday.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=258219a023&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Could Virginia be heading for a new COVID-19 case peak? </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ROBERT ZULLO, Virginia Mercury </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Though a University of Virginia model now projects a potential new peak in Virginia COVID-19 cases in November, a top state health official says it's too soon to tell whether an uptick in cases over the past few weeks is indicative of a bigger trend. "It's premature to say now things are increasing," said Dr. Lilian Peake, Virginia's state epidemiologist. "We really have had quite a bit of increase over the summer. And that's been generally going down. Now we are seeing a little bit of increase but it's small and we need to see what happens with that."</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=5cbffe8c23&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Va. boarding school sets rules, remains COVID-free </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By NEAL AUGENSTEIN, WTOP </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">More than two months after the first students arrived on campus for in-person learning, not a single student or staff member at Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal, Virginia, has tested positive for COVID-19. It hasn't been easy, said retired Air Force Brigadier Gen. David Wesley, president of the academy which offers university-preparatory education in an Air Force Junior ROTC program.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">VIRGINIA OTHER</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=b7b15f1047&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Opponent's scuffles with Mountain Valley Pipeline workers bring $1,000 fine </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By MIKE GANGLOFF, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Physically interfering with Mountain Valley Pipeline workers will cost a protester $1,000, a Montgomery County judge ruled Tuesday. Also, Emma Howell, known as "Ash" among pipeline opponents at the tree stands near Yellow Finch Lane, also must stay off Mountain Valley Pipeline's construction sites for a year, the judge said.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=634936fc03&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Fairfax County to donate Civil War monument to preservation group </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ANTONIO OLIVO, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Fairfax County on Tuesday decided to donate a stone obelisk marking the spot where the first Confederate soldier was killed during the Civil War to a local historical society, the latest such action taken under a new Virginia law giving localities authority over the fate of war monuments and memorials in their communities.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=17f61cf998&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> City Council Moving Forward With Confederate Ave Renaming </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ROBERTO ROLDAN, WCVE-FM </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A residential street in Richmond named after the Confederate State of America could soon get a new name. Richmond City Council's Land Use, Housing and Transportation Committee voted Tuesday to move forward with renaming Confederate Avenue to Laburnum Park Boulevard. The name comes from the small neighborhood where the street sits in Richmond's northside. The three-member committee forwarded the name change to the full city council with a recommendation to approve.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">LOCAL</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=1a9fea10a4&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Student Petition to Lighten Homework Load Grabs Attention of APS </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JO DEVOE, ArlNow </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">High school students in Arlington Public Schools say they are getting too many assignments and not enough time to do them during virtual learning. More than 3,000 students and parents have signed a Change.org petition asking Arlington Public Schools to adhere to its high school homework "expectations," as stated online.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=b98c407fbe&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Leesburg man alleged to have fraudulently obtained more than $2.5M in CARES Act funds </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By STAFF REPORT, Loudoun Times (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Federal prosecutors say a Leesburg man was arrested Tuesday on charges of fraudulently obtaining more than $2.5 million in loans through the federal CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and then spending the money on luxury items. Didier Kindambu, 48, is alleged to have fraudulently obtained two loans issued under the PPP, a program instituted by Congress in an effort to help businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic continue to pay salary or wages to their employees, according to court documents.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=b4d63bc6d2&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> RRHA says 15,000 signed up for chance at federal housing voucher </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By MARK ROBINSON, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Access to this article limited to subscribers) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">In the latest marker of the region's affordable housing crisis, thousands entered a lottery last week for a chance at a coveted federal housing subsidy, according to preliminary figures from the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority. RRHA began accepting applications Oct. 12 for one of 5,000 slots on its Housing Choice Voucher Program waitlist for the first time in 5½ years. On that first day, tenants seeking help swamped RRHA's call center and 7,800 people applied.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=a30c5d0d85&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> 'Agonizingly devastating': Historic Triangle leaders discuss COVID-19's effects on summer tourism season </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By WILFORD KALE, Virginia Gazette (Metered Paywall - 4 Articles per Month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Put succinctly by Scott Stevens, James City County administrator, the past summer tourism season in the Greater Williamsburg area was "bad to ugly" as major attractions, including Colonial Williamsburg and Busch Gardens, were closed part, if not all, of the June through August term. Andrew Trivette, Williamsburg city manager, echoed those sentiments: For the businesses involved in the hospitality industry, the summer was "agonizingly devastating and continues to be."</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=7e4b1ec64a&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Norfolk reopens more libraries and pools </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By RYAN MURPHY, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The city will reopen three more libraries and three indoor pools starting on Nov. 2, but access and services will still be limited due to the coronavirus pandemic. Three smaller library branches will join Norfolk's three main branches and reopen for "Grab-n-Go" checkout two days a week, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.:</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=2bbb14115e&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Newport News to offer free tutoring to children of employees </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By MATT JONES, Daily Press (Metered Paywall - 1 article a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Newport News announced Tuesday that it will offer online tutoring through Tutor.com as a new employee benefit. According to a news release, it's the first city in the country to offer the company's service as an employee benefit.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=9f8cb53b61&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Decade-old case resurfaces in Portsmouth City Council race </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ANA LEY, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">De'Andre Barnes was helping bathe a child with cerebral palsy more than 13 years ago when he scalded the boy with hot bath water, according to court records obtained by The Virginian-Pilot. His employer, Holiday House of Portsmouth, agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit over the child's injuries. And Barnes, then 21, was charged with felony child neglect and a related misdemeanor and went to trial.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=c026a1be6d&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Fredericksburg to hold four virtual public sessions on racial equity concerns </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By TAFT COGHILL JR., Free Lance-Star (Metered Paywall - 10 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Fredericksburg officials are offering four opportunities in the next three weeks for people to address City Council about racial equity concerns. The four virtual sessions will have limited availability for speakers. Anyone interested in addressing the City Council can register on the city's website, fredericksburgva.gov, but signing up doesn't guarantee the opportunity to speak in the 75 minutes allotted for each session.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=41364ac130&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Franklin County school employees to get year-end bonus </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By MIKE ALLEN, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Franklin County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a plan to give year-end bonuses to all teachers and staff in the county school system. Under the proposal outlined Tuesday afternoon by schools Superintendent Mark Church during the board's regular meeting, the system's 1,238 full-time employees will each receive a $1,000 bonus, and the 65 part-time employees will each receive $500.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=59a6ab745c&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Martinsville completes plans for cutting-edge battery storage project </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By BILL WYATT, Martinsville Bulletin (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The city of Martinsville completed plans last week with Wärtsilä Corporation, a Finnish company, to construct a commercial battery storage facility that is estimated to result in significant savings for the city's utility department. "This is about improving the system and making overall costs for residents of Martinsville cheaper," said Andy Tang, vice president of energy storage optimization. "It is helping Martinsville lower its demand charge."</p> </div> </div> <div class="mb-5" style="margin-bottom:48px;"> </div> <div class="panel panel-default sponsor-msg" style="margin-bottom:20px;border-radius:4px;border:1px solid #eae9e9;background-color:#f2f2f2;"> <div class="panel-body" style="padding:15px;"> <p class="todays" style="padding:0;margin:0;font-style:italic;">Today's Sponsor:</p> <h3 style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-size:1.3rem;margin-top:0;"><strong>In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month</strong> </h3> </div> <!-- panel-body //--> </div> <!-- panel //--> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">EDITORIALS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=2e09cd9a12&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> An alarming snapshot of hunger in Hampton Roads </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> Virginian-Pilot Editorial (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">For thousands of people in the Hampton Roads area, worry about where the next decent meal is coming from has become an unfortunate — and unhealthy — fact of life. This year's State of the Region report from Old Dominion University economists shines a spotlight for the first time on the growing problem of "food insecurity" — a term for having to skip meals or skimp on food because of lack of money and lack of access to good quality, nutritious food. What it finds is troubling. Advertisement</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=fecdf0146a&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> A COVID-19 measure that matters </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> Richmond Times-Dispatch Editorial (Access to this article limited to subscribers) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">On its own, the 220,000 U.S. deaths from the coronavirus are enough for us to wear a mask, practice social distancing, wash our hands and respect the severity of the pandemic. Through two recent studies, we now are aware of another COVID-19 measure that matters — one that reinforces the need for responsible actions in the days and months ahead.