I've long supported an elected school board here in Norfolk. Unfortunately, I don't see it happening any time soon, unless the PTB decide they want it. Norfolk residents have so many things on our plates that this simply isn't a priority.An article in today's paper raises an important point: the terms of the school board … Continue reading Norfolk: appointed school board’s terms too short
Before we get too far afield of Tuesday's primary results, I think it's important to look at what happened yesterday. Northam wins LG nod I have to say that I'm surprised that my Senator pulled it off. (I'm anxious to get inside the numbers but that will have to wait until I have more time.) … Continue reading Election aftermath
Pretty sure the readers of this blog know that today is Election Day 🙂 The polls are open until 7pm tonight. Vote at your normal voting location. You can find a candidate's list here or use the SBE's "What's on my ballot?" tool here.
Tomorrow is Election Day. Here's a quick run down of the candidates: Statewide Democratic Primary LG - Aneesh Chopra | Ralph Northam AG - Justin Fairfax | Mark Herring Norfolk Democratic Primary - in addition to the statewide listed above: Commissioner of the Revenue - Sharon McDonald* | Evans Poston 90th House of Delegates (only … Continue reading One more day to Election Day
The Republican Party of Norfolk held a Mass Meeting Saturday morning to nominate candidates. Just two met the May 24th filing deadline and were nominated at the meeting: Jim McDonnell, who is running for Treasurer, and Neil Bradley, who is running for sheriff. The video of the meeting, which includes speeches from the nominees, is … Continue reading Video: Norfolk Republicans nominate 2
My latest op-ed appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. Although there was an overflow crowd for last night's candidates' forum, at 200+ folks, it was just a fraction of the number of people who will be voting. (Which is why I spent way too much time getting the video of it posted.) Lots of folks will … Continue reading Candidate forums, mail & straw polls (or ICYMI: Don’t rely on negative advertising)
The four Democrats who will be on the ballot were in Virginia Beach last night for a candidates' forum. The video, in two parts, is below. Somehow, my battery ran out. Here's part 2
The press conference held by AG Ken Cuccinelli yesterday afternoon prompted articles all over the commonwealth. Within hours, reports were updated to reflect that the Treasury Department, of which the Internal Revenue Service is a part, had issued a letter regarding the money. Virginia is due to receive in excess of $100 million from a … Continue reading Not so fast, Mr. Cuccinelli
I had my head down working yesterday when the news broke that my Congressman, Scott Rigell, will not endorse the Republican nominee for LG, E.W. Jackson. I applauded him on my Facebook page for having the courage to do this. But I was quickly disappointed to learn that the lack of endorsement didn't mean a … Continue reading Rigell on Jackson: no endorsement but will vote for
I didn't grow up watching football. Sports - of any kind - weren't real high on the list around my house. My freshman year in college, I worked at a department store over the Christmas holidays. One day, I was assigned to hand pens to a football player, who was there to sign autographs. To … Continue reading I’m convinced: time for Washington to change team’s name
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