Generally, Cathy Lewis' HearSay is live on WHRO at noon Mondays through Thursdays. However, Tuesday's show was taped - and no doubt it was the ungodly 9am taping Monday morning that made me forget about it đŸ˜¦ It wasn't until I got a tweet from somebody during Tuesday's airing that I remembered - and by … Continue reading On the radio talking Virginia politics
The Women's Strike Force has so far endorsed 22 candidates for this fall's House of Delegates elections. Nineteen of them are challengers and three are running for open seats. All of them are, as the endorsement page says, "pro-choice and adamantly opposed to the mandatory ultrasound and personhood bills supported by the current or previous … Continue reading Women’s Strike Force endorsements, distributions
All 100 seats in the House of Delegates are up for election this fall, although not all seats are contested. According to The Virginia Public Access Project, 56 of the 100 seats have at least two candidates. In an article last week, Geoffrey Skelley of Sabato's Crystal Ball, comes to the conclusion that only 19 … Continue reading Competitive contests in the House of Delegates
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. Prompting the column was yet another special election, this one held this past Tuesday, in which there was but one candidate (officially) on the ballot. It's bad enough that we hold elections with only one name - and I get that there is always the … Continue reading ICYMI: Special elections that aren’t so special
State Sen. Mark Herring, Democratic candidate for Attorney General, released an ethics reform proposal yesterday. The entire proposal can be viewed here (pdf). The plan includes: A state ethics commission, made up of several appointed public officials. Limiting gifts (to $100) and enhancing disclosure requirements, to include gifts to immediate family members and disclosure of … Continue reading Herring ethics reform proposal
The big story coming out yesterday was Gov. Bob McDonnell's announcement that he is going to give back the gifts he received from BFF Jonnie Williams, including the Rolex. As I read somewhere else, I'm not sure what value there will be in an engraved watch. Maybe the governor can just pay Williams for it … Continue reading McDonnell to give back gifts, throws Cooch under the bus
My op-ed, title above, appeared in USA Today Monday. There is a seemingly growing dissatisfaction with the two major candidates for governor. It seems everywhere I go, that's what I'm hearing. The more people learn about the two candidates, the more they wish there was another choice. (Of course, there is a third choice, Libertarian … Continue reading ICYMI: Virginia isn’t for governors
After months of press reports of gifts and loans, Gov. Bob McDonnell issued an apology via Twitter yesterday and announced that he had repaid two loans, with interest. No doubt McDonnell thinks this will make everything good again. Um, think again. Trust is something that is earned, over a long period of time, and given … Continue reading Not nearly enough
A few articles that caught my eye: Let's enact a new Voting Rights Act. Some commonsense solutions in here. I suggested to Rep. Bobby Scott, after last November's long voting lines, that the federal government implement voting procedures for its races that would be the same across the country. (That is pretty much what happened … Continue reading Quick hits 07/22/13
Two of the three candidates for governor squared off at The Homestead this morning. Although the third, Libertarian candidate Robert Sarvis, will appear on the ballot and has garned support in recent polls, he was not included. So we had a slugfest between the two major party candidates, Republican Ken Cuccinelli and Democrat Terry McAuliffe. … Continue reading Quick thoughts on first gubernatorial debate
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