Stuff you may have missed from around the net CIA director Porter Goss resigned today. Replacement could be named Monday. George Bush approval ratings fall, conservatives are being blamed. US Rep. Patrick Kennedy headed to drug rehab for prescription addiction. Jeff Gannon supports the outing of gays who live one life and vote another: Yet … Continue reading Friday afternoon quickies
Category: Politics
So is Allen a racist?
The Virginian-Pilot says no. Virginia Virtualcon (Virtual Conservative) quotes Bobby Scott as saying no. Virginia Progressive says yes. The Carpetbagger says yes. A copy of the article that started it all.
House delays vote on taxes, local transportation authority
The Pilot reports that the House of Delegates has delayed voting on certain bills that would have provided financing for transportation. Over at Extra Innings, Delegate Bob Brink gives a list and links to the four bills in question that have been deferred for 90 days. (No, Delegate Brink can't count 😉 ) I happened … Continue reading House delays vote on taxes, local transportation authority
Phil Kellam Announcement
Formal announcement of Kellam's Congressional bid will take place this coming Monday, May 8. Here is the schedule: TIME: 8 a.m. (Hampton) LOCATION: The American Theatre 125 East Mellen Street Hampton, Virginia 23663 TIME: 9:30 a.m. (Norfolk) LOCATION: Ocean View Fishing Pier 414 West Ocean View Norfolk, Virginia 23503 TIME: 12:00 p.m. (Virginia Beach) LOCATION: … Continue reading Phil Kellam Announcement
Update: Beach email was a “joke”
Seems the email circulating yesterday around Virginia Beach was a joke sent out by political consultant Brian Kirwin. From Pilotonline: Kirwin addressed "all DeSteph voters" in the body of the e-mail and claimed that the voter registrar had postponed the election one day because of "prolonged testing of the new touchscreen voting machines." Tuesday's election … Continue reading Update: Beach email was a “joke”
Reminder: Budget hearing tonight
Don't forget that the Norfolk budget hearing is being held tonight at 6pm at Lafayette Winona Middle School, 1701 Alsace Avenue (off Tidewater Drive). You can't talk about real estate taxes - a separate hearing for that will be held Monday, May 8. The proposed budget can be found here.
Unofficial results
I can't seem to get a properly formatted table of results 😦 so go here for Norfolk results and here for Virginia Beach results. My congratulations to all of the winners. I look forward to your service to your community. For those who did not win, I thank you for running and I wish you … Continue reading Unofficial results
Updates from Va Beach
Seems that Barbara Henley has regained her seat on council, defeating Jim Reeve in the Princess Anne district with 63% of the vote (80% of the precincts reporting). The other big race is in the Beach district and it appears that challenger John Urhin has defeated incumbent Richard Maddox. Pat Edmonson has defeated incumbent Jane … Continue reading Updates from Va Beach
Election story of the day#2: False email VB elections
Apparently, there was a false email circulating around today that the council and school board elections in Virginia Beach had been postponed. This prompted the registrar to issue a statement this afternoon to the local media to deny the email. Having been the victim of something similar (there was a phone call the morning of … Continue reading Election story of the day#2: False email VB elections
Election story of the day: Ward 5
When I profiled the candidates in Ward 5, I mentioned that it was difficult to find out anything about the challenger, Michael Osburn. Anecdotally, I heard a couple of stories about him. One was from a candidates' forum. The moderator said that Osburn had not responded to their invitation and wasn't there that evening. A … Continue reading Election story of the day: Ward 5
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