Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Del. Kaye Kory and Sen. Dick Saslaw and Sen. Dave Marsden delivered a mid-session update to residents about current issues in the Virginia General Assembly.
Transportation and education dominated the conversation Saturday at a town hall meeting at Sleepy Hollow Woods Elementary School featuring Del. Kaye Kory (D-38th), Sen. Dick Saslaw (D-35th), and Sen. Dave Marsden (D-37th). Around 100 residents filled the Lecture Hall to listen to the Northern Virginia legislators deliver a mid-session update on current issues in the Virginia General Assembly. Each representative noted that without a balanced transportation plan, Northern Virginia will be unable to maintains its roadways. Saslaw criticized Gov. Bob McDonnell’s proposed transportation bill, arguing that the plan would take more than 30 percent of its money from the state’s General Fund which is used toward public schools, higher education, …
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Dels. Kaye Kory, Vivian Watts, Sens. Dick Saslaw, Chap Petersen, and other lawmakers gather in Richmond for the 2013 Virginia General Assembly.
The Virginia General Assembly convened Wednesday for its 2013 session at the state Capitol in Richmond with lots of hot-button issues before them such as transportation, school security, gun laws and uranium mining. As they arrived today, lawmakers likely saw several hundred protesting demonstrators on both sides of the abortion debate demonstrating outside of the Capitol. According to Richmond Sunlight, the 100 members of the House of Delegates have filed 1,153 bills and the 40 members of the Senate have filed 597. The 140 elected representatives are from an equal number of constituent districts across the commonwealth. The House of Delegates is presided over by the Speaker of the House. The Senate is presided over by the Lieutenant …
Friday, October 28, 2011
Fundraiser hosted at the McLean home of Terry McAuliffe
The Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus raised more than $1 million Friday with an appearance by former U.S. President Bill Clinton. Clinton spoke to more than 300 Virginia Democrats for about 20 minutes at the home of former Democratic National Committee chair and likely 2013 Virginia Gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe in McLean, Va. "I got a pretty good idea how the 21st century works, and there's not a single successful country on the planet that operates on the theory that the government is the problem. Not one," Clinton said. "Every successful country has both a strong private economy and a smart strong government that work together to try to create economic opportunity, educational opportunity, provide decent health care and get a …
Friday, September 2, 2011
One of many debates featuring candidates that represent Annandale and Mason District
A handful of local officials that represent Annandale participated in a candidate debate forum in Falls Church sponsored by the Skyline Square Association and spoke to constituents from Skyline about a variety of topics. Mason District Supervisor Penelope Gross and her challenger, David Feld, Sen. Dick Saslaw (D-35th) and his challenger, Robert Sarvis, Mason District School Board member Sandra Evans, and Fairfax County School Board At-Large Candidate Lolita Mancheno-Smoak all participated in the forum. Each candidate was offered the opportunity to give an opening and closing statement and answered questions from residents during the forum. Questions ranged from asking the candidates how they felt about BRAC, transportation, immigration, …
Beth Abrahms
2:49 am on Thursday, February 14, 2013
Please let's have a little truth in labelling here. This is nothing more than a Democratic positioning of the General Assembly session and a blame game. Saslaw was such a baby that he helped kill the transportation bill - and offered no alternative. For the most powerful D in Richmond, as he calls himself, he's not solving our transportation woes. He's adding to them. And for Kaye Kory to call … more ›