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          <title>Letters to the Editor for Saturday, November 7, 2009</title>
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          <title>Tax Cut Plan Weighed Down by City Politics</title>
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What business wouldn&#8217;t like to have its business license tax reduced? Businesses, like individuals, would be only too happy to see a reduction in the local tax, a reduction that would put more money in their pockets.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Church, state, and city voters</title>
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Should local residents like my Election Night correspondent be worried?           ]]></description>
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          <title>In Ward I, politics are personal</title>
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The 23rd District House of Delegates race was really two elections in one.           ]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:51 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Is Consensus Possible on U.S. 29 Bypass?</title>
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If the latest study of the U.S. 29 corridor &#8212; including a bypass around Charlottesville &#8212; was intended to build consensus, someone dropped the ball.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:37 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>For State&#8217;s Tribes, Goal&#8217;s In Sight</title>
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The long journey on the road to federal recognition of Virginia&#8217;s Indian tribes may be nearing its end.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:46 EST</pubDate>
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          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:21:51 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>A prescription for the problem</title>
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Peter Houck takes the current debate over national health care legislation very seriously. Which only makes sense, because he is both a physician and the pediatric medical director at the Johnson Health Center on Federal Street.           ]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:32 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>As Races Wind Down, It&#8217;s In the Voters&#8217; Hands</title>
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As the 2009 campaigns here in Virginia near the finish line, all of the power now shifts to the commonwealth&#8217;s voters.           ]]></description>
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          <title>One last round of political thoughts</title>
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A few final political thoughts for election week &#8230;
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          <title>Letters to the Editor for Friday, October 30, 2009</title>
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          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:06 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>An Intolerable Practice in the Marketplace</title>
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Price-gouging is an intolerable practice that surfaces from time to time in the marketplace. It usually arises during or in the aftermath of a natural disaster when consumers have no choice but to pay the higher price demanded by some merchants for such critical commodities as food, water, ice or fuel.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letters to the Editor for Thursday, October 29, 2009</title>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:51 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Saving a Part of the City&#8217;s History</title>
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Few people in Lynchburg know Larry Cluff. But in a couple of years he could become well known as the guy who saved the old Piedmont Mills building on Jefferson Street from the wrecking ball. In the process, he will have contributed another step toward saving an important part of downtown history.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:43 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Ten reasons to love fall</title>
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They say that our favorite season is always the one in which we were born &#8212; and since my wife, both children and I all observe our birthdays between September 18 and October 15, it&#8217;s inevitable that I favor fall. Here are 10 other reasons why:           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:05:26 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Endorsed: Bob McDonnell,&amp;nbsp; Bill Bolling and Ken Cuccinelli</title>
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In the gubernatorial election, there is one candidate who has the temperament, the leadership abilities, the discipline and the vision to serve as Virginia&#8217;s next chief executive.That candidate is Republican Bob McDonnell, and The News &amp; Advance editorial board wholeheartedly endorses him for governor.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Letters to the Editor for Wednesday, October 28, 2009</title>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:33 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Will the State Pick Up Tab For Mandates?</title>
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While officials in virtually every state agency are scrambling for every dollar they can find, the Virginia Board of Education is proposing that localities hire additional staff for their school divisions.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:53 EST</pubDate>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:16 EST</pubDate>
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          <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:38:50 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Alzheimers caregivers go the extra mile</title>
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The marching orders for Saturday morning&#8217;s Memory Walk in Riverside Park were explicit: &#8220;Rain or shine.&#8221;           ]]></description>
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          <title>A problem that needs to be addressed</title>
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We&#8217;ve all been told that the only certainties in life are death and taxes. To those, let me offer a third &#8212; the certainty that politicians will use taxes as a blunt instrument to wield against their opponents.
