by MCDC | Aug 13, 2013 | Ethics, Issues, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
McDonnell Burns His Benefactor Governor McDonnell is under criminal investigation over allegations that he and his family received various “gifts” from Star Scientific executive Jonnie Williams. Those gifts are said to total more than $145,000...
by MCDC | Aug 11, 2013 | Ethics, History, Minimum Wage
Throughout American history virtually every legislative initiative for progressive reform has been achieved only after bitter struggle by citizens, workers and advocates demanding fundamental rights and protections. In each case, they were met with claims that the...
by MCDC | Aug 10, 2013 | Ethics, Video, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Rachel Maddow reports the latest developments in the gift-accepting scandal surrounding Virginia governor Bob McDonnell and Virginia Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli, including the realization by Cuccinelli that he is meant to pay for the...
by MCDC | Aug 9, 2013 | Ethics, Video, Virginia Election 2013, Voter Rights
When was the last time you saw a front page headline about gerrymandering? Before the 2010 election, conservatives launched a plan to win control of state legislatures before the census. The idea was to be in power when national congressional districts were redrawn in...
by MCDC | Aug 7, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Ken Cuccinelli, the Republican nominee for governor, has said he does not plan to return $18,000 worth of gifts he received from Jonnie R. Williams Sr., the head of the dietary supplement company Star Scientific. The gifts mostly came in the form of meals and free...
by MCDC | Aug 5, 2013 | Ethics, Issues, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Yeah, right. Ethics for thee, but not for me.. RICHMOND — Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II urged Gov. Robert F. McDonnell on Monday to call a special General Assembly session to repair “severe holes” in the state’s ethics laws. With McDonnell embroiled in a gifts...
