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Archives for August 2006
Allen’s Outburst
15 August 2006 | US Senate | 8 Comments
Not Larry Sabato and the Washington Post are all excited about an outburst from George Allen yesterday. Allen singled out a Webb staff member who was in the crowd of one of his events. The staffer was taping the event for Webb. Allen drew the crowd’s attention to the staff member and made fun of […]
Two More Days To Be Made Payable
14 August 2006 | Humor & Satire, Prince William County | 7 Comments
I noticed that over at the website for the Prince William County Democratic Committee the filing fee for candidates for BOCS chairman is $1,500. If these guys are supposed to be the protectors of the “little guy” and dedicated to the widest participation possible in the democratic process, then how come their filing fee […]
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How’s This for Spin?
14 August 2006 | Prince William County | 4 Comments
John Gray is apparently claiming that the excerpts of the email I posted last Thursday were altered from their original content. Mr. Gray is claiming that the real story behind the “endorsements” that were listed in his email was simply a case of getting “their permission” to run, and nothing more.
So I suppose we’re […]
Rishell’s Desperate Whitewashing
14 August 2006 | 50th HOD District | 2 Comments
Last Friday Jeanette “Moonfruit” Rishell issued yet another policy position regarding illegal immigration, this time dropping what appeared to have been the centerpiece of holding landlords criminally responsible for instances where their tenants violate a lease agreement or overcrowding ordinances. That was a phenominally dumb idea, and I’m pleased to see it dropped. […]
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Gray Before and After
14 August 2006 | Prince William County | Comments Off
A reader helpfully forwarded to me a letter to the editor in the Washington Post submitted by John Gray and published on on March 14th, 2004. When I look at this letter, and compare it to Mr. Gray’s campaign announcement from last week, it makes me wonder just how much I can take his […]
PWC Convo Scheduling: No Conspiracy
13 August 2006 | Blogs, Prince William County | 2 Comments
Charles over at TwoConservatives has an excellent post giving his take on a Washington Post story about the schedule for the BOCS Chairman conventions. It’s well worth a read, where Charles finds rare value from this paper.
I also appreciate Charles’ comments regading this post by Vincent at Too Conservative. If Sean Connaughton is “the most […]
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Tough Call
13 August 2006 | US Congress | 3 Comments
I got a letter from Mike McHugh’s Virginia Gun Owners Coalition last week that wants to put pressure on Frank Wolf to more strongly support Second Amendment issues. Of particular interest to Mike was Frank Wolf’s nonsupport for the repeal of D.C.’s inane gun ban and his attempt have a summit about D.C.’s crime problem […]
Unintended Consequences
12 August 2006 | Blogs, Humor & Satire | 1 Comment
After having moved this blog to my own servers, I had intended to keep the blogger site up for a few months in order to minimize the occurrence of broken links. I figured after a few months I could delete that site, as it would take a while for all the links to update to […]
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Feder Summons Yields Poor Results
12 August 2006 | US Congress | 5 Comments
Not Larry Sabato reports that Scott Arceneaux has been brought in to help salvage the failing campaign of Judy Feder. Scott has previously helped Doug Duncan (Socialist-People’s Republic of Montgomery County, MD) run campaigns against other Democrats in a county where the Republicans have generally fled in disgust and don’t even run candidates in many […]
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Gray’s Faulty Accounting
12 August 2006 | Prince William County | 3 Comments
I saw John Gray’s candidacy announcement today, and it’s a real hoot. At one point in the announcement, he derides what he sees as a “cut to the bone” policy of conservative Republicans who are trying to focus county government on core priorities and reduce spending. Then he turns around and delivers this whopper:
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GRAY’S REBELLION
10 August 2006 | Prince William County | 10 Comments
A BVBL reader has forwarded to me a copy of an email sent by John Gray where he tries to drum up some support for his campaign. It’s an interesting read, and raises some rather interesting questions. While I would like to reproduce the email in it’s entirety, in order to protect the confidentiality of […]
Is This Part Of “Social Justice”?
10 August 2006 | 50th HOD District | 2 Comments
I ran across this posting by one of my favorite “social justice” activists, touting that the AFL-CIO was going to organize and support illegal immigrant day laborers. She seems to think this is just a peachy idea, and will be a win-win for organized labor and illegal immigrants. To me, it’s simply convincing evidence that […]
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PWC Fair: “We Want ALL Your Money”
9 August 2006 | Prince William County | 5 Comments
I heard tonight that the Prince William County Fair has yet again jacked up fees and is now charging between two and four dollars a ride and even $5 a pop for the ferris wheel. Of course these charges are in addition to the $5-7 admission fee. For a supposedly family-oriented event, they’re sure making […]
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It’s Miller Time
9 August 2006 | 50th HOD District | 1 Comment
Howling Latina, a “progressive” blogger in Fauquier County who seems to have developed an interest in the 50th District race for House of Delegates, has posted another unusual article about the race. This time she demonstrates that this may be a good time to make sure readers understand the reasons why to vote for Jackson […]
Chapman’s Filings
9 August 2006 | Manassas City, 50th HOD District | 6 Comments
I just spoke with the Virginia Board of Elections folks and they confirmed that Chapman probably did file his Campaign Disclosure Form on time - it was just in written form which takes longer to post. “Had To Say” speculated earlier that this may be the case. It looks like he was right. […]
Rishell Gets Another Endorsement
8 August 2006 | 50th HOD District | 8 Comments
Jeanette “Moonfruit” Rishell got another endorsement today, this time from a blogger in Midland, Virginia, going by the name of Howling Latina, who’s tagline reads “social justice, progressive discourse, and sisterly love”. With this second important endorsement, the previous being from the Virginia Partisans Gay & Lesbian Democratic Club, it seems that Rishell has really […]
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GRAY CLOUDS CONVENTION
8 August 2006 | Prince William County | 4 Comments
I have confirmed this evening that John Gray has filed as a candidate for the Republican nomination for Prince William County BOCS Chairman. This has to be one of the dumber political moves of the year, and there’s a lot of competition in that regard. With no name recognition, county-wide organization, or experience as a […]
One Missing Scenario: Aliens
8 August 2006 | US Congress | 3 Comments
Not Larry Sabato provided his outlook on Congressional races in Virginia today, and influenced by a somewhat dubious Washington Compost report on a poll they recently ran, he was pretty optimistic about the chances of Democratic candidates in Virginia this year. Of course optimism in this case still means that he favors Republicans to […]
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Yep, It Was A Flop
8 August 2006 | US Congress | 2 Comments
As suspected, Judy Feder’s big event in Manassas has been proven conclusively to be a flop. Despite the lure of free barbequeue, wide publicity and robo-calls to most of the voters in the area, the photos of the event on her website demonstrate a miniscule crowd that largely consisted of a few PWCDC activists, […]
PWC Comes Through For the Marines
8 August 2006 | Patriotism | Comments Off
I posted before about Operation Labor of Love, where Major Ted Gates (USMC) needed support from the folks at home. In true American fashion, Prince William County residents were not going to let down the United States Marine Corps, and donated 650 pounds of police training equipment and about 4,000 toys for children in […]
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