Virginia Democrats question Cuccinelli’s motives in UVa. case

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Party releases video on education issue Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has “done serious harm to the integrity of our system of higher education,” Democratic Party of Virginia Chairman Richard Cranwell said Friday, with his request for information relating to research conducted by former UVa. professor Michael Mann, a noted…

McDonnell: Lack of reference to slavery ‘a mistake’

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected]   The firestorm of controversy that resulted from Gov. Bob McDonnell’s proclamation of Confederate History Month was expected. A statement from McDonnell released this evening in which the governor admits to “a mistake” for not including any mention of slavery in the proclamation was not expected.

Verga statement on incident at Perriello home

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected]   Fifth District Republican nomination candidate Laurence Verga issued a statement this morning on the incident at the home of the older brother of Congressman Tom Perriello. “I condemn any acts or promotion of violence against Congressman Tom Perriello’s family or any American for that matter. Disagreements over policy should…

Ken Plum: A time of intolerance

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Column by Del. Ken Plum www.kenplum.com   Last week I took the extraordinary step of making a motion on the floor of the House of Delegates that a bill be discharged from a committee. The rules provide for such a motion, but it is seldom made and almost never approved. Had my motion been approved,…

New discrimination prohibitions include sexual orientation

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected]    Gov. Bob McDonnell today issued an executive directive clarifying his administration’s position on employment discrimination that makes it clear that discrimination “based on factors such as one’s sexual orientation or parental status” will not be tolerated. “Discrimination based on factors such as one’s sexual orientation or parental status violates…

A Wolf looking out for the folks

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   Column by Sanford D. Horn Submit guest columns: [email protected] In children’s literature, the wolf is portrayed as the ruffian, the evil-doer. He went after grandmother in Little Red Riding Hood, he huffed and puffed in The Three Little Pigs, and of course there’s Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf. Back in the adult world,…

Richmond Reports

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Featured: Del. Bob Marshall, Sen. Robert Hurt, Sen. Walter Stosch Bob Marshall: Virginia, the president and Congress www.delegatebob.com Congress is attempting to make Virginia and other states mere administrative agents for dubious public policies that the Congress either lack the money to enforce or the authority to enact. Congress has seen states pay for the…