Senator-elect John Miller will hold a series of Town Hall meetings across the 1st Senate District to find out how constituents feel about issues facing the General Assembly. "This session of the General Assembly will be dealing with many issues including transportation, immigration, funding pre-k initiatives and banning smoking in restaurants. I want to give … Continue reading John Miller holds townhall meetings
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Quick hits
OK, so this turned out to be a little longer than I thought š A few thoughts on stuff that aren't worth individual posts. Details are below the fold. Can you hear me now? Steriods in baseball? Say it ain't so! Sunrise, sunset Legislative agenda Picking sides Can you hear me now? Norfolk held two … Continue reading Quick hits
Deeds conference call
I participated in a conference call with 2009 gubernatorial candidate and current VA Senator Creigh Deeds a bit ago. Deeds started with a brief statement, saying that he has been thinking of running for governor for close to 50 years and seriously for the last two years. His campaign will be about quality of life … Continue reading Deeds conference call
Kaine on higher ed; Moran joins in
Governor Tim Kaine today announced a proposed investment in higher education of $1.65 billion. This investment will take the form of a bond package. āThe proposed bond package supports innovative research, providing facilities across Virginia for researchers to develop new, cutting-edge technologies and turn them into commercial assets,ā Governor Kaine said. āOur colleges and universities … Continue reading Kaine on higher ed; Moran joins in
No surprise: Deeds is running for governor
Creigh Deeds has fired the first salvo in the 2009 gubernatorial race on the Democratic side. The email I received on this is below the fold. Dear Friends, Under the leadership of Governors Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, we have experienced significant progress in the last few years. Because of their optimistic, commonsense approach to … Continue reading No surprise: Deeds is running for governor
On Forgit: one perspective
Going into the special election in the 1st Congressional District, before there was a candidate, I mentioned that this district was a reliably Republican one. So while I wish last night's results were different, only the margin was wider than I expected, not the defeat itself. First of all, my hat's off to candidate Philip … Continue reading On Forgit: one perspective
Storm brewing: NoVA vs RoVA
Reading thru the comments in this post over at RK, it is clear that there is a storm brewing between NoVA (Northern Virginia) and RoVA (the rest of Virginia). The disconnect has been a long time in the making and the recent announcement of the Senate committee chairs just adds fuel to the fire. The … Continue reading Storm brewing: NoVA vs RoVA
Forgit statement
Just received from the campaign of Philip Forgit: Iām proud of the work that we did. We fought a great fight. Today I am proud to be a Virginia Democrat and I have to say how thankful I am for the support I received from our Virginia Democratic leaders as well as local chapters and … Continue reading Forgit statement
Following the Forgit election results
It's 7:15pm and the polls closed 15 minutes ago. Right now 12 of 209 precincts are in. Wittman: 1704, Forgit: 784, Narain: 28, writeins 2 I can only assume that the precincts that have reported so quickly are the ones that had extra voting machines that were not used in the Nov 6 elections. I … Continue reading Following the Forgit election results
Vote Forgit TODAY
Polls are open from 6am to 7pm today for the 1st Congressional District special election. To find your polling place, click here. Let me remind you a bit about why you should vote for Philip Forgit. Check out The Daily Press endorsement: Forgit seems genuinely thoughtful, wrestling with issues, sorting out the nuances. So he … Continue reading Vote Forgit TODAY
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