The Seattle Times profiles the prolific State Sen. Mark Jacobsen, who has filed 99 bills in 2 months.
Republican Minority Leader Mike Hewitt, R-Walla Walla, says the Legislature has more important things to do. If Jacobsen were a Republican, he’d tell him to cut it out.
“I would tell him not to have these kinds of numbers” [...]
I don’t know what Delegate Dave Albo is doing down in Richmond, but it isn’t impressing me. He looks about as effective as an eggplant, whatever he’s doing. He voted against HB1653 in committee, a bill that would ban smoking in gas stations. Clearly, because 42nd District residents have a right to risk blowing [...]
Delegate Bob Marshall has prefiled his bills for the 2007 session, and they are HILARIOUS, as usual.
Turkey Baster Bob is going to fight Virginia’s biggest problem: adultery, with HB 1661. Virginia’s adultery law hasn’t been updated in 46 years, so Turkey Baster Bob has decided to add “cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, and anal intercourse” to to [...]
I finally found the time to listen to the debate between Delegate Bob Marshall and Evan Wolfson (of Freedom to Marry) on the Marshall-Newman amendment, graciously uploaded by the Charlottesville Podcasting Network. I was absolutely floored by some new Bob Marshall gems. Such as…well, I’ll just provide you a table.
WHAT BOB MARSHALL SAID
WHAT IT MEANT
I [...]
Every single time a news tidbit about Dave Albo (who thankfully is not my delegate by about half a mile) comes my way, I grow even more weary of him. In the latest edition of the South County Chronicle, Delegate Dave Albo does what he does best–slippery thing he is–and backtracks.
Dave Albo votes to cut [...]
NoVa Democrat takes on my delegate, Dave Marsden, by highlighting key votes that Marsden made on some bills. I disagree with NoVa Democrat’s assessment.
1) He introduced HB 1460 which would make local cops immigration officials (I am proud that ALL of Arlington’s delegates had the courage to vote against it).
2) His vote for HB 487 [...]
This November, as you may be aware, Virginia votes on whether to add to the state constitution an amendment to ban gay marriage (and all sorts of contracts between non-married couples). I’m sure the latter is not the true purpose of the amendment.
The true purpose is to ostracize and discriminate against gays (spawn of the [...]
Ah, Dave Albo. Sponsor of the infamous HB 1054. Remember HB 1054?
That was the bill that was attacked by PROTECT, a national child protection organiation, because it lowered the penalties for child rape. I cannot make this stuff up, and yet, when I got a chance to ask Mr. Albo about this bill, he, [...]
From the mailbag:
Governor Tim Kaine will be coming to the 33rd district to rally the troops in support of Mark Herring. The event is sponsored by the Sterling Democrats.
The rally will take place Saturday, January 21, 1:00 - 3:00 PM at the Waddell building on the Northern Virginia Community College, Loudoun Campus on Rt. [...]
Not Larry Sabato pegs the Republican loss in the 23rd tonight on Ken Hutcheson’s relative incompetence. Obviously, Shannon Valentine won because I was there, walking down the streets of Ward 4, audioblogging. Obviously. Yeah.
In all seriousness, it wasn’t even close:
Shannon Valentine (D) 7,887 (57.50%)
Mike Harrington (R) 5,817 (42.41%)
Write Ins 12 (0.09%)
