Friday, February 25th, 2005 – 06:50:00 PM
The General Assembly will allow businesses to extend health care benefits beyond workers and spouses, to basically anyone–including parents, siblings, and domestic partners. Another small step from the realm of being the “last state in the nation” to see progress.
We’re not as insanely backward as it may seem!
Friday, February 25th, 2005 – 05:56:00 PM
Delegate Jim Dillard has unsurprisingly announced his retirement. One of the longest-serving delegates, he was a persistent moderate voice in an increasingly extremist legislature, and I wish him well.
Friday, February 25th, 2005 – 05:39:00 PM
Well whaddyaknow. The schism between the Republicans and the Extremists is nearly complete: Russ Potts is in the race. Ahh, it seems the Republican Party of Virginia has moved too far to the right for even their own senators to tolerate.
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake…” ~Napoleon
George Fitch and Russ Potts [...]
Thursday, February 24th, 2005 – 08:19:00 PM
Brought to my attention:
For Immediate Release Contact:Delacey SkinnerFebruary 24, 2005 [...]
Thursday, February 24th, 2005 – 05:37:00 PM
Connection Newspapers reports on the Electoral Board:
The Fairfax County Electoral Board voted 2-1 last Thursday night to fire Diane McIntyre, the county’s general registrar, for failing to adequately prepare for the large turnout leading up to the November election and for wrongly allowing 17 or 18 felons to cast a vote.McIntyre, a Republican, was voted [...]
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2005 – 09:08:00 PM
Received in my email inbox:
Hey guys I’m sending this to all five of you openly because you all haveexpressed an interest in helping us get out the word about Bruce Roemmelt’srun for the 13th District House Delegate seat against incumbent RepublicanBob Marshall. As this list grows, I’ll move it to a mailist an blind [...]
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2005 – 08:09:00 PM
Times Community papers discusses with Kilgore various whatnot. Snippets:
Kilgore discusses the Techway connection, the third Potomac bridge:
“We’re coming through. It’s necessary to this region. If you don’t want an exit ramp in your locality, fine. We’ll blow right over you, but we’ve got to move people that are just going north-south through this region more [...]
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2005 – 08:32:00 PM
Put your hand in your pocket. Pull out your wallet. Inside are probably some (or a lot) of green pieces of paper-dollar bills.
Those green notes aren’t as valuable as you think. In case you haven’t noticed, the dollar has been slipping steadily, and our nation’s finances are in quite a precarious position.
Now news comes in [...]
Saturday, February 19th, 2005 – 03:20:00 PM
Back to your regularly scheduled doldrums.
Special prize to the referrer of the proverbial “1000TH READER!”,
BRENDAN!
Wednesday, February 16th, 2005 – 09:23:00 PM
Through Kos-
http://www.nationalreview.com/beltway/056398.html
Senator Specter had experienced persistent fevers and enlarged lymph nodes under his left arm and above his left clavicle. He received testing on February 14th at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. The testing involved biopsy of a lymph node and biopsy of bone marrow. The lymph node was positive for Hodgkin’s disease. The bone marrow [...]
