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Some thoughts about the drowning incident…

By now, everybody’s heard of the tragic story of the drowning incident involving a 5-year old boy at Danville’s Dan Daniel Park. Here’s some thoughts about the incident…

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Hey, Paula? You got busted!

Over a year ago, I issued a challenge to the Gazette-Virginian columnists to quit reprinting forwarded emails. Needless to say, they didn’t change their ways and this past week, Paula Bryant (the editor) got busted for reprinting copyrighted material.

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Some thoughts about today’s Danville Tea Party “Freedom Rally”

The Danville Tea Party sponsored a “Freedom Rally” at Danville’s Ballou Park today. Let’s take a look at what happened using the infamous “random thoughts” format.

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“I’m Robert Hurt, who the hell are you?”

Ouch. Laurance Verga takes a gamble and it doesn’t pay off.

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Danville City Council Race – Update #4

(Last update – Danville City Council Race – Update #3)

We’re about one month away from the general election for Danville’s City Council. So, has anything changed? Any big moves? Any buzz out on the streets?

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We’re (not) out to get the tea parties!

It’s not paranoia if they’re really out to get you. Unfortunately for the Lynchburg Tea Party, “they’re” really not out to get them.

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Thoughts & Review: Kings Dominion (Opening Day)

I’m not the avid theme park enthusiast, but here goes some thoughts on a trip to Kings Dominion on opening day.

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Clean Energy Workshop in Martinsville tonight

Tom Perriello will be speaking at tonight’s event.

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Review of Reidsville’s “Cafe 99”

It’s worth the drive to Reidsville NC to eat at Cafe 99.

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UPDATED: Strange Days in 5th District Land!

(Originally published on: Mar 23, 2010 @ 21:40) – UPDATED to include a new Josh Solovskoy posting.

Everything had been cruising right along as close to normal as possible until now. Two unrelated events just happened that make these very Strange Days.

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Guest OpinionCentral: Jim Barczak on Halifax County Schools

Here at SouthsideCentral, we’re glad to present opinions from citizens of issues of local and regional importance. Today, Jim Barczak weighs in with an OpinionCentral on his take of the problems with the Halifax County School System.

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Food Chain! – 5th District Candidates – Update #1

We did a Food Chain! on the candidates for the Republican 5th District nomination ten weeks ago, so it’s time for an update. This time, we’ll promise to get all seven candidates in there the first time. 😉

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So, how did the candidates do at today’s debate?

All righty then… we just completed some random thoughts on today’s 5th District debate in Danville. It’s time to see how I think the candidates did.

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Don’t kill the Fire Marshal!

For one thing, that would be bad. For another thing, it’s been added to the list of death penalty offenses. But wait, there’s more!

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ThreadSpotting QuickHits! (3/8)

It’s two, two features in one! We always thank our readers for the HalifaxTalk ThreadSpotting submissions, so let’s knock a few of them out quickly. You got your ThreadSpotting in my QuickHits!

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UPDATED: He’s got some ‘splainin to do…

(Originally published on Mar 7, 2010 @ 17:18 – Updated to review Motley’s appearance on Jessica Griffith’s TV show tonight)

Updated

If Thomas Motley wants to have a real chance at getting elected to Danville City Council, his choosing not to look back or comment on his past isn’t going to cut it.

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Three words that terrify me.

Governor Ward Armstrong. 😯 Aaaaaaiiiiiiieeeeeee! No. No! NO!!! Make it stop!

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Laurence Verga grasps for another straw (and fails).

We had made it 22 days without an article on the 5th District race. That streak comes to an end after a stupid-ass comment by Verga, who said Robert Hurt raised taxes “once again”.

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A very melancholy “Happy Trails” to Lyle Lacy

The city of Danville has lost a great man and public servant. Lyle Lacy helped SouthsideCentral start up our governmental coverage and we’ll always owe him that debt of gratitude.

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Danville City Council Race – Update #3

The deadline’s passed and the field is set. Let’s see what’s Danville’s looking at for the May 5th elections.

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UPDATED: There’s Panic In the Streets!

The sheriff’s wife has had her purse stolen out of her car while it was parked at South Boston’s First Baptist Church. The South Boston Police Department & the Halifax County Sheriff’s Department are out in full force! We’ve got Breaking News & a ThreadSpotting all combined in one! Oh, this is going to be […]

Tank Museum Terrors!

There are so many ways to look at this story, but we’re going to stick with the hilarious & mocking ones.

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Vivian Paige: “The struggle toward inclusiveness”

Want a real-world view of what racism actually is? Vivain Paige talks about it, and she talks about it from experience.

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Bronx Boy Bagels cited for failing to submit meal taxes

It really pains me to write this article and I’m really hoping for a happy ending to this.

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You’ve just saved $51,900,000! (not)

That’s right, folks. Taxpayers have just saved just shy of $52 Million Dollars*. (That sounds better if you do it in a Dr. Evil voice, by the way) Oh, you noticed that asterisk behind “52 Million Dollars”, did you? Very observant. Let’s see why it’s there…

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