Democrats for Crime Witnesses and Victims
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His support for law and order was a key reason why Chap Petersen lost his primary to a radical.
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Yep. Dick’s an honorable example of the old Virginia Democrats, the ones who are now only trotted out at election time to maintain the illusion of rationality for voters. Like the D candidate in Petersburg now running TV ads showing her with her firearm, and the two D’s out in the western part of the state promising to end the car tax.
I suspect the federal government spends $5 million supporting just one or two people in witness protection over multiple years. It is big dollars to do it right. Just one more little budget acorn that will one day be another major oak tree of cost. The state is now dipping its toe in using state dollars for disaster relief, something I would also expect many to applaud.
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Yep. Dick’s an honorable example of the old Virginia Democrats, the ones who are now only trotted out at election time to maintain the illusion of rationality for voters. Like the D candidate in Petersburg now running TV ads showing her with her firearm, and the two D’s out in the western part of the state promising to end the car tax.
I suspect the federal government spends $5 million supporting just one or two people in witness protection over multiple years. It is big dollars to do it right. Just one more little budget acorn that will one day be another major oak tree of cost. The state is now dipping its toe in using state dollars for disaster relief, something I would also expect many to applaud.
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I don’t thing running TV ads showing off one’s firearms demonstrates one’s rationality. As for the Democrats promising to end the car tax, I haven’t heard about that. That is not rationality but a fool’s errand.
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Yancey’s Cardinal has the story about the car tax. Both are examples of Democrats running on traditional Republican themes. Pouring money into support for victims or witnesses seems, and I admit my biases, a distraction from the problem of growing crime in the first place. Plus as I said once VA starts down that road, the cost will explode.
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I do need to read Cardinal News more often. I tend to agree with you on the efficacy of victim-witness programs, but they seem to be index issues for some folks.
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I think the car tax is an abomination and perversion of govt.
It’s essentially a stealth tax that allows local govt to evade full accountability for their tax and spending!
We could LOWER the Va income tax if we stopped doing it AND we could much more directly hold our local elected accountable for the true tax rate – as it should be.
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I think the car tax is an abomination and perversion of govt.
It’s essentially a stealth tax that allows local govt to evade full accountability for their tax and spending!
We could LOWER the Va income tax if we stopped doing it AND we could much more directly hold our local elected accountable for the true tax rate – as it should be.
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yeah… good one! he’s laughing at ALL of us!
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Worked like a charm. If the car tax totally disappeared it would be hailed as a great day by many. The issue is present again in a number of the nonsense TV ads for the election season.
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Do you mean the car tax at the local level ..would go away or the stealth tax where we
pay state income tax that then comes back as a “rebate”? How foolish can something
like this actually be? we’re paying the state to collect a local tax… no?
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I did not realize that law and order was a big issue in Petersen’s primary campaign. Most reports cited Petersen’s stands on gun control, mask mandates, and school closings as being the major issues. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/06/26/northern-virginia-primary-election-results-democrats/
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“Law and order” is shorthand for a traditional Democratic driven out by a radical. Chap was considered altogether too thoughtful about consequences of left wing narratives.
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Ahh! A “shorthand” term that is irrelevant to what actually occurred. As I state below, I was disappointed by Petersen’s defeat. I like mavericks in the legislature, who refuse to toe the party line at times. I have a feeling that Petersen both lost touch with his base and took his opponent too much for granted.
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“lawnorder” dates back to Nixon and is one of those meaningless Republican talking points, similar to “family values”.
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“lawnorder” dates back to Nixon and is one of those meaningless Republican talking points, similar to “family values”.
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Support for witnesses and victims has not been the focus of criticism of Soros-funded Commonwealth’s Attorneys. The criticism has been about being soft on prosecuting those who are arrested.
But if you want to talk about victim support, maybe the first thing to discuss is competent prosecution, which did not happen in this case from Descano and Fairfax County:
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/fairfax-county-judge-slams-prosecutor-dismisses-child-sex-assault-case
Here’s another actual victim who thinks Descano is soft on proisecution …
But the best victim support is aggressively prosecuting violent criminals. Something Soro’s lapdog Descano often fails to do.
