by MCDC | Jun 12, 2013 | Energy, Environment, Ethics, News, Virginia Election 2013
DUBIOUS DEFENSE ON OIL AND GAS CASE Virginian-Pilot Editorial Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli wants the public to believe his office intervened in a lawsuit on behalf of powerful interests solely to uphold a state law pertaining to oil and gas drilling. And, he said,...
by MCDC | Jun 11, 2013 | Madison County, News, Virginia Election 2013
“In Tuesday’s Democratic primary in Virginia, state Sen. Ralph Northam defeated former White House technology chief Aneesh Chopra by a 54-46 margin, earning him the right to take on the GOP’s already infamous nominee for lieutenant governor, E.W....
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...
