Sunday, September 5, 2010
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
The Virginia State Board of Elections hit a brick wall when a complaint was lodgedagainst Delegate Onzlee Ware (D-Roanoke) accusing him of using his campaign fund for “personal use” over a year ago. There is no “definition” of what is considered “personal use” in state law. The complaint was reviewed by Senior Attorney General James Hopper who [...]
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Governor McDonnell signs HB787 and HB756, legislation to allow for offshore oil and natural gas exploration, production and development as well as allocate 80% of future offshore royalties and revenues to transportation and the remaining 20% to the Virginia Coastal Energy Research Consortium, today, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Other attendees included (L to R): 1st [...]
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Sunday, November 29, 2009
RICHMOND- Virginia Governor-elect Bob McDonnell issued the following statement Sunday afternoon following news of the passing yesterday of former Virginia House of Delegates Speaker John Warren Cooke at his home in Mathews. He was 94. “John Warren Cooke was a son of Virginia. As a public servant, newspaperman and private citizen he was warmly regarded [...]
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Monday, November 23, 2009
RICHMOND: Delegate Onzlee Ware (D-11) made the trip to Richmond to appear at a meeting of Virginia’s State Board of Elections Monday. In a phone call Campaign Finance Manager, David Allen confirmed that Ware did not contest the allegation but asked for a reduction in the $1000 fine. The $1000 was assessed as a resulted of [...]
Friday, November 20, 2009
Be careful what you ask for from the Virginia State Board of Elections in Richmond. You might just get it and get it I did. Take a gander at the collapsible spreadsheet that David Allen, Campaign Finance Manager sent me last week. The spreadsheet had some hidden rows and columns that are now viewable. The [...]
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Virginia’s State Board of Elections will take up a recommendation by David Allen, Campaign Finance Manager and either confirm or dismiss the allegation at the November 23 meeting of the Board. The $1000 fine in plain English though full of technicalities is for failure of Delegate Onzlee Ware (D-11) to add a disclosure statement on [...]
Thursday, November 5, 2009
In the waning days of the Virginia’s gubernatorial campaigns Democrats felt victory slip-sliding away. Some tried to keep their enthusiasm but each poll was like a dagger in their heart. Pundits were already beginning to do postmortems as the Deeds Wagner Shannon ticket sank further with each poll. The State Democratic ticket never developed a [...]
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Republican incumbent 8th District Delegate and Majority Leader Morgan Griffith handily won reelection Tuesday with 69% of the vote. He was challenged by Democrat Carter Turner. Griffith in his victory speech said of those who didn’t vote for him to “come and sit down and talk … if we disagree we can at least be friends.” [...]
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Saturday, October 31, 2009
Martin Jeffrey who lost his bid to incumbent Democrat Onzlee Ware (D-11) in the June primary threw his support behind the Republican candidate Troy Bird. Bird a Republican will face Ware on November 3. Jeffrey in a press release: These are extraordinary times, and we face extraordinary challenges in our country and in the Commonwealth. [...]
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
In an October 20 editorial, “Campaign accounts could get personal” The Virginian-Pilot implied that a “loophole in law gives politicians free rein with campaign donations.” Click here for the full PilotOnline.com editorial. As reported by the Roanoke Free Press a citizen complaint alleged that Delegate Onzlee Ware used his campaign funds for personal use. Mark Powell had inadvertently [...]
Sunday, October 25, 2009
“We’ve been down before and come back strong,” said Deeds to 100 supporters who had gathered at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. monument Saturday morning. It was the Democratic party faithful who gathered to snatch the election from the Republican candidate Bob McDonnell who is leading in all polls. State Senator John Edwards set [...]
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Board of Supervisor candidates Ed Elswick (R) and Sarah Goodman (D) made their last case to the voters at Oak Grove Elementary School Thursday night. The forum was hosted by Sarah Cann teacher and member of the Oak Grove Neighborhood Watch. Elswick did an about-face on his support of greenways saying the perception that he did not [...]
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Friday, October 9, 2009
Not a heated debate but if there was a star it should have been Greg Habeeb, Salem’s Republican Committee Chair. His blog at Roanoke Valley Republicans was mentioned in effigy several times by Turner. The Griffith/Turner forum was held following the 7:00 PM Board of Supervisors Elswick/Goodman forum at Bent Mountain Elementary School. It was [...]
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
Southeast Action Forum (SEAF) sent nine invitations and almost all accepted for Wednesday night. Laura Padget is President of SEAF and Mark Powell was the moderator. Candidates gave their reasons why the voters should elect or re-elect them. Incumbent Delegate Onzlee Ware (D-11) was the only no-show. Ware’s opponent, R-Troy Bird said he’d “wished his [...]
