The Virginian-Pilot has just about finished its editorial endorsements for races in Hampton Roads. Still to come is the 2nd Congressional District. In the order in which they were published, here are the paper's recommendations: Virginia Beach Mayor: Will Sessoms City Council: Rosemary Wilson, Glenn Davis, and Bill Dale School Board: Bobby Melatti, Joel McDonald, … Continue reading Virginian-Pilot endorsements round-up
With the endorsements in Hampton Roads localities (Va Beach, Portsmouth, Suffolk) out of the way, now to look to the federal contests. The Virginian Pilot, which covers the southside of Hampton Roads, will endorse in "three races for Congress [and] one for the U.S. Senate." The paper long ago gave up endorsing in the presidential … Continue reading Predicitions on Pilot endorsements: Federal races 2012
In the end, it wasn't even close. Daun Hester became the Democratic nominee for the 89th House of Delegates district, garnering 840 votes to her opponent's 290. My congratulations to her. Going into last night, I was not at all convinced that Hester would win. There had been so many things going on, the kind … Continue reading A winner in the 89th
I usually wait at least a day before linking to my latest op-ed in The Virginian-Pilot. Today is different, because the urgency is different. The firehouse primary tonight in the 89th will basically decide who will represent the people of the 89th House District through the next election, which will be November 2013. The only … Continue reading 89th House District election tonight
Not knowing the Virginian-Pilot's endorsement schedule, I figured I better get this done as soon as I could. Using the roadmap provided by editorial page editor Donald Luzzatto, as well as a re-reading of the 2008 endorsements, here are my predictions for Suffolk (note: contested races only): Mayor: The Pilot broke with its longstanding tradition … Continue reading Predictions on Pilot endorsements: Suffolk 2012
In accordance with the guide provided by Virginian-Pilot editorial page editor Donald Luzzatto, here are my predictions for the local races in Portsmouth: Mayor: Incumbent Kenny Wright. I expect the endorsement to ding Wright a bit on his response to the tolls situation - he said he was unaware of those plans - but to … Continue reading Predictions on Pilot endorsements: Portsmouth 2012
Well, last week got by me and I didn't get my predictions columns done, as promised. As the result, The Virginian-Pilot managed to get one endorsement done today ahead of me. If I had gotten it done, I would have predicted that they would endorse Will Sessoms for mayor, which, of course, they did, just … Continue reading Predictions on Pilot endorsements: VB 2012
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in Wednesday's Virginian-Pilot. I've noticed a disturbing trend of late of people having only one email address that they use for both business and personal communications. That's all well and good if you own your own business. But if you work for someone else, check out their policy on … Continue reading ICYMI: Peering into email accounts
The Daily Press and Christopher Newport University have team up to host debates in the 3rd Congressional District and the 1st Congressional District. The DP is using the free UStream TV service for broadcasting the debates. UStream, when using the free service, has ads. Apparently, some were not aware that the ads displayed are completely … Continue reading 3rd CD, 1st CD debates
At 8pm tonight, Tim Kaine and George Allen square off in what has been billed as "The People's Debate." The event will be held in Richmond and will be broadcast across the state (pdf). I saw a tweet last week that said that CSPAN was going to cover the debate. In Hampton Roads, according to … Continue reading VA SEN debate tonight
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