http://www.virginiacentrist.com I support the people. Always have, always will. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:17:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I was looking to write a piece on fundraising for Virginia '06 federal races, and I noticed that the last report was filed Sept-05. I assume the next report is due on the 1st if January. Does anyone know the law? Nothing much interesting to report from the Sept-05 report: In ... http://www.virginiacentrist.com/2005/11/30/federal-money-updated/ The Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce ruffled some of it's own feathers by endorsing Kilgore a couple of months ago. The Washington Post covers the controversy: Kilgore Endorsement Falls Flat in Fairfax. Various members of the Chamber (posting anonymously) argue the significance of the Post article on the new Chamber Blog, ... http://www.virginiacentrist.com/2005/11/30/chamber-controversy/ "Virginia Centrist: What should we do in Iraq? What's your position?" Well imaginary email person, I favor staying the course for a few more years until (1) the job is done (a stable semi-Democracy exists) or (2) the Iraqis have the means (political [2a] and/or military [2b]) to kick us out/ask us ... http://www.virginiacentrist.com/2005/11/30/email-of-the-day/ The most interesting are the contrarian opinions - Jaded JD, Will Vehrs, Jim Bacon, Chad Dotson, I. Publius, and James Young all agreed with Governor Warner's decision. Meanwhile, the only people I've seen who seem to disagree are Walt Ball and Too Conservative. Meanwhile, Atomopawn enters the following comment: On the other hand, ... http://www.virginiacentrist.com/2005/11/30/blogs-weigh-in-on-the-clemency-decision/ Look at what Bush has in store for the lawbreakers (tm) [Bush] said that an integral part of dealing with immigration is his proposal to create a guest-worker program that would grant temporary work visas to undocumented immigrants already in the country. Bush's plan would give such workers three-year visas, renewable ... http://www.virginiacentrist.com/2005/11/29/guest-worker-plan-revived/ Look, I agree with Tom Davis on most stuff. He's a pretty moderate guy and he seems like an decent Congressman. But when I see a blog defend the two dumbest things he's done in the past year (sticking his nose into the Schaivo and the Vienna Metro controversies), I can't ... http://www.virginiacentrist.com/2005/11/29/more-on-tom-davis/ I found this Too Conservative post hilarious: Don't New York Fairfax Heard the slogan don't Fairfax Loudoun? How about don't New York Fairfax. The plan to build the Fairlee/Metro West mini-city is continuing on its path to passage, as an editorial in the Examiner discusses. Chairman Gerry Connolly, and Lee Supervisor Dana Kauffman have ... http://www.virginiacentrist.com/2005/11/28/tom-davis-fan-club-chimes-in-on-metro-west-proposal/ Read this: Barney Day presides over the Bill Leighty lovefest. Bill Leighty is a funny guy. http://www.virginiacentrist.com/2005/11/26/bill-leighty/ I'm starting a series of posts called "The Magical Surplus". In these posts, which will run through the end of the GA session, will cover lawmakers plans to deal with the huge surplus this year. This will be one of many continuing series. There are many options. I'll rank them in ... http://www.virginiacentrist.com/2005/11/25/the-magical-surplus-part-i/ I think it's time for the Democrats to start promoting Steve Shannon for statewide office. He has crossover appeal (he ran well ahead of Kaine in his district) and he's a good Democrat. Any takers? I also think Leslie Byrne should run against Tom Davis...I think she'd give him a ... http://www.virginiacentrist.com/2005/11/25/more-candidate-speculation/