by MCDC | Aug 18, 2013 | Ethics, Opinion, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Published August 18 in The Washington Post Regarding the Aug. 14 Metro article “McDonnell: All ‘tangible’ gifts returned to supporter”: Rich Galen, a spokesman for Gov. Robert F. McDonnell’s legal team, contrasted the Republican governor’s unblemished record of public...
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 17, 2013 | Opinion, Quote of the Day
by MCDC | Jul 16, 2013 | Citizens United, Ethics, Opinion, Voter Rights
By Robert Reich Permit me an impertinent question (or three). Suppose a small group of extremely wealthy people sought to systematically destroy the U.S. government by (1) finding and bankrolling new candidates pledged to shrinking and dismembering it; (2)...
by MCDC | Jun 25, 2013 | Opinion, Virginia Election 2013
By Phyllis Randall Loudoun, VA Historians may disagree on who originally articulated the statement “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” Some credit this quote to Abraham Lincoln while others claim it was the wisdom of...
by MCDC | Jun 20, 2013 | Opinion, Virginia Election 2013
A letter to the editor of the Madison Eagle newspaper The Youth Vote: Key to Winning Elections This fall Virginia voters will go to the polls to elect a new governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general. Young voters, who were a key voting constituency in 2012,...
