News from the Coffin Corner: Delegate Hull’s Richmond Report
This Is It! After a total of 17 years and 8 full days in office, my term has expired, and this is the last “News From The Coffin Corner” column.
Republican Attacks On Harry Reid Ignore History and Context
No one doubts that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) made a huge gaffe when he said that Barack Obama could become the nation’s first African American president because he was “light skinned” and had “no negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.”
Big Steps to Avert The Depression
Robert Reich, former Labor Secretary under President Clinton and one of the most candid, accurate and reliable commentators on the current economic situation, stated on national TV Sunday that “the data are terrible,” the situation is “scary,” and “we’ve never been here before.”
F.C. Business News & Notes: January 14 – 20, 2009
News Falls Church Cabinetry, winner of the Falls Church City’s Most Improved Commercial Property Award in March 2008, has closed its doors at 1001 S. West Street in Falls Church.
The Peak Oil Crisis: Gasoline Prices Revisited
It has been 18 months since we all worried very much about high oil prices. Starting in July 2008 gasoline prices took an historic plunge dropping from a U.S. average high of $4.11 a gallon all the way down to $1.70 in January 2009.
Letters to the Editor: January 14 – 20, 2010
Youths Dropped Christmas Tree in Wrong Place Editor, On Thursday afternoon, January 7, three young girls were dragging a Christmas tree down Cleave Drive (just off Hillwood Avenue) toward Azalea Park. They dragged the tree into the park where it appeared they were going to leave it.
Congressman Moran’s News Commentary
Last year, the H1N1 virus, more commonly known as the “swine flu,” swept across the country. Between April and November 2009 alone, it infected approximately 47 million Americans, contributing to more than 200,000 hospitalizations and nearly 10,000 deaths.
Editorial: The Challenge Of Independence
The solid majority on the Falls Church City Council, the five of seven Councilmen who voted to move the City’s municipal elections from May to November beginning in 2011, are to be congratulated, especially the four who remained steadfast throughout the extended debate.
F.C. Schools Chief Presents 4 Options for Dire Budget Cuts
Similar to Ones Proposed for Fairfax Schools Falls Church School Superintendent Dr. Lois Berlin, telling the F.C. School Board Tuesday this coming budget year “is like no other,” submitted instead of the usual superintendent’s recommended budget for Fiscal Year 2011, a set of four scenarios for drastic reductions in annual school system expenditures.