Virginia Right!

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that City Council is questioning a $800,000 cost overrun on the Redskins deal! The price tag for the Washington Redskins training camp and attached park area has pushed about $800,000 past the original $10 million appropriation from Richmond, prompting questions from City Council members over whether the Richmond Economic Development Authority, [...]

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I completely missed this story because I do not read the Richmond Times-Dispatch every day! Group believes Hanover should elect School Board This “group” is the Friends of Hanover Schools.  This group is not a friend of mine or friend of any effort to cut spending.  FOHS really is one hand washing another.  Teachers, coaches, [...]

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The intolerance towards Christians in this country has reached an all time high. Liberals blast Christians at every opportunity, calling us “intolerant”. The truth is, most Christians are very tolerant. When you find us most intolerant is when you demand that we compromise or abandon our beliefs and the teachings of God to accommodate some [...]

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It looks like the Richmond Times-Dispatch weighing in on Obama’s efforts to gut welfare reform signed into law by former President Bill Clinton caught the eye of the Mitt Romney team. While Obama supporters are trying to deny the facts and do their usual “out of context” spin and lies, Mitt Romney is telling the [...]

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This is a pretty sad turn of events. The Virginia State Board of Elections, a group comprised of two Republicans and one Democrat has decided to sweep potential allegations of voter fraud by sweeping the incident under the rug. On Monday, the SBE held a hearing to determine if the Voter Participation Center had possible [...]

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Romney camp asks Va. to probe voter forms Interesting story in the Richmond Times Dispatch. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s campaign is asking Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to launch an investigation into voter-registration forms that are being sent to Virginia residents and addressed to deceased relatives, children, family pets and others ineligible to vote. The [...]

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The following is a message from Virginia State Senator Obenshain on the Voter ID Bill. An ongoing Virginia State Police investigation has resulted in charges against thirty-eight people for voter fraud, to which opponents of modest voter identification requirements-opponents who repeatedly insisted that voter fraud does not exist-responded, essentially, “Oh, that voter fraud.” And then [...]

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Reprinted (with permission) from Right Side News Two weeks after the Richmond Tea Party delivered an invoice to Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones for costs incurred for previous rallies; we received a letter from the City of Richmond formally stating that the city is auditing our Tea Party. Coincidence?  This audit is an obvious attempt to [...]

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Henrico, VA – Yesterday, the House of Representatives sent legislation to the Senate that would prohibitthe National Labor Relations Board’s attempt to block Boeing from operating a new assembly line in South Carolina, a Right-to-Work State.  But despite claiming to support Right-to-Work laws in the past, Chairman Kaine is now standing with President Obama and [...]

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If you had said I would agree with Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari in the next year or maybe ever, I’d say sure – when a six mile asteroid (sufficient to kill the dinosaurs) hits the Earth! You better look up.  The sky is falling. Coach Calipari wants to have the leading 64 or 72 [...]

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I was ambling through the Richmond Times-Dispatch not looking for anything in particular when I discovered this headline:  CITIES ACT TOGETHER TO ATTACK CLIMATE CHANGE under a heading of “Global collaboration”.   It is exactly what I feared:  The leading major cities of the world, most notably New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, were agreeing to [...]

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The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that there will be a comprehensive review of history texts from a certain publisher after the discovery that there were factual inaccuracies in two Virginia history texts. The state Department of Education ordered a review of “Our Virginia: Past and Present” and “Our America: To 1865″ after the discovery of an [...]

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There has been much buzz lately about the possibility of a proposed Repeal Amendment that Speaker Howell has co-patrons in the Virginia General Assembly. (HJR 542) The problem it wishes to address is the over reaching power of the federal government is a real problem, but this amendment is not the right answer. I came [...]

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One of my “pet peeve” issues is the 17th amendment. Although, I knew about it, it wasn’t until two years ago, when I was doing my due diligence on the constitution, that I finally understood the impact of the 17th amendment. It was passed during the progressive era (1890-1920) under President Woodrow Wilson and it [...]

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I could hardly believe the headline in the Richmond Times-Dispatch today: “Rep. Scott Favors Letting All Tax Cuts Expire” (This is the online headline, for the record) This means Representative Scott, the representative from the Third Congressional District, favors raising taxes for many in his district.  Tax brackets will go up, credits will go down.  [...]

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Yesterday’s Richmond Times-Dispatch has a piece written by Jeff E. Schapiro declaring that Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is the defacto leader of the Republican Party of Virginia, NOT Governor Bob McDonnell. I tend to agree with this position as Ken has been leading the charge on issues like Obamacare, Cap & Trade, illegal immigration and other key issues facing the Commonwealth.  McDonnell is subtle. Cuccinelli is anything but. McDonnell, in his rhetoric, proposes the possible. Cuccinelli propounds principle. McDonnell is the accommodating ponderer. Cuccinelli acts with all deliberate speed. Does McDonnell look weak; Cuccinelli, strong? From the start, McDonnell appears to have allowed Cuccinelli to set the tempo. Cuccinelli is an unapologetic conservative leader who fearlessly executes policy based on principle regardless of the political consequences.  He did so as a Delegate to the General Assembly.  He did so as a State Senator and he’s doing so as AG.  This has …

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The RTD has a reader comment feature called Two Cents, where citizens can give brief opinions on a variety of topics.  Today’s RTD on Dead Tree had a great one from C. E. Herndon from Chester, VA.  I’d link it but my brief attempt at finding it on line proved fruitless. Democratic Party Chairman Tim Kaine claims the Tea Party movement will set this nation back 10 years.  Ten years ago, gas was $1.59 a gallon.I was getting 3 to 5 percent raises, my health insurance was $10 a week, and my 401(k) grew by hundreds.  And, there was no 9/11–we all felt safer then.  We didn’t have a president who went around the world bowing and apologizing because we are the greatest nation on Earth.  Thank you, Tim Kaine, for helping me to me make up my mind to join the Tea Party movement.

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The Richmond Times Dispatch has announced the death of former Hanover Commonwealth’s Attorney Kirby Porter in Arizona. From the Tucson Citizen: A man was found dead July 12 about 250 feet below the rim at Grand Canyon’s Moran Point, according to a news release from the National Park Service. A call came into the Grand [...]

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During his campaign for governor last year, candidate Bob McDonnell promised to make Virginia a state that fostered business development and set up an environment to make it easier for businesses to thrive, and create private sector jobs. A large part of his promises included reducing taxes and red tape on businesses.

“Bob’s for Jobs”, who can forget that slogan.

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