Category: Politics
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Farewell to the Conscience of Virginia Beach City Council, John Moss
by Kerry Dougherty If you were in Virginia Beach on Wednesday morning, November 8, 2022, you could almost hear the sighs of relief. That collective exhalation came from the cronies on city council who would no longer have to deal with Councilman John Moss, who came in second in a three-way race for the newly…
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RVA 5×5 – Holiday Briefing
by Jon Baliles It’s Friday! Which means this newsletter would normally be filled with stories and analysis about what is happening in the RVA region (not all of it good), with an honest and insightful take (so far as that is possible). For instance, this week we could have stories about: A non-profit that presented…
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Thou Shall Not Bear False Witness — No Longer Applicable?
by Dick Hall-Sizemore In Virginia, registered voters are not identified by political party affiliation. Political parties do not like this provision because it allows non-party members to participate in their primaries. Parties try to discourage this incursion by non-members into their primaries by requiring various sorts of pledges, either to support the eventual nominee of…
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Shootout At the Fourth District Corral
by Dick Hall-Sizemore For Bacon’s Rebellion readers who do not follow politics in the Richmond area, you are missing a real donnybrook. The tussle is over filling the Fourth Congressional District seat held by the late Donald McEachin and the most in-fighting is over the Democratic nomination. Because the district is solidly Democratic, there is…
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Lively Libertarians Convene in Ruther Glen
by Bruce Majors Meeting in rural Ruther Glen in Caroline County, Virginia, Saturday, December 3rd, at a rustic venue (The Barns of Mattaponi Springs) that usually hosts weddings and Christmas parties, 54 Libertarian Party (LP) convention delegates from Richmond, Charlottesville, Newport News, Virginia Beach, Annandale, Arlington and other parts of Virginia met to elect new…
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Back To the Patrick Henry Building
by Dick Hall-Sizemore Governor Glenn Youngkin spent late summer and the fall campaigning around the country for Republican candidates for governor. He was passing out his signature red fleece vests all over the country. His main goal was to help Republican candidates knock off Democratic incumbents, but he did appear with three incumbent Republican governors.…
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Suggestions to Ease Virginia’s Housing Crisis without Additional State Money
by James C. Sherlock The Richmond Times-Dispatch, on cue, wrote in an editorial the other day that more state money was needed to fund local housing. Maybe. But that is not the first place to look. The governor wants to condition development aid to local communities on their reforming land-use policies to permit more construction.…
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Remembering Donald McEachin
by Chris Saxman Virginia lost a good man this week when Congressman Don McEachin passed away at age 61 due to cancer. Having served with McEachin in the Virginia House, I can attest to his fine nature and dedication to his principles. While I didn’t have the fortune to work with him directly on legislation,…
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Whiplash on Virginia’s Economy
by Dick Hall-Sizemore “Our beloved Commonwealth is in a ditch.” Glenn Youngkin, May 7, 2021.also see here. “The commonwealth has never been in a stronger financial condition.” Glenn Youngkin, Nov. 21, 2022
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New VPAP Modelling Shows Why Virginia Republicans Are Losing Elections
by Shaun Kenney There’s a common theme among Virginia Republican number crunchers that Fairfax County is the snake that swallowed the bowling ball. More accurately, that no matter how well Republicans might seem to do across the Commonwealth, when 1.3 million Fairfax County residents make their voices heard, that’s a massive fraction of the nearly…
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Trump, Missiles, COVID, and Youngkin
by Kerry Dougherty Yes, I heard. The whole country heard. Donald Trump announced last night that he was running for president in 2024. The worst-kept secret in American history. If I were a Democrat I’d be delighted. While Trump always sucks the air out of the room and dominates the news cycle, other events were…
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Trump Denial Simplex
by Jim McCarthy Wokeness appears to have infiltrated or infected Republicans and conservatives following disappointment when the ballyhooed Red Wave failed to materialize in the midterms. Denial is the first stage of the grieving process toward acceptance of the passing of a loved one. Trump Denial Simplex (TDS) is not a replacement for Trump Derangement…
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Another Key Virginia Republican Rejects Trump
by James A. Bacon No question about it: the Democrats won the expectations game. Republicans convinced themselves that they would sweep to victory in a Red Wave Tuesday, but they fell drastically short. It appears that the Rs will gain control of the House of Representatives and they still have a shot at squeaking out…
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Aftermath…The Midterm Elections
by Kerry Dougherty In the aftermath of the midterms there is gnashing of teeth among Republican voters who wanted a red wave. But, hey, we did our part in southeastern Virginia. We flipped the 2nd District congressional seat and some of the woke Virginia Beach School Board. Well done, neighbors! On Tuesday I met Mike…
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Trump’s Done, and It’s Patently Obvious
The American electorate spoke loud and clear on Tuesday – they want to move on and will reward those who effectively govern. by Chris Saxman *Phone rings* “What’s up?”, I answered recognizing the caller ID’d number. “He’s done, right?” came the question. “Yup, he’s done.” The caller hung up. But much to my astonishment (and…