Thursday, May 16, 2013
Lorton Democrats met the candidates for Virginia Governor, Lt. Governor and Attorney General at Pane e Vino in Lorton on Wednesday night.
Terry McAuliffe, Virginia's Democratic gubernatorial candidate, painted his Republican opponent Ken Cuccinelli as a ideologue on Wednesday night in Lorton. Specifically, McAuliffe focused on abortion. "I'm running against a guy who has a social, ideological agenda," said McAuliffe of Cuccinelli, the state Attorney General. "He has said that it is his goal to see abortion disappear in the United States of America." McAuliffe, the former head of the Democratic National Committee, spoke to about 50 members of the Mount Vernon District Democratic Committee at Lorton's Pane e Vino. Other attendees included Lt. Governor candidate Aneesh Chopra and Attorney General candidates Sen. Mark Herring and Justin Fairfax. The final Democratic candidates …
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Snyder spoke to the Greenspring Retirement Republican Club on Tuesday
Tech entrepreneur Pete Snyder is running for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, and for more than a half-hour Tuesday morning, he talked the talk with Republicans at the Greenspring Retirement Community in Springfield. "I want to rein in the size and scope of government," said Snyder. "You hear politicians talk about this all the time as budgets continue to rise. And when you look over the past 20 years, budgets in Richmond have grown by over 400 percent. The population of Virginia has only grown by 40 (percent). Something is out of whack. So, I want to make it a goal to rein government in by 10 percent. That's not that audacious, but the career politicians and others will tell you it can't be done. And that's the problem." Snyder, 40, a …
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Republican 11th District candidate Chris Perkins spoke to residents Tuesday about tax reform and other issues.
Federal budget sequestration will cripple Northern Virginia's economy, and Chris Perkins, the Republican 11th District Congressional candidate, wants to stop it. Perkins, who spoke to about 50 members of the Greenspring Retirement Community Republican Club on Tuesday, said that his Democratic opponent Rep. Gerry Connolly is not considering the interests of his constituents regarding the impending cuts to federal defense contracts. "The 11th Congressional District will be the second hardest hit district in the country because of this," said Perkins. "I understand that a Congressman may find himself in a situation when the greater good for America might be in conflict with the greater good of his constituents, but in this case, it's going …
Beck Lomax
6:14 pm on Friday, May 17, 2013
Pot calling the kettle black. Mere identification with a political party equals ideological agenda. By definition, all parties have agendas and we are going to hear about it for the next several months at the expense of real news reporting. Vote independently, lemmings! more ›