The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus is holding a pre-veto session reception next Tuesday, April 17. The event will take place from 6pm to 8pm at the Science Museum. RSVP by this Friday, April 13. For obvious reasons, I won't be there. But I hope the attendees have a good time. And have a drink (or … Continue reading VLBC reception 4/17
As per our invitation, we are presenting op-eds from the candidates for the May 1 local elections in Norfolk, Newport News, Williamsburg, Chesapeake and Hampton. The articles will appear in the order in which they are received and exactly as they were sent to us. By Kevin Amick My decision to run as an “independent” … Continue reading Chesapeake candidate op-ed: Kevin Amick
Suburban Acres Civic League is holding a Ward 6 candidates' forum Monday, April 9. In addition, there will be two Ward 7 candidate forums Monday as well. The Suburban Acres Civic League Ward 6 forum will be held at the Norfolk Collegiate (Upper School), Suburban Parkway & Granby Street. Doors open at 6, meeting at … Continue reading UPDATED: Norfolk council races watch: candidate forums Monday
As per our invitation, we are presenting op-eds from the candidates for the May 1 local elections in Norfolk, Newport News, Williamsburg, Chesapeake and Hampton. The articles will appear in the order in which they are received and exactly as they were sent to us. By Barclay Winn It has been my privilege to serve … Continue reading Norfolk candidate op-ed: Barclay Winn
My dear friend and occasional blog contributor, Maria LoPresto, died last night. Details are few at this point but I am told she died in her sleep. Besides being an avid Jimmy Buffet fan, Maria was a dyed-in-the-wool, true blue Democrat. She had been active in the YDs, even serving as a national committee-woman at … Continue reading RIP Maria LoPresto
I have agreed to be part of a beta test here at wordpress.com for site advertising. This test is different from the advertising which used to appear on this site (that I actually paid to have removed). Now I will share advertising revenues with wordpress.com, my blog's host. The ads are supposed to be tastefully … Continue reading Testing 1,2,3: advertising
My latest op-ed appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Wednesday. In it, I reject the notion that somehow embracing a word that has been used as a slur somehow takes the sting out of it. Not only have I seen little evidence of it, but what I have seen is that doing so gives license to those … Continue reading The O-word, the Q-word and the N-word
First-time candidates make a lot of mistakes. One that I find particularly difficult for them to overcome is when they lack the ability to articulate why they are running. There's an old saying in politics that to get elected when running against an incumbent, a challenger has to answer two questions: why to fire the … Continue reading Why run?
Rolling Stone has a good article on the president's re-election campaign. Yes, it's long. But it's a really good read. And there are some lessons in here for candidates as well.
As per our invitation, we are presenting op-eds from the candidates for the May 1 local elections in Norfolk, Newport News, Williamsburg, Chesapeake and Hampton. The articles will appear in the order in which they are received and exactly as they were sent to us. By Marcus A. Calabrese As someone who has represented children, … Continue reading Norfolk candidate op-ed: Marcus Calabrese
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