Guest post by Bwana at Large Virginia Democrats and Republicans have chosen their champions for the 2012 Senate race. Both have sent out into the countryside for the finest wines, cheeses, and silken fabric so each may present a fitting coronation of former Gov. Tim Kaine for the Democrats and former Gov./Sen. George Allen for … Continue reading George Allen 2012: Old Dogs, New Tricks
The candidates in the 1st Senate district - incumbent Sen. John Miller and challenger Mickey Chohany - squared off Friday evening in Newport News. I arrived a little after the 6:30pm start time, thanks to the tunnel traffic. The event was already underway. The candidates took a variety of questions put forth by the event … Continue reading Report: Miller/Chohany candidates forum
The League of Women Voters of South Hampton Roads is sponsoring two candidate forums covering the contested races on the southside. On Monday, October 24, incumbent Del. Ron Villanueva and his challenger Adrianne Bennett in the 21st district will participate. The forum will be held at 6:30pm in the auditorium of Landstown High School (2001 … Continue reading LWV-SHR announces candidate forums
Anyone interested in local government should read this Vanity Fair article. Yes, it is long. Yes, it is worth it. And if you think it couldn't happen here, consider this and this.
Tonight, Sen. John Miller and challenger Mickey Chohany will face off for the first time. The candidates' forum is being hosted by the Virginia Peninsula MAL Unit of the League of Women Voters of Virginia. The forum will take place at 6:30pm at the Newport News Fountain Plaza II, located at City Center at Oyster Point, 700 … Continue reading Reminder: Miller/Chohany forum tonight
And one of my habits is reading the newspaper every day. This was the topic of my latest op-ed, which appeared in Wednesday's Virginian-Pilot. The original impetus for the article was, of course, the announced changes to the newspaper. But then the Pew Research Center in conjunction with the Knight Foundation released a study (pdf) … Continue reading Some habits die hard
Once-and-future Democratic candidate for governor, Terry McAuliffe, shared the op-ed page of The Virginian-Pilot with me today with this article on economic growth. Interesting that the newspaper didn't identify him that way 😉 Equally interesting to note is that a 2013 gubernatorial candidate doesn't rate a link in the VPAP clips. (Yes, I'm going to … Continue reading TMac on economic growth
In the last couple of days, I've come across two really good posts on the future of newspapers, both written by former Virginian-Pilot journalists who have moved on. The first was written John-Henry Doucette, who remains in Norfolk although not in the newspaper business. He argues that it is not newspapers that people need; instead, … Continue reading Spotlight: Two views on newspapers
It happened, anyway. Last night, the Washington Redskins lost to the hated Dallas Cowboys. Hey Matt - guess you wish you had taken me up on my bet! I shouldn't have expected anything else. After all, it seems the 'Skins always find a way to lose to this particular NFC East rival. Still, I was … Continue reading Don’t go breaking my heart
Not everyone may be aware that the "long form" of the Census was actually separated from the rest of the Census questionnaire after the 2000 Census. This was done in an effort to provide more timely information in between the Census taken every ten years. Last week, the American Community Survey (ACS) results for 2010 … Continue reading Your demographic pulse
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