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The Winchester School Board has approved sending a resolution to City Council asking that its number of board members be reduced from nine to seven. The resolution seeks to have all seven members serve in at-large positions, with at least one member representing each of the city’s four voting wards. No more than three members may represent a ward. Approval to do this is needed by City Council and the Virginia General Assembly. Currently, there are five at-large seats on the School Board. The board voted 6-1 on Tuesday in favor of the resolution.
The Winchester Star
Governor Ralph Northam’s alma mater spent over $140,000 in legal and consulting fees investigating and responding to revelations of a racist photo on Northam’s 1984 yearbook page, according to invoices obtained by WCVE through a Freedom of Information Act request. The invoices billed to Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) likely undercount the total cost of the scandal. Richmond-based law firm McGuireWoods, which conducted an investigation into the photo, has so far only billed the school for $76,141 worth of work done in February. McGuireWoods' five lead investigators, including former state Attorney General Richard Cullen, billed their time at $575 an hour. Washington, D.C.-based Indian Lane LLC charged EVMS for $64,562 for “professional consulting services” and travel from February through May. The firm is run by Douglas Sosnik, a Democratic political advisor who previously served as former President Bill Clinton’s political affairs director.
WCVE
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