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We certainly need someone who will lead us out of the abyss and darkness of the Obama disaster. Certainly that will eliminate Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, who are dangerous radicals who both would continue the destruction of our country started by Barack Obama. And, please, don’t throw your vote away on Donald Trump. He is not a true conservative by any stretch of the imagination.
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residents of Chimborazo and Rockett’s Landing located just below the hill were not cordial and the newspaper reported several incidents described as riots that, in reality, were fights
He says many good things that we can agree with, but most of what he says is just to please his current crowd who is speaking to. He is arrogant, vulgar and nasty, and tries to destroy anyone who does not agree with him. He does not just disagree with someone’s policies but goes after them in a personal way. Look at how he went after Megyn Kelly of Fox for a tough question she asked him or how he made fun of Carly Fiorina’s face or mocked a handicapped man. And yet he had high praise
for Vladimir Putin, the butcher of Moscow. The only true conservative in the race is Ted Cruz, a fearless conservative fighter who is not afraid to go after the liberal Obama allies in his own party and the liars in both parties. Ted Cruz came out against ethanol, a popular product in Iowa, knowing it would cost him votes. Even the Republican governor of Iowa told the voters of his state to vote for anyone but Cruz. It turns out the governor’s son was making big bucks from ethanol.
Cruz stuck to his principles and still won the Iowa Caucus. Trump seems like he could be another Obama – say anything to please the crowd at the time, lie any time and ignore the Constitution when it doesn’t agree with his jaded and dangerous policies. Ted Cruz is the true conservative still running, who will protect and govern by the Constitution, protect unborn babies and Christians, stand up for true marriage between a man and a woman, close the borders to illegal immigrants, stand up to Russia and other tyrant countries and find and destroy ISIS, stop the immi-
gration of Muslims into our country until we can determine who is a terrorist and who is not, once again show Israel that we are their friend and will come to their defense against all enemies and he will protect and enforce many other conservative principles that others would simply forget about once they were elected and safely in office. Please, please, please – for the survival of our beloved country, get out and vote for a true patriotic American conservative on March 1, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz. Raymond C. Germeroth Mechanicsville
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between residents and intruders. In 1880, the city ordered the community torn down, and the lumber from the dozens of buildings was sold to the highest bidder and sold off. Some of the squatters moved structures across
Broad Street but remained in the area, but the large community of freed slaves who lived at Chimborazo spread out across the country and the world. It’s a piece of Richmond history that has been reclaimed thanks to the dogged efforts
of Gorman and his colleagues. It’s no surprise that there’s still much to learn about the years after the war when the industry of slavery ended, and thousands of slaves found that being free didn’t solve everything in a destroyed South. Learning about
Chimborazo affirmed something I’ve always believed: The more you look, the more you learn. When it comes to Richmond and its history, it’s also good to know there are still mysteries out there, places not visited and stories not told.
It’s never too late to discover them. I’ll view Chimborazo differently now as I recognize it’s another important part of African-American history in the city — a history that will one day be complete and celebrated.
ASHLAND – The Hanover County School Board, based upon a request from the Hanover County Electoral Board and Voter Registrar Teri Smithson, recently agreed to close all Hanover County Public Schools on Tuesday, March1, for the Presidential Primary. Chris R. Whitley, public information officer for the school division, said the Electoral Board and Smithson see PRIMARY, pg. 18
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