by MCDC | Oct 1, 2014 | Citizens United, Environment, Ethics
By Tim Dickinson The enormity of the Koch fortune is no mystery. Brothers Charles and David are each worth more than $40 billion. The electoral influence of the Koch brothers is similarly well-chronicled. The Kochs are our homegrown oligarchs; they’ve cornered...
by MCDC | Sep 4, 2014 | Ethics, Virginia
The Virginia Way continues to tarnish the state’s image. In another example of activity that might not be illegal, but which is certainly dubious, the state’s tobacco commission has been handing out grants to its chairman’s kinfolk. That chairman would be Terry...
by MCDC | Aug 29, 2014 | Ethics, News
Spin 1: A partisan witch hunt produced Perry’s criminal charges. NOT TRUE. Over 36 years the Travis Co. Public Integrity Unit prosecuted 21 officials: 6 Republicans and 15 Democrats. At the time of Perry’s $7.5 million veto, the vast majority of that unit’s case load...
by MCDC | Aug 9, 2014 | 2016 General Election, Ethics, Income Inequality, Issues
by MCDC | Jul 2, 2014 | Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, Ethics, Health Care, Virginia
WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL BOARD THE MORE circumstances emerge about the deal that flipped control of the Virginia state Senate to Republicans, the seamier it looks. And there’s plenty we still don’t know. To recap: The Senate was under Democratic control until early...
by MCDC | May 26, 2014 | Ethics, Racism
Usually Republicans are a little more subtle in their contempt for poor people in urban areas. But now they’re being completely up-front about it. Poor white kids will get extra money for meals when school is out of session. Poor black kids won’t....
