This Sunday's On the Record will feature Attorney General and 2009 Republican candidate for governor Bob McDonnell. The topic will be transportation. The AG has taken a position against any statewide tax increases, saying that the money to pay for transportation already exists in the budget. In the other segment, TCC's president Debroah DiCroce joins … Continue reading OTR 6/29: AG McDonnell, TCC’s DiCroce
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Partisan politics at the local level?
One of the reasons cited by Norfolk's council members for not moving elections to November is that they fear the introduction of party politics. One only needs to look at what's going on in Chesapeake to suspect that party politics is already in local elections. Or is it? I tend to stay out of the … Continue reading Partisan politics at the local level?
Jody Wagner running for LG?
I attended the Brian Moran fundraiser last night. It was a great gathering, with folks from all over Hampton Roads in attendance. The crowd was a mix of grassroots, electeds and contributors from Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach, and Hampton. I'm pretty bad at estimating crowd sizes but I can tell you it was elbow-to-elbow … Continue reading Jody Wagner running for LG?
Democrats criticizing Democrats
MB has another thoughtful post up today regarding the need for Democrats to criticize Democrats. In it, he refers us to this Glenn Greenwald article. This part of the article jumped out at me: Telling Obama that you'll cheer for him no matter what he does, that you'll vest in him Blind Faith that anything … Continue reading Democrats criticizing Democrats
VNG bills go up 35% 7/1, electricity increase to follow
So I'm reading this article and see that Virginia Natural Gas will have a 35% increase effective July 1 and I'm thinking, "man, I'm glad I don't have gas." Oops. Right below it on the front page of PilotOnline is a link to an article about Dominion Virginia Power's request to increase its rates 18%, … Continue reading VNG bills go up 35% 7/1, electricity increase to follow
Reminder: Moran event tomorrow
If you haven't RSVP'd yet, please do so via the link in my sidebar to the right. Hope to see you there 🙂
Opinion, please: profanity in public
Town Point Park, in downtown Norfolk, is a venue used for lots of weekend festivals. One, the Afr'Am Fest, has been held on Memorial Day weekend for the past 25 years, mostly without incident. The downtown area has changed a lot in 25 years, with the addition of upscale housing added to the retail mix. … Continue reading Opinion, please: profanity in public
BREAKING: House Republicans introduce transportation plan
From an email I received just a bit ago: Speaker Howell promised that the Republicans would put forth a transportation plan and I just got a copy of it this evening. I wanted to send it out to you all so you could get a chance to look it over before session tomorrow. Here's the … Continue reading BREAKING: House Republicans introduce transportation plan
Norfolk Dems lose a good one
Doris Hildreth, a longtime member of the Norfolk City Democratic Committee, passed away earlier this week. Doris was a retired labor relations specialist and unions remained her passion. It is appropriate that her obituary mentions her being a member of the Young at Heart Club, because that, along with her insistence on the union bug … Continue reading Norfolk Dems lose a good one
OTR 6/22: transportation (again)
With the General Assembly special session starting Monday, this Sunday's On the Record will feature another discussion of transportation. Joining host Joel Rubin will be Delegates Ken Alexander (D-Norfolk), Tom Gear (R-Hampton), Glenn Oder (R-Newport News) and Senators Yvonne Miller (D-Norfolk) and Fred Quayle (R-Suffolk). The latter two serve on the Senate Finance Committee where … Continue reading OTR 6/22: transportation (again)
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