It’s a conservative landslide, and a conservative majority
Published: May 6, 2008
Updated: May 6, 2008
With just absentee and provisional ballots left-to-be-counted, Bruce Allen, with 62 percent of the vote, won an overwhelming victory over Chris Graham and Greg Bruno. Graham received 26 percent while Bruno received 11 percent.
Current At-large councilman Frank Lucente, meanwhile, won in a similar fashion, tallying 61 percent of the vote to 24 percent for Jeremy Taylor and 16 percent for DuBose Egleston, Jr.
Vote totals
Ward B
Bruce Allen 1,986 (62.19 percent)
Chris Graham 840 (26.30 percent)
Greg Bruno 367 (11.49 percent)
At-large
Frank Lucente 1,956 (60.53 percent)
Jeremy Taylor 773 (23.92 percent)
DuBose Egleston, Jr. 502 (15.53 percent)
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Reader Reactions
Well, Waynesboro, you have spoken. Overwhelmingly, at that! Now, in a couple of months - when you’re “paying less taxes” (you do remember the last time we put a man in the WHite House that promised “Read my lips, No New Taxes”, what happened? Oh yes… taxes went up.) And while Mayor Lucente is basking in his glory making crooked deals behind your back with Manager Reo and trusty Chief Allen saying, “Yes, Boss” over and over… I hope you don’t notice your services being reduced, your infrastructure crumbling and ALL those new businesses saying, “No Thanks, we’ll set up in Staunton, they seem to have their act together.“! You WILL get what you paid for… a platform of NOTHING! From the 26% of us who thought this city had a vision: Thanks for nothing.
Congratulations to Mr. Lucente and Mr. Allen. Maybe with Mr. Williams this new majority can turn Waynesboro around and stop all the spending. The tax payers cannot afford anymore.
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