Friday, February 29th, 2008 – 01:30:19 PM
Earlier in the General Assembly session, Delegate Brian Moran (D-Alexandria) sponsored a bill, Alicia’s Law (HB1189), that would have appropriated $32 million towards catching the worst child pornography offenders. Alicia’s Law, named for Alicia Kozkeiwicz, who at the age of 13 was abducted from her home and transported to Herndon, VA, where she was found [...]
Monday, February 18th, 2008 – 10:15:09 PM
It’s a different world offshore.
The Telegraph reports that British ministers are considering a plan that would cause anyone under the age of 18 caught with some potent potables to have a conviction placed on their record. Officials are further considering plans to ban those under 18 from drinking altogether.
Of course, from this American’s view, such [...]
Monday, January 21st, 2008 – 09:20:23 PM
In a moment sure to rival Senator Ted Stevens’ insistence on the tubular nature of the Internet, House Majority Leader Morgan Griffith (R-8) has sponsored HB409, a bill that would make it illegal to…okay, I’ll just paste the summary here.
Unauthorized use of person’s name in website address; damages. Provides that a person who uses [...]
Thursday, January 17th, 2008 – 06:23:33 PM
Public school interscholastic sports and academic competitions are governed through the Virginia High School League, a nonprofit organization which was founded in 1913. VHSL itself receives no public funding, and every year public schools around the state fight each other for trophies and bragging rights. Since only public schools can join, private schools have formed [...]
Monday, January 14th, 2008 – 11:51:09 PM
“Welcome fellow Republicans. To start on new business, brother Hibbert will read a report on our efforts to rename everything after Ronald Reagan.” -C. Montgomery Burns [Krusty for Congress]
Delegate John O’Bannon is carrying a bill that would designate February 6 as Ronald Reagan Day in Virginia. As if we didn’t have any presidents of our [...]
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007 – 07:21:41 PM
Virginia House of Delegates head cheerleader Bill Howell refused to allow senior Bob Marshall to be captain of the Privileges and Elections squad, in favor of junior Mark Cole, despite Marshall’s seniority.
Film at eleven.
[Bob Gibson]
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007 – 11:15:48 AM
This is an awful idea.
Delegate Scott Lingamfelter’s HB121 will force any state or local employee who gives mental health treatment (including suicide prevention) to a minor to notify their parents within five days. Even though there is an exception provision that allows cases where notifying the parents would cause imminent harm, the damage done will [...]
Saturday, December 15th, 2007 – 09:58:24 PM
Fusion voting was once common in America, a process that allows multiple political parties to nominate a single candidate. In a country which had no form of proportional representation, this was about as proportional as it got–you could vote for John Doe voting on the Democratic ticket, or send John Doe a message voting on [...]
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 – 09:19:56 PM
Imagine for a moment that we can abandon the premise that the Founding Fathers got it right. Our first-past-the-post, single-member constituency method of electing legislatures has resulted in an entrenched two-party system that hampers coalition-building and snuffs out votes of those unfortunate enough to live in safe districts. Simple non-partisan redistricting won’t eliminate all of [...]
Sunday, November 11th, 2007 – 02:20:50 PM
“You’d better dance with the one that brung ya
You’d better hold on to the one that loves you
You’d better turn around before we’re through
And dance with the one that brung ya…”
-”Dance”, Little Texas
Now that Democrats statewide are done nursing their post-election hangovers (I hope), now is not the time to put the swords away. A [...]
