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Saunders campaign kickoff Sunday

Friday, March 12, 2010 – 9:29 am

Barbara Saunders, candidate for the Norfolk council seat in Ward 1, will have a campaign kickoff this coming Sunday, March 14. The event begins at 1pm and will be held at Ocean View Baptist Church. More details are available in the flier (pdf).

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Musings on the democratic process

Thursday, March 11, 2010 – 9:00 am

Once the democratic process is corrupted, the scourge cannot be contained.
You see, change isn’t always bad, and standing still can mean you’re actually falling behind. To improve the outcome, the folks who continue to do what’s always been done should be outvoted — or replaced.
The two quotes above come from facing pages in last Saturday’s [...]

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ICYMI: VA Gaywatch

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 – 9:05 am

Jon Stewart poked fun last night at Virginia’s Governor, Bob McDonnell and Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli.

UPDATE: The Governor has issued Executive Directive #1 (pdf) on discrimination. From the accompanying email:
While the separation of powers doctrine precludes the Governor from changing the Virginia Human Rights Act via Executive Order, he wants to be clear [...]

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Who is McKinley Price?

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 – 8:10 am

Come May 4, the residents of Newport News will elect a new mayor. Joe Frank, who was the city’s first elected mayor in 1996, has decided to step down. Some say the reason is that Frank could no longer count to four: the seven member council has a relatively new coalition of four and Frank [...]

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Shad Planking set for April 21

Monday, March 8, 2010 – 10:12 am

The 62nd Annual Shad Planking will be held on Wednesday, April 21, beginning at 2pm at the Wakefield Sportsman’s Club. The formal event starts at 4pm and the speaker will be former Senator and former Governor George Allen.
Tickets are $20 if purchased before April 1 and $25 thereafter.

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With friends like these…

Monday, March 8, 2010 – 8:23 am

… who needs enemies?
The photo at left shows Norfolk Councilman Randy Wright at a McCain/Palin rally. Sitting next to him is Pam Brown, the president of the Norfolk Republican Party, and, I’m told, one of the co-chairs of his campaign. In the blog post which accompanies the photo, Pilot writer Kerry Dougherty calls him “McAuliffe’s [...]

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Friday music

Friday, March 5, 2010 – 9:46 pm

This oldie just seems, well, appropriate.

Blades are long, clenched tight in their fist
Aimin’ straight at your back
And I don’t think they’ll miss
(What they do)
(They smile in your face)
All the time they want to take your place
The back stabbers (back stabbers)
Full lyrics

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DPVA JJ Speaker announced: Klobuchar

Friday, March 5, 2010 – 6:08 pm

The senior U. S. Senator from Minnesota, Amy Klobuchar, has been secured as the speaker for the annual Jefferson Jackson Dinner. This year’s event features a weekend of activities, but the dinner, to be held on Saturday, March 20 at the Richmond Convention Center, is always the marquee event.
Tickets for the dinner are $150 and [...]

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