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=9bc9928cfa&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Staying healthy this winter depends on good air quality </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> Richmond Times-Dispatch Editorial (Access to this article limited to subscribers) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The warm summer months have given us a slight advantage in the fight to slow the spread of COVID-19. Being able to dine outdoors, visit at a distance outdoors and enjoy time in parks and wilderness all have let us use open spaces and fresh air to thwart transmission of the virus. But now colder weather is on the horizon and we're headed back indoors where our risk goes up.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=adfb4084dd&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia Military Institute has been promising for decades to uproot its racism. Time's up. </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> Washington Post Editorial (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">In 1993, after what was then the latest in a history of racist episodes at the Virginia Military Institute, retired Maj. Gen. John W. Knapp, then-superintendent at the nation's oldest state-supported military college, denounced what he called "reprehensible deeds" and vowed to "root out this cancer." More than a quarter-century later, it has become clear that VMI's cancer of bigotry has metastasized. Virginia taxpayers and lawmakers, who heavily subsidize the college, can no longer look the other way.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">COLUMNISTS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=bc0e93002c&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Williams: A 90-year-old Chesterfield man almost lost the right to vote this year </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By MICHAEL PAUL WILLIAMS, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Clarence Lee of Chesterfield County has been casting ballots since the end of World War II, an era of poll taxes, literacy tests and other roadblocks to keep Black people from voting. Lee, 90, never misses an election, "general nor primary," said his daughter, historian Lauranett Lee. So she was alarmed when her check of the state's online website showed that her father was not registered to vote.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">OP-ED</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=56e97d24a5&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Ahlgren: William & Mary should reinstate canceled sports teams </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By KYLE R. AHLGREN, published in Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The College of William & Mary must reverse its decision to unnecessarily eliminate seven varsity sports. The cut teams — men's indoor and outdoor track and field, men's and women's gymnastics, women's volleyball, and men's and women's swimming — are among the least costly and most successful programs at W&M, both athletically and academically. The swimming program is a crown jewel of the college, winning eight Colonial Athletic Association championships in the past six years at a cost to the athletic department of approximately 1% of its budget. 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Ralph Northam and the General Assembly — now in the final stretch of finalizing a two-year budget plan amid a special session that's lasted for nearly two months. Looming in the minds of many legislators is a Dec. 30 deadline set out in the federal stimulus bill — the date by which states are expected to spend the money they received.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=a694f98c50&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia Democrats' redistricting fight spills into special session budget talks </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By GRAHAM MOOMAW, Virginia Mercury </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Last week, Virginia Senate Minority Leader Tommy Norment, R-James City, stood to try to extract a promise from Democratic leaders. Since the Senate was solidly behind the bipartisan redistricting commission voters will weigh in on next month, Norment asked, would Senate Democrats be willing to fight for it in budget negotiations with their counterparts in the House of Delegates?</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=c5a434c2fa&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Power Play: Inside the Dominion lobbying blitz that's going to raise your electric bills </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By PATRICK WILSON, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">When Democrats campaigned for the Virginia legislature last year, they took aim at the state's largest power broker: Dominion Energy. The electric utility's clout was legendary in the state Capitol, where it doled out millions in campaign contributions and employed an army of lobbyists who helped write energy policy for decades. The result was soaring electricity bills and an energy grid heavily reliant on fossil fuels.</p> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"><em>This article was produced in partnership with the ProPublica Local Reporting Network.</em> </p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=f4c4315ca4&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Trump can't stop tweeting about ever-bluer Virginia and its governor </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By LAURA VOZZELLA, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">It was not yet 7 a.m. and the leader of the free world, still hospitalized with the coronavirus, was thinking about Virginia, an increasingly blue state where his campaign hasn't been willing to bankroll ads on TV. "Virginia Voters! Your Governor wants to obliterate your Second Amendment. I have stopped him," President Trump declared Monday at 6:45 a.m., in his third tweet of the day from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=e3b6a8ea90&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Fairfax school board eliminates admissions test at Thomas Jefferson High School </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By HANNAH NATANSON, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The famed — and feared — admissions test at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, a prestigious magnet school in Northern Virginia, is no more. The Fairfax County Public Schools Board on Thursday night gave the green light to a proposal, submitted by Superintendent Scott Brabrand, that eliminates the test and the $100 application fee, long staples of the admissions process at Thomas Jefferson.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=2f8292b6ce&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Some Virginians with coronavirus have stayed over 75 days in a hospital bed: new analysis </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ELISHA SAUERS, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The average time Virginians stay in a hospital with the coronavirus is about two weeks, but some have gone over 75 days before being discharged, a new data analysis shows. The Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association released statewide details and trends about people being treated for COVID-19 during a press briefing Thursday.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=4d69536404&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Keysville Church Deals with Covid Outbreak </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By STAFF REPORT, Southside Messenger </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Following a revival held at Emmanuel Bible Church September 20-23, multiple attendees including the Pastor and his wife tested positive for Covid-19. Pastor Todd Childers made the following statement this week. "We feel as though the spread began either Monday or Tuesday evening.</p> </div> <div class="vanews"> <div class="mt-5 top-stories-wrapper full-report" style="margin-top:48px;font-weight:bold;color:#004a80;font-size:38px;line-height:46px;border-bottom:3px solid #5fa263;margin-bottom:29px;"> <div>The Full Report</div> <div class="pubcount" style="color:#42585C;font-weight:normal;font-size:18px;line-height:32px;">57 articles, 28 publications</div> </div> <ul class="list-inline buttonlinks mb-3" style="padding-left:0;list-style:none;"> <li class="list-inline-item" style="display:inline-block;margin-right:.1rem;line-height:2.5rem;"><a class="buttonlink" href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=c4936f3f10&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#fff;background-color:#407455;padding:5px 10px;text-decoration:none;border-radius:0;margin:0 1rem 32px 0;white-space:nowrap;">Read Online</a> </li> <li class="list-inline-item" style="display:inline-block;margin-right:.1rem;line-height:2.5rem;"><a class="buttonlink" href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=be72bc9b84&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#fff;background-color:#407455;padding:5px 10px;text-decoration:none;border-radius:0;margin:0 1rem 32px 0;white-space:nowrap;">10 Most Clicked</a> </li> <li class="list-inline-item lirefer" style="display:inline-block;line-height:2.5rem;"><a class="buttonlink refer" href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=e256597696&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#fff;padding:5px 10px;text-decoration:none;border-radius:0;margin:0 1rem 32px 0;white-space:nowrap;background-color:#004a80;">Refer a Friend</a> </li> </ul> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">FROM VPAP</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=4c6ca82759&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"><span class="from-vpap" style="color: #fff; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; background-color: #65a368; padding: 4px 8px; margin-right: 6px; text-decoration: none">From VPAP</span> Maps, Timeline of COVID-19 in Virginia </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> The Virginia Public Access Project </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Our COVID-19 dashboard makes it easy to track the latest available data for tests performed, infections, deaths and hospital capacity. There's a filter for each city and county, plus an exclusive per-capita ZIP Code map. Updated each morning around 10:30 a.m.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">EXECUTIVE BRANCH</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=a6fa36f160&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> K-12 schools will receive additional $220 million in federal aid, Northam announces </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By CLAIRE MITZEL, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Virginia school divisions will receive $220 million of additional funding toward operating schools during the COVID-19 pandemic from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Recovery and Economic Security Act, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. Approximately $12.4 million will go to school divisions in the Roanoke and New River valleys.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=66da475e67&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Northam to send $220 million to schools to cope with pandemic as state doles federal aid </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By MICHAEL MARTZ, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Access to this article limited to subscribers) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Gov. Ralph Northam will distribute $220 million in federal emergency aid to local school divisions across Virginia, including about $27 million in the four biggest localities in the Richmond area, as the state ramps up efforts to spend money provided under the CARES Act to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The money for K-12 schools has been expected for more than three weeks, but Northam increased the amount from $159 to $175 per pupil, or an additional $20 million, as divisions get better estimates of enrollment in a school year defined by uncertainty because of the public health challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">GENERAL ASSEMBLY</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=2cab214127&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Measure to expand broadband in rural Virginia faces uncertain future in budget negotiations </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By AMY FRIEDENBERGER, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">As the General Assembly works toward developing a final revised budget, lawmakers are facing pressure from cable companies over two sentences tucked within a budget bill aimed at expanding broadband in rural Virginia. The House of Delegates passed its budget bill last week that included a proposal for a pilot program for municipal broadband authorities to compete with the private sector for state grants to provide high-speed internet in hard-to-reach areas.