It's so much easier to wax profound over an election once it's over. For honesty's sake, I think I'm on record at various places online predicting that the Republicans would take control of the Senate, 21-19, that Del. Robin Abbott would win a squeaker in the 93rd House District and that Sen. John Miller would … Continue reading Things we learned in last week’s election
Richard Bentley couldn't perform miracles in less than 16 months on the job so the board "accepted" his resignation. Really? Yeah, I'm not buying that, either. Word on the street is that certain people were upset that Bentley, obviously a white guy, was hired in the first place to run the majority black school system. … Continue reading Norfolk Public Schools superintendent out
My latest op-ed appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Wednesday. It's a look ahead to what's coming in 2012. Obviously, it's not all-inclusive, as there will be other local races both in May and in November around here. But first we have get past the General Assembly session. If nothing else, the session will be interesting to … Continue reading Looking ahead
After waiting until Wednesday evening for results, Cumberland County voters finally knew who would represent District 3 as a supervisor. A voting machine malfunction at 6:30AM on voting day caused the totals to not be able to be read by the poll workers and the Registrar. SBE personnel had to come to Cumberland to work … Continue reading Cumberland County voted out 4 of 5 Supervisors last Tuesday
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in Thursday's Virginian-Pilot. If you've followed this blog for any length of time, you know that I've long advocated that Virginia adopt a redistricting plan that removes the drawing of the lines from the the hands of the legislators. Any likelihood of that happening over the next 10 years … Continue reading Where the lines are drawn
In case you missed them, videos of the candidate forums hosted by the local League of Women Voters are below. Take the time to review. And don't forget to vote Tuesday.
Connie Brennan of Nelson County, the Democratic nominee for the House of Delegates seat in District 59, has gained the endorsement of the News-Advance newspaper based in Lynchburg. Brennan, who was also a candidate 4 years ago for the same seat, is finishing her campaign with a flourish in the shrunken district. The News-Advance editorial … Continue reading Connie Brennan gains News-Advance endorsement (HD-59)
I have to say that the race in the 64th House of Delegates district isn't one that I've been watching closely. But then I ran across this article and it made me curious about the challenger in the race. I was aware, from their endorsements Sunday, that he had not met with The Virginian-Pilot editorial … Continue reading Mr. Phantom
The Virginia Peninsula MAL League of Women Voters in conjunction with The Daily Press hosted a forum on October 28 for the candidates in the 2nd Senate district.
With its endorsement today of Mickey Chohany in the 1st Senate district, The Virginian-Pilot editorial board is done for this cycle, the result being that I was correct with five of my seven predictions. I won't make any excuses for being wrong in the 1st except to say that my predictions were done prior to … Continue reading Pilot predictions final tally: 5 of 7
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