5th District candidate forum: Importance of the 10th Amendment
With an aggregation of seven GOP candidates vying to unseat Democrat Tom Perriello in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District, narrowing the field may be difficult for the average Republican primary voter.
To assist decision making, The Schilling Show Blog and News invited each of the announced GOP aspirants to address one of the Nation’s most critical issues: [...]
iPods and laptops and junkets, oh my! Local schools swimming in cash
In the midst of another budget season, weekly we endure administrators, school board members, teachers, students, and parents complaining about unfathomable shortfalls in local school divisions.
Loose-spending elected officials in Charlottesville, Albemarle, and surrounding counties “cry wolf” each budget cycle, claiming scarcity of “resources” to properly educate (i.e. indoctrinate) our children and to perform myriad other [...]
Deeds votes against Virginia health care freedom
State Senator Creigh Deeds, the man who would have been Governor, cast his vote against freedom today.
The Virginia Health Care Freedom Act, Senate Bill 417, was passed by a one-vote margin in the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee, upon which Senator Deeds sits.
The bill, introduced by Senator Jill Holtzman Vogel (R-Winchester), is summarized as follows:
Individual [...]
2010 United States Census revealed
The United States Census 2010—feared by some as a potential invasion of privacy, revered by others as a necessary tool for Government efficiency. Should you fill it out? Should you ignore it?
Government affirms that submitting requested Census information will enable localities to receive “fair” Federal funding allotment and appropriate apportionment in elected Federal [...]
Guest Editorial: This ridddle is no joke
This riddle is no joke
by Jean Walters
There’s a riddle that asks the question, “What’s the difference between socialism and communism?”
The answer, “A few days.”
Socialism, Marxism, Communism…One can discuss the differences as long as he’d like. But one thing is for sure: all of them are catastrophic. Unbelievably, there are some who actually think socialism is [...]
It’s official: Hurt to miss Charlottesville Tea Party Forum
After much speculation about his participation in Charlottesville’s January 22, 2009 5th District Tea Parties Republican Candidate Forum, Senator Robert Hurt’s campaign manager, Sean Harrison, has confirmed to forum organizers that the candidate will not attend tomorrow night’s event.
Tea Party officials were hopeful that despite his General Assembly obligations, Hurt would participate along with the [...]
RSWA settles Van der linde lawsuit
The Hook is reporting a settlement in the unjust Rivanna Solid Waste Authority vs. Van der linde Recycling lawsuit.
The RICO action brought against Mr. Van der linde was settled for $19.1 million less than the $20 million potentially sought by the RSWA, with Van der linde paying $600 thousand and BFI, who was not a [...]
Kristin Szakos: Free pizza and phone calls for Coakley
Neophyte Charlottesville City Councilor, Kristin Szakos, played party host to a phone bank event last evening on behalf of Massachusetts Democrat Senatorial candidate, Martha Coakley. Held at the home of newly selected Charlottesville Democrat party co-chair, Jim Nix, the gathering was sponsored by Organizing for America, an offshoot of the Democrat National Committee.
Coakley was expected [...]
Norris-Claus: Playing Santa with OPM (aka the great $625k taxpayer rip-off)
Things are supposed to be “bad” in Charlottesville.
Tenebrous projections for multi-million dollar City budget deficits abound, and Charlottesville City Schools, crying poor, are waiting for the ax to fall as state and local “cuts” loom large.
But despite the doom and gloom expounded by Charlottesville officials, times are good for City employees, whose threadbare stockings were [...]
Everything new is old again: Charlottesville Dems choose “new” leadership
Charlottesville Democrats claim to have selected “new” party leadership for 2010, but boy does it smell stale.
Quasi-reformer Jennifer McKeever—who slightly loosed the reigns on Charlottesville Democrats’ ultra-exclusive elitist nomination process—is out (along with silent partner and Van der linde Recycling lead persecuter, Jonathan Blank) only to be superseded by Charlottesville Central Party Democrat master manipulator, [...]