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">FEDERAL ELECTIONS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=563bfc77c3&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Donald Trump Accuses Virginia Governor of Being in Support of 'Executing' Babies </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JEFFERY MARTIN, Newsweek </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">President Donald Trump alleged on Thursday that Virginia Governor Ralph Northam supported the execution of babies under the guise of late-term abortions. Trump has emphasized his Christian faith during his re-election campaign, reaching out to pro-life groups for support. During speeches at campaign events, Trump has said that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden would ban religion if he were elected. Biden did endorse Northam's 2017 campaign for governor.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=c16e7cc9e8&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Congressional candidate Bob Good corrects the record after reporting no financial assets </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> Fauquier Times </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Fifth District Republican Congressional candidate Bob Good has submitted a new financial disclosure report to the U.S. House of Representatives Office of the Clerk reflecting financial assets worth up to $1.6 million after initially reporting no assets and no unearned income. Good's new financial report included nine additional pages of financial assets not disclosed in the initial filing.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=82cd7dbc39&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> New Filings Raise Questions About Bob Good's Finances </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By BEN PAVIOUR, WCVE-FM </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">New federal paperwork filed by Republican Congressional hopeful Bob Good shows he owned at least $250,000 in assets that have not previously been disclosed in similar state filings. An amended financial disclosure form filed by Good on Monday shows he owned securities in various retirement accounts worth between $257,000 and $1.8 million as of November 30, 2019. It also showed between $30,000 and $100,000 in student loans to pay for his children's college education.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=79112dde92&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Trump-supporting pastor wants to turn Virginia's 4th Congressional District red </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By GORDON RAGO, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Before he led the raucous crowd in prayer, Leon Benjamin, red USA hat in hand, said President Donald Trump's impending arrival at the Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport last week was a sign. "A wave is about to hit Virginia, and Virginia is about to turn red again!" Benjamin said into the microphone, drawing applause and cheers from the large crowd gathered on the tarmac to hear Trump speak.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=3238329c70&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Former Virginia congressman's presidential choice is clear: None of the above. </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By REGINA MOBLEY, WAVY-TV </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Less than one month before Election Day, WAVY-TV 10 is checking the political pulse of someone you may have not heard from in a few years. For 6 years, Republican Congressman Scott Rigell represented the people of Virginia Beach, Norfolk, parts of the Peninsula, and the Eastern Shore. Rigell is now watching from the sidelines while traveling the country in an RV with his wife.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=4c7f1347c8&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Rep. Morgan Griffith talks police reform, other issues ahead of all-but-assured reelection </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ANNIE SCHROEDER, WSLS-TV </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Congressman Morgan Griffith has been working in Virginia politics for more than two decades. As Griffith wraps up his tenth year in his congressional seat, he is setting new priorities focusing on the people in Virginia's 9th District. "Everybody has a calling and something that they love doing. I love trying to solve problems," said Griffith.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=531b250eff&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Registrar Responds to Allegations of Voter 'Micro-Suppression' </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Accomack County's voter registrar responded to concerns some voters have voiced about early voting and the electoral board. Voter Registrar Patricia White in a Sept. 29 email said 1,519 people had voted in person and the office had mailed out 2,177 ballots by that date, less than two weeks after early voting began Sept. 18.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">STATE GOVERNMENT</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=4b76bbc484&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> In December state panel will recommend a replacement for Lee statue at U.S. Capitol </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ANDREW CAIN, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">In December, a state commission will recommend a noted Virginian to the General Assembly to honor with a statue at the U.S. Capitol, replacing that of Robert E. Lee. The Commission for Historical Statues in the U.S. Capitol decided during a virtual meeting Thursday to invite children in Virginia's schools — public and private — to add their voices to the discussion about who Virginia should honor.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=b41fcdd24f&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Manufacturers seek to block Virginia from joining carbon market in lawsuit </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By SARAH VOGELSONG, Virginia Mercury </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Virginia Manufacturers Association is suing Virginia's Department of Environmental Quality and State Air Pollution Control Board over the state's revision of regulations that will allow it to join a regional cap-and-invest market for carbon. The suit, filed in Richmond Circuit Court Oct. 2, says DEQ followed an incorrect process in revising an existing carbon trading rule as well as claiming the new rule is "unlawful" and the association's members will be adversely affected by it.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">ECONOMY/BUSINESS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=4a6e538c4f&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> More Virginians file first-time unemployment claims compared with a week ago </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By KIMBERLY PIERCEALL, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Nearly 11,000 Virginians filed a first-time unemployment claim last week, an increase of 1,466 people compared with the prior week, according to weekly data released Thursday by the Virginia Employment Commission. The agency said 10,843 new claims were filed during the week ending Oct. 3.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=a9c843c150&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Jobless claims rise 15.6% in Virginia; down overall in the U.S. </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dipped last week to a still-high 840,000, evidence that layoffs remain elevated seven months into the pandemic recession. . . . In Virginia, initial jobless claims rose 15.6%, or 1,466 claimants, from the previous week, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. The number of initial claims stood at 10,843 for the week that ended Oct. 3.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=224979adb8&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> ODU economists see opportunities for the region in Newport News' Jefferson Lab </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JOSH REYES, Daily Press (Metered Paywall - 1 article a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Jefferson Lab in Newport News is on the leading edge of nuclear physics while also providing educational resources and opportunities for schools and university researchers. The facility also is an important employer and has a major economic impact in the region. Beyond physics, local economists see lots of potential.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=85a3b8ea66&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Facebook says it has invested $1 billion in its Henrico County data center </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JOHN REID BLACKWELL, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The social media company Facebook said it has now invested about $1 billion in its eastern Henrico County data center that became operational this summer. Facebook first announced plans to open the data center in White Oak Technology Park in 2017. It is one of eight data centers that the company now operates in the United States to serve its online traffic, with five more data centers in development.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=3c2527f9d9&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia Beach maker of PPE to expand, add 180 new jobs </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By KIMBERLY PIERCEALL, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A Virginia Beach-based maker of disposable face masks and surgical masks plans to create 180 jobs and spend $5.3 million to buy equipment that will allow it to produce more of the personal protective equipment that is in high demand amid the COVID-19 pandemic. PremiumEstore LLC at 2601 Reliance Dr., primarily an e-cigarette distributor since 2008, pivoted to PPE production in March, when it began operating as Premium-PPE and producing AmeriShield branded masks.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=db42fcb6e0&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Businesses suffering without college football in Hampton Roads </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By DAVID HALL, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">On a typical fall Saturday when Old Dominion's football team is home, Perfectly Frank on Monarch Way is teeming with blue-and-white-clad fans eager to get their bellies full and root on the Monarchs. Energetic patrons crowd the counter and fill the dining room tables as others wait to take their places. Tarah Morris and her staff sling hot dogs, burgers, breakfast sandwiches and other items from the restaurant's diverse menu as pregame excitement builds.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">TRANSPORTATION</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=416cc68c7f&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Metro Is Planning For The Future, But One Question Remains: When Will Riders Return? </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JORDAN PASCALE, DCist </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Metro's Board of Directors is beginning to formulate its budget for July 2021 through June 2022, and so far it is filled with uncertainties and question marks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. How soon will schools return? Will workers be allowed and more inclined to work from home? If they do go back to the office and traffic isn't bad, will they just opt to drive? Those are some of the scenarios the transit agency is currently working through. But board members agreed on Thursday that Metro should plan for the worst-case scenario: Ridership won't return to pre-COVID levels for years.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">HIGHER EDUCATION</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=607502cefe&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Class of 2024 has the lowest number of enrolled students since 2016, most diverse class in U.Va. history </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By LILLY WHITNER AND AVA SECCURO, Cavalier Daily </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Class of 2024 is comprised of 3,785 students, the lowest number of enrolled students since the 2016 admissions cycle and the most diverse class in the University's history. Wes Hester, deputy University spokesperson and director of media relations, said that the University is excited to welcome the Class of 2024 during what has been a challenging year. "To do this and meet enrollment targets during such challenging times is remarkable, and speaks to the value and respect that an education from U.Va. carries," Hester said.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=a440b8aebd&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> W&M alumni pledge not to donate unless cut sports reinstated </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JULIA MARSIGLIANO, Williamsburg-Yorktown Daily (Metered paywall - 3 articles per month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">William & Mary alumni have joined together to demand the seven sports teams cut by the university to be reinstated or else…no more funding. The Pledge Not To Donate, signed by mostly college alumni and parents, had a list of demands, too.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=1bb9052627&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Old Dominion University reports coronavirus outbreak in residence hall </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JESSICA NOLTE, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Old Dominion University reported a coronavirus outbreak Thursday night in one of its residence halls. "We want to make you aware that our COVID-19 testing has identified what could be the beginning of an uptick in positive results among symptomatic and asymptomatic students who live on campus," an alert from the university said.