Appomattox Area News

President Obama has announced the launch of his Administration’s Rural Tour. This summer, over the course of the next few weeks and months, top Administration officials, including Cabinet Secretaries, will fan out across the nation to hold a series of discussions on how communities, states, and the federal government can work together to help strengthen rural America.

I’ve met lots of people with dreams that one day – God willing, the creeks don’t rise, and a winning lottery ticket – they’ll pursue. And a lot of those folks were amateur photographers like myself, honing their skills in classes at Central Virginia Community College until they could set up their own studio.

Today the U.S. House passed the National Defense Authorization Act, which included an amendment by Congressman Tom Perriello to protect military service members who face early termination penalties on cell phone contracts and residential leases as a result of their deployment or change of duty station. The amendment, which passed by voice vote, allows military personnel called into active duty to be released from residential leases and family cell phone contracts without financial penalty.

…The Jamerson Library’s next event will be on Thursday, July 02, “I Can Be A Star Too!” a one-hour drama camp. The first camp will be 1:00pm for patrons that are pre-K through 5 years of age. The second camp will be at 3:00pm for patrons 6 through 9 years of age. You must be pre-registered to attend either camp. You can stop by the Jamerson Library or call on the phone to add your child’s name to the list, as these classes are limited to the first 20 who sign up…

Governor Timothy M. Kaine announced today that Virginia is for Lovers, the official state tourism slogan, has been named one of the top ten tourism marketing campaigns of all time by Forbes.com. This honor comes as the state is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Virginia is for Lovers campaign, and affirms the Commonwealth’s commitment to promoting its natural and historic resources and other treasures.

In Tom Perriello’s report to the Fifth District this week, he states, “Southside Virginia will be one of the winners under this bill, accelerating its ascendance to being the future energy capital of Virginia. In a carbon-constrained economy, we will see a resurgence of nuclear power.” While this statement appears to tout a promising future for Southside, the reality is that nuclear power is not “carbon-constrained.”

The VUI oligarchy continues to ignore and minimize the negative impacts of uranium mining and milling. Equally disturbing is this industry’s ongoing attempts to errode our civil rights and the legislators who are allowing this travesty.

Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) joined Free Press and Stop the Cap! on a national conference call today to discuss the “Broadband Internet Fairness Act” (H.R. 2902), legislation that would protect consumers from Internet overcharges.