Evan Jones
Roanoke City Councilman David Trinkle made it official this morning: he is running for Mayor in May’s election. Trinkle is in his third term on Council; he says he has the background and qualities necessary to be an effective mayor:
Trinkle is a geriatric psychiatrist at Carilion Clinic, also known for owning the Fork in the Alley and Fork in the Market restaurants.
Presidential candidate Ben Carson told Liberty University students his mother helped set him on his productive lifetime course, but is it one that didn’t start out that way. Carson says he was a pretty bad student at first, so much that so that his nickname was “dummy” — a nickname he believed until his mother started turning off the TV and told Ben he had to read books and submit reports on them to her. WFIR’s Evan Jones has the story.
Roanoke Mayor David Bowers hopes he will be remembered as a “friendly” mayor — and one who at least played a part in many steps forward for the Star City in the 24 years he has served on City Council, 16 of them as mayor. Bowers announced yesterday he would not seek re-election next May, and as WFIR’s Evan Jones reports, he also had some advice for anyone seeking to succeed him:
Football coaches Frank Beamer and Mike London are helping State Police get a message out, one police hope will reduce Virginia traffic deaths by 15% per cent in the next year. The two coaches appear in a traffic safety public service announcement, and as WFIR’s Evan Jones reports, police hope it will capture public notice and attention.
Click here to see the full Public Service Announcement
Tuesday was a terrific election day for any state legislator running for re-election — not one of them was defeated. Experts say the way district lines are drawn is a key factor, and critics says it’s a clear case of gerrymandering that protects incumbents from credible challenges. WFIR’s Evan Jones has the story.
This is first election day that many area voters will be using optical scanner voting machines — after the old touch-screen ones were scrapped over security concerns. Roanoke County is among the municipalities using optical scanners, and WFIR’s Evan Jones reports on how they work.
Steve Nelson
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Steve Nelson is running for the 19th State Senate seat as an “Independent Conservative”, a campaign he is basing largely as an alternative to both political parties. A major goal is see Virginia get moving on major improvements to the US 220 corridor between Roanoke to the North Carolina line. WFIR’s Evan Jones has our campaign profile.
Click below to hear more from Steve Nelson (speaking with WFIR’s Gene Marrano):