– News: Saxman to host tele-town hall meeting, Monday, 5:40 p.m.
– News: House GOP raises money for cancer research, Monday, 5:40 p.m.
– Video: President Obama’s NBA All-Star Game message, Monday, 9:30 a.m.
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News: Saxman to host tele-town hall meeting, Monday, 5:40 p.m.
Delegate Chris Saxman will be hosting a live Tele-Town Hall meeting on Thursday evening. For this Tele-Town Hall, he will be randomly calling approximately 15,000 households in the 20th House District Thursday evening with the opportunity to discuss issues facing the 2009 General Assembly. This will be Delegate Saxman’s second electronic town hall meeting.
Delegate Saxman will begin the call by providing a brief overview of the session to date, and then will take questions from the tele-town hall participants. Additionally, he will seek direct citizen input on several specific questions about issues before the state legislature.
“Over the past seven years, I have worked hard to keep in touch and communicate with the citizens of the 20th House District through in-person meetings as well as with new technologies” said Delegate Saxman. “Last June, we held our first Tele-Town Hall meeting with this new technology and found it to be a very successful tool to interact with a large number of constituents at one time. I am looking forward to our Tele-Town Hall meeting on Thursday night and hearing from folks in the district on the issues that matter to them.”
Additional Tele-Town Hall and live Town Hall Meetings will be scheduled throughout the district following the conclusion of the 2009 legislative session. For more information, please visit Delegate Saxman online at www.DelegateSaxman.com.
News: House GOP raises money for cancer research, Monday, 5:40 p.m.
The Virginia House of Delegates has raised over $6,400 for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation – Race for the Cure. On Thursday, February 12, 2009 delegates and staff decorated their offices for the annual Virginia House of Delegates Valentine’s Day Decorating Contest and asked employees and visitors to donate money to the office with the best decorations. “Each dollar acts as a vote,” said Sharon Crouch, Director, of the Virginia House of Delegates Information Systems. “No donation is too small and definitely not too big.”
All of the money raised will be donated to the Komen 5k Race for the Cure which takes place in May at Kanawa Plaza in downtown Richmond. Anna Hanback, House Human Resources Director and a breast cancer survivor, helped organize a bake sale and auction which raised nearly $5,000 alone. That’s a sizable increase from the $500 raised at the first such event six years ago. The total funds raised through the bake sale, auction and decorating contest will be donated under her Race for the Cure Team, “Anna’s Bananas.” “I am so touched by the generosity we have seen this year,” noted Ms. Hanback, who has been a breast cancer survivor for six years and was joined by another 40 survivors at this year’s events. “I am so glad that we were able to raise money for this wonderful cause.”
Offices decorated included Delegate John Cosgrove, of Chesapeake, who sang “love songs” to individuals who donated money at his office. Also among those whose offices decorated was that of Delegate Joe Morrissey with the theme “Fightin’ Joe Fights for the Cure,” and included the old-fashion “Rockem’ Sockem’” games for contributors to play.
The 2009 contest winner, which raised the most money for office decorations, was the House Information Systems whose theme was “Go Green for Valentine’s Day – Love our Planet – Renew, Reuse, Recycle.” All of the decorations were made from recycled and reused materials including Target bags, candy wrappers, and toner packaging.
“I am pleased with the outpouring of support by the House of Delegates’ members, staff and guests for the ongoing efforts to find a cure to breast cancer,” remarked Virginia Speaker of the House William J. Howell.
Video: President Obama’s NBA All-Star Game message, Monday, 9:30 a.m.
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