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Former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman now heads up a group called My Party Too, a political action committee that works to support moderate Republicans across the country.Whitman recently wrote It’s My Party Too: The Battle for the Heart of the GOP and the Future of America. Whitman recently spoke with Coy Barefoot about the group, as well as her stint at head of the Environmental Protection Agency.

 

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This week, the long stalemate between the two house of the General Assembly ended when the House rejected amendments made by Governor Tim Kaine. Speaker of the House Bill Howell of Fredericskburg joined Coy Barefoot on the June 29 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now. He gave his assessment of the budget, Virginia’s transportation problems, and the 2006 General Assembly session.

 

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John Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute joins Coy Barefoot on the June 28 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now for his monthly discussion on civil liberties.

Among the topics this time:

-Virginia colleges will be required by law to cross-check the names of all incoming freshmen with the sex offender registry.
-The federal government’s new policy of monitoring international bank records in search of terrorist activity
-The Supreme Court this week ruled that evidence seized in “no-knock” raids can be admissible in court

 

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Lt. Governor Bill Bolling phoned in on the June 28 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to talk about Virginia’s new state budget. He also discusses his efforts to shore up Virginia’s laws to prevent against government seizures.

 

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Charlottesville–Right Now is broadcast live Monday through Friday on NewsRadio 1070 WINA from 4 to 6pm. Best-selling author and historian Coy Barefoot is the host and producer. To participate in the program, you can call 434-977-1070. Coy can be reached at barefoot@wina.com.

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Virginia finally has a state budget after the General Assembly voted on amendments Governor Tim Kaine suggested. However, Delegate David Toscano of Charlottesville is concerned the Republican majority voted to kill most of those amendments, including $3.75 million for a project he says would have helped Lynchburg prevent raw sewage from pouring into the James River. Toscano had his say on the June 28 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now.

 

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Read about the General Assembly’s action in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Brian Wheeler of Charlottesville Tomorrow joined Coy Barefoot on the June 27 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now for his weekly conversation on area growth and development issues.

Among the topics: How large of a population will eventually live in Crozet? What’s the latest on the North Pointe development? And why does Brian have concerns about what Secretary of Transportation Pierce Homer recent comments about the area’s priority transportation list?

 

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Charlottesville–Right Now is broadcast live Monday through Friday on NewsRadio 1070 WINA from 4 to 6pm. Best-selling author and historian Coy Barefoot is the host and producer. To participate in the program, you can call 434-977-1070. Coy can be reached at barefoot@wina.com.

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Amy Carson of the group Moms Against Mercury was Coy’s guest on the June 27, 2006 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now. Carson is leading a June 29 rally in Atlanta to convince the Centers for Disease Control to reconsider its position on the possible link between autism and mercury in vaccines.

 

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Charlottesville–Right Now is broadcast live Monday through Friday on NewsRadio 1070 WINA from 4 to 6pm. Best-selling author and historian Coy Barefoot is the host and producer. To participate in the program, you can call 434-977-1070. Coy can be reached at barefoot@wina.com.

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Lowell Feld of the website Raising Kaine has been credited with helping convince Jim Webb to run for the U.S. Senate. Webb defeated Harris Miller earlier this month for the Democratic nomination for the seat currently held by George Allen. Feld joined Coy Barefoot on the June 26 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss Webb’s candidacy, and the changing role of political consultants.

 

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Arin Sime (photo by George Loper)

It’s the summer of 2006, but Arin Sime is already running hard for the Virginia Senate seat currently held by Republican Emmett Hanger. Sime recently dropped by WINA’s studios on Rose Hill Drive to talk about his candidacy, and how the Supreme Court’s Kelo v New London decision helped convinced him to run for office.

 

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Charlottesville–Right Now is broadcast live Monday through Friday on NewsRadio 1070 WINA from 4 to 6pm. Best-selling author and historian Coy Barefoot is the host and producer. To participate in the program, you can call 434-977-1070. Coy can be reached at barefoot@wina.com.

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We all have opinions on the growth going on in Charlottesville and surrounding counties. But Jack Marshall is well-positioned to make his declaration that Albemarle County needs to set an “optimal sustainable population.” Marshall is a cultural anthropologist who spent many years studying the effects of population growth. Now he’s the president of Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population. He spoke at the annual meeting of the Ivy Creek Foundation on June 25, 2006, in the Foundation’s new education building.

 

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