The American Red Cross is asking for blood donations. All blood types are needed. In May and June, while demand for blood products remained steady, donations were at the lowest level the Red Cross has seen during this timeframe in over a dozen years. Because of that, the Red Cross needs blood donors now more … Continue reading Red Cross needs blood
Ben Loyola won the Republican nomination in the 6th Senate District Saturday, defeating Dr. Joanne Lapetina. I "watched" the convention via Facebook and Twitter. From my view, it seemed that Lapetina was the better choice; Loyola seems intent to trying to paint Northam as a liberal. Ralph's my buddy, but he's no liberal. I guess … Continue reading 6th Senate: bipartisan support for Northam
6th Senate District Republicans will choose their candidate to oppose freshman Senator Ralph Northam Saturday. Their choices are the man who moved into the district to run or the lady who just changed her voting registration to her residence. One thing is certain: whomever they pick will have an uphill battle. Northam is going to … Continue reading Northam GOP challenger to be chosen Saturday
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Wednesday. Social media is just one of the ways that our elected representatives can communicate with us. Mentioned in the column is Hampton Mayor Molly Ward, whose embrace of communication tools is unrivaled in Hampton Roads. One benefit of being a communicator is that it doesn't … Continue reading Open more avenues of communication
A Twitter exchange that occurred last Tuesday during the informal meeting of Norfolk city Council I raised the question as to why the discussion of the appointments was going on in closed session. Shaun Kenney, a member of the Board of Supervisors in Fluvanna was the first to respond. I mentioned that they had some … Continue reading Norfolk school board appointed in closed session
My latest op-ed appeared in The Virginian-Pilot last Thursday. And check out today's editorial on the same subject: Norfolk redistricting.
Oh, yeah. http://twitter.com/#!/LarrySabato/status/85506446590091265 While he was referring to the conviction of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Sabato is dead on the money with this one. And not only at the national level. The fundraising emails are filling up my inbox faster than I can delete them.
Surely, you aren't surprised. It only took about 20 minutes for council to get to the last item on the agenda Tuesday night: redistricting. Sixteen people signed up to speak and 15 of them did so. After the speakers, each council member took the time to comment prior to his or her vote. Watch those … Continue reading Norfolk council votes to maintain status quo
So I'm hearing that a Democratic Party tracker was kicked out of a George Allen event in Norfolk this morning. The event was the Republican Party of Norfolk's Dutch Treat Breakfast, which was held at Cagney's - a restaurant in my neck of the woods, by the way - at 8am this morning. Allen was … Continue reading Press OK, Dems not so much
Connie Brennan, long-time activist, school board member and Supervisor from Nelson County, has announced she will start a campaign on July 5th to become the Delegate for the vacant 59th District. She also ran for the same numbered district in 2007, although this year's redistricting changed a lot of districts, including the 59th. This is … Continue reading Nelson County’s Connie Brennan to run in 59th District
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