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">CORONAVIRUS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=5aa22f98fd&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> More than 1,800 coronavirus cases reported Thursday in Virginia. It's not as bad as it sounds. </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ROBYN SIDERSKY, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The state Department of Health reported 1,844 coronavirus cases Thursday, more than three times as many as the day before. It was the second-highest case count for one day since the pandemic began. But state officials had a simple explanation: Wednesday's numbers weren't actually as good as they seemed.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=fed027e93a&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia COVID-19 cases jump by 1,844 due to reporting issue </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By STAFF REPORT, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Access to this article limited to subscribers) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Virginia Department of Health reported Thursday that the statewide total for COVID-19 cases is 155,535 — an increase of 1,844 from the 153,691 reported Wednesday. The VDH dashboard noted Thursday that the increase in cases includes 689 that should have been reported on Wednesday.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=9b267e16bb&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> New hospital data sheds more light on serious COVID-19 cases in Virginia </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By KATE MASTERS, Virginia Mercury </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">From January to June this year, Virginia's oldest hospitalized COVID-19 patient was 103. But there were also 46 coronavirus hospitalizations among children younger than five out of a total of 22,508, according to new data from the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association — including infants under the age of one. With the exception of a few outliers, the data analysis — presented by the association during a Thursday webinar — highlights much of what's already known about the virus, which disproportionately impacts older patients and those with underlying health conditions.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=8dd8f9e9ae&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Region's new infections at 19-day high </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By LOLA FADULU, ERIN COX, GREGORY S. SCHNEIDER AND RACHEL CHASON, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The average number of new daily coronavirus infections across the greater Washington region reached a 19-day high Thursday as local health officials sent an open letter urging people connected to a White House outbreak to get tested. Despite the rise, officials have cautioned that there's no evidence of widespread ties to the Sept. 26 Rose Garden event suspected of being at the center of the outbreak. An infection spike stemming from a reporting issue Thursday lifted the number of confirmed cases in D.C., Virginia and Maryland above 300,000 since the start of the pandemic.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=2c8f669473&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> 'COVID boom of babies' expected in Culpeper </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JOSH GULLY, Culpeper Times (Metered Paywall) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">While some areas of the Culpeper Medical Center have seen less traffic than usual, hospital President Donna Staton said the delivery room will be busy with a looming baby boom stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. "There is going to be a COVID boom of babies in the spring. We're already starting to see that," she recently told the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors. Staton explained the hospital is projecting 70-plus births in both January and February compared to the average of about 45.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=fbb6349e31&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Coronavirus outbreak sickens more than a dozen at Fairfax juvenile detention center </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JUSTIN JOUVENAL, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Officials said a coronavirus outbreak has sickened more than a dozen workers and residents at Fairfax County's Juvenile Detention Center, prompting questions from staff members about the precautions taken against the virus and how its spread was handled. Eight workers and six juveniles have tested positive for the coronavirus at the Fairfax City facility since Sept. 29, officials said, making it one of the worst known outbreaks at a local youth center since March.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=eb96c4136c&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virus cases increase in Farmville </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ALEXA MASSEY, Farmville Herald (Paywall) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The area is suddenly seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases. According to Piedmont Health District Director Dr. H. Robert Nash, many local counties have seen a small jump in cases this week, with attributions to the jump ranging from community spread to local colleges to religious events.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=a70b7a3a5a&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Outbreak widens at Baskerville prison as covid numbers spike </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By SUSAN KYTE, Mecklenburg Sun </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A renewed virus outbreak at Baskerville Correctional Center has driven up Mecklenburg County's COVID-19 caseload and placed the county in the highest risk category for the pandemic. Mecklenburg went from orange to red over the weekend, according to the risk scale developed by the Harvard Global Health Institute, after 60 new cases of the virus were confirmed by the state health department between Friday and Sunday.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=d414b1e0d5&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Second wave strikes at Chase City nursing home </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> South Boston News & Record </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A second outbreak of COVID-19 has surfaced at Chase City Health and Rehab. The initial outbreak at the nursing home occurred in May but abated within a month. The second outbreak began in September. The latest reporting by the Virginia Department of Health suggests at least 13 new positive test results have been confirmed among individuals affiliated with Chase City Health and Rehab.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">VIRGINIA OTHER</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=fb69b19945&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia gun sales in 2020 soar past record: 'It's a year like no other' </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By DEAN MIRSHAHI, WAVY-TV </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Gun sales in Virginia this year have skyrocketed, breaking a record set in 2016 in just nine months. Data from the Virginia Firearms Transaction Center, which has tracked mandatory background checks on buyers since 1990, shows estimated firearm sales have spiked in 2020, a year rocked by the global pandemic and protests across the country.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=03dbf2ba63&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Parts of Norfolk's granite MLK monument — in the middle of a busy intersection — have come loose </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By RYAN MURPHY, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Part of the granite face of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial that towers over Brambleton Avenue has come loose and may pose a risk to drivers. From the street, a panel near the very top of the monument could be seen to be missing on Thursday.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=03e5665756&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> After segregation apology, NAACP offers 'terms for conciliation' to Loudoun Co. schools </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By NEAL AUGENSTEIN, WTOP </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Loudoun County School Board and administration, and the Board of Supervisors issued "An Apology to the Black Community of Loudoun County," last month for some of the ways county officials fought against desegregation in the Virginia county in the 1950s and 1960s. Now, the NAACP Loudoun Branch has authored "Proposed Terms of Conciliation," that it hopes "works toward moving forward" by "building an institutionalized system equity in a meaningful way that gets to the heart" of addressing systemic racism.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=35f02bcc67&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> FERC study finds no risk from protective coating of Mountain Valley Pipeline </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By LAURENCE HAMMACK, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Segments of steel pipe stockpiled along the path of a natural gas pipeline, exposed to the elements for two years while lawsuits delayed construction, pose no risk to the surrounding air, soil or water, a federal agency has concluded. In a report released Thursday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission addressed concerns that have been raised about the Mountain Valley Pipeline.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">LOCAL</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=874ff7ae14&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> New APS Enrollment Figures Show More Than 1,000 Fewer Students Than Last Year </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JO DEVOE, ArlNow </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Arlington Public Schools is seeing a sharp decline in enrollment this year as families cope with remote learning during the pandemic. From September 2019 to September 2020, PreK-12 enrollment fell from 28,020 to 26,895 — a 4% drop — according to APS' official Sept. 30 count. That's an even bigger drop than the preliminary numbers at the beginning of September, which showed enrollment of 27,109. The drop comes after years of enrollment growth.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=2e04b8ad68&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Alexandria extends Old Town 'streatery' car-free zone until spring 2021 </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By KRISTI KING, WTOP </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Alexandria City Council has voted to keep in place the pedestrian-only restaurant zone in Old Town through March 2021. The 100 block of King Street near the Potomac River and waterfront park of the Northern Virginia city has restaurant seating on the sidewalks and along the road where cars typically would park. A broad corridor down the center of the road is open for walkers and social distancing.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=00b2e36f37&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> ACPS Superintendent Hutchings Sends Child To Private School Bishop Ireton </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By NIKKI HARRIS, Theogony </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) Superintendent Dr. Gregory Hutchings has enrolled one of his two children in Bishop Ireton, a private Catholic high school in Alexandria that operates under a hybrid learning model, in contrast to ACPS's entirely virtual model. A hybrid model includes virtual and in-person instruction. The high school sophomore transferred to Bishop Ireton after attending the Minnie Howard campus of T.C. Williams last year as a freshman.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=c6f1ad2d25&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Local COVID-19 numbers delay in-person instruction option for most Prince William students </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JILL PALERMO, Prince William Times </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Prince William County's still high COVID-19 numbers and the logistical hurdles involved with returning students to schools during the pandemic will keep the majority of local students learning virtually until at least early 2021, Superintendent Steven Walts told the school board Wednesday.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=ab7ed6ed40&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> As Henrico nears return to learn decision, teachers are uncertain about returning </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By KENYA HUNTER, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Uncertainty lingered Thursday as Henrico County school officials heard their most detailed briefing to date on COVID-19 ahead of an Oct. 22 decision on whether to bring more students into classrooms. The Central Virginia region is at what health experts deem a moderate burden for transmission of the virus, which has claimed 220 lives and infected at least 5,659 people in Henrico, state data shows.