The Edge

Posted on July 15th, 2008 by chrisgraham

What you might have missed from augustafreepress.com …

“Artsy smartsy” - Arts means more than cultural opportunities. It’s also big business in Staunton and Harrisonburg. How big? Try millions of dollars a year and growing. Get inside the Valley arts industry and learn how it works for our local economy.

“No thanks, PAC man” - Sixth District Democratic Party nominee Sam Rasoul is taking a principled stand on not taking money from political action committees and lobbyists. Will this help him on Election Day? We talked with Rasoul, local Democratic Party leaders and a pair of political analysts to get the scoop.

“Does Augusta County need an economic-development director?” - Augusta County has made it this far into its nearly four-century history without one. But can the county compete for jobs in a 21st century economy without someone on the staff at the Government Center who wakes up every morning thinking about dollars and economic sense?

“Lessons gleaned from Gloucester” - Gloucester County is in the midst of a local-government shakeup that has its roots in a shakeup at the polls last November. Are there similarities to what has been going on down in Gloucester to what we’re seeing in post-election Waynesboro?

“The other side of discrimination” - A Hershey employee was let go from his job at the Stuarts Draft plant after a racial-discrimination incident that his coworkers are saying was trumped up at best. Learn more about Bubba Smith and what has happened to him and his family in the fallout of this sad story.

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