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The Digital Divide – Further Inequality in Education

08 Jan

The League of Women Voters of Montgomery County, VA  recently completed a consensus study with the National League of Women Voters on the Role of the Federal Government in K-12 Education. The LWV of Montgomery County has some special webpages dedicated to further study of some of the issues that came to light during our study. You can find more information and materials at: League of Women Voters of Montgomery County, VA – Education Study.

Unfortunately, in my opinion, one issue that did not come up in the study (at least not directly) was the impact of the “Digital Divide” in education. Read the rest of this entry »

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Posted by on January 8, 2012 in VOTE, Your Tax Money

 

Barber for Town Council – Christiansburg, VA

06 Nov

Yes, I know that there are 3 council positions open. Right now, though I want to address one in particular. Council Member (Cm. & yes, I looked it up, Cm. is the accepted abbreviation for Council Member) Michael Barber has spent 11 years on the Christiansburg Town Council. The last 4 of those years, there has been one citizen who has watched him closely during Town Council and various committee meetings. She even took audios/videos of the meetings and re-watched (or re-listened) to them multiple times. She got copies of the minutes of meetings and reviewed them ad-nauseum. When she disagreed with him on something, she spoke up publicly, and privately, demanding answers and explanations. Read the rest of this entry »

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Posted by on November 6, 2011 in Christiansburg, VA, Local Government, VOTE

 

Sample Ballots for Montgomery County VA

05 Nov

Using VERIS (Virginia Election and Registration Information System) to find out who and what will be on your ballot:

Where are the Sample Ballots for Montgomery County, VA? It does not appear that they exist. However, the information you need is available if you happen to have internet access and the knowledge of how to make “VERIS” (Virginia Election and Registration Information System) work. Oh, and you will also need to have your voter ID card handy. You can access that information on the card you received in the mail or by going to VERIS and checking. Read the rest of this entry »

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Posted by on November 5, 2011 in VA government, VOTE

 

Wealth of Money + Dirth of Courage = ?

03 Nov

Why is it that those candidates running for public office, who are receiving a lot of money (primarily from sources well outside the area they hope to represent). consistently seem to shy away from any situation where they have an opportunity to speak before those who may not agree with them on positions.

Most recent: Nutter opts out of debate (Collegiate Times). Read the rest of this entry »

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Posted by on November 3, 2011 in Local Government, VA government, VOTE

 

Amazing things can be learned at candidate forums

28 Oct

from those who show up at least:)

VPAP.org – The Virginia Public Access Project is the source for finding out who is funding each candidate. (My thanks to Mr. Langhrer for this one!) Read the rest of this entry »

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Posted by on October 28, 2011 in Citizen Participation, VA, VA government, VOTE

 

Candidate Forums for the Nov. 8th election

25 Oct

Three candidate forums down and three to go.

On Wednesday October 26 Candidate Forums are being held for:

  • Town of Blacksburg, Town council: 7-9pm in Blacksburg Town Council Chambers
  • General Assembly Forum is being held at 7pm in the City of Radford at the Radford High School Auditorium Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by on October 25, 2011 in Blacksburg, Christiansburg, VA, Citizen Participation, Local Government, Montgomery County, Radford, VA, VA government, VOTE

 

Throwing Money or Investing Wisely: What does that mean in government?

20 Oct

While I’m sitting around pondering who to vote for in this election, spending keeps rolling around in my head. It seems to me that there is a lot of talk about either spending or not spending and not much about the wise use of taxpayer dollars.

I hear candidates talking about “I’m gonna do this.” “I’m gonna do that.” but there is something routinely missing. “How ya gonna pay for this or that?” Read the rest of this entry »

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Posted by on October 20, 2011 in Local Government, US Government, VA government, VOTE, Your Tax Money

 

Candidate Forum Videos

20 Oct

The League of Women Voters of Montgomery County Virginia are in the process of hosting 5 different candidate forums where citizen generated questions are presented to candidates in a public forum. These programs are: Read the rest of this entry »

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Posted by on October 20, 2011 in Blacksburg, Christiansburg, VA, Citizen Participation, Local Government, Montgomery County, Radford, VA government, VOTE

 

Occupy Blacksburg

16 Oct

Having Lupus and being under a doctor’s orders to avoid direct sunlight, I don’t get out much in the daytime unless it is something I consider to be very important. Such an event occurred on October 15, 2011 in Blacksburg, VA. It was “Occupy Blacksburg” a spin-off if you will of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. Read the rest of this entry »

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Posted by on October 16, 2011 in Citizen Participation, Local Government, US Government, VA government, VOTE

 

Christiansburg Town Council Candidate Forum

13 Oct

Thursday, Oct. 13th, at 7pm in the Town Council Chambers at Christiansburg Town Hall, 5 candidates will be working to convince voters that he/she is the best candidate and deserves your vote. Read the rest of this entry »

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Posted by on October 13, 2011 in Christiansburg, VA, VOTE

 
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