I wrote an article in April predicting program cuts at Virginia Tech as a result of the $11 million settlement with the families of the shooting victims. Today the Roanoke Times is reportingthat the college is facing a budget shortfall and planning to cut a total of $11.2 million from academic and cooperative extension programs. [...]
A hearing at the local office of the Virginia ABC Board drew standing room only crowds yesterday as a handful of local busybodies led by a publicity hungry Baptist preacher attempted to convince ABC officials to reject the license application for the Shooting Creek Farm Brewery. Opponents of the microbrewery claim that granting the license [...]
According to today’s issue of the Roanoke Times, the state has reached a settlement with families of the victims of the shootings at Virginia Tech. Details are not clear at this point, but what is known is that “the majority of the families” have agreed to a settlement totaling $11,000,000.00. While I have nothing but [...]