Examples:
1. Rape of a minor: Missing a discovery deadline and not being able to file felony charges results in a misdemeanor plea deal. Victim’s family sues Fairfax County:
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/mom-sues-fairfax-commonwealths-attorney-after-child-sex-crimes-plea-deal
2. Judge rejects a lenient plea deal for child rapist (paywall):
3. Assault and battery criminal released on probation kills homeless woman.
4. Career criminal arrested for kidnapping has charges reduced, goes free after 5 months and becomes a spree killer.
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I wouldn’t depend on the the Free Beacon as a source. Either it does not understand the criminal justice system or purposefully misreports stuff. For example, one article is about a defendant released on his own recognizance on probation. That is mixing two entirely different procedures: bail and probation. The story goes on to say that the prosecutor released the offender on supervised probation (that is not on recognizance, by the way) and levied a fine of $212. Prosecutors don’t release offenders on probation and levy fines; judges do that. The story is upset that the offender got just a one-year sentence. It was an assault and battery charge. It could have been a misdemeanor, for which one year is the maximum sentence.
Regarding the other case over which the Free Beacon is outraged, charges are often downgraded from felonies to misdemeanors in the course of plea bargaining by prosecutors across the board. (There are even reports of Jason Miyares doing so when he as an assistant prosecutor in Virginia Beach.) That is especially the case when the evidence is shaky.
You are engaged in some cherry picking. Here are some cases in which Descano took violent offenders to trial and got convictions:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/10/06/virginia-murder-conviction-body-burned/
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cherry-picking is pro forma in BR … and yes agree the sources DJ used are not exactly bastions of credible reporting but seems to be preferred by some especially the cherry pickers!
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“Soros-funded” I sometimes dream of slipping into the back of the room during my county Republican Party meeting and shout “OH MY GOD!!! Out in the parking lot — George Soros, Nancy Pelosi, AOC – – – and they are coming inside!!” Of course, if I did that, half the group would die of heart attacks and the other half would soil their Depends.
As Bacon sez.. MO MONEY… that upsets the “we are taxed too much” folks… Do we want/need this program?
Does the GOP oppose it on tax grounds or more govt not need grounds or both?
Chap Peterson lost because he did not listen to his constituents. It’s as simple as that.
The GOP loved him …. for that reason apparently… but again…
no matter whether one is GOP or Dem or polka-dot, you DO represent those in your district… and if you don’t then you ought
not be doing that job and the voters WILL let you know!
Where do Democrats stand on fentanyl coming over the Southern border?
In Virginia, the prevalence of substance use disorder (SUD) diagnoses doubled for both adults and youth in one year – for adults increasing from 7.3% to 14.5% and for youth from 3.7% to 7.0%. Overall, the state saw a 35% increase in overdose deaths between June 2021 and June 2022. Fentanyl deaths increased 20-fold since 2013 and just last year (2022) 1,951 Virginians died from fentanyl.
Pillar 4 of Governor Youngkin’s Right Help, Right Now plan is to provide targeted support for substance use disorder and efforts to prevent overdose. The year one plan for Pillar 4 includes $15 million proposed in the Governor’s budget for a public awareness campaign to reduce fentanyl deaths, increased access to naloxone, and a designated portion of the opioid settlement fund for fentanyl.
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more than just Mexico though:
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Fentanyl coming in the United States is a major problem and should be stopped. The vast majority of fentanyl is brought into the U.S. by American citizens at legal ports of entry. The amount of fentanyl found on illegal immigrants is negligible. https://www.cato.org/blog/us-citizens-were-89-convicted-fentanyl-traffickers-2022
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Fentanyl coming in the United States is a major problem and should be stopped. The vast majority of fentanyl is brought into the U.S. by American citizens at legal ports of entry. The amount of fentanyl found on illegal immigrants is negligible. https://www.cato.org/blog/us-citizens-were-89-convicted-fentanyl-traffickers-2022
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Yes.. that’s the fact.
” Close to 90% of that fentanyl is seized at ports of entry. Immigration authorities say it is smuggled mostly by U.S. citizens, as well as other travelers who are legally authorized to cross. Virtually none is seized from migrants who are seeking asylum.”
but the facts don’t keep the misinformation from being promoted.
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“The vast majority of fentanyl is brought into the U.S. by American citizens at legal ports of entry. The amount of fentanyl found on illegal immigrants is negligible.”
The vast majority that is captured, being the key words. You don’t know what you don’t catch.
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Crime should be attacked on all fronts, including providing aid to victims, protection of witnesses and punishment of the guilty. I still support giving people a second chance for non-violent, minor crimes.
The defeat of Chap Petersen remains mind-boggling. He is the kind of Democrat that my grandparents voted for over many decades.
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Ahh the yearning for the old fashioned Virginia Democrat. I found them. Most are pushing up daisies now.
https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/plindex.html-
yep, but the point of elections is to represent voters not your own principles…
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I was disappointed by the defeat of Petersen. He was a good legislator and was thoughtful in the positions he took. I have a feeling that he both lost touch with his constituency and took his primary opponent too lightly.
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