Naughty? Rep. Cantor & Co. Give Virginia’s Poor and Middle Class a Lump of Coal
Today Virginia members of the House of Representatives including Reps. Cantor, Hurt, Griffith, Forbes, Rigell, Wittman and Goodlatte, voted against the Senate budget bill, which i ...
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Like not breathing in lead? Thank the EPA.
From presidential hopeful Mitt Romney to Rep. Cantor, conservative politicians want to gut the protections that keep our families healthy and hold reckless companies account ...
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Jenn Peterson, Finding Real Solutions
Jenn Peterson, the 2010 summer volunteer intern for the South Hampton Road's Chapter of Virginia Organizing, is literally making waves and big changes to the way Brown Bay Island ...
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We Won! Victory on Fredericksburg CSX Campaign
We won. We don’t get to write those two simple words often enough at Virginia Organizing, but part of working on tough issues means that the struggle can take a while. That ...
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Edd Houck is playing hardball with CSX; it’s about time
The following editorial was published in the Fredericksburg Freelance Star on February 9, 2011.IT'S been over a year now since Mayfield residents acquired some disturbing new ...
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Sen. Houck is taking on CSX on rail tank cars
The following letter to the editor was written by Virginia Organizing member Joe Katz and was published in the Fredericksburg Freelance Star on 2/4/11.I'm writing to thank sta ...
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Holding CSX Accountable in Fredericksburg
The following blog post was first posted at Blue Virginia on January 28, 2011.The residents of Mayfield, a neighborhood near downtown Fredericksburg, have taken a major stand agai ...
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Reducing Pollution = Jobs and Strong Economy
RICHMOND, Va. - Cleaning up the environment while creating jobs and a strong economy are not often mentioned in the same sentence, but according to a new poll, 80 percent of Virgi ...
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What happens in Mayfield affects us all
The following is a blog post from the FAAR Forum (Fredericksburg Area Association of Realtors) The original article can be found by clicking here.If you’ve been ...
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Community Forum Addresses CSX Train Cars Containing Toxic Materials Parked in Mayfield
Fredericksburg, VA – On September 8, local residents held a forum on the dangers posed to the community by CSX/Transflo rail cars containing toxic chemicals parked in the Ma ...
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