Virginia News Stand: January 30, 2009

January 30, 2009 | No comments

Seems our little push back against the land grabbers has caused a stir. Check out the first four articles. We’ve stopped, cold in their tracks, the eminent domain lovers. More on this next week.

News:

About That Blight Bill (Tertium Read more>

Spending Transparency Vote Monday!

January 30, 2009 | 2 comments

One of our highest priorities this General Assembly is budget transparency —putting the state’s expenditures online in an easy to search, Google-like format (see our position here). This would allow average citizens, the media, business people, experts, academics, … Read more>

Quote Of The Day, Question Of The Day

January 29, 2009 | No comments

Delegate Todd Gilbert (R-15, Woodstock) is getting a rep as one of the wittiest guys around the capitol. Tonight, in the House Education Subcommittee on Teachers and Administration, he had a classic.

This evening the sub-committee heard Delegate Read more>

Quote Of The Day

January 28, 2009 | No comments

Earlier tonight in the House General Laws Sub-Committee on Housing, meeting in the newly-renovated-for-$100-million-plus capitol, in Senate Room 2, where the heat was high enough to melt Iceland (so much for Governor Kaine’s “green” initiative):

Committe member Delegate Bill

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The Planets Align

January 27, 2009 | 3 comments

 

Yesterday, in a historic moment, The Family Foundation and Planned Parenthood stood together and supported the same bill!  We knew no one would believe it so we captured it on video. 

 

This year Delegate Jennifer McClellan Read more>

Medically Accurate?

January 27, 2009 | No comments

Planned Parenthood and the “Comprehensive Sex Ed” crowd has launched a national effort to pass legislation that requires that what is taught in schools in our family life education programs is “medically accurate.”   It’s a feeble attempt to undermine Read more>

The Cost Of Open Government: It Ain’t Anywhere What DPB Says It Is

January 26, 2009 | No comments

One of our most important legislative priorities this year is budget transparency. Where do state agencies spend our money? You think you know because you see a line item that says the Department of Education was appropriated X Billion Dollars? … Read more>

Virginia News Stand: January 23, 2009

January 23, 2009 | No comments

News:

Anti-blight bill approved by House subcommittee (Norfolk Virginian-Pilot)

Two transportation bills to be introduced today (Norfolk Virginian-Pilot)

Rally marks Roe v. Wade anniversary (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Pro-life activists march on court (Washington TimesRead more>

Virginia News Stand: January 22, 2009

January 22, 2009 | No comments

The Conservative Caucus (see news release here) received great news coverage in print, radio and television across the the commonwealth yesterday. We have a sample below. We’ll have more ourselves later . . . but there are so many topics and … Read more>

Something To Imagine On The Anniversary Of Roe Vs. Wade

January 22, 2009 | No comments

Please view this video from CatholicVote.com (H/T to Bearing Drift for bringing this to our attention). On this anniversary of Roe v. Wade . . . something we all should think about. Imagine the possibilities, then think of the irony. … Read more>