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Jim Bacon of Bacon’s Rebellion joins Coy Barefoot to talk about the latest in Virginia politics. The General Assembly reconvenes next week, and the discussion in this interview is over what role transportation will play in this short session. Governor Kaine says he wants the session to focus on how to pay for road and transit projects throughout the state. Bacon outlines how he thinks the session will unfold.

“The governor is still pushing really hard for what he calls a sustainable long-term transportation funding, and the Republicans in the House are just as insistent against it,” says Bacon. “Hopefully what will happen is that there’s some room for agreement.”

In this show, Coy also laments the decision by blogger Norm Leahy to stop posting to his site, One Man’s Trash.

Charlottesville–Right Now is broadcast live Monday through Friday on NewsRadio 1070 WINA from 4 to 6pm. Best-selling author and historian Coy Barefoot is the host and producer. To participate in the program, you can call 434-977-1070. Coy can be reached at barefoot@wina.com.

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Kenton Ngo is a 16-year-old political blogger who runs the site 750 Volts. He phones in on the November 2nd edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to weigh in on the Virginia Senate race. Ngo thinks Jim Webb has the momentum coming into Tuesday’s election, and will rout Allen in Northern Virginia. But he says turnout in Tidewater will be crucial in determining the winner.

Charlottesville–Right Now is broadcast live Monday through Friday on NewsRadio 1070 WINA from 4 to 6pm. Best-selling author and historian Coy Barefoot is the host and producer. To participate in the program, you can call 434-977-1070. Coy can be reached at barefoot@wina.com.

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Joe Oddo is the Green party candidate for Virginia’s Fifth District, and Gail Parker is the Green party candidate for Senate. They joined Coy Barefoot on the October 27th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss what they’d do if they were elected. Parker addresses the news last week that she might consider endorsing either Jim Webb or George Allen in exchange for promises that the victor get behind her idea to increase federal funding for high speed passenger rail service. Oddo and Parker also support the ending of no-bid contracts for preferred government contractors.

Charlottesville–Right Now is broadcast live Monday through Friday on NewsRadio 1070 WINA from 4 to 6pm. Best-selling author and historian Coy Barefoot is the host and producer. To participate in the program, you can call 434-977-1070. Coy can be reached at barefoot@wina.com.

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Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell joins Coy Barefoot on the Wednesday, October 11th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now for his monthly visit. He takes calls from listeners on issues ranging from electricity deregulation to cracking down on drunk drivers, as well as a conversation on how to stop Internet predators.

Charlottesville–Right Now is broadcast live Monday through Friday on NewsRadio 1070 WINA from 4 to 6pm. Best-selling author and historian Coy Barefoot is the host and producer. To participate in the program, you can call 434-977-1070. Coy can be reached at barefoot@wina.com.

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In his weekly visit to WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now with Coy Barefoot, Bob Gibson joins the show to talk about the latest in the race between Jim Webb and George Allen. Polls show the two men are locked in a statistical dead heat. Coy and Bob take calls from listeners, many of whom wonder if character is an important factor in selecting a candidate.

David Ekern is the new commissioner of the Virginia Department of Transportation. He joined Coy Barefoot on the September 28th episode of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now. Ekern took office last week after a stint as the director of Idaho’s transportation department.

“That was a lot of fun,” says Ekern. “We made a lot of changes, we introduced new ways of doing business, we focused on innovative finance, and we had a really aggresive agenda with the legislature to streamline and modernize what’s going on in Idaho.”

John Dean, former Counsel to President Nixon during the Watergate scandal, joins Coy to discuss his new book Conservatives Without Conscience. Dean describes the book as a “warning” about the dangers of authoritarianism on American soil. He takes the Bush/Cheney administration to task for its heavy-handed secrecy and its approach to Executive power that Dean says borders on fascism.

Charlottesville–Right Now is broadcast live Monday through Friday on NewsRadio 1070 WINA from 4 to 6pm. Best-selling author and historian Coy Barefoot is the host and producer. To participate in the program, you can call 434-977-1070. Coy can be reached at barefoot@wina.com.

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Delegate Brian Moran is the chairman of the Democratic Caucus in the House. He talks about the possibility of the General Assembly revisiting the Commonwealth’s transportation challenges later this fall. Also discussed: Stem cell research and Jim Webb’s chances in the U.S. Senate race.

Charlottesville–Right Now is broadcast live Monday through Friday on NewsRadio 1070 WINA from 4 to 6pm. Best-selling author and historian Coy Barefoot is the host and producer. To participate in the program, you can call 434-977-1070. Coy can be reached at barefoot@wina.com.

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Hey all! While no one is looking, and before I have any of this written out, I just want to say I’m happy to be finally writing something on virginiapodcast.net.

So, what is virginiapodcast.net? Well, that’s a good question. What I would like for us to be is an aggregator for all podcasts across Virginia. I would like this to be the place where everyone in this state will come for non-broadcast audio and video recordings made in and around this wonderful state of ours.

But, it’s going to take some work. And, you’ll notice, we don’t have any podcasts here yet. It’s going to take some time to get used to another blog. It’s a bit heady to talk about the plans we have for this space, mostly because we’re such a small staff.

We know that podcasting is a viable medium, and one that is poised to take off. And, this will be among the places to find out what’s going on in this wonderful state of ours.