A rumbling I’ve heard lately is that in the 2011 redistricting Republican Virgil Goode of the 5th District may be drawn into the 9th Congressional District held by Democrat Rick Boucher. Since Southwest Virginia has lost population, and I’m sure the 5th District has as well, these two districts will have to grow in […]

The Bristol Herald-Courier reports on a recent study conducted by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at UVa on population changes in Virginia since 2000. The Cooper Center release can be found here with maps and supporting docs.
In Southwest Virginia, most counties lost population since 2000. Smyth County lost 840 […]

Maybe not. This article from the Washington Post suggests that those who are convicted before the governor signs the proposed law in current form will have to continue paying the fees even after the law is repealed.
Sen. R. Edward Houck (D-Spotsylvania), the chief patron of the repeal bill in the Virginia Senate has this […]

For a couple years now, the Republican Party of Virginia has used the domain name vagop.com in addition to the usual rpv.org name.
Well, it looks like somebody at the RPV forgot to pay the bill. When you go to vagop.com you get a Network Solutions page saying that the domain expired on January 23 […]

I’m staying here at James Madison’s Montpelier near Orange, VA for the Sorensen Instititue’s Candidate Training Program. The program started yesterday and runs through tomorrow. So far it has been fascinating as we’ve heard from several well known and influential political consultants about topics such as message delivery, campaign organization, get out the […]

In what is apparently a slip-up, Tricities.com mistakenly published “live” a news article about a supposed fire at Eastman Chemical Corporation. You can read about it here.
Apparently web site operators were training news staff on how to post such stories.
Way to go with your great web site! Maybe now Media General […]

This weekend I am off to attend the Candidate Training Program of the Sorensen Insitute for Political Leadership.
It is being held at James Madison’s Montpelier near Orange. I am looking forward to the program.
Any others out there attending?

The Bristol Herald-Courier is reporting that U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher has endorsed Barrack Obama for President.

Boucher predicted Obama would be the top vote-getter across Southwest Virginia and carry the state in the Feb. 12 primary election.

HA! Goes to show how far out of touch Boucher is with his district. The 9th will vote […]

Smyth County Commonwealth’s Attorney Roy Evans (D) has made another bad deal. A murderer in an open and shut case will not face the death penalty. Here is the story from the Smyth County News & Messenger.
In October 2005, John Ray Gullion murdered an entire family and an unborn child in […]

From a few days ago, Kilo has posted an excellent video biography of Jim Gilmore.
Let us make sure to work hard to ensure that Gilmore takes down Mark Warner this year. I think Jim Gilmore is the “pitbull” that can attack the Mark Warner record. Mark Warner has never really had […]