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HELP BUILD A HOUSE FOR A LOCAL HERO; Burger night at Country Fare Restaurant (11 Hope Rd Stafford) 9/27/10 5pm-8pm For only $10 you get a burger, fries and drink. All proceeds go to help build Sgt. Lyon a home! Here’s your chance to say thank you for protecting our freedom!
Marine Sgt Kenny Lyon was on his second deployment to Iraq when his unit came under mortar attack near Fallujah in May 2006. He was repairing a disabled Light Armor Vehicle when a mortar round landed 9 feet behind him. Falling unconscious just as he arrived at the hospital at Camp Fallujah, he received 50 units of blood through direct transfusion, person to person. He awoke two weeks later at Bethesda Naval Medical Center with an amputated left leg above the knee, irreversible nerve damage to his left arm and hand, and a shattered jaw. Sgt Lyon spent two years in the hospital and continues to receive outpatient services and therapies. Homes for our Troops will be building him a specially modified house in the Fredericksburg Area.
http://www.homesforourtroops.org/lyon – check out thiswebsite to see how you can make a difference in a Veterans life!
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli addressed members and guests of the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce this morning. Mr. Cuccinelli is a controversial figure in politics today with a variety of lawsuits filed against the federal government on issues ranging from climate change to the health care bill. One might expect Mr. Cuccinelli’s remarks to be all political fire and brimstone and while there was plenty of criticism of current federal policies, he was measured in his comments, thoughtful in his responses, and straightforward in his goals.
Mr. Cuccinelli’s main goal is to protect Virginia’s economy and its businesses from a
toxic regulatory environment imposed by those in Washington. He views the Administration’s attempt to regulate greenhouse gases outside of the congressional process through a strictly regulatory action as unconstitutional. The kind of regulations that the government’s environmental agency is trying to impose will stifle opportunity and economic growth for future generations. He also views the health care bill’s mandate to carry health insurance as unconstitutional and will soon litigate a case in the Eastern District of the Federal Circuit Court that defends Virginia’s law that releases the Commonwealth’s citizens from that mandate. The case is expected to proceed quickly and Mr. Cuccinelli anticipates a ruling as early as November.
Mr. Cuccinelli is certainly very passionate about all of the irons he has in the fire, but he also stressed the importance of the many other duties that the employees of the Attorney General’s office carries out. The vast majority of the work that his office does is one of public service and safety. The office’s staff assist local Commonwealth’s Attorneys with such cases as child pornography, gang involvement, and computer crime.
Mr. Cuccinelli is one of the most active Attorneys General in the country. He is certainly someone to watch in Virginia politics both as a current public servant and a future seeker of higher office.
