Today's Opinions

Last week it was announced that California-based Med-Fit Systems, Inc. had come to the rescue of more than 100 people about to lose their jobs in Grayson County.

Leaders of the 23-year-old physical therapy and senior care products provider offered 115 of the 170-plus employees a position with the newly named business in Grayson and vowed to return to full staff within 36 months.

Grayson leaders worked diligently for several months to keep as many jobs as possible in an area suffering from a 12 percent unemployment rate.

Now the real work begins.

I am writing to express concerns former Gov. Kaine's budget reduction proposal as it pertains to Medicaid home- and community-based programs.

Any one of the proposals would have an extremely negative impact on providing care for some of Virginia's most frail and vulnerable citizens.

In combination, they will devastate Virginia's home- and community-based care system.

I am keenly aware of the commonwealth's fiscal condition and recognize that this past year has been challenging.

Winter portends a perilous number of driving pitfalls, but patchy pavement doesn't usually lead the pack of problems.

But this winter has presented a particularly potent set of potholes for motorists to pass through.

The proof in the pudding can be found in a long line of damaged vehicles forced to the shoulder of Interstate 77, near the 11 mile marker of the northbound lanes.

There were reports of dozens of disabled vehicles needing repairs to wheels and tires as a result of dipping into large depressions, causing sudden deflations.