I am hosting a town hall meeting November 3 (click on image to enlarge) on the issues of neighborhoods and schools. Joining me will be City Manager Marcus Jones and Norfolk Public Schools superintendent Dr. Richard Bentley. I hope you will find time in your busy schedules to join us at 6:30pm next Thursday, November … Continue reading Town Hall meeting Nov 3
The candidates for the 94th House of Delegates seat, Democrat Gary West and Republican David Yancey, squared off Friday evening in Newport News. The forum was sponsored by the Virginia Peninsula MAL League of Women Voters and The Daily Press. Moderating the forum was Press editorial page editor John Fredericks. The 94th is an open … Continue reading Report: West/Yancey candidates forum
The Virginia Peninsula MAL League of Women Voters in conjunction with The Daily Press hosted a forum on October 21 for the candidates in the 94th House of Delegates district.
I recently had a chance to interview Bert Dodson (by email), Democrat running for the Senate in the newly-formed 22nd District. He is a businessman from Lynchburg, and has served on the City Council. Here then are the questions I asked and answers from Mr. Dodson. My questions are in italics, his answer has his … Continue reading Candidate Bert Dodson answers some questions (Senate-22)
There are many definitions of false equivalence floating around but the one I believe captures my understanding the best is this, from here: [W]hen when someone falsely equates an act or idea of one as being equally egregious to that of another without also considering the underlying differences which may make the comparison invalid or … Continue reading False equivalency
Just a quick reminder of three candidate forums this week. Tonight is the 21st House district, Wednesday is the 6th Senate district and Friday is the 2nd Senate district. All of the forums start at 6:30pm. Details are here.
The Daily Press released the first of its endorsements for the season Sunday in two Senate contests, the 1st and the 6th. In both races, the newspaper endorsed the incumbent Democratic senators: John Miller and Ralph Northam. The editorial board seemed to be impressed with the willingness of both to not only talk about bipartisanship … Continue reading Daily Press endorses Miller/Northam
Sen. Ralph Northam has released his first campaign ad of the season. The ad is below. Also - head over and cast your vote in a this poll on PilotOnline.
It's that time again, when I try to pick who The Virginian-Pilot will endorse in the upcoming elections. As a guide, I refer you to this editorial from last year by editorial page editor Donald Luzzatto: If you read the editorial page regularly - and I hope you do - you probably have a good … Continue reading Predictions on Pilot endorsements
My latest op-ed appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Wednesday. The impetus for the piece was the release Monday of a CNU/RTD poll (pdf), which showed the majority of Virginians not engaged in the November 8 elections. Low voter turnout seems to be the accepted norm these days, but when I took a look at the turnout … Continue reading Who’s on the ballot?
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