by MCDC | Jun 9, 2013 | Madison County, Sequester
You don’t have to go to DC and walk the halls of Congress to get your voice heard. Sometimes DC comes to Madison! (please also see this post) Last week (June 7th) several of us had a one-on-one conversation with a staffer from the office of Virginia’s 5th...
by MCDC | Jun 1, 2013 | Ethics, News, Virginia Election 2013
Speaking of ethics, you may recall the recent flap when Virginia’s Attorney General refused to honor a Freedom of Information Request from Charlottesville’s Waldo Jaquith regarding that office’s compliance (or lack thereof) with legally-mandated...
by MCDC | Jun 1, 2013 | News, Racism
A photo in a second email showed President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama with surprised looks on their faces. The caption read “An embassy was bombed? … Muslims okay?” A string of racist emails and controversial remarks have shaken up a school...
by MCDC | May 23, 2013 | News, Opinion, Video, Virginia Election 2013
Jeff Shapiro of the Richmond Times Dispatch claims that Jackson “may be facing a rear-guard effort to strip him of the nomination” by Republicans terrified of his candidacy. But, he adds, “there apparently is nothing in the GOP’s rules...
by MCDC | May 22, 2013 | News, Opinion, Virginia Election 2013
Virginia’s top lawyer is not above the law. Nor is Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli just doing his constituents a favor when he responds to requests for public records. …If Cuccinelli was attempting to tamp down suspicions about his involvement with Star...
by MCDC | May 15, 2013 | Action Alerts, Health Care, Issues, News, Virginia Election 2013
“If you thought transvaginal ultrasounds were bad..” Ken Cuccinelli might not yet be a household name. But in just three short years, he has amassed a record as Virginia attorney general that has earned him the distinction of “the most overtly partisan...
