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The Botetourt County Republican party has scheduled a primary election on Saturday to choose board of supervisors candidates for the Amsterdam and Buchanan districts. Amsterdam residents can vote from 3 to 6 p.m. at Lord Botetourt High School. Buchananâs primary is at Buchanan Elementary School from 9 a.m. to noon. The firehouse primary â so called because it is organized by the local party, instead of elections officials â includes one longtime supervisor, Steve Clinton of Amsterdam. His opponent, Jim Ludington, is in his first race for office. In Buchanan, Amy Stinnett White is running her first race, though supervisors unanimously appointed her late last year, after then-Supervisor Ray Sloan resigned to return to volunteer firefighting. Whiteâs opponent, Will Smith, has returned to campaigning after an unsuccessful 2009 run against then-19th District Del. Lacey Putney. ....
BY JEFF E. SCHAPIRO Richmond Times-Dispatch When it came to briefing the legislatureâs money committees, no one quite rivaled Stuart Connock in telling them what they wanted to hear â without telling them too much. He would use a lot of technical jargon, allude to âtaxpayer behaviorâ and cite economic data, which he pronounced âdater.â Connock, as Virginiaâs de facto and actual finance chief in the 1970s and 1980s, was not trying to mislead delegates and senators. Rather, he was intent on preserving his flexibility â and that of the governors, Republican and Democratic, for whom he worked. By ensuring that maneuverability â and always knowing where he could find a few extra million dollars for the pet programs of governors and legislators â Connock, who died this past Sunday at 95, was among the most powerful state officials Virginians didnât elect. ....