Campaign laws make Congress a millionaires club
Adding up every campaign from your local City Councilman to President of the United States, campaigns cost about as much as Americans spend on potato chips.
Anyone proposing a potato chip finance reform act? Is Frito-Lay “too big to fail?”
Rigell willing to duck debates with Nye
If Independent Kenny Golden doesn’t show 15% in three independent polls, Scott Rigell won’t show up for debates with Golden and Rep. Glenn Nye, according to the Virginian-Pilot.
No referendum needed for VB light rail
The Virginian-Pilot exploded today over the issue of having a referendum on bringing the Norfolk light rail line to Virginia…
Not Larry Sabato – Lobbyists, Governments and money
Kemper Consulting has as its clients government entities from HRT to local governments, who can’t legally donate to campaigns. Kemper also has private sector clients who have donated in their own name frequently and don’t need a lobbyist to do it for them.
So, where does Kemper’s donation money come from?
Democrat Holley ousted as Mayor
Voters tossed him with a 2-1 vote for recall. They fired him before in 1987, but hired him again nearly a decade later. Why these cities feed the egos of these lifetime Mayors I’ll never know.
Steele vs. McCain: I’ll take Steele
I’m sick of Republicans calling for RNC chairman Micheal Steele to resign. The latest fluff about Afghanistan and Steele’s accurate…
Gulf oil cleanup solution? Tax increase, says Virginian-Pilot
I’m beginning to think the The Virginian-Pilot editorial page is printed on a Xerox machine. Pick an issue: Transportation, education,…
Mark Warner snubs Virginia Beach, Chesapeake
Sen. Mark “radical centrist” Warner is gracing Hampton Roads with his presence in a trip so rare, the Virginian-Pilot reported…
Obama sues Arizona over Illegal Immigration
Stupid. That’s the only word to describe President Obama and his Justice Department filing a lawsuit to stop Arizona’s law…
Campaign slogan: “Elect me and I’ll quit”
It’s time to start chipping way at yet another anachronistic method of a bygone era when political bosses ran local…