Tag Archive | Virginia General Assembly
Posted on February 12, 2016. Tags: family, office, Virginia General Assembly, Visit Martha Boneta
By Alex McGrath, Guest Contributor Virginia’s Favorite Peacemaking Farmer and American Property Rights Hero, Martha Boneta was honored with a Commendation by the 2016 Virginia General Assembly. No individual is more deserving of a commendation than Virginia’s “Gentle-Woman Kind-Hearted Farmer,” Martha Boneta. Adored and respected by all, from the far left to the far […]
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 December 9, 2015. Tags: political, Virginia General Assembly
Yesterday, we discussed about the visionary bills of Del. Sam Rasoul (D-District 11 [Roanoke]) on opening up the political system (and juvenile sentencing reform) and your blogger sent the post by email to the delegate and asked him to consider a ballot access bill…well… He DID it! Here is the bill courtesy of the Virginia […]
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 16, 2015. Tags: Henkel, Massachusetts, Tutis Libertas, Virginia General Assembly
By Tutis Libertas In 2015 Virginia commenced an assault of the Fourth Amendment’s requirement of the “warrant” issued by a neutral judge after hearing probable cause. This is a violation of the separation of powers and the Bill of Rights. The 21st Century Fourth Amendment anticipated this, and adds needed clarity to the requirement that […]
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 28, 2014. Tags: Martha Boneta, rights, rule, Virginia General Assembly
Reprinted with permission from The Romanian Conservative. Tired of land trust agents frequently abusing the public trust and the rights of property owners, Tom DeWeese, President of the American Policy Center, Martha Boneta, owner of Liberty Farm in Paris, Virginia and other major property rights advocates are organizing a property rights rally, conference, and an […]
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 May 13, 2014. Tags: special, Virginia General Assembly, year, York County
This is important. I plan to be there to show the world what is going on in the belly of Freedom – Yorktown, Va. – Tom Removing Rights is Wrong!! The Next Battle for Property Rights in Virginia Is in Liberty Landmark York County Following the Virginia General Assembly’s passage of 2 new laws […]
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 4, 2014. Tags: Congress, Constitutional Convention, states, Virginia General Assembly
Members of the Save Our Constitution (SOC) committee met to discuss plans for pointing out the pitfalls of applying for a constitutional convention, sometimes known as an Article Five Convention or a Convention of the States. In the Virginia State legislature of 2014, the five constitutional convention related bills were all voted down with bi-partisan […]
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 26, 2013. Tags: Bob McDonnell, Congestion Relief, Constitutional Problems, Food Items, Hampton Roads, Leahy, Legal Challenge, Local Taxation, Massive Tax Increase, Northern Virginia, Paul Goldman, Plain Language, S Sales, Senate Conference Committee, Tax Article, Territorial Limits, Tier System, Transportation Projects, Virginia General Assembly, Washington Post
My friend and Bearing Drift contributor Norm Leahy has penned an editorial for the Washington Post along with Paul Goldman in which they discuss the constitutional problems with the new Transportation Tax Increase. Those praising the Virginia General Assembly’s transportation compromise may not realize that the bill runs afoul of the plain language in 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 October 2, 2012. Tags: Apples To Apples, Candidate Names, Disappointment, Dr Harry, Election Cycles, George Allen, Harry Wilson, Independents, Last Poll, Liking, Percentages, Political Affiliation, Political Science Professor, Respondents, Roanoke College, Second Chance, Tim Kaine, Virginia General Assembly, Virginia Senate Race, Virginians
Dr. Harry Wilson, Political Science Professor at Roanoke College released a poll today which is a second chance to gauge the Virginia Senate race between George Allen and Tim Kaine. The last poll showed George Allen leading Tim Kaine by 8 points. And as a Conservative, the results of the poll were to my liking […]
