Category: Politics
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Loudoun Supervisors Defend Exorbitant Junkets
by Ram Venkatachalam Until recently, members of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors haven’t tried to sell themselves as international diplomats and business development experts. They aren’t. Nor do we have a long history of waste, fraud, and abuse when it comes to how members of local government spend our tax dollars, especially for money…
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Fear and Loathing in Loudoun
by Ian Prior For several years, parents in Loudoun County, Virginia have been clamoring for accountability, transparency, higher standards, and safety in their schools. They haven’t been getting it, and that’s why new leadership is needed. The brunt of the parents’ grievances has been largely directed toward the Loudoun County School Board, which has been…
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Washington Post Gotcha’s Another GOP Candidate
by Victoria Snitsar Churchill Despite The Washington Post‘s attempts to paint him as an anti-woman radical, Republican nominee for the House of Delegates 21st District John Stirrup of Prince William County makes a compelling case for his District to elect him to the open seat this November. According to The Washington Post, “Stirrup told a…
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Who Are Those Rich Men North of Richmond? And What Is Youngkin Up To?
by Shaun Kenney First things are first. I’m almost certain you have heard “Try That In a Small Town” by Jason Aldean. Good for a week, right? If you want to hear true protest music? Allow me to introduce you to the bluegrass of Oliver Anthony: Give these lyrics a try: These rich men north…
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Check Out the Partisan Lean of Every Virginia District
by Jeanine Martin VPAP.org has given us maps of the political leanings of all the districts, how far each district leans Republican or Democratic. Methodology To make any of these maps interactive with more details on each district click here. House of Delegates:
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The Democrats Are Coming For Your Children!
by Dick Hall-Sizemore Do parents have a RIGHT to be in charge of their children’s education? Should parents be at the head of the table when it comes to what their kids are learning at school? Governor Youngkin’s PAC, Spirit of Virginia recently sent out a fundraising letter headed by these questions. It declared that…
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Virginia Beach’s Bad Habit: Reckless Spending on Wasteful Projects
by Kerry Dougherty Feckless leadership, wasteful spending and escalating taxes have plagued Virginia Beach for decades. Despite new faces on city council, the game of spending tax dollars on insane projects that “will pay for themselves” continues. But let’s back up. Here’s one prescient story from The Virginian-Pilot in 2007. The headline: “Virginia Beach Sportsplex…
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Big Donors Leave DeSantis and Turn to Youngkin
by Jeanine Martin Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis’ campaign has failed to catch the attention of Republican voters. His support now hovers in the upper teens. DeSantis has recently fired one-third of his campaign staff. He is now losing major donors and many of them are turning to Governor Glenn Youngkin whose job approval is at…
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Just Because
by Dick Hall-Sizemore Glenn Youngkin seems to be intent on replacing members of higher education boards of education appointed by his Democratic predecessors just because. Case in point: N.H. “Cookie” Scott. Scott was one among the first Black students to enroll at Longwood University in Farmville in 1968 and the first to graduate four years…
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Pay No Attention to That Man in the Governor’s Mansion
If Glenn Youngkin is not running for President “this year” and wants to concentrate on Virginia elections, as he says, why is Wilbur Ross, former Secretary of Commerce under Donald Trump, throwing a fund raiser for Youngkin in the Hamptons? And did Youngkin, as the rumor goes, really get the word to Trump that all…
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Can Virginia Republicans Find 500,000 Votes?
by Shaun Kenney Back in November 2019, the Commonwealth of Kentucky was well on its way to being a blue state. That is, until the state’s Republican leadership saw the trend and decided to do something about it. Aided by terrible Biden numbers, Kentucky’s GOP reversed the decline in short order: If you’re like myself,…
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An Utter (and Videotaped) Disgrace of the Virginia General Assembly
by James C. Sherlock Whatever the Virginia Health Care Association (VHCA), the state’s nursing home lobbying organization, pays its General Counsel, Scott Johnson, it is not enough. He has been representing them for 20 years, and he owns the General Assembly. This is going to sound boring as I frame the background that is the…
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Youngkin Budget Leadership Faulted
by Dick Hall-Sizemore This blog gives ample exposure to conservative bloggers Kerry Dougherty and Shaun Kenney, but not to bloggers with other perspectives. David Toscano of Charlottesville, former Democratic floor leader in the House of Delegates and the author of a book on recent Virginia politics, regularly comments on Virginia politics, which is available to…
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Oh, To Be An Incumbent
by Dick Hall-Sizemore According to the Virginia Political Newsletter, the House Republican caucus has targeted 12 Democratic candidates in the upcoming General Assembly election. Their choices of targets reveal a lot about current Virginia politics. The targets are: HD 21—Josh Thomas HD 22—Travis Nembhard HD 57—Susanna Gibson HD 58—Rodney Willett HD 65—Joshua Cole HD 71—Jessica…
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Where Do Dems Stand on Civil Immunity for Law Enforcement Officers?
by James C. Sherlock Being a law enforcement officer is tough under the best of circumstances. Do you think that exposure to losing your house and car in a civil suit for something you did in a split second to protect the public and yourself and did not have reason to know was against the…