by MCDC | Jul 19, 2013 | Ethics, News, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Tomorrow is the first debate in the Virginia governor’s race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Ken Cuccinelli. The New York Times just published an alarming story about Cuccinelli’s deep involvement in the Star Scientific campaign finance scandal, but...
by MCDC | Jul 17, 2013 | Ethics, Issues, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
A prominent local Republican is calling for Governor Bob McDonnell to resign. Shaun Kenney is the Chairman of the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors, and the former spokesman for the Republican Party of Virginia. He says the ongoing gift scandal shows that the...
by MCDC | Jul 16, 2013 | Citizens United, Ethics, Opinion, Voter Rights
By Robert Reich Permit me an impertinent question (or three). Suppose a small group of extremely wealthy people sought to systematically destroy the U.S. government by (1) finding and bankrolling new candidates pledged to shrinking and dismembering it; (2)...
by MCDC | Jul 15, 2013 | Energy, Environment, Ethics, Video, Virginia Election 2013
Shirley Keene, a landowner from Raven, VA, is fighting against Ken Cuccinelli and out-of-state energy companies over royalties owed her for gas extracted from her property. Recently, a federal judge said she was “shocked” by the help Attorney General...
by MCDC | Jul 11, 2013 | Ethics, News, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Bob McDonnell’s Growing Scandal Could Spill Over to Ken Cuccinelli “The Republican nominee always kept his distance from the governor. Now it’s a political imperative.” MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show has obtained financial disclosure statements...
by MCDC | Jun 23, 2013 | Ethics, News, Virginia
Patricia Kluge has been subpoenaed to testify before the federal grand jury investigating Gov. Bob McDonnell. By Waldo Jaquith Many months ago, an acquaintance was invited to join a small gathering at the estate of erstwhile Charlottesville-area millionaire Patricia...