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=b885cd7feb&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia Beach City Council moves meetings to Convention Center due to pandemic </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ALISSA SKELTON, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Health Department has recommended that the City Council and Planning Commission no longer hold public meetings at City Hall for the foreseeable future due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Suite 5 at the Virginia Beach Convention Center will be the new meeting place so everyone will have enough room to space out, the city announced on Thursday. The change comes a few days after Councilman John Moss announced he tested positive for COVID-19.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=ff1fb7d9f0&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Portsmouth students won't return to school until 2021 </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By SARA GREGORY, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Portsmouth students won't return to the classroom in 2020. Superintendent Elie Bracy gave the board an option to bring back students in pre-K through third grade starting Nov. 16, but didn't make a recommendation. The board unanimously said it preferred to err on the side of caution and wait until 2021.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=4cbe061953&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Hampton students won't be back in classrooms until at least early November </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By MATT JONES, Daily Press (Metered Paywall - 1 article a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Superintendent Jeffery Smith said in a school board meeting Wednesday that, at the request of board members, Hampton City Schools students won't return to classrooms this quarter. The district hasn't established a specific timeline for return yet. Several neighboring districts, including Newport News and York County, have started to bring some students back or plan to do so this month.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=f407953c25&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> As pandemic grinds on, Hampton sees slight drop in some tax revenues </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By LISA VERNON SPARKS, Daily Press (Metered Paywall - 1 article a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The good news about Hampton's finances some seven months into a pandemic: the city has a fat cushion in its savings account, thanks to some bountiful years. The bad news: Hampton is feeling a pinch because some funding sources - such as lodging and admissions taxes - are suffering, according to a report city finance director Karl Daughtrey gave the Hampton City Council last month.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=f65c419f0a&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> In Poquoson, a familiar face ready to return </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By NOOR ADATIA, Daily Press (Metered Paywall - 1 article a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">After leaving the House of Delegates more than a year ago, Gordon Helsel is running unopposed for another stint as mayor of Poquoson. "It's time for me to come back," Helsel, now 73, said. "I look forward to serving the citizens of the community — always have and always will."</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=dc801c79d7&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Albemarle School Board votes 4-3 to move to move to Stage Three </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By KATHERINE KNOTT, Daily Progress (Metered Paywall - 25 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Albemarle County School Board voted 4-3 late Thursday night to start in-person classes for preschoolers through third-graders starting Nov. 9. The vote came after more than two hours of discussion about schools Superintendent Matt Haas's recommendation to move to Stage Three of the division's reopening plan. Parents have until Oct. 16 to decide whether to send their kids to school or stick with online classes.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=b33d3b2f16&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Fearing violence, Bristol GOP cancels planned "Back the Blue" rally </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By DAVID MCGEE, Bristol Herald Courier (Metered Paywall - 15 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Bristol Virginia GOP announced today it is cancelling a "Back the Blue" rally originally planned for Oct. 10 due to concerns about violence. In a written statement, Chairman Jacob Holmes explained the decision. "After much deliberation, we have come to the decision to cancel the Bristol VA/TN Backs the Blue event. We wholeheartedly support our law enforcement officers, and wish to ensure that we are not possibly putting them in harm's way," according to the statement.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mb-5" style="margin-bottom:48px;"> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">EDITORIALS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=dd7dc44c2b&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia Tech's gain has been Radford University's loss, and not a net gain for the region </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> Roanoke Times Editorial (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Blacksburg Mayor Leslie Hager-Smith said she didn't have any comment on Virginia Tech reaching its goal of enrolling 30,000 undergraduates three years ahead of schedule. We, however, do. Blacksburg is understandably not completely thrilled about Tech hitting the goal — or even, necessarily, having this goal.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=d181712cf9&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Time for a shake-up at VRS </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> Free Lance-Star Editorial (Metered Paywall - 10 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Virginia Retirement System, which provides retirement benefits for hundreds of thousands of teachers, state judges, police officers, firefighters and other government employees throughout the commonwealth, reported a dismal 1.4 percent rate of return on its investment portfolio in fiscal year 2020. VRS Board Chairman O'Kelly McWilliams tried to put a brave face on the fact that 1.4 percent is well below the 6.7 percent goal the system needs to meet its pension obligations—which it met last fiscal year, according to its 2019 annual report.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=8e32d50f0f&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Hold the fiscal line, governor </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> Virginian-Pilot Editorial (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Gov. Ralph Northam, take Del. Mark Sickles up on his offer. Reach for the veto pen. Do not be shy. "It's the role of the legislature to set spending priorities," Sickles, D-Fairfax told the Richmond Times-Dispatch in an interview with veteran reporter Michael Martz. "Of course, he can veto any item not to his liking."</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=4fb273191b&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Vote "yes" on Amendment 2 </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> Richmond Times-Dispatch Editorial (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">They served our country with valor, defending the liberty and protecting the freedoms we often take for granted. Yet some members of the military suffer debilitating injuries during the course of their service, posing challenges to both them and their families. There's a way that Virginians can show their appreciation for those veterans who become permanently disabled: by supporting Amendment 2 during this year's election.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=fe668c84f6&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> There's the urgency we've been looking for on broadband </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> Richmond Times-Dispatch Editorial (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Enter the home of a student attending school virtually, or a parent juggling a job and child care. Visit a small business that cannot engage with customers online. Talk to a farmer who is unable to use the latest technology to care for crops. Meet a patient driving long distances to receive care because telehealth is out of the question. Watch as Virginians reset wireless hot spots 10 times a day, rejoin Zoom meetings after missing a critical exchange or can't pay a bill because of $70 in data overage fees.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=0b430f78c7&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Reelect Sen. Mark Warner </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> Washington Post Editorial (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">In 12 years on Capitol Hill, Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) has staked a legitimate claim as one of the more effective, constructive and genuinely bipartisan lawmakers in Congress. In a place where grandstanding, pandering and interparty venom are nearly normal, Mr. Warner is frequently the grown-up in the room, a measured and substantive Democrat who has forged partnerships with key Republican colleagues. Virginians would do well to reelect him this year to a third term in the Senate, and we endorse him.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">OP-ED</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=953ce57230&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Baron: Seek understanding and look for the good </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JOE BARON, published in Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">On a late summer evening as we were returning from a community event, my wife Jennifer began scrolling through social media and reading some entries aloud to me. Quickly, we became frustrated and saddened about how easily so many people seem to spread hateful and hurtful messages. Often, those messages are spread online, but the dialogue recently seems to be moving onto city streets and into neighborhoods, too.</p> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"><em>Baron is the sheriff of Norfolk.</em> </p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=63cda72209&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Filler-Corn and Helmer: Vote "yes" on Amendment 2 and support our disabled veterans </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By EILEEN FILLER-CORN AND DAN HELMER, published in Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">This election, voters across Virginia face important choices. We know there are sharp divisions on the direction of our country, but as you cast your ballot, regardless of your party, we hope you will vote "yes" on Question 2, the Motor Vehicle Property Tax Exemption for Disabled Veterans Amendment. So many throughout Virginia served their country in the armed services and many — while in service to our nation — suffered injuries they will deal with for the rest of their lives.</p> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"><em>Filler-Corn, D-Fairfax, is the speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates and represents the 41st District. Helmer, D-Fairfax, is an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran who represents Virginia's 40th District in the House of Delegates</em> </p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">THE FRIDAY READ</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=f784550e44&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> A Chesapeake 12-year-old cut 50 lawns for free for those in need — and used the tips to feed the homeless </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By KATHERINE HAFNER, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Phoenix Browne worked hard for his brand new lawnmower this summer. 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A group of delegates and senators will discuss those over the coming days so they can put forward a final budget for both chambers to approve.