Tag: J. Kennerly Davis
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Upholding the Rule of Law Is Everyone’s Responsibility
by J. Kennerly Davis All Virginians, regardless of their political affiliations, should welcome the decision issued this week by Circuit Court Judge Jack Hurley to block and void the Democrats’ brazen attempt to defy the clear requirements of the Virginia Constitution and unlawfully redraw the Commonwealth’s congressional districts to their disproportionate advantage. We all win…
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Transgenderism and the Meltdown of Objective Reality
J. Kennerly Davis Many of the serious threats posed and damage done by the radical ideology of transgenderism are now widely recognized and openly discussed: The emotional and physical assaults on girls and women in spaces that should be safely reserved for their private use. The abject unfairness, indeed, the illegality, of boys and men…
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Abolish Red-Light Cameras
Improve safety with longer yellow lights. by J. Kennerly Davis Traffic ticket revenue maximization and safety have been competing motivations for public officials since the dawn of the automobile age. This has certainly been the case with the enforcement of red-light laws. The first electrified traffic signal was activated in Cleveland, Ohio in 1914. For…
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The Most Important Issue Not on the Ballot in November
by J. Kennerly Davis As our fall elections rapidly approach and we consider the differing positions taken on particular issues by the individual candidates competing for our votes, it is vitally important that we first carefully consider a fundamental question not on the ballot but tied closely to the deeper meaning of this and every…
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The Inherent Conflict of Interest in Bargaining with Public-Sector Unions
by J. Kennerly Davis In the spring of 2020 — with Democrats controlling the Senate, the House of Delegates, and the Governor’s mansion – the General Assembly narrowly passed and Governor Northam signed HB-582, now set out in Section 40.1-57.2 of the Code of Virginia. That law, enacted during the widely disorienting onset of Covid,…
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Where Do Candidates Stand on a Discredited Environmental Law?
by J. Kennerly Davis With statewide elections coming up this fall, all candidates have an opportunity, indeed an obligation, to state clearly their position on a fundamentally flawed piece of legislation passed during the Northam administration: the net-zero greenhouse gas emission goals contained in the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA). The VCEA mandates Virginia reductions…
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Martin Brown Is Absolutely Correct: To Achieve Real Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, “DEI” Must Die
by J. Kennerly Davis Martin Brown, a senior aide to Governor Glenn Youngkin, created quite a stir when he told an audience at the Virginia Military Institute that “DEI is dead.” Democrats in politics and the media jumped on the remark, and the Governor’s support of Brown, to assert that the Youngkin administration is hostile…