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Category Archives: Virginia Politics
D.C. refuses to fund baseball team.
I’m impressed by the D.C. Council’s vote to provide just 50% of the funding for the baseball stadium for the former Expos. This vote hasn’t gone over well among some, but I think it’s great. I’m as big a baseball fan as the next guy — probably moreso — and I’d love to see D.C. …
Sprint buys Nextel.
It’s official — Sprint has acquired Nextel for $35B. Nextel was founded by Virginia Governor Mark Warner who, unless I’m mistaken, still retains a significant stake in the company. If this is so, I hope that some enterprising reporter will do a little legwork to determine how much money that Warner is making from the …
Gilmore on economy, gross hypocricy.
This is just so rich. If it were a slice of cheesecake, I couldn’t take one more bite, really. “I have to say, the governor’s budget staff knows what’s going on with respect to the economy at any point in time. This was no surprise,” Gilmore told The Augusta Free Press. “For anyone to suggest …
Miller wins VA House seat.
Though some recounting seems likely (and advised), it appears that Democrat Paula Miller has defeated Democrat Michael Ball in the 87th district special election, down in Norfolk. The gap? Just 92 votes out of 7,623 cast. That’s for the seat vacated by Republican Thelma Drake, after she replaced Republican Congressman Ed Schrock (VA-02) after he …
Tim Kaine’s got a website.
Lt. Governor Tim Kaine finally has a website for his campaign for governor — it just went live today. It’s not much to look at, but it’s something. It’s only six pages, and that’s generously counting the contact page and blank press page. Bafflingly, there’s no blog (how 1998 of him), the code isn’t valid, …
Gilmore angling for Homeland Security?
Commonwealth Conservative thinks that former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore is angling for Director of Homeland Security. Let me explain to you exactly what Gilmore is trying to say, in laymans terms: Please, President Bush. I want to be appointed Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. That about sums it up. I still don’t know …
Pandak drops out of the race.
One month after she announced, Prince William County Attorney Sharon Pandak has ended her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Virginia Attorney General. This leaves just Creigh Deeds (Bath) and John Edwards (Roanoke) in the race. By “in the race,” I mean both of them are formal candidates — what with Edwards having raised just …
Take the money and run.
In today’s Virginian-Pilot editorial, they consider what the 33 Democrats are going to do with their $750,000 settlement from the state Republicans. The paper suggests that the party use it, logically enough, for the party, and I couldn’t agree more. Currently, the state party intends to donate the bulk of the money to charitable causes. …
News Leader on Kilgore’s mannerisms.
The Staunton News Leader takes things up a notch in the matter of Kilgore’s big weak spot, his voice. The press has been reluctant to acknowledge this particular living room elephant, presumably because Kilgore’s less-than-manliness is a tough topic to address. So I was impressed three days ago when the Hampton Roads Daily Press described …