Postgame Notes: UVa. 65, Boston College 51
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Notes and quotes from the postgame following UVa.’s 65-51 win over Boston College in Atlantic Coast Conference action on Saturday.
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Rick Webb: Overruling self-governance in rural Virginia
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Why is it that some of Virginia’s urban politicians show so little respect for the citizens of our rural counties? I refer to State Sens. Dick Saslaw (D) of Springfield and John Watkins (R) of Midlothian, who have co-sponsored a bill (SB 1341) before the General Assembly that would override local authority over the siting of commercial wind energy projects. They follow in the footsteps of State Senator Frank Wagner (R) of Virginia Beach, who for years has worked on behalf of corporate wind and against the interests of rural communities.
Creigh Deeds: Redistricting shenanigans
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The only thing predictable about a “short” session is that the days will be full and pass by quickly. We are more than a third of the way through the 46 day session and had real fireworks this past week. On Monday, the nation celebrated Martin Luther King Day and the second inauguration of President Barack Obama. Nevertheless, since the Virginia Constitution calls for the General Assembly to be in session, we were hard at work considering bills and resolutions. All legislation has importance to someone, but overshadowing those bills was a tactic involving redistricting that was sprung on the Senate at the close of business on Monday afternoon.
UVa. women knock off Boston College, 69-57
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The UVa. women’s basketball team defeated Boston College, 69-57, Thursday night (Jan. 24) in Charlottesville.
Tareq Salahi to speak at political breakfast
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Independent gubernatorial candidate and White House party crasher Tareq Salahi is the featured speaker at the SWAC Political Breakfast on Saturday, Feb. 9, at 8:30 a.m. at the Shoney’s in Staunton.
Warner, Kaine praise move to allow women in military combat
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced on Wednesday a lifting of the ban on women serving in military combat. U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine issued statements of praise for the move.
Goodlatte pushes tax code repeal bill again
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Congressman Bob Goodlatte has reintroduced the Tax Code Termination Act (H.R. 352) to abolish the Internal Revenue Code. Sixty-nine bipartisan cosponsors have signed on in support of this legislation.
State Senate Democrats fight on Dream Act bill
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Senate Democrats are proposing legislation that would grant in-state tuition at Virginia colleges to young people with Deferred Action status, allowing them full access to the benefits of a college education for the first time in history. The Virginia Dream Act sets out standards for students to qualify:
Chris Graham: Disappointed in ya, Emmett
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It took a minute for me to realize it. The State Senate voted 20-19 in a party-line vote on Monday made possible by the one-day absence of State Sen. Henry Marsh to attend the presidential inauguration to redraw Senate district lines. Ostensibly the move was done to increase the number of majority African-American districts, but go figure, the plan adopted by the Senate GOP also created more Republican-friendly Senate districts. This is what it took me a minute to realize: my own state senator, Emmett Hanger, had to have voted for the plan for it to have passed.
Herring: Senate GOP plan to redraw voting districts ‘outrageous’
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State Sen. Mark Herring (D-Loudoun & Fairfax) issued the following statement Monday after Senate Republicans used parliamentary tactics to bring forward a plan to redraw Virginia’s State Senate districts:
