Tag Archive | General Assembly
Posted on February 7, 2016. Tags: candidate, General Assembly, Henrico Republican, Whitlock
I just heard (and I may be accused of exceeding my lane again) that Edward “Eddie” S. Whitlock, III is a candidate for Henrico GOP Chair. And for my money (and I don’t bet!) I’d vote for him if I were a Henrico Republican. We need to find a place in the General Assembly for […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on January 10, 2016. Tags: General Assembly, Justice Roush, Virginia Supreme Court, Virginians
Jeff Schapiro writes a fascinating (although I think Gov. McAuliffe would be foolish to take this advice) article: On Wednesday night, Gov. Terry McAuliffe will have what may be his last chance to stop Republicans from dumping Jane Marum Roush from the Virginia Supreme Court. It would be high stakes and high drama. *** It […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on May 27, 2015. Tags: Elections, General Assembly, Stimpson, voter
Stimpson Challenges Howell’s Abuse of Power At Speaker Howell’s request, SBE changes absentee voting rules without notice in middle of election Falmouth, VA – Today Susan Stimpson filed suit in Stafford County Circuit Court challenging the State Board of Elections’ recent decision to circumvent the General Assembly and change absentee ballot rules within a month […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on November 11, 2014. Tags: General Assembly, nation, work, world
Several weeks ago, I took myself out of some of the blog activities due to my candidacy for judge of the Virginia Court of Appeals. Well I can report I will not be elected. So the consolation prize for the Commonwealth, nation and world is Sandy’s back to blog freely again! So let the liberals […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on March 23, 2014. Tags: blue, General Assembly, Republicans, Virginia Medicaid
42,000 HealthCare.gov applications stalled in Virginia Medicaid limbo Ladies and gentlemen, Virginia has handed over the State Government to progressives (aka liberals, aka statists) and the result is apparently no different in Virginia than in Washington D.C. How can Virginia afford 42,000 more medicaid applications? We’ve neither the money nor infrastructure in place to handle […]
Graduated with a degree in Philosophy from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Also studied economics and political science at George Mason.
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Posted on December 10, 2013. Tags: Ban Guns, General Assembly, GOP, Republicans
I just received a pretty interesting email from Republican Party of Virginia Chairman Pat Mullins predicting that Republicans in the Virginia House and Senate will vote to raise taxes (again), expand Obamacare (again) and ban guns. See for yourself: — BREAKING: Gov. McAuliffe Signs Historic Gun Ban into Law! — — New Democrat Governor Expands […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on October 2, 2013. Tags: General Assembly, speaker, Thorne Begland, time
I fully concur in the disappointment that these House members voted to support Governor McDonnell’s tax increase. My dispute with it is more to the the scope and method of raising the taxes. I would also have preferred to see spending cuts but I do not pretend to say how I would do so. But […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on August 28, 2013. Tags: Admiration, Adviser, Bold Program, Bolling, Campaign Consultant, Constituency, Contender, General Assembly, Income Tax, Inner Cities, Ken Cuccinelli, Lieutenant Governor, Mcauliffe, Medicaid, Medicaid Expansion, Precis, Projects C, Sequester, Sore Loser, Tea Party, Viable Plan
I might be presumptuous for me to suggest what Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli must do to win the election – I am certainly not a paid campaign consultant but I will offer a few thoughts on this issue. For I believe that Cuccinelli could easily lose this election and I am afraid not to Robert […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on August 27, 2013. Tags: First Move, Fruition, General Assembly, Health Care System, Last Session, Lt Governor, Medicaid, Medicaid Expansion, Medicaid Program, Move Towards, Republican Candidate, Republican Party Of Virginia, Republicans, Rpv, Sandy Sanders, State Central Committee, Stimpson, Train Wreck, Unfunded Liability, Virginians
There is an email from Susan Stimpson the former Republican Candidate for Lt. Governor in Virginia circulating concerning the Republican’s plan to expand the ObamaCare Medicaid program in the Commonwealth. My fellow blogger Sandy Sanders covered this story today here. We all remember the deal the Republicans made in the last session to get Democrats […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on August 21, 2013. Tags: Blog, Campaign Manager, Caveat, Chatham Area, Conservative Leadership, Free Lunch, General Assembly, General Election, GOP, Gop House, House Of Delegates, Lawyer, Lawyers, Photo, Poster, Sandy
I enjoyed lunch with GOP House of Delegates candidate Les Adams and his campaign manager Richard Crouse. (Yes, they picked up the bill and I am always thankful for a free lunch!) I told a story or two from my 1989 campaign with the caveat that Les should do exactly the opposite! Well Les is […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on March 7, 2013. Tags: Bell Creek, Bob McDonnell, Facebook, General Assembly, Mechanicsville Va 23116, Nbsp, Patriot Movement, Pole Green, Reminder, Republican Party, Tea Party, Travesties
— REMINDER — Mechanicsville TEA Party Meeting Thursday, March 7, 2013, 7:00 pm The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly! For the next MTP meeting we will present a review of the 2013 session of Virginia’s General Assembly. Come and learn the good, the bad and the ugly news of what travesties Virginia’s […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on March 1, 2013. Tags: Asd, Assembly Republicans, Bid, Blog, Bolling, Cabinet Position, Chief Executive, Commonwealth, County Attorney, Cuccinelli, Ego, Email Request, Fairfax County, General Assembly, Global Warming, Governorship, Independent, Integrity, Lega, Liberals, Lieutenant Govenor, Lieutenant Governor, Lt Gov, Ndaa, Philosophical Differences, Political Legacy, Political Matters, Pollutant, Principle, Republicans, Sour Grapes, Storm Water, Unmanned Drone, Voting Record
While I am appealing to important officials on political matters, I now turn from the state’s chief executive to the Lieutenant Governor and his possible intent to run for governor as an independent. My appeal here is: Don’t do it. Please. You are being used by liberals to destroy the great gains that Republicans have […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on February 12, 2013. Tags: Betrayal, Bob Marshall, Car Registra, Car Registration, Cathy Marshall, Delegate, Election Year, Email Address, General Assembly, Grandmother, Income Taxes, Letter To Pat, Little Time, Northern Virginia, Receipts, Referenda, Regional Transportation, Republican Legislators, Republican Party Of Virginia, Rpv, State Chair, State Legislator, Tidewater
Below is a letter from Cathy Marshall to Republican Party of Virginia Chairman Pat Mullins about the Republican’s intent to raise our taxes. I completely agree with Cathy Marshall and urge everyone to email Chairman Mullins and let him know your feelings. His email address is [email protected] I prefaced my email to Pat with the following: […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on January 27, 2013. Tags: Appellate Defender, Bell Tower, Change In Time, Chesapeake, Committee Vote, Delegates, Ditto, Education Committee, Farm Act, General Assembly, Hb, Homeschooled Kids, Homeschoolers, Legislator, Resources Committee, Room C, School Sports, Tea Party, Tim Tebow, Williamsburg
Yes, I am for the so-called Bonita Bill (HB1430) and there will be a rally at the Bell Tower (I plan to be there!) at 330 with the committee vote at 5 pm. Here’s a notice from VA Campaign for Liberty quoted by the Williamsburg Tea Party: The bill is scheduled to be heard by […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on January 12, 2013. Tags: Bearing, Chap Petersen, Cla, Democrat, Finance Section, General Assembly, General Government, Governing Body, Governmental Services, Local Taxation, Proposed Constitutional Amendment, Real Estate, Regional Government, Relationship, Section 1, Segregation, State Senator, Tangible Personal Property, Tax Burden, Tax Credits, Territorial Limits, Uniformity, Urban Character
I came across this proposed constitutional amendment that Sandy’s Favorite Democrat, State Senator Chap Petersen, introduced this session of the General Assembly: ARTICLE X TAXATION AND FINANCE Section 1. Taxable property; uniformity; classification and segregation. All property, except as hereinafter provided, shall be taxed. All taxes shall be levied and collected under general laws and […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on January 10, 2013. Tags: Appellate Defender, Bold Move, Civil Rights, Clear Path, Commonwealth Address, Delegates, General Assembly, General Idea, Habeeb, Peter Farrell, Probationary Period, Productive Members, Redemption, Restitution, Second Chances, Sentences, Unqualified Support, Violent Felon, Violent Felons, Violent Offenders
I am generally pleased with Governor McDonnell’s State of the Commonwealth address. While it left out unqualified support for the Appellate Defender bill that Senator Petersen introduced and I support, it did contain these words that I do strongly support: While we have significantly improved and fast-tracked the restoration of civil rights process, it’s still […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on May 17, 2012. Tags: Bigotry, Bob Marshall, Chief Judge, Commencement, Commonwealth, Const Article, Delegates, Family Foundation, General Assembly, General District Court, GOP, Gop Leaders, John Cox, Judicial Activism, Justices Of The Supreme Court, Meaningful Impact, Pertinent Provisions, Rich Anderson, Schiavo Case, State Constitution, State Court Judge, Suburban Women, Terri Schiavo, Terry Schiavo, Thirty Days, Tom Delay, Tracy Thorne, Twelve Years, Ugly Scene, Wife Terri
I am sick over this whole thing with the judge candidate in Richmond. Delegates I respect and admire greatly led the drive to keep Tracy Thorne-Begland off the General District Court. I understand their reasons – the fear of judicial activism – that is not illegitimate BUT it is unlikely that a court NOT of […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on March 8, 2012. Tags: Budget Gap, Budgets, Democrat Senators, Democratic Governor, Donald Mceachin, Expenditures, Gap, General Assembly, Governor Tim Kaine, Last Time, Oil Producers, Oil Production, Progressives, Recession, Republicans, Senate Democrats, Tim Kaine, Timmy, Virginia Senate, Weakling
Honestly, the last time I saw such a budget disaster, our last Democratic Governor Tim Kaine was behind it. Governor McDonnell and the Republicans had such a royal mess to clean up that we all knew it would not be easy. In fact, if you recall, the last budget Tim Kaine tossed out to the […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on February 22, 2012. Tags: Amendments, Decision Support, Distortions, General Assembly, Gestational Age, Legislation, Medical Decision, Msm, Necessary Images, Reason, Sonogram, Transvaginal Ultrasound, Unfiltered, Vp Choice
I was prayerfully wondering what position for the Governor to take on the sonogram bill. The Left is making distortions of a type that have incendiary potential, especially with those who get their information unfiltered from the MSM. I came up with: Take out the requirement that there be an invasive sonogram. And that is […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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