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=ac5c870f1c&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Senate votes party line to pass no-knock ban; GOP leader says House 'mob' is herding it through </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By BILL ATKINSON, Progress Index (Metered paywall - 10 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A bill banning no-knock search warrants in Virginia got through the state Senate as expected along party lines, but not before Senate Republicans spent a lot of energy attacking both the bill and what one senator called "that mob" in the House of Delegates for ramming it through the special session</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=0df86d1410&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Contact tracing for a coronavirus-positive governor previews task ahead for Trump tracers </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By LAURA VOZZELLA, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Just days before Gov. Ralph Northam tested positive for the novel coronavirus, he traveled to the Blue Ridge Mountains to christen a new highway tunnel, the Hampton Roads region to break ground on an economic development project, and Northern Virginia to lay out a refinancing plan for public universities. First lady Pam Northam, who also tested positive, made stops at a community garden and two child-care centers in Fredericksburg, a preschool in Dumfries and a Manassas Park elementary school.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=cf15bdd607&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Weekend jail in Virginia Beach used to mean 2 nights at the facility. These days, inmates don't even go inside. </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JANE HARPER, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">When one of the men who took part in a violent assault on her boyfriend was sentenced to 30 days in jail, Margaret Reyes thought it meant he'd actually be incarcerated for that long. Even when the judge agreed to allow the 38-year-old Norfolk man to serve his sentence on the weekends — beginning Oct. 9 — Reyes still believed he'd do the time, just not all at once.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=864ac8d7ca&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> University says 'F--- UVA' signs on Lawn doors are protected free speech </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By BRYAN MCKENZIE, Daily Progress (Metered Paywall - 25 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A four-letter imperative, posted to a Lawn residence door with the University of Virginia as its direct object, has riled alumni and created a social media debate that led the university's president, rector and general counsel to defend the profane door as protected political speech. The expletive features a common English curse word followed by a list of grievances: "UVa operating cost, KKKops, genocide, slavery, disability, black-brown life."</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=d332a98065&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Chesterfield home, BLM sign drawing attention of neighbors and codes department </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By BEN DENNIS, WAVY-TV </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A Chesterfield home projected in colorful images is bringing attention to national political topics–drawing the intrigue of neighbors and drivers passing-by. Now, a large sign out front supporting the 'Black Lives Matter' movement is in the middle of a dispute with the county.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=076a3e559e&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia has a rocket launch site, and it's about to grow with the most successful startup since SpaceX </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By CHRISTIAN DAVENPORT, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, down past Chincoteague toward the southern tip of the Eastern Shore, sits an isolated spit of shoreline, near a wildlife refuge, that is home to one of the most unusual, and little known, rocket launch sites in the country. Born as a Navy air station during World War II, it has launched more than 16,000 rockets, most of them small sounding vehicles used for scientific research. But the Wallops Flight Facility, which at the dawn of the Space Age played a role as a test site for the Mercury program, is about to reinvent itself at a time when the commercial space industry is booming and spreading beyond the confines of Florida's Cape Canaveral.</p> </div> <div class="vanews"> <div class="mt-5 top-stories-wrapper full-report" style="margin-top:48px;font-weight:bold;color:#004a80;font-size:38px;line-height:46px;border-bottom:3px solid #5fa263;margin-bottom:29px;"> <div>The Full Report</div> <div class="pubcount" style="color:#42585C;font-weight:normal;font-size:18px;line-height:32px;">42 articles, 20 publications</div> </div> <ul class="list-inline buttonlinks mb-3" style="padding-left:0;list-style:none;"> <li class="list-inline-item" style="display:inline-block;margin-right:.1rem;line-height:2.5rem;"><a class="buttonlink" href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=1ee389849b&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#fff;background-color:#407455;padding:5px 10px;text-decoration:none;border-radius:0;margin:0 1rem 32px 0;white-space:nowrap;">Read Online</a> </li> <li class="list-inline-item" style="display:inline-block;margin-right:.1rem;line-height:2.5rem;"><a class="buttonlink" href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=62f600eb98&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#fff;background-color:#407455;padding:5px 10px;text-decoration:none;border-radius:0;margin:0 1rem 32px 0;white-space:nowrap;">10 Most Clicked</a> </li> <li class="list-inline-item lirefer" style="display:inline-block;line-height:2.5rem;"><a class="buttonlink refer" href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=bfc007090a&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#fff;padding:5px 10px;text-decoration:none;border-radius:0;margin:0 1rem 32px 0;white-space:nowrap;background-color:#004a80;">Refer a Friend</a> </li> </ul> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">FROM VPAP</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=0162e3f629&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"><span class="from-vpap" style="color: #fff; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; background-color: #65a368; padding: 4px 8px; margin-right: 6px; text-decoration: none">From VPAP</span> Maps, Timeline of COVID-19 in Virginia </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> The Virginia Public Access Project </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Our COVID-19 dashboard makes it easy to track the latest available data for tests performed, infections, deaths and hospital capacity. There's a filter for each city and county, plus an exclusive per-capita ZIP Code map. Updated each morning around 10:30 a.m.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">EXECUTIVE BRANCH</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=8c9e837822&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Northam wishes the Trumps well, feels fine a week after positive test </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ANDREW CAIN, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Aweek after his own positive test for COVID-19, Gov. Ralph Northam says he feels fine and has no symptoms. On Friday the governor was among many Virginia state officials wishing President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump well after hearing they had tested positive, and urging Virginians to take the coronavirus seriously.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">GENERAL ASSEMBLY</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=b45fc0b7b2&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Housing Protections Clear Virginia Legislature </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By YASMINE JUMAA, WCVE-FM </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Virginians facing financial hardship as a result of the pandemic could soon have new protections. The state Senate passed two bills on Thursday that aim to help renters stay in their homes. Both bills were sponsored by Del. Marcia Price (D-Newport News), One bill would allow for tenants to catch up on late rent by paying overdue amounts in equal installments over six months. This would only apply to landlords who own more than four rental units in Virginia.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=d5dded7d66&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> State GOP legislative leaders ask Inspector General to release additional investigative reports of Parole Board </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By MARK BOWES, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">State Republican legislative leaders have asked the State Inspector General to release "complete and unredacted copies" of all investigative reports it may have provided to the governor's office or other administration officials involving investigations the agency conducted of Virginia Parole Board decisions. In a letter dated Sept. 26 and sent to State Inspector General Michael Westfall, House Minority Leader Todd Gilbert, R-Shenandoah, and Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment Jr., R-James City, said they have learned that Westfall's office "has made additional findings and produced one or more additional reports related to" an earlier administrative investigation of the Virginia Parole Board.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=f02dac3232&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia lawmakers pass bill banning traffic stops for tiny infractions </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By NED OLIVER, Virginia Mercury </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Legislation banning police from initiating searches based on the smell of marijuana and making traffic stops for an array of minor infractions is heading to Gov. Ralph Northam's desk after clearing the General Assembly on Friday. The bill is among the first in a wide-ranging package of police reforms to win final passage in the House and Senate during a special legislative session that began in August.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=9d9ff87bf8&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Bill would ban pre-arrest sex between police and detainees </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ADA ROMANO, VCU Capital News Service </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A bill to charge law enforcement officers with a Class 6 felony if they engage in sexual relations with a detainee has unanimously passed both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly. Del. Karrie Delaney, D-Centreville, said she proposed House Bill 5045 to close a loophole in the law which currently does not make it illegal for police officers to have sexual relations with someone who has been detained.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">STATE ELECTIONS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=1202298032&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginians to vote on bipartisan redistricting </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By GREGORY S. SCHNEIDER, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Virginia voters will decide next month whether to approve a constitutional amendment creating a bipartisan commission to draw political boundaries in hopes of ending partisan and racial gerrymandering. "Amendment #1," as it appears on general election ballots, would shift the task of redistricting from the governor and General Assembly to a panel composed of lawmakers and citizens.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=9cc8f180f6&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> GOP Politicians Want a Redistricting Commission, But Their Voters Aren't So Sure </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By BEN PAVIOUR, WCVE-FM </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Virginia Republicans are campaigning heavily to pass a Constitutional amendment that backers say will help end gerrymandering. The unanimity stands in contrast to Democratic politicians and the GOP's own voters, whom polling suggests are divided on the amendment. The amendment would remove the General Assembly's traditional role in drawing their own maps and give that power to a 16-person commission made up equally of lawmakers and citizens. The Virginia Supreme Court would serve as a backstop if the commission deadlocks.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">FEDERAL ELECTIONS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=9509d059a4&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia Beach officials adjust to handle expected surge in absentee ballots </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By MARGAUX MACCOLL, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">At 10 a.m. Friday, the first absentee vote in Virginia Beach officially was cast. This kicked off an unprecedented election year where officials expect to count more absentee ballots than ever. To prepare, Virginia Beach election officials have ramped up their strategies for processing votes ahead of Election Day. According to state law, election officials can begin processing absentee ballots before Nov. 3, as long as the vote totals are not tallied until Election Day.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=03f44043ae&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> SW Va. registrars say not just anyone can serve as a poll watcher </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By MIKE STILL, Kingsport Times News </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Poll watching and protecting voting integrity have figured in various news and social media platforms in recent weeks as Virginia registrars and election officials handle early voting and absentee ballots in advance of Election Day on Nov. 3. . . . Registrars in Wise, Lee and Scott counties and the city of Norton all said Friday that they are not expecting disturbances at polling places in the region, but they also said that state election law places restrictions on who can serve as a poll watcher.