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 few interesting items from around the net: President Obama Twitter townhall at 2pm today. I don't know if Twitter can handle this. How many "Over Capacity" notices will folks get? Besides, while Twitter is great for quick info, I don't know how you fit policy answers into 140-characters. MSM cleans up story and doesn't … Continue reading Quick links 07/06/11
A number of new laws are going into effect today, July 1. Check out this list.
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.
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
Hampton Roads edition Norfolk council embraces compromise on wards. Funniest line in this story is that Vice Mayor Burfoot considers the plan introduced by Rodney Jordan to have been done so too late in the "game" yet the compromise plan they are supporting hasn't been introduced at all. Exhibit #9,999,998 on constitutional offices. I like … Continue reading Quick links 06/22/11
Megan Rhyne, from the Virginia Coalition for Open Government tells us today that none of the legislators going to France to research uranium mining is in mining areas in Virginia. Will they be telling their colleagues what they found, or bragging about the wine?
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