VIVIAN J. PAIGE | All Politics is Local

Here are all of the local candidates, with links where I have them (will be updated as more come available). Note that statewide offices as well as the House of Delegates races will be on your ballot. Note also that references to party will not appear on your ballot. * = incumbent Commissioner of the … Continue reading »

Republican Mark Obenshain and Democrat Mark Herring met in the first debate of the election this morning in Virginia Beach. The event was a part of The Virginia State Bar’s Young Lawyers Conference and Cathy Lewis, of WHRO, served as moderator. The hour-long debate gives an early glimpse into the tone that this contest will … Continue reading »

My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. (Those who subscribe to VPAP’s VaNews also got a chance to read it yesterday. So good to be back in!) Although the statewide results were important, it was the Norfolk results that I watched the closest, for a couple of reasons. Of course, I wanted … Continue reading »

Before we get too far afield of Tuesday’s primary results, I think it’s important to look at what happened yesterday. Northam wins LG nod I have to say that I’m surprised that my Senator pulled it off. (I’m anxious to get inside the numbers but that will have to wait until I have more time.) … Continue reading »

The Republican Party of Norfolk held a Mass Meeting Saturday morning to nominate candidates. Just two met the May 24th filing deadline and were nominated at the meeting: Jim McDonnell, who is running for Treasurer, and Neil Bradley, who is running for sheriff. The video of the meeting, which includes speeches from the nominees, is … Continue reading »

My latest op-ed appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. Although there was an overflow crowd for last night’s candidates’ forum, at 200+ folks, it was just a fraction of the number of people who will be voting. (Which is why I spent way too much time getting the video of it posted.) Lots of folks will … Continue reading »

The four Democrats who will be on the ballot were in Virginia Beach last night for a candidates’ forum. The video, in two parts, is below.

The press conference held by AG Ken Cuccinelli yesterday afternoon prompted articles all over the commonwealth. Within hours, reports were updated to reflect that the Treasury Department, of which the Internal Revenue Service is a part, had issued a letter regarding the money. Virginia is due to receive in excess of $100 million from a … Continue reading »

I had my head down working yesterday when the news broke that my Congressman, Scott Rigell, will not endorse the Republican nominee for LG, E.W. Jackson. I applauded him on my Facebook page for having the courage to do this. But I was quickly disappointed to learn that the lack of endorsement didn’t mean a … Continue reading »

I didn’t grow up watching football. Sports – of any kind – weren’t real high on the list around my house. My freshman year in college, I worked at a department store over the Christmas holidays. One day, I was assigned to hand pens to a football player, who was there to sign autographs. To … Continue reading »

So said Chesapeake assistant public defender Matthew Taylor, as quoted in an article today.  It seems Virginia, unlike other states, doesn’t share with defense attorneys certain information, including police reports. Perhaps they need to do an episode of Law & Order using Virginia’s discovery rules. But that may be changing. Over the objections of prosecutors, … Continue reading »

I’ve gotten some emails from folks who said they couldn’t leave a comment on my blog because it was asking for some kind of log-in. Until one user sent me a screen capture, I didn’t know what they were talking about. Unbeknownst to me, the fine folks here at WordPress.com, where this blog is hosted, … Continue reading »