Wednesday, May 22, 2013
In Part III see the video below shot at the VCOG Annual Meeting in October 2009 when he was running for Attorney General. March, 2012: Cuccinelli first saw the printed copy of the Center for Public Integrity report that gave Virginia an “F” during an interview with the Roanoke Free Press last Tuesday. He dismissed the [...]
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Four Part hour interview with AG Ken Cuccinelli March, 2012 Caps on donations: As far as the Center for Public Integrity’s complaint that Virginia had no caps on campaign contributions Cuccinelli doesn’t agree but if there was it should be very high he said. “I’d have a real problem picking some line to reign in [...]
Monday, May 20, 2013
The Republican ticket of Ken Cuccinelli for governor, E. W. Jackson for lieutenant governor and Sen. Mark Obenshain for attorney general started barnstorming the state the day after Saturday’s convention. They touched down Monday morning in Roanoke at Landmark Aviation. It’s all about keeping the momentum going from Saturday’s exhaustive energetic convention and coalescing around [...]
Sunday, May 19, 2013
A twelve-hour day started late as participants squeezed through two coliseum entrance checkpoints instead of the expected twelve. Over 8500 convention goers and credentialed delegates filled the Richmond coliseum at Saturday’s Virginia Republican convention. The guest speaker was Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli had no contest and was easily declared the [...]
Friday, May 17, 2013
In an email from Ed Elswick, Roanoke County Board of Supervisor Windsor District wrote, “politics may have been involved but against me because of the Roanoke Chamber [of Commerce]“ He said that the Chamber was against it because they were supporting his opponent. “The comment from [Supervisor Mike] Altizer that it would prevent the sheriff [...]
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
JUST IN: In a unanimous decision tonight by the Roanoke City Republican Committee, Roger Malouf will be the Republican candidate for the Commissioner of Revenue. He will face incumbent Democrat Sherman Holland. This is the only Republican that has stepped forward. No one for Treasurer or Commonwealth Attorney. See who he is and check the [...]
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The build up to breaking the Roanoke County Republican Primary tie between Al Bedrosian and Mike Bailey for the nomination came and went quickly Tuesday Morning. It was sort of anticlimactic. You could see the puzzled and worried looks on Republican Party officials as 40 minutes ticked by with no announcement. A guard was at [...]
Saturday, May 11, 2013
UPDATE: Monday 5/13, 9:20 a.m. - Tomorrow morning 9:30 a.m. at Roanoke County Administration Building a drawing will take place to break the 389-389 tie between Mike Bailey and Al Bedrosian for the Republican nomination in the Hollins Magisterial district. Each candidate’s name will be written on five markers that would otherwise be identical. The ten [...]
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Monday night, about 75 people came to the Roanoke County Administration Building to hear from the four candidates running as Republicans for two seats on the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors. The two candidates for the Hollins district are Mike Bailey and Al Bedrosian. The two candidates for the Windsor Hills district are RoxAnne Christley [...]
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli unveiled his Economic Growth and Virginia Jobs Plan Tuesday. The plan is designed to make Virginia more attractive to job creators and allow middle class workers to keep more of their hard-earned pay. The plan will reduce the size and scope of state government he said. The goals are three-fold: “Make [...]
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Heavy rain didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of 150 McAuliffe supporters Tuesday morning as gubernatorial hopeful Terry McAuliffe made his first stump speech at The Wallace Agency, an advertising and marketing company in Roanoke’s Industrial Park. Jobs and the economy was McAuliffe’s theme. He flaunted his message of bipartisanship saying he would welcome bipartisan support in [...]
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe is launching his first television advertisement of the campaign. The ad, which will begin airing statewide on Thursday May 2nd, highlights Terry’s dedication to family and job creation. “I started my first business at age fourteen when I knew I was going to have to help pay for college. The [...]
