Cindy
Book Review: Chuck Robb’s “In The Arena: A Memoir of Love, War, and Politics”
by Cindy
Growing up in California, and arriving to Virginia via Austin, Texas, I knew more about Lady Bird Johnson than about her son-in-law, Chuck...
Diving Into Virginia Candidates’ Q1 Finance Reports Highlights the Case for Comprehensive Campaign Finance...
by Cindy
Every time the quarterly campaign finance reports are released, it reminds me how desperately we need comprehensive campaign finance reform. The piles and...
Despite Important Legislative Work on Policing Reform in 2020 and 2021, the Windsor Police...
by Cindy
It’s disheartening to see, despite the General Assembly working in earnest the past year to reform policing in Virginia, yet another news story...
Sorting Through the EIGHT Democratic Candidates for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
by Cindy
There are EIGHT people running in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor:
Delegate Hala Ayala
Attorney Paul Goldman
Delegate Elizabeth Guzman
Delegate Mark...
Republican AG Candidate, Del. Jason Miyares, Fearmongers on Right-Wing Talk Radio; Wants to Enshrine...
by Cindy
Fearmongering Virginia Delegate Jason Miyares (R-HD82), who’s running for the Republican nomination for Attorney General, was interviewed on John Reid’s WRVA right-wing radio...
What Did We Learn About Ranked Choice Voting From Online Polling? Ehhh, Not Much!
by Cindy and Lowell
After the dumpster fire that is the Virginia GOP finally (?) settled on an unassembled convention for nominating their statewide candidates,...
{Drumroll Please…} Announcing the 2021 VAPLAN Legislative Scorecard
by Cindy
It was a fantastic 2021 legislative session, all the more exhausting because of the long summer special session to deal with COVID-19 and...
VIDEO: Quick-Witted Sen. McClellan Finds Appropros Response to Sen. Morrissey’s Objection to Bill Banning...
by Cindy
During the Senate floor discussion (see video at the bottom of this post) of Delegate Roem’s HB2132, which prohibits the use of “LGBTQ+...
House Democrats Lambaste GOP Peers for Hypocrisy of Their Sudden (Supposed) Love for Public...
by Cindy
Virginia House of Delegates Democrats justifiably lashed out at their GOP peers yesterday on the floor, following a number of GOP delegates speaking...
Audio: VA House GOP Leader Todd Gilbert Absurdly Claims Virginians Are Brainwashed Into Opposing...
by Cindy
The last time a Virginia jury sentenced someone to death was ten years ago, in 2011. The last time a jury heard a...