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">STATE GOVERNMENT</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=8bf7ee873d&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> VSP launches website allowing public to submit, track FOI requests </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By STAFF REPORT, WAVY-TV </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Virginia State Police launched a new website this week designed to help the public submit and track Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The web-based public records portal opened to the public on October 1. The records management system is also available to the media and for attorneys to upload subpoena duces tecum and discovery requests.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=0b3a5e35da&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> 'A great opportunity': Plan for CVTC property formally launched, public urged to give input </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JUSTIN FAULCONER, News & Advance (Metered Paywall - 18 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A redevelopment plan for the Central Virginia Training Center campus, an effort Lynchburg-area officials have talked about extensively in recent years, formally kicked off Thursday with the launch of a website and a strong push for public input. CVTC in Madison Heights is in the process of closing as a state-run facility with more than a century's history of serving residents with disabilities. The site's last remaining resident was relocated in early April.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">CONGRESS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=d219e9a329&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> As Caroline ICE Center Confronts Outbreak, Kaine Talks Farmville with Local Officials </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ALAN RODRIGUEZ ESPINOZA, WCVE-FM </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">During a virtual roundtable with local health and government officials, Sen. Tim Kaine was briefed by health officials on lessons learned in Farmville. The immigration detention center in Farmville suffered a major COVID-19 outbreak over the summer -- the worst of any ICE facility in the country -- after detainees were transferred in from Arizona and Florida. The majority of these transfers tested positive.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">ECONOMY/BUSINESS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=0091427216&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia Beach's new $68 million state-of-the-art Sports Center opens </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By STACY PARKER, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Vying to be one of the nation's top sports tourism destinations, Virginia Beach opened its new $68 million state-of-the-art indoor sports facility Thursday, a month earlier than expected. The Virginia Beach Sports Center, on 19th Street at the Oceanfront, became a reality in less than two years.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=7db9c84e77&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> QVC puts call center in Chesapeake up for sale or lease; employees to keep working from home </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By KIMBERLY PIERCEALL, Virginian-Pilot (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">QVC, the television-based home-shopping retailer, put its 52,911-square-foot Chesapeake call center on the market. Its employees will work from home permanently. The COVID-19 pandemic pushed Qurate Retail Group, which owns QVC, to rapidly shift to a work-from-home model, something that was in the works before the global health crisis that led to business closures and social distancing rules. The company's entire U.S. Customer Service & Experience division, with few exceptions, will keep working from home indefinitely.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">TRANSPORTATION</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=7e59d0f6a5&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Metro lags behind other big transit systems in converting its bus fleet to electric, Sierra Club report says </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JUSTIN GEORGE, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Metro lags behind other large transit agencies in converting its bus fleet to electric and is on a "backward" path with its plan to purchase about 500 gas-fueled vehicles over the next five years, according to a report released Thursday. The 17-page report by the Sierra Club titled "A vision for climate leadership in Washington, D.C." aims to pressure the transit agency into committing to a future of electric-only buses, a goal the environmental group projected would dramatically improve the region's air quality while ultimately saving Metro millions of dollars.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">HIGHER EDUCATION</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=11caa9af7f&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> President Ryan addresses controversy over Lawn room signs, contextualization of Jefferson statue </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By EVA SUROVELL, Cavalier Daily </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">University President Jim Ryan addressed controversy over critical signs posted on Lawn room doors and criticism of the Board of Visitors' recent vote to contextualize the Thomas Jefferson statue in written remarks issued Friday. The University will consider imposing regulations on Lawn room residents as early as next year, according to Ryan. The signs, which contain profanity such as "f—k UVA" and criticism of the University's history of enslavement and inaccessibility, have generated calls for removal from some alumni and community members.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=574b9043e2&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> JMU community largely split on decision to come back to campus </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By BRICE ESTES, The Breeze </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The public submitted a stack of 650 comments gauging JMU and the Board of Visitors' (BOV) COVID-19 response to the university's input form prior to the BOV meeting Sept. 18. Of the 650 comments, 190 individuals explicitly stated that they believed JMU should remain online this fall, and 184 said the university should return to on-campus operations — a near even rift in opinion.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=6d6b4c80fd&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Time's up: W&M avoids Title IX lawsuit — for now </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JULIA MARSIGLIANO, Williamsburg-Yorktown Daily (Metered paywall - 3 articles per month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The College of William & Mary might have avoided a Title IX lawsuit after suspending seven varsity sports programs. Arthur H. Bryant, of Bailey & Glasser LLP law firm, told WYDaily Thursday the university had sent a letter at 4:44 p.m. Wednesday, just before his deadline.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">CORONAVIRUS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=03671bcf14&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> No COVID-19 cases linked to Trump rally in Newport News so far </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JOSH REYES AND DAVE RESS, Daily Press (Metered Paywall - 1 article a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">So far, Virginia health officials have found no direct connections between recent confirmed COVID-19 cases and President Donald Trump's rally at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport a week ago. The incubation period is still ongoing, however, the state Department of Health noted. State data show a statewide decline in the seven-day average of new cases since the Sept. 25 rally, which drew people from wide area.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=7d168cb38e&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia COVID-19 cases rise by 966 since Thursday </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By STAFF REPORT, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The Virginia Department of Health reported Friday that the statewide total for COVID-19 cases is 149,687, an increase of 966 from the 148,721 reported Thursday. The 149,687 cases consist of 141,850 confirmed cases and 7,837 probable cases. There are 3,250 COVID-19 deaths in Virginia — 3,037 confirmed and 213 probable. That's an increase of 22 from the 3,228 reported Thursday.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=6a305a0897&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> D.C. region records highest coronavirus count in two weeks </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By DANA HEDGPETH, MICHELLE BOORSTEIN AND FENIT NIRAPPIL, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A two-week slide in the number of coronavirus infections across the greater Washington region hit an obstacle Friday, when the area recorded its highest number of daily cases since mid-September. The 1,743 cases Friday in Virginia, Maryland and D.C. was the highest number in a single day since Sept. 18. The three jurisdictions each reported caseloads above their rolling seven-day averages.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=f9f1c2d772&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> COVID Insurance Coverage Rate Steady </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By IAN MUNRO, Daily News Record (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Though an estimated 5.6 million American workers lost health insurance coverage due to layoffs in March and April from the economic recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Valley Health did not see a major difference between the number of insured and uninsured COVID-19 patients and non-virus patients it tended to at four Valley hospitals, according to data provided by the not-for-profit health system. "The proportion of insured versus uninsured patients we've seen with a COVID-19 related diagnosis doesn't really seem different from our proportion of insured and uninsured overall," said Pete Gallagher, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Valley Health.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=6cd4482517&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia's COVID-19 app slow to catch on </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By MEL LEONOR, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A smartphone app that could alert its users if they'd been exposed to the novel coronavirus appeared to be a boon for staving off infections and giving Virginians some peace of mind as they intermingled. Eight weeks since its launch, however, uptake among Virginians remains low, hamstringing the benefits for the app's users and casting doubt on the anticipated return on the state's $1.53 million investment.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=61c3f48c48&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Virginia Open Data Portal offers datasets regarding COVID-19 </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By CATHY DYSON, Free Lance-Star (Metered Paywall - 10 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">For those who can't get enough of virus-related statistics, the Virginia Open Data Portal has more than a dozen COVID-19 datasets under one website. All the information has been presented previously by the Virginia Department of Health, but in different places. The portal provides information on caseloads by ZIP code; outbreaks in long-term care facilities; hospitalizations; and breakdowns by age, gender and ethnicity.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=86003ae757&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Labor Day, return of UVa students led to record month for COVID in area </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By KATHERINE KNOTT, Daily Progress (Metered Paywall - 25 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Labor Day weekend, the return of University of Virginia students and the reopening of some public and private schools led to another record month for the Thomas Jefferson Health District as it deals with the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, despite the rising case numbers, officials with the health district said they adapted quickly to those new challenges and continued to meet their goals for testing, contact tracing and case investigations.