Gary West, the Democratic candidate in the 94th House of Delegates district, announced today his plan for creating jobs. From the press release: As Delegate my top priority will be putting people back to work so families can be provided for and so we can grow our economy. While others simply spout poll tested policies, … Continue reading West announces jobs plan
Both of you are running around Virginia, trying to help Democratic candidates get elected in a tough year. Good for you. So you both need to be aware the next time you come to Norfolk just who your friends are. I now live in the 83rd as well, thanks to redistricting. I'm waiting for my … Continue reading For Mark Warner & Terry McAuliffe
My latest op-ed appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. Tuesday's presentation on the State of the Region gave me an opportunity to write about a couple of things that I think are important. First, I've noticed economic terms being thrown around that a lot of folks seem to not understand. There is this presumption, for example, … Continue reading Strength in numbers
The candidates in the 1st Senate district - incumbent Sen. John Miller and challenger Mickey Chohany - squared off Friday evening in Newport News. I arrived a little after the 6:30pm start time, thanks to the tunnel traffic. The event was already underway. The candidates took a variety of questions put forth by the event … Continue reading Report: Miller/Chohany candidates forum
The League of Women Voters of South Hampton Roads is sponsoring two candidate forums covering the contested races on the southside. On Monday, October 24, incumbent Del. Ron Villanueva and his challenger Adrianne Bennett in the 21st district will participate. The forum will be held at 6:30pm in the auditorium of Landstown High School (2001 … Continue reading LWV-SHR announces candidate forums
Tonight, Sen. John Miller and challenger Mickey Chohany will face off for the first time. The candidates' forum is being hosted by the Virginia Peninsula MAL Unit of the League of Women Voters of Virginia. The forum will take place at 6:30pm at the Newport News Fountain Plaza II, located at City Center at Oyster Point, 700 … Continue reading Reminder: Miller/Chohany forum tonight
Once-and-future Democratic candidate for governor, Terry McAuliffe, shared the op-ed page of The Virginian-Pilot with me today with this article on economic growth. Interesting that the newspaper didn't identify him that way 😉 Equally interesting to note is that a 2013 gubernatorial candidate doesn't rate a link in the VPAP clips. (Yes, I'm going to … Continue reading TMac on economic growth
In the last couple of days, I've come across two really good posts on the future of newspapers, both written by former Virginian-Pilot journalists who have moved on. The first was written John-Henry Doucette, who remains in Norfolk although not in the newspaper business. He argues that it is not newspapers that people need; instead, … Continue reading Spotlight: Two views on newspapers
Saturday is Moving Planet Day and a group of local citizens are planning to gather at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront for a rally to oppose offshore drilling. Details: Citizens of Virginia Beach to Call on Lawmakers to Reject Offshore Drilling Rally one of thousands across the globe calling for move away from fossil fuels Virginia … Continue reading Saturday rally against offshore drilling
My latest op-ed appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Wednesday. It is quite interesting to me that there has been a slew of applications from Virginia localities to "bail out" of the preclearance rules of The Voting Rights Act this year. So far, five localities have reached agreements with the U.S. Justice Department and another four applications … Continue reading A different kind of bailout
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