51st HOD District Category Archives
NLS Tries Thirty Degrees Of Separation, And Fails
19 April 2008 | 51st HOD District, Prince William County | 19 Comments
We had lawyers, they had lawyers, and our lawyers beat the snot out of theirs. Instead of slinking off in well deserved embarrassment as they should, the next chapter of the battle by the losers is to smear the victors as part of a “hate group”, and some are dumb enough to fall for this, […]
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NLS Dissects The 51st District
5 January 2008 | 51st HOD District | 24 Comments
NLS has a very interesting post looking at the election results in the 51st District that political junkies in Prince William will find rather informative.
With that it seems clear to me that despite all his weaknesses as a candidate, Faisal Gill still could have won this election if he had won the convention in a […]
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Dem Introduces Great Immigration Bill — More To Come?
18 December 2007 | Illegal Aliens, 51st HOD District, Virginia House | 7 Comments
A reporter asked me today whether changes in party control mean that it’s going to be even harder to get bills though the General Assembly this year that attempt to address the illegal alien problem. My answer was that it shouldn’t, as many Democrats made a lot of promises during their campaigns that they’re going […]
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51st House District: A Look Ahead
12 November 2007 | Faisal Gill, 51st HOD District | 63 Comments
The aftermath of the election in the 51st District is prompting some interesting commentary that suggests that in 2009 there’s going to be quite a bit of jockeying for position for the opportunity to challenge Delegate-elect Paul Nichols for the 51st House District. Already, the kool-aid addicts that think that Faisal Gill is a good […]
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Bi-Partisan Buffoonery On Illegal Immigration
9 October 2007 | Faisal Gill, Prince William County | 44 Comments
It’s hard enough to engage in the debate over illegal immigration without having perhaps well meaning, but completely ignorant candidates running around saying things that are just completely ridiculous. This pollution of the immigration debate with false premises and campaign promises that are absolutely impossible given current federal law is completely irresponsible, and it’s […]
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Kopko Denies 51st District Appeal
8 August 2007 | 51st HOD District | 77 Comments
In a ruling published yesterday, PWCRC Chairman Tom Kopko in his role as the sole member of the 51st District Legislative Committee, denied the appeal by Julie Lucas of the 51st District Convention which happened on June 2nd. About the only surprise here is that he didn’t wait until November 5th to publish his […]
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NLS: Nichols Leads Gill By 17 Points
2 August 2007 | 51st HOD District | 36 Comments
Oh my. This is not good news for Republicans in the 51st District.
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Faisal Gill Talks About Illegal Aliens
19 July 2007 | Illegal Aliens, 51st HOD District | 22 Comments
Faisal Gill, the official Republican nominee for the 51st in the District House of Delegates, had a press conference today in which he called for elevating the penalty for hiring an illegal alien to a felony. It’s an interesting idea, although there may likely be a federal preemption in this regard and the Commonwealth may […]
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McQuigg Responds on 51st District Convention
2 July 2007 | 51st HOD District | 51 Comments
Delegate Michele McQuigg, who is now running for Clerk of the Court, has asked me to post the following in regards to her role in the 51st District Convention. For those of you concerned about what happened there, the following sheds some light on what happened behind the scenes:
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Unity Is An Earned Commodity
26 June 2007 | 51st HOD District, PWCRC | 45 Comments
Tonight’s PWCRC meeting included a plenty of calls for Republican unity in order to help our candidates win in November, and those calls make a lot of sense. The purpose of the committee is to get Republicans elected, and unity is an important part of accomplishing that goal. With a fractured party, this goal is […]
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Correcting The Record
22 June 2007 | 51st HOD District | 30 Comments
While I was out of town there was this interesting post by James Young which blasted at what he considered some of the myths of the 51st convention process. Since James only showed up at the very end of the convention, I’m going to forgive him for some of the errors in his post, […]
The Math Error
13 June 2007 | 51st HOD District | 41 Comments
At the 51st District Convention, the elections committee report showed there were more votes than qualified delegates in three precincts. In two of those precincts Faisal Gill won (Lake Ridge and Penn), and in another, Julie Lucas won (Civic Center). When RPV was asked how to address these “overvotes”, their answer was that these precincts […]
Ridiculous
13 June 2007 | 51st HOD District, PWCRC | 25 Comments
The war within the PWCRC has apparently expanded into a fight between PWCRC Chairman Tom Kopko and 11th Congressional District Chairman Becky Stoeckel according to a post that appeared yesterday on Skeptical Observer. Kopko’s tirade against Stoeckel, prompted by what is reported to be a call for a meeting to consider Julie Lucas’ appeal […]
Lucas Files For School Board, Appeals 51st Convention
12 June 2007 | 51st HOD District, Prince William County | 23 Comments
I’ve gotten word that Julie Lucas has filed as a candidate for the Prince William County School Board, and filed her appeal with the 51st Legislative District Committee, which is comprised of Tom Kopko.
The world awaits with baited breath to see what decision Tom Kopko will render. Will he toss Faisal Gill under the bus […]
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Gainesville Times Coverage of the 51st Convention
9 June 2007 | 51st HOD District | 11 Comments
Dan Roem, who writes for the Gainesville Times has a pretty good write-up on the 51st District convention, which Citizen Tom denounces as juvenile and biased. Since Dan stuck through the whole ordeal from the beginning, and Tom to my knowledge didn’t attend any part of the convention, I think I’m going to rely on […]
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Judge For Yourself
7 June 2007 | 51st HOD District | 24 Comments
Not Larry Sabato has posted audio from the 51st District Convention which should allow readers to judge for themselves whether this post in Faisal Gill’s fan website is accurate or a steaming pile of horse manure.
New Blog
5 June 2007 | 51st HOD District, Blogs | 18 Comments
Our friend Charles has started up a new blog called “Fans of Faisal“. So far it’s pretty much limited to his previous postings regarding Faisal Gill’s candidacy. Since it appears that Faisal is the Republican nominee at this point, it makes sense, although I don’t recall anyone doing something like this for any other nominee […]
An Unrealistic Solution
4 June 2007 | 51st HOD District | 70 Comments
I hadn’t intended to write about the 51st until there were some official statements available to talk about, but this latest attempt to quell the rancor by enticing Julie Lucas to post a last-minute challenge to Toddy Puller needs to be addressed.
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51st District Appeal Possibilities
3 June 2007 | 51st HOD District | 79 Comments
If the 51st District convention is thrown out by the 11th District Committee Ccommittee, and that decision is not overturned by RPV, there are only a few options available for selecting a nominee by the state-mandated deadline of June 12th. Article VIII of the Party Plan requires that conventions are announced thirty days prior […]
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An Irregularity Confirmed
3 June 2007 | 51st HOD District | 16 Comments
I had a chance to interview Chris and Barbara Cummings, two delegates from the Penn precinct that participated in the 51st District convention this weekend. They observed one of the more troubling irregularities at the convention that I reported on yesterday.
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