Open source, procurement, and gov tech.
Good news for the governor: “The Simplification and Operations Committee of the Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring today officially approved adoption of the governor’s ABC privatization plan.” I’m sure that getting his plan through the committee comes as a great relief to him. Wait, the what committee? Oh. The Commission will consist of up …
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I’ve been working on this for the last few months. There’s really nothing to see just yet, but, as when I was developing Richmond Sunlight, I think it’s better for me to spend time coding than bloviating. I just spent twenty minutes writing about the Delaware Senate race, realized that I’d said nothing original or …
Whatever one might think of Rep. Tom Perriello, only a fool or a liar would deny that the guy has cojones. Just look at what he did this evening: speak at the monthly meeting of the Jefferson Area Tea Party. Consider that for a moment. Perriello is, for the second year in a row, holding …
This is Randolph Walker’s “Geographically Inclusive State Song of Virginia,” since the state lacks a song right now. Hey, it’s better than most of the crap other people have proposed. This was our last state song. It’s amazing that it remained the state song as long as it did. (Via Craig Fifer)
I’m trying to figure out how to get back into the swing of things here after an extraordinarily trying month, but I do want to point out the first reasonable poll in the Fifth District. (And understand that I’m using “reasonable” loosely—this poll was conducted for the American Action Forum, a conservative group, making it …
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For the AP, Charles Babbington writes about the Fifth District race The bumps that Hurt and Perriello are finding on the campaign trail reflect nationwide discontent and suspicion among voters. The latest Washington Post-ABC News poll found that 68 percent of voters lack confidence in Democratic lawmakers, and 72 percent lack confidence in Republican lawmakers. …
Republican congressional nominee Robert Hurt can’t seem to make up his mind as to whether he’s going to debate his challenger from the right, Jeff Clark. In a recorded interview with The Daily Progress a week ago, he had this exchange with the paper: DP: [Are you] going to be willing to debate Jeff Clark …
I’m putting on an event for Left of Center on Tuesday night that I want to make sure to invite y’all to, “The ACLU on Attorney General Cuccinelli, UVA, and ‘Climategate’.” Kent Willis, the longtime executive director of the Virginia ACLU (and a guy who has saved my bacon three times, including last year), will …
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This is just pathetic: Virginia Republicans launched a pair of attack ads Wednesday questioning whether Reps. Tom Perriello, D-5th District, and Rick Boucher, D-9th District, joined with other congressional Democrats who applauded Mexican President Felipe Calderon last week for urging an assault weapons ban. The problem, the Los Angeles Times pointed out Thursday, was neither …
Continue reading “The RPV, caught in a lie, won’t even admit it.”