Category: Money in politics
-
Campaign Finance Reports Show the Party of the Rich Is Outraising Republicans
by Jeanine Martin As usual the party of the rich, Democrats, is outraisingย Republicans in the commonwealth election scheduled for November 7th. The September financial reports for all candidates and committees can be found here. If things donโt turn around in the next three weeks Republicans will have a difficult time flipping the State Senate and…
-
Deep Dive: Casinos, Highways, and Ignoring RVA Voters
โ
by
by Jon Baliles Republished with permission from RVA 5×5. They say the past is prologue and that if you don’t learn from history, you are doomed to repeat it, among other famous quotes that have stood the test of time. And they have a factor of truth and lesson in them. And so is the…
-
Democrats Target Virginia House, Senate Seats
by Jeanine Martin The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) believes there are 17 safe Democrat state Senate seats in the General Assembly. (There are a total of 40 seats in the state Senate.) Democrats need to pick up 4 additional seats to keep their majority. To do that they are putting millions into these races:…
-
Virginia Conservatives Need Political Infrastructure
By Chris Braunlich Governor Glenn Youngkin can take satisfaction from passage of the long-delayed Virginia budget. As my colleague Steve Haner points out, during his term of office Youngkinโs fight to increase the standard deduction will save the average Virginia couple up to $1,265 over three years, provide $900 in tax rebates, and eliminate the…
-
โBlessedโ Is the Second RVA Casino Referendum
by Jon Baliles Early voting has begin in Virginia and the Richmond casino advocates have gone all-in with the mayor and City Council to make sure the referendum got back on the ballot and now are betting the house with an absurd amount of money to make sure the referendum passes this time. Jimmy Cloutier…
-
Voyeurism Isnโt Good for the Soul (or Politics)
by Shaun Kenney The scandal of the week involving Susanna Gibson is an indictment of our politics. Shame on us all for participating in it. HAMLET Get thee โจtoโฉ a nunnery. Why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners? I am myself indifferent honest, but yet I could accuse me of such things that it…
-
An Utter (and Videotaped) Disgrace of the Virginia General Assembly
by James C. Sherlock Whatever the Virginia Health Care Association (VHCA), the stateโs nursing home lobbying organization, pays its General Counsel, Scott Johnson, it is not enough. He has been representing them for 20 years, and he owns the General Assembly. This is going to sound boring as I frame the background that is the…
-
Clean Virginia Win is Bad News for Gas Consumers
By Steve Haner Renewable energy donor Clean Virginia Fund was the biggest winner in Tuesdayโs Democratic primaries, going head to head against Dominion Energy Virginia in several nomination contests and often winning.ย Senior incumbent Democrats with strong Green New Deal voting records went down to defeat, because good wasnโt good enough.
-
Light Rail: Idiotic Idea In 2016. Idiotic Idea Now.
by Kerry Dougherty Virginia Beach voters THOUGHT they drove a stake through the heart of the absurd plan to bring light rail to the city after an overwhelming vote in 2016 against the nutty, developer-driven boondoggle. But never underestimate cultists with an agenda. You know, developers who believe taxpayers have a duty to open their…
-
Scandal in Plain Sight – Virginiaโs Failed Regulation of Law-Avoiding Nursing Home Owners
by James C. Sherlock One of the most important and heart-wrenching decisions families make for their elderly loved ones is whether they are able to keep them in their homes as they get older and sicker. Sometimes that is not feasible for a long list of reasons in each case. More than 30,000 Virginians live…
-
Geez, Louise
by Kerry Dougherty Uh-oh. Looks like Louise Lucas is a little rusty when it comes to campaigning for office. The powerful Democrat from deep blue Portsmouth is used to steamrolling any hapless Republican who gets in her way and sashaying into Richmond where she serves as the president pro tempore of the Senate and gets…
-
How To Really, Really Tick Off Fairfax Taxpayers
People donโt understand!ย These political leadership jobs are hard! It is a great sacrifice to serve, and it is only fair that the taxpayers contribute to the comfort and convenience of those of us working so hard for their better future.ย They can be so ungratefulโฆ. Did that go through Fairfax Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKayโs…
-
Meet Abrar Omeish, Exhibit A in the Woke Army
๏ปฟ by Asra Q. Nomani Exclusive: In 2019, Abrar Omeish canvassed for support at a fundraiser for the anti-Semitic group American Muslims for Palestine and said she wanted to change the โnarrativeโ on Palestinians. She was elected to office and launched a tirade against the state of Israel, which she smeared as an โapartheidโ nation,…
-
A New 800-Pound Gorilla in Virginia Politics
by Dick Hall-Sizemore Ivy Main, in a recent commentary in the Virginia Mercury, identified a change in the power dynamic of Virginia politics that is taking place: โAmazon is the new Dominion.โ Amazonโs presence in the Commonwealth has grown significantly over the past decade. It has taken place in three areasโ distribution facilities, the second…
-
New Yorkers, Virginians Will See Your Political Campaign Contributions and Raise You Dick Saslaw
by James C. Sherlock The New York Post was scandalized. In a stunning display of how New York politics work, two of the state Legislatureโs most outspoken opponents of charter schools are also among the biggest recipients of campaign cash from New Yorkโs teachersโ union and its political action committee. State Sen. John Liu (D-Queens),…