Comments on: Former elected official didn’t vote

By: Anon E. Mouse

Anon E. Mouse — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:45:56 +0000

Kinda off-topic, but why is the Clerk of Court an elected position anyway?

By: Bill Temple

Bill Temple — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:01:17 +0000

Great advice coming from someone who has LOST every candidate he’s worked for in recent memory! Yeah, we’ll be following Kirwin to a “T”.

By: Brian Kirwin

Brian Kirwin — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:49:51 +0000

NN Dem, your idea would be welcomed by the attacking candidate. There’s nothing a negative candidate would like better than to have double the ads talking about the subject of the attack.

By: Newport News Dem

Newport News Dem — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:16:12 +0000

I once read an interesting idea on combating negative advertising which may get round free speech issues. In a strange way, it would be “free” speech.

It went like this. Any ad in which you mention your opponent or make a charge against him, the opponent is given free time to rebut it.

John Miller also wrote an op ed in the Daily Press this spring in which there are limits placed on advertising based on the money actually raised from the district you wish to represent.

By: sj

sj — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:36:09 +0000

Wow- Fruit didn’t vote. Why did this even make new? Even when Fruit was Clerk of Court in VB he did very little politically or professionally. Usually once you are Clerk of Court, this being a non-contriversial political job, you are usually there until you want to retire since you are only up for re-election every 8 years. I love how the VA Pilot loves to write about why people are not voting because of negative ads. Oh well, the paper gets it both ways, it takes the money to print negative ads, then it’s emploees write about how bad they are, ooooohhhh want some cheese with that wine??