Waldo Jaquith

Has anyone heard about Danny Marshall making Bill Howell look like a fool in Danville in Martinsville. Howell was talking about all these current and past elected officials who back Marshall for re-election. One problem two said they don’t support Danny and he never asked for their permission. He just assumed. Should the Marshall Committe pay for the dry cleaning bill to get the egg off the Speaker’s Face?

Posted by Southside Sloppy on 21 October 2007 @ 10am

Waldo,

Great, I love it. But didn’t Moran help kill Creigh’s nonpartisan redistricting plan last year?

I might be misinformed on that.

Posted by Jon Sheridan on 21 October 2007 @ 12pm

Based on their answers to the Virginian Pilot, Paula Miller supports nonpartisan redistricting. Of course, you’ll have to update that roster once we add a few more Democrats in November :)

Good idea, Waldo. We have to hold their feet to the fire on this one.

Posted by Vivian J. Paige on 21 October 2007 @ 12pm

Thanks, Vivian — I’ve updated the list. (I’m not going to update the list in this blog entry as we go — I’ll leave it static.)

Posted by Waldo Jaquith on 21 October 2007 @ 12pm

Jon – No, Brian definitely did NOT help kill Creigh’s bill (he’s not on the P&E committee, for one thing). He has introduced a slightly different version of the legislation several times. You can see that in Privileges & Elections, it was killed on a voice vote here http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+sum+SJ352

I know that Bob Brink, David Englin, and Mark Sickles, who ARE on that committee, voted with Creigh. But of course it was not a recorded vote.

Posted by Kris Amundson on 21 October 2007 @ 4pm

Also, I intend to introduce my version of the bill again this year. When, I am hoping . . .

Posted by Kris Amundson on 21 October 2007 @ 4pm

Sen. Deed’s bill went through the Senate and was placed in the P & E Committee where it was tabled.

Del. Moran does not serve on the House P&E Committee. Therefore, he couldn’t have had any involvement.

Delegates Moran, Shuler, Armstrong, Brink, Barlow, Valentine, Amundson, Plum, Caputo, Ebbin, Scott, BaCote, Sickles, Waddell (I), Tascano, Bulova, and Senators Ticer and Howell all introduced or signed on as co-patrons to legislation involving redistricting. They all suffered the same fate: Passed by indefinetely in P&E by voice vote.

For his credit, Del. Chris Peace did introduce legislation to form a group to study the impact of partisan redistricting. That was also killed.

Posted by AnonDem on 21 October 2007 @ 4pm

Thanks for the info . . . don’t know how I got that impression.

Posted by Jon Sheridan on 21 October 2007 @ 7pm

Waldo — Virginia21 has asked a question about redistricting reform on their candidate questionnaire each cycle. I don’t think its on their website anymore, but I know that Kelly over there has the info if you drop them a line.

-Dave

Posted by Dave Solimini on 22 October 2007 @ 9am