A year ago this time, I was heading to Worcester, Maryland to get married. Right now, I'm waiting for the decision from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on the Bostic case. Releasing it today would be a very nice anniversary present. I witnessed the original arguments in this case but and was, obviously, thrilled … Continue reading One year ago today
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot last Thursday. The inspiration was the short time frame for nominating contests for the open seats in the 90th and the 48th House of Delegates districts. By setting the date for the special elections for 8/19, which is less than 60 days away, the speaker relied … Continue reading ICYMI: Even the schedule is inside baseball
With the resignation of Del. Algie Howell, the 90th House seat becomes vacant. A special election has been set for August 19, with a candidate filing deadline of next Monday, July 7 at 5pm. The short date means party nominating contests have to take place this week. Democrats have scheduled a caucus for this Saturday, … Continue reading 90th House special election
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. In it, I took a look back at the last time there was a suit involving a gubernatorial veto: the 1996 George Allen case. The circumstances were striking similar: a governor of one party facing a legislature of another. What goes around comes around. Although … Continue reading ICYMI: Assembly history seems poised to repeat itself
Yesterday, the campaign of Mark Warner announced the support of women from across the Commonwealth. The list includes elected and former elected officials, activists and ordinary women who support Warner's re-election. You can add your name to the list here. Warner faces Republican Ed Gillespie in November.
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. The resignation of Puckett, followed by the defeat of Cantor and then the passage of a budget all happened in one week. Today, we await the governor's action on the budget. One thing for sure: Virginia politics is never boring. Whatever the governor does is … Continue reading ICYMI: Virginia’s full week of electoral aftershocks
A few things that caught my eye: Justice looking into Puckett mess. You had to know this was coming. After Phil Hamilton and Bob McDonnell, Virginia pols are in the sights of the U.S. Justice Department. Now-departed Virginian-Pilot reporter Julian Walker first mentioned this ten days ago. https://twitter.com/MaddowBlog/status/476192935911120897 In the budget: ODU stadium mandate dropped. … Continue reading Quick hits 06/19/14
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot last Thursday. Every postmortem I've read about the defeat of Eric Cantor - and there are far too many to reference - has ultimately concluded the same thing: Cantor was no longer in touch with his district. How did that happen? As I wrote: Cantor lost … Continue reading ICYMI: The problem with candidate Cantor
All along, the idea of a "clean budget" was BS. What unfolded last night in the Virginia Senate was further proof. https://twitter.com/LVozzella/status/477271742046420992 https://twitter.com/AdamEbbin/status/477274896527925248 The only thing "clean" about this budget is that Senate Democrats got their clocks cleaned. You can trace the failure back to redistricting. Senate Democrats drew lines that cost them seats. As … Continue reading A clean budget? Um, no
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot on May 29. (Obviously, I've been a little busy in the interim.) It was the final installment of a three-part series on why I think moving local elections to November is a bad idea. (Part 1, on money, is here. Part 2, on people, is here.) … Continue reading ICYMI: Making time for elections
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