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 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 | May 31, 2013 | Virginia Election 2013
Virginia Tea Party candidates Ken Cuccinelli and E. W. Jackson have been all over the news lately with some pretty extreme statements. While Cuccinelli is back-pedaling as fast as he can to try to distance himself from some of his running mate’s radical...
by MCDC | May 29, 2013 | Action Alerts, Events, Issues, Virginia Election 2013
Heal Thyself, Virginia! In what is widely seen both as a GOP test-case and a referendum on the Obama presidency, the Republicans have nominated some of the most extreme right-wing candidates in the history of the Commonwealth. We have the cure, but it will only work...
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...
