Posted on 10 April 2013. Tags: Absorption, Country Folks, Disability, Entitlement Programs, Immigrants, Last November, Many People, Mechanicsville Va, New Jobs, Safety Net, Shame, Statistic, Unemployment Rate, Workforce
Folks, I don’t know how else to categorize this but we are living in a dying country. Only 88,000 new jobs were added last month when we were expecting more like 188,000. The unemployment rate, because of this terrible statistic, is down to 7.6% because so many people are no longer counted as if they [...]
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Posted in Opinion
Posted on 10 April 2013. Tags: Advocate, Blah, Education, Gentleman, Hanover, Hawk, Mechanicsville Va, Private School Teachers, Private Schools, Public School Teachers, School Outcomes, Tax Group, taxes
More Taxes! Less Taxes! More education funding! Less education funding! BLAH! BLAH! BLAH! I’m writing to advocate for the forgotten group; NO TAXES! My only child attends private school so I should be able to opt out of funding the government run schools which I don’t really approve of anyway. And the people who want [...]
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Posted in News, OpEd
Posted on 04 April 2013. Tags: Assistant Principals, Central Virginia Area, County Administrator, County Attorney, Hanover, John Calhoun, Localities, Mechanicsville Va, Monies, Pockets, Reader Submission, Salaries, School Principals, Special Interests, Superintendent, Tax Money
Did you know? Out of 20 localities in the Central Virginia area, Hanover has: The highest paid school principals The highest paid county workers The second highest paid assistant principals The third highest paid teachers Compensation of county administrator–$200,000 Compensation of county attorney–$250,000 Compensation of school board superintendent–$200,000 Does it look like the monies budgeted [...]
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Posted in News, Opinion
Posted on 27 March 2013. Tags: Amp, Beauty, Darkness, Embedded, Golgotha, Holy Majesty, Holy Week, Jesus Sake, Last Sunday, Mechanicsville Va, Narrative, Narrator, Nbsp, Reminders, Royer, Savior, Silence, Voice Of God
Holy Week began last Sunday and the week was filled with harsh and cruel reminders. The Savior’s broken body and spilling blood will be lifted up on the cross so our eyes can focus on the splendid theater of God’s glory in the awful beauty and holy majesty of Christ crucified. But we watch the [...]
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Posted in Opinion
Posted on 20 April 2012. Tags: American Legion, Calendars, Conflict, Election Year, Facebook, Founders, Future Generations, Hanover, Mechanicsville Va, Meeting Times, Moving, Mtp, Party Schedule, Resolve, Schedule Change, Tea Party, Website Www
Please mark your calendars for the change! Mechanicsville TEA Party Schedule Change Starting June 6th MTP will meet 1st and 3rd WEDNESDAY To all of our members and supporters: The MTP is moving to a new night! At the request of the American Legion and in order to reduce conflict with other regularly scheduled [...]
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Posted in Tea Party
Posted on 24 August 2011. Tags: 9 News, American Legion Hall, Bell Creek, Hanover, Mechanicsville Va, Moving, Mtp, New Location, New Sheriff, News Bulletin, Tea Party
Effective 9/1/11, the Mechanicsville Tea Party will meet in a NEW location: The new spacious 250 seat American Legion hall at 8700 Bell Creek Road, Mechanicsville, VA 23116. Let have a HUGE turnout 9/1/11 at 7 pm at the Legion Hall! The special guest is Hanover Sheriff Col. David R. Hines! Let’s give the new [...]
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Posted in News