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          <title>Endorsed: Putney, Cline and Valentine</title>
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Del. Valentine&#8217;s extensive Richmond experience, seniority in the General Assembly and lack of a capital learning curve are invaluable assets to Central Virginia. The News &amp; Advance editorial board believes Del. Valentine&#8217;s record over the past four years in office makes her more than worthy of re-election. We lend our endorsement to her for a third term in the General Assembly           ]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:07 EST</pubDate>
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          <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:49 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>The Glare of the Political Spotlight</title>
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Politics and life in the world of American politics have always been for the strong of heart and stomach, not for the weak and faint of spirit.           ]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:19 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letters to the Editor for Thursday, October 22, 2009</title>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:55 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>City Streams Benefit From Volunteers</title>
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For the health of Blackwater Creek and its watershed, it&#8217;s a start. That&#8217;s the emphasis placed by organizers on this week&#8217;s project to clean up and improve water quality in the huge watershed that empties into the James River.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Informing the Public About City Budgeting</title>
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As far as the public is concerned, the city&#8217;s budget process has begun a couple of months early this year. That&#8217;s because city officials have decided to sponsor a series of workshops that will allow residents to participate in the budget-making process.           ]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:23 EST</pubDate>
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The race for the 23rd District seat in the House of Delegates definitely has been a spirited one, pitting incumbent Del. Shannon Valentine, a Democrat, against Republican challenger Scott Garrett.

Voters in the district, which includes the city of Lynchburg and the Madison Heights area of Amherst County, have received at least two misleading mailers from Garrett, pounding Valentine for her supposed tax-hike agenda.           ]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:55 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Central Virginia and Its High&#45;Tech Future</title>
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Change is a key characteristic of an economy, whether it&#8217;s global, national, state or local.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:47 EST</pubDate>
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          <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:47 EST</pubDate>
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          <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:21 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Ethics Code Unnecessary in Amherst?</title>
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A code of ethics? In Amherst County? You&#8217;ve got to be kidding. It would be way too intrusive and might even handcuff the members of the ruling body in the course of their handling the county&#8217;s affairs.           ]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:46 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Fewer Guns Mean Safer City Streets</title>
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The surrender of a single shotgun to police won&#8217;t necessarily make the community a safer place. But the signal it sends to those who are working to get guns off the city streets is powerful.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:59:59 EST</pubDate>
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You might call what Cheryl Burnette does &#8220;nursing nurses.&#8221;
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          <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:45 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>With Culinary Arts, CVCC Meeting the Need</title>
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When a need arises in the community, leaders get together to find a way to meet the need. And that&#8217;s why construction of the culinary arts at Central Virginia Community College is about to begin.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:23 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>The Nobel for Good Intentions</title>
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Friday morning, there were probably more than a few Americans who, upon turning on the news when waking up, wondered if they were still in dreamland.           ]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:48:59 EST</pubDate>
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There is an art to opening a successful gallery, and Todd Smith obviously did his homework.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Going Negative Always Wins, Right? Maybe Not</title>
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Might 2009 be the year voters get their fill of negative campaign ads and negative campaigns in general and say &#8220;Enough is enough&#8221;?           ]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:44 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>In Politics, Nothing is Beyond the Pale</title>
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Sometimes, the politics of politics is enough to make you sick to your stomach: the level of personal vitriol; the branding of one&#8217;s philosophical opponents as socialists, fascists or racists; the win-at-all-costs approach.           ]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:49 EST</pubDate>
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While the two candidates for governor battle it out on the campaign trail across Virginia, the needs of public education continue to spiral. The election&#8217;s winner will have his hands full meeting needs that have been neglected during the economic recession.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:45 EST</pubDate>
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An army, they say, travels on its stomach. The same might also be said of a high school football team.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:57:13 EST</pubDate>
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With nearly 6,000 people losing their lives last year in traffic accidents connected to drivers texting or talking on cell phones, isn&#8217;t it about time that the federal government took some action? The states have been toying with restricting use of the devices, but the results have been mixed with only seven states banning hand-held cell phones and 18 making texting while driving illegal.           ]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:14:47 EST</pubDate>
