VA Democratic Party Delegate calling for ... Civil Disobedience

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Sounds like the Virginia Democrat Delegates had second thoughts when it came for their votes to be recorded and known to the citizens of Virginia...

The new "VA GOP Caucus" blog has some interesting video and discussion on this matter...

http://vagopcaucus.blogspot.com/2008/02/republicans-for-democracy-democrats.html

"House Bill 852, sponsored by Democrat Del. Adam Ebbin, would have made it legal for government employees to collectively bargain with labor unions."

"This bill would have destroyed Virginia’s Right to Work law, which House Democrats have been attacking for years. Del. Armstrong and the Democrats know Virginians would not be happy if they knew how committed the Dems are to labor unions. It’s clear that Democrats want the light of open government to shine on Republicans, but when it’s shone on them, they will hide in the shadows."

Virginia House of Delegates GOP Caucus blog

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Heard that this was coming on-line soon and looks to be a good place to go for Virginia Republican House of Delegates information...

http://vagopcaucus.blogspot.com/

A Strong GOP Team in Virginia...

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Very good opportunity to meet with local Virginia bloggers yesterday at Lt. Governor Bill Bolling’s ~2nd Annual Bloggers' Day~ in Richmond and discuss current \ future events.

This type of gathering with political bloggers always leads to the next upcoming election and what the parties will do. Several of the guest speakers during the day provided data concerning which party held what seat during each changing political environment. It was interesting to see which way the trends went because of what the conditions were at that time. For myself it is much easier predicting future football game results even months into the future. My football team is the Chicago Bears and it’s pretty safe\easy to say there are going to lose their next game. Unfortunately this tactic is pretty reliable as evident in the Bears 2007 season…

The 2009 Virginia race will be for the Governor spot and with that the Republican party has two very strong candidates in Lt. Governor Bill Bolling and Attorney General Bob McDonnell.

In conversation it came up that the Lt. Governor is already doing an outstanding job in the Senate and the importance of keeping the Dem’s and their one-vote majority in check… It is evident that both the Lt. Governor and the Attorney General have their sights set on the top spot and the Democratic Party will be hard-pressed to find somebody to go up against either of our strong candidates.

The tough decision\selection of which GOP candidate to take the Governor’s seat will be made for the good of the party and both of these guys are qualified and willing to do the job.

When it comes time for that tough decision I might just have to be fishing that day!!!…

Sailfish are still running in Key West and boats are reporting impressive catch & release numbers...

Lt. Governor Bill Bolling ~2nd Annual Bloggers' Day~

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Took the opportunity to attend the "2nd Annual Bloggers' Day at the State Capitol" along with 25 other Virginia area bloggers in Richmond today that was hosted by Lt. Governor Bill Bolling...

The Lt. Governor conducted a quick introduction meeting before going to preside over the Senate session...

The Lt. Governors staff then provided the opportunity for us to view the Senate session in progress.

Afterwards the bloggers met with the Lt. Governor again to listen to speakers including a Senate member, a Delegate, and individuals specializing in voter programs and history with Virginia state government...

Senator Stephen Newman serves as Chairman of the Senate Republican Caucus and spoke of recent activities going on in the Republican Party in Richmond...

Delegate Jackson Miller represents manassas and discussed the importance of several local bloggers in his district. He took several questions and provided informative and interesting issues going on in his area...

Frank Atkinson is chairman of McGuireWoods Consulting and focuses on state and local government relations, economic development, privatization and public-private partnerships, education, and elections and voting rights. He provided interesting facts regarding voting history in different areas of Virginia and demographics....

Ron Butler is President of Creative Direct, LLC, a direct mail firm located in Richmond, Virginia specializing in voter contact direct mail. Creative Direct created numerous winning direct mailing strategies resulting in several impressive Republican victories...

The Lt. Governor and his staff extended and included invitations to bloggers from the "LeftSide" of the Virginia blog-world making it interesting to meet and talk with bloggers from the other side of the aisle...

Several of the bloggers said that they will be posting about today's activities in the next day or so. More to follow here as soon as I find some time after work to write more.