by MCDC | Jul 23, 2013 | Action Alerts, Energy, Environment, Virginia
Learn about the risks associated with uranium mining in a humid climate like exists in Virginia and find out how you can help prevent the mining moratorium from being lifted.
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 19, 2013 | Farm Bill, Issues, Madison County, Opinion, Virginia
A letter to the editor of the Madison Eagle newspaper Last November many candidates said they wanted to get elected so that they could do something about jobs. Robert Hurt was one of these candidates. Representative Hurt has continued to say he cares about creating...
by MCDC | Jul 19, 2013 | Civil Rights, Issues, News, Racism
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHBdZWbncXI&w=853&h=480] Transcript of Remarks by the President on Trayvon Martin (.PDF) “The African-American community is also knowledgeable that there is a history of racial disparities in the application of our...
by MCDC | Jul 19, 2013 | Events, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
“This fall the eyes of the political world will be fixed on Virginia, with the state playing host to the most competitive race of 2013, as businessman and former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe faces off against Ken Cuccinelli, the...
by MCDC | Jul 18, 2013 | Coal, Environment, Fracking, Global Warming, Keystone XL, Mountain Top Removal, News
@mikememoli WASHINGTON – The Senate voted to confirm Gina McCarthy as the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, ending what had been the longest delay for any of President Obama’s second-term Cabinet picks. The 59-40 vote was the second such...