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Does Washington want the states to spend transportation stimulus money as quickly as possible? Or as efficiently as possible? Quick seems to be the answer from Congress. Efficient is the answer from Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, who happens to be right on this one.           ]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:27:22 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>The importance of incentive</title>
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Random thoughts for a Monday &#8230;           ]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:01:56 EST</pubDate>
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          <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:00:48 EST</pubDate>
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Few people may have realized, but a new era dawned Thursday morning in Lynchburg, when a second Amtrak train to Washington, D.C., pulled out of the Kemper Street Station.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:27 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>A Final Step in the Academy&#8217;s Journey</title>
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From its beginnings, the drive to raise money to restore the historic Academy of Music Theatre on Main Street has been a monumental effort. At every turn, it seemed, the project&#8217;s costs increased. Plans changed over time, pushing up the costs.           ]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:04 EST</pubDate>
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In their quest to raise new revenues, the state and its localities often cast their collective eye toward a public service that could be taxed. The meals tax and entertainment tax fall into that category. Neither is particularly popular (are any taxes or fees?), but most residents have accepted them as a necessary method of raising revenues to maintain services provided by the government.           ]]></description>
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Sometime around the end of 2006, Colin Beavan heard that the polar bears in Antarctica were starting to eat each other.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:31:46 EST</pubDate>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:32 EST</pubDate>
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U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu offered good news last week for those seeking to expand the renewable energy front in Virginia. In short, he said the state has great potential for producing clean power from wind and nuclear sources.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:22 EST</pubDate>
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The Chesapeake Bay is one of the most historically and ecologically important bodies of water in America. And if tough steps aren&#8217;t taken soon &#8212; at the federal level &#8212; the Bay, as we know it today, will likely become a giant deadzone.           ]]></description>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:06 EST</pubDate>
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          <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:21:23 EST</pubDate>
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Somehow, it seems like Vinny Giles should be at least 100 years old. That&#8217;s what happens when you start playing a sport in elementary school and continue it past AARP eligibility.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:01:27 EST</pubDate>
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Despite lacking any real fireworks, much less a discussion of the important issues facing Virginia, the gubernatorial campaign between Republican Bob McDonnell and Democrat Creigh Deeds has been a dirty one.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:00:44 EST</pubDate>
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          <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:00:13 EST</pubDate>
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          <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:00:10 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Campbell Is Planning For the Future</title>
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The best way to manage future economic growth is to plan for it and plan well. That&#8217;s the lesson the Campbell County Board of Supervisors can teach quite a few other local government bodies.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:48:22 EST</pubDate>
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          <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:46:14 EST</pubDate>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:43 EST</pubDate>
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Is highway construction, albeit on a reduced schedule, continuing in Virginia at the expense of maintaining roads in the state&#8217;s localities?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:59:34 EST</pubDate>
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I was sick in bed on Monday, anxiously awaiting my next visit from Dr. Ibuprofen, when I decided to write a column about my notebook.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:21:15 EST</pubDate>
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While the Frankfurt, Germany, auto show was buzzing last week with electric models designed to go farther on a single battery charge, a Charlottesville real estate developer with ties to Lynchburg, was discussing his own entry in the growing parade of fuel-efficient vehicles.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:43 EST</pubDate>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:26 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>A Revival of the Economy on Fifth Street</title>
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Merchants on Fifth Street offered a big sigh of relief last week with the opening of the roundabout, the traffic device that will keep vehicles moving at the intersection of Fifth and Federal streets without the aid of a stop light.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:49 EST</pubDate>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:40 EST</pubDate>
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          <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:10:21 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Voters Deserve Details, Specifics From Hopefuls</title>
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The commonwealth of Virginia faces tough challenges in the coming years, challenges that the next governor must deal with.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:47 EST</pubDate>
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          <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:00:19 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>An Ethics Policy for Amherst? Not Just Yet</title>
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The forced resignation of County Administrator Rodney Taylor continues to ripple through the halls of Amherst County government.           ]]></description>
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