Tag: Barbara Favola
Virginia Energy Policy Needs To Be Scrapped and Rewritten, Not Played...
by A Siegel
Every day seems to bring another dire, science-based report about the ever-mounting urgency for climate action. And every day has reporting about...
Virginia Senate Democrats Announce Leadership, Committee Chairs ahead of 2020 Legislative...
From the Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus:
Richmond--Today, Senate Democrats held leadership elections for the 2020-2024 term. The following members were elected to leadership positions:
Senator Dick Saslaw (D-Fairfax)...
Long-Time Turnout Predictor Frank O’Leary Predicts “Record-Breaking Primary, Probably in Excess...
The following is by former Arlington County Treasurer Frank X. O'Leary, who has been doing these predictions for years now. Note that about a...
Deconstructing the Seriously Flawed WaPo Article on SD31, HD49
As most of us are well aware, the Washington Post's coverage of Virginia politics isn't anything to write home about, either in quality or...
Video: At Start of Debate, Sen. Barbara Favola Apologizes to Nicole...
A bit earlier this afternoon, Sen. Barbara Favola began a debate with her Democratic challenger, Nicole Merlene, by apologizing for what happened this past...
Video: All Hell Breaks Loose at the End of 31st State...
Normally, Democratic debates in deep-blue Arlington are wonky, congenial, staid, even boring affairs, where the candidates at least pretend to be cordial to each...
Video: Sen. Barbara Favola Debates Dem Challenger Nicole Merlene at AYD...
I'll try to add some commentary on this later. For now, here are the videos from last night's Arlington Young Dems' debate between State...
Video: Sen. Barbara Favola (D), Nicole Merlene (D) Debate in Virginia...
I'm not going to live blog this, but will probably add some comments later. For now, just wanted to throw the live stream up...
Hours After Dick Saslaw Says It Would Be Crazy, Suicidal for...
In the WaPo this weekend (really stupid article, by the way), State Sen. "Dominion Dick" Saslaw (D for Dominion) ridiculed and ripped the entire...
Video: You Don’t Get Any More Ridiculous, Idiotic than the Virginia...
I've watched a lot of Virginia General Assembly debates over the years, and while many have been interesting, eloquent, informative, etc., yesterday's State Senate...