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 June 9, 2012. Tags: Cancer Deaths, Certificate Of Need, Colon Cancer, Colon Cancer Screening, Colorectal, Colorectal Cancer, Department Of Health, Judy Morris, Largess, Medical Equipment, Medical Professionals, Permission Slip, Risk Population, State Department Of Health, Target, Turf War, Turf Wars, Verges, Virginia General Assembly, Virginians
I want to thank (AGAIN!) Wes Messamore, the Humble Libertarian, (actually one of his bloggers, Judy Morris) for this story on an odious law here in the Commonwealth: The Certificate of Public Need act. I would not characterize the act as “racketeering” but it certainly is state-endorsed turf wars among doctors and hospitals. It needs […]
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 23, 2012. Tags: American Students, Assessment Program, Better Security, Blacksburg Virginia, Campus Operations, college, Crazed Gunman, Deputy Police, False Sense Of Security, Innocent Students, Roanoke Times, school, Security On College Campuses, Sense Of Security, Student Applications, Terrorism, Threat Assessment, university, Virginia General Assembly, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University, Virginia Schools, Volatile Subject, Would Make Sense
On April 16, 2007, murders were committed on the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. Thirty-two innocent students and faculty were killed by a crazed gunman (Seung-Hui Cho). The deaths were felt by all across America. Parents and students then asked their school officials for better security on college campuses but, […]
Editor Dave Gaubatz spent 20 years as an active duty USAF (Special Agent/OSI), 3.5 years as a civilian 1811 Federal Agent, trained by the U.S. State Department in Arabic, and was the first U.S. Federal Agent to enter Iraq in 2003. He is also a counterterrorism counterintelligence officer. Gaubatz currently owns "Wahhabi CT Publications" and conducts CT Research on behalf of high profile non-profit organizations. He can be reached at davegaubatz@gmail.com.
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Posted on May 16, 2012. Tags: Bob Marshall, Gay Agenda, Gay Marriage, Judicial Activism, Lefty, Legislating From The Bench, Mainstream Media, Marriage Ban, Mr Walker, New York Times, Police Misconduct, Racial Profiling, Same Sex Marriage, Same Sex Relationship, Sex Discrimination Cases, Sexual Orientation, Shining The Light, Tracy Thorne, Virginia Courts, Virginia General Assembly
I suppose it should be flattering to find that the New York Times reads Virginia Right! and actually linked to us on their Editorial Page in an Opinion piece by Andrew Rosenthal. But it never ceases to amaze me at how they twist everything Conservatives say into some type of hate mongering. (And to be […]
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 29, 2012. Tags: Barack Obama, Bff, Cheer Girl, Clone, Democrat, House Of Representatives, Ironically, Killers, Liberals, Oil Companies, Partisan Effort, Republicans And Democrats, Repudiation, Thick As Thieves, Tim Kaine, Timmy, Trillions, Us House Of Representatives, Virginia General Assembly, Wagons
How proud Barack Obama and his local Clone Timmy Kaine must feel this week! First, the Supreme Court stands ready to abort his “Crowning Achievement” Obamacare and the Democrats are circling the spin wagons to declare that, somehow, a victory. Tim Kaine, as head Cheer-girl for the ObamaCare disaster has been trying to change 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 October 26, 2011. Tags: Board Of Supervisors, Brown Water, Data Gaps, Deq, Essex County, Last Rain, Middle Peninsula Planning District, Peak Usage, Planning District Commission, Rain Event, Renewable Water, Seasonal Variations, Sustainable America, Tappahannock, Tea Party, Vague Language, Virginia General Assembly, Water Plan, Water Rates, Water Table
The Virginia General Assembly has mandated that cities, counties and towns adopt a WATER PLAN and submit it to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) in November. The plan for our area has been drafted by the Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission (MPPDC)) and is 333 pages long. The town of Tappahannock has tabled 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 October 4, 2011. Tags: Accolade, Assembly Candidates, Committee Assignments, Congratulations Are In Order, District Senator, Endorsements, Hanover County Virginia, Hanover House, Lawmaker, Noteworthy Changes, Political Landscape, Redistricting, Republican Stronghold, Ryan Mcdougle, Senate Candidates, Senate District, Senator Walter Stosch, State Senator, State Senators, Veteran Senator, Virginia General Assembly, Virginia Senate, Vote Of Confidence
