Thursday, March 29th, 2007 – 05:47:21 PM
Governor Kaine spoke this week to several bloggers (myself included) on his way to a fundraiser over a conference call, and despite most of us being Democrats, the questions were slightly harsher than previous (according to Ben. The biggest issue looming over everyone’s head was transportation. Kaine spoke briefly about his amendments to the transportation [...]
Sunday, March 25th, 2007 – 10:25:34 PM
There was a palpable sense of excitement in the 100-150 gathered at the Ponds Community Center in Burke on Friday. Parked cars stretched out onto Burke Lake Road, along with blue-and-yellow Oleszek signs.
Janet and Majority-leader-in-waiting Dick Saslaw
A recurring theme of the night was moderation and the catastrophe that would be a right-wing takeover of the [...]
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007 – 06:15:29 PM
Click to embiggen.
EIA data only goes up to 2003, so the chart doesn’t reflect the explosion in oil and gasoline prices since then. Cost has likely gone up considerably.
Source: Energy Information Administration
Sunday, March 18th, 2007 – 01:13:17 PM
Is everyone really losing the transportation debate?
AP reporter Bob Lewis buys the Republican spin:
For years, legislators and governors of both parties have offered a series of unsuccessful proposals for easing the severe gridlock that threatens to choke the state’s economic engine, the populous and prosperous Northern Virginia suburbs, as well as throttle Hampton Roads. The [...]
Friday, March 16th, 2007 – 04:27:46 PM
In 1968, the Metro system as we know it today was largely finalized with the Adopted Regional System, the result of decades of wrangling and planning. With a couple of changes and over 30 years of construction, the ARS was finally completed. In the time since, only one of the planned extensions (to Largo Town [...]
Monday, March 12th, 2007 – 02:35:26 PM
You’ll need to register, but the VAYD’s have the ballot box open for their Bloggers of the Year. Go take a look.
Monday, March 12th, 2007 – 10:54:58 AM
Warrenton mayor George Fitch has embarked on an ambitious project to make Warrenton energy independent by the time he leaves office with a new biomass plant over the local dump. Ambitious projects are nothing new, of course (ever seen Cool Runnings? Fitch funded the actual team). There was one section in the Post article that [...]
Monday, March 12th, 2007 – 02:58:17 AM
The recent brouhaha over a federal court’s rejection of the District of Columbia’s gun ban has got me thinking about what the role guns ought to play in society. Virginia is, after all, one of the most gun-friendly states in the nation. The NRA is headquartered in Fairfax County. We tussle over whether guns should [...]
Monday, March 12th, 2007 – 02:30:03 AM
I hit the “Randomize” function on my Facebook March Madness pool, just for kicks before I ponder far more uneducated guesses.
I’m not putting down money.
Tuesday, March 6th, 2007 – 12:09:42 AM
Note: I have only a couple months to go before I get my license, so many of you will automatically discount me as a credible commentator on the Northern Virginia transportation bill, but remember: if this bill is a disaster waiting to happen a couple decades from now, who cleans up the mess?
Included within HB3202 [...]