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=a69cd919d7&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Suffering from cancer and diabetes, a Virginia inmate died of covid-19 just months before his release date </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JUSTIN JOUVENAL, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">As covid-19 cases surged, the pleas to release Askia Asmar from a Virginia prison became increasingly desperate. The 67-year-old inmate's term, family and advocates warned, could become a death sentence because he suffered from lung and liver cancer, diabetes and hepatitis C. Asmar had less than a year to serve on nonviolent charges and his niece had agreed to take him in, his sister said, but the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) denied early release despite his failing health, saying he posed a "high risk of recidivism."</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=0cb7a7689f&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> 23 more inmates at Danville City Jail test positive for COVID-19 </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By CHARLES WILBORN, Danville Register & Bee </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">After announcing earlier this week that one Danville City Jail inmate tested positive for COVID-19, 23 others have become infected, the Danville Sheriff's Office reports. It was Wednesday when Danville Sheriff Mike Mondul disclosed the first case at the jail, the same day authorities received confirmation of the positive test.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=a7086d64d0&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> County health district advises against traditional trick-or-treating due to the pandemic </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> Prince William Times </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Due to the pandemic, the Prince William Health District is advising against traditional, door-to-door trick-or-treating this year and is encouraging local families to consider alternate activities that pose less risk for spreading COVID-19. " . . . After being stuck indoors for months, cabin fever may really be getting to residents, and they may want to venture out. However, we are still in the midst of a pandemic. It is important that everyone exercise prudence and caution. . . .," Prince William Health District Director Dr. Alison Ansher said in a Friday news release.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">VIRGINIA OTHER</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=4174a324c7&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Mountain Valley gets another permit, but no word on when pipeline work can resume </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By LAURENCE HAMMACK, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Another permit has been granted for the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the company told federal regulators Friday, after waiting a week on its request to resume construction. The latest approval, from the National Park Service on Tuesday, is for natural gas to be pumped at high pressure through a pipe buried under the Blue Ridge Parkway in Roanoke County.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=82b2bfeb32&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> How Trump amassed a red-state army in the nation's capital </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By AARON C. DAVIS, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">The call that came into state capitals stunned governors and their National Guard commanders: The Pentagon wanted thousands of citizen soldiers airlifted to the nation's capital immediately to help control crowds outside the White House in the wake of the death of George Floyd. ...Two of those calls went to neighboring Maryland and Virginia — the former a state with a Republican governor, the latter led by a Democrat. The secretary asked Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to activate what would have been nearly all of the state's available Guard that day and to deploy them across the Potomac River into the District, according to two people briefed on their phone conversations that day.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">LOCAL</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=63eb5892f4&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> How should a premier magnet school boost Black and Latino enrollment? A suggested lottery spurs fierce debate. </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By HANNAH NATANSON, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A controversial proposal to boost Black and Latino enrollment at a premier Northern Virginia magnet school — by switching from a test-based process to a lottery — has plunged parents, students and alumni into a hard-fought battle whose results could reshape one of the top schools in the country. Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Scott Brabrand put forward the plan to revise admissions at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in mid-September, and it is slated for a school board vote on Oct. 8.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=e26b5629e5&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Judge declines to release superintendent's Twitter messages, dismisses former school board chair's lawsuit </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JILL PALERMO, Prince William Times </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Prince William Superintendent Steven Walts' Twitter direct messages will remain sealed from public view as a result of a judge's ruling Friday in Prince William County Circuit Court. Judge Kimberly A. Irving ruled Oct. 2 that the messages, which numbered more than 20,000, were "clearly exempted" from mandatory disclosure under Virginia's Freedom of Information Act because they were communications between the chief executive officer of the Prince William County School Board, the school board said in a Friday press release.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=cc8a4ad318&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> RPS reports more than 16,000 absences in first 8 days of school year </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By KENYA HUNTER AND JOHN RAMSEY, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Richmond Public Schools recorded more than 16,000 student absences in the first eight days of school this year, according to preliminary data. During those eight days, attendance hovered at about 91%, 2 points lower than measured by the district in a study over 70 days in 2017. The school district provided enrollment and attendance figures in response to a Freedom of Information request. In recent years, chronic absences in Richmond have been nearly twice the state average.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=eb9475d3b1&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Richmond Candidate Hosted 'Proud Boys' At 2019 Strip Club Event </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By ROBERTO ROLDAN, WCVE-FM </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">In May 2019, self-described 'dirty trickster' and Trump campaign advisor Roger Stone held a speaking engagement at Richmond's Paper Moon strip club. Stone was facing a legal battle after being charged with seven federal crimes, including witness tampering and making false statements to Congress. The event at Paper Moon was meant to be a fundraiser for his legal defense. . . . With Stone on stage were former "Manhattan Madam" Kristin Davis and Mike Dickinson, who was the director of events for Paper Moon and is now running for Richmond's 1st District City Council seat.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=126ad1e3c5&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority Responds to Public Concerns About Annual Plan </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By YASMINE JUMAA, WCVE-FM </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority submitted its annual plan for federal approval, following a 45-day comment period. But advocates have criticized the agency over its outreach efforts. RRHA issued a statement on Thursday, dismissing public concerns about the plan. In it, the agency spokesperson, Angela Fountain said she's hopeful that RRHA's response will, "Help correct the various inaccuracies and untruths held by some."</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=0c8f84b396&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Henrico county manager pulls funding for police accountability prosecutor </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JESS NOCERA, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Metered Paywall - 7 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">As calls for police reform hail across the country, Henrico County Manager John Vithoulkas cut funding for a prosecutor position focused on police accountability after concluding that the woman picked for the job had shown she could not judge police actions objectively. Roughly a month after protests sprang up nationwide in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a new position was established within the Henrico Commonwealth's Attorney's Office: deputy for police integrity and compliance.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=8b677d2777&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Montgomery County looking to partnership to improve broadband </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By YANN RANAIVO, Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Montgomery County is partnering with a small Southwest Virginia company in hopes of improving available bandwidths in pockets that still have little to no access to high-speed internet. The county is awaiting a decision on a nearly $1 million grant that it is requesting from the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development's Virginia Telecommunication Initiative.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mb-5" style="margin-bottom:48px;"> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">EDITORIALS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=b31ff55ca1&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Wishing the Trumps a speedy recovery </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;"> Virginian-Pilot Editorial (Metered Paywall - 2 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">It is a national crisis when the president of the United States has a head cold, must less a deadly infectious disease that's claimed more than a million lives worldwide — including more than 207,000 Americans. President Donald Trump posted on Twitter early Friday morning that he and wife Melania had tested positive for COVID-19. Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen tested negative Friday morning, a welcome bit of news.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">COLUMNISTS</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=2eee54c4d1&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Schapiro: Finally, Trump and Northam have something in common </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By JEFF E. SCHAPIRO, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Access to this article limited to subscribers) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">Barely a week after his raucous airport rally in Newport News — mocked as a super-spreader event by Virginia Democrats — President Donald Trump tested positive for the 'rona. Gov. Ralph Northam, himself a COVID-19 case, probably didn't have in mind this type of October surprise when he announced in August Virginia's first-in-the-nation smartphone app that alerts users if they've come in contact with others infected by the virus.</p> <hr style="margin:16px 0;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid #efefef;"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=f56aa5efd5&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> PolitiFact: Did Freitas Vote Against Protections for Pregnant Women? </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By WARREN FISKE, WCVE-FM </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">A large union is claiming Nick Freitas, the Republican candidate for the 7th Congressional District seat, has turned his back on working pregnant women. "He voted to let businesses discriminate and fire expecting mothers for no other reason but their pregnancy," says a TV ad by the United Association of Union Plumbers and Pipefitters Vote! PAC. We fact checked the ad's statement.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" style="padding:0;"> <div class="section-header"> <h4 style="display:block;padding:0;color:#5fa263;margin:48px 0 16px 0;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #5fa263;">OP-ED</h4> </div> <div class="articles"> <h4 class="title" style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;font-weight:bold;font-size:24px;line-height:27px;"><a href="https://vpap.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff263b31cd155e10062269b86&id=22c90f481e&e=1b42994bdb" style="color:#004a80;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"> Perrigan: COVID-19 and declining enrollment </a> </h4> <p class="author" style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;">By KEITH PERRIGAN, published in Roanoke Times (Metered Paywall - 5 articles a month) </p> <p style="padding:0;margin:10px 0;">After reviewing the budget amendments presented by the House and Senate in Virginia's 2020 special session, it is my opinion that PK-12 educators across our commonwealth should be both thankful and motivated. 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