by MCDC | Sep 18, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli wants to be the state’s next governor. But he has been dogged by an ethics scandal involving gifts he received from the head of a company that has sued the state. So last week, Cuccinelli tried to put the issue to rest...
by MCDC | Sep 15, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
An out-of-state oil company, CONSOL Energy, is trying to wriggle out of its commitment to Virginia landowners. And Ken Cuccinelli might be helping them do it. Thousands of our neighbors in Southwest Virginia are suing CONSOL for nearly $28 million in owed royalties...
by MCDC | Sep 15, 2013 | Farm Bill, Issues, Madison County, Minimum Wage
People getting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits don’t just face the prospect of House Republicans slashing $40 billion from the program over the next 10 years, they face the immediate, certain prospect of losing an average of nearly $30 a month...
by MCDC | Sep 14, 2013 | Ethics, Health Care, Issues, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Image via the ACLU Endorsed By Rick Santorum for his cowardly escalation of the GOP’s ongoing war on women, Tea Party candidate Ken Cuccinelli is currently down by 18 points among women voters in his bid to succeed scandal-plagued Bob McDonnell as Virginia...
by MCDC | Sep 13, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
An Arlington, Va.-based conservative group, whose existence until now was unknown to almost everyone in politics, raised and spent $250 million in 2012 to shape political and policy debate nationwide. The group, Freedom Partners, and its president, Marc Short, serve...