Hanover County, Virginia is a reliable Republican stronghold. As a resident, it is fitting that the first endorsements of the 2011 General Election concentrate on the 5 members who represent parts of the county. We are blessed to have some of the top members of the Virginia General Assembly representing our fair county. Redistricting made […]
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 September 8, 2011. Tags: Appeals Decision, Blind Justices, Broccoli, Care Case, Court Of Appeals, Disappointment, Fourth Circuit Court Of Appeals, Gm Cars, Health Care Reform, Health Safety, Judge Panel, Ken Cuccinelli, Predicament, Reform Act, Supremes, Technicality, Unexpected Result, Virginia Attorney General, Virginia General Assembly, Welfare Issues
This was not an unexpected result from the 3 judge panel. They were all liberals and I have already written about the predicament they find themselves in. A ruling in favor of ObamaCare and Cuccinelli gets to decide the next venue for appeal: The full court, or the Supremes. The justices were smart and avoided […]
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, 2011. Tags: Delegate, Dysfunctional, Eastern Shore Town, Foia, Freedom Of Information, Freedom Of Information Act, Hallwood Virginia, Harassment, John Smith, Lead, Lynwood, Neighbors, No Doubt, personal, Privileges, Richmond, Stubborn Individuals, Town Attorney, Tweak, Virginia General Assembly
Delegate Lynwood Lewis has decided to take an Eastern Shore feud to Richmond in the form of HB 2383 ostensibly to prevent harassment by a requester. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); court review in cases of requester harassment. Allows any public body to petition an appropriate court for a summary determination whether a requester, in […]
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 11, 2011. Tags: Beatley, Bill Howell, Chapter President, Charles Arthur, Christian Alliance, Citywide Coalition, Coalition Effort, Family Values, Immediate Release January, Key Note Speaker, Mount Olivet Baptist Church, Olivet Baptist Church, Parentalrights, Personal Testimony, Planned Parenthood, Rubber Meets The Road, Sonnie, Th St, Virginia Chapter, Virginia General Assembly
For Immediate Release January 10, 2011 Speaker William (Bill) Howell to Join Community Leaders and Pastors in Coalition Effort to Encourage Family Values and Family-friendly Legislation On Thursday, January 13th, 2011, state, community leaders and pastors join together to speak on family values legislation at the introduction meeting of “Operation Street”, a citywide coalition effort […]
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 6, 2011. Tags: Attempts, Bribe, Bribery, Colleague, Democrat, Extortion Charges, Innocent, Job, Money, Norfolk Va, Old Dominion University, Phil Hamilton, R 93, Republicans, Sacks, University Ventures, Virginia Delegate, Virginia General Assembly, Virginia Government, Virginia Lawmakers
Former Virginia Delegate Phil Hamilton (R-93) was indicted this week on federal bribery and extortion charges. The former Delegate made alleged attempts to secure a $40,000 per year job at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. while working to secure grant money for the University from the State. In a year that saw big gains […]
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 3, 2011. Tags: Amendment Advocates, Appropriations Bills, Bob Marshall, Civil Rights Laws, Constitution States, Declarations Of War, Freedom Bill, Fundamental Aspects, Health Care Freedom, Hjr, Richmond Times Dispatch, Right Solution, Sound Checks, Supremacy Clause, Supreme Law, Tea Party, Tenth Amendment Center, U S Constitution, Virginia General Assembly, Wall Street Journal
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 […]
A concern citizen, Co-Founder of Richmond Patriots, grass root activist interested in putting government back in its proper role.
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