Recent Mentions on Blogs

fly4change.wordpress.com: The Government?s A-Twitter Take 2: It?s Official

October 8, 2008
October 8, 2008 For those that have been following the ?Let Our Congress Tweet Campaign,? the news is in. Congress can now Tweet (as well as YouTube, Flickr and other 3rd-party sites) when communicating with constituents. This campaign was the 1st official policy issue brought forth through Twitter. Individuals supporting the campaign were asked to tweet: ?Congress, change the rules. Talk to us on our social networks. http://letourcongresstweet.org/ Let Our Congress Tweet! #LOCT08.? The campaig...

fly4change.wordpress.com: The Government?s A-Twitter Take 2: It?s Official

October 8, 2008
For those that have been following the ?Let Our Congress Tweet Campaign,? the news is in. Congress can now Tweet (as well as YouTube, Flickr and other 3rd-party sites) when communicating with constituents. This campaign was the 1st official policy issue brought forth through Twitter. Individuals supporting the campaign were asked to tweet: ?Congress, change the rules. Talk to us on our social networks. http://letourcongresstweet.org/ Let Our Congress Tweet! #LOCT08.? The campaign with links...

The Shad Plank: State Republicans applaud Palin

August 29, 2008
Republican officials are leaping out to show their support for Sen. John McCain's selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for vice president. Former Va. Gov. George Allen: "Governor Sarah Palin is an oustanding Vice Presidential choice for John McCain. She will be a strong, principled advocate for Senator John McCain and Republicans everywhere. In all her positions of responsibility, she has been a proven conservative who has fought against wasteful spending, for lower taxes and for integrity in...

The Shad Plank: Jim Gilmore cancels local golf outing...

August 6, 2008
No real official word on exactly what went down with a Jim Gilmore golf outing this week at Kiln Creek Golf Club and Resort, but the Thursday event has been ditched. The folks in the pro-shop said that they weren't sure what the reason was, but it appears that this might be another case of the Republican struggling to fill up his campaign coffers. Gilmore is hoping to fill the seat being left behind by retiring Republican U.S, Sen. John Warner, but so far the former governor is having some tr...

bearingdrift.com: Bill Day is running for Congress

August 5, 2008
Vivian reported yesterday that Bill Day was the THIRD Democratic challenger to be selected in the 1st Congressional District to face the Republican incumbent Rep. Rob Wittman. BVBL, Riley and DJ wasted little time in providing their assessment of the choice. Riley writes: Given how spectacularly he failed in his race against Del. Scott Lingamfelter last year, we?re looking forward to an equally degrading showing from him this year! And DJ piles-on: This is the best the Democrats can do?...

Recent Mentions in the Media

The Flat Hat: Keep the ?burg in mind this November

September 23, 2008
... our next delegate to the US House of Representatives. Who will it be ? the incumbent, Republican Rob Wittman or the underdog, Democrat Bill Day? ...

Caroline Progress: Freedom Fund Banquet draws many officials

September 17, 2008
Also speaking, Mary Springer, who is Congressman Rob Wittman's chief-of-staff, acknowledged in her remarks that the NAACP has a long history of doing good ...

• HB679
  Introduced: January 10, 2006
  Status: Left in Commerce and Labor
  
  : Telephone directories; requires telephone companies to verify accuracy of information provided.
• HB1328
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Finance
  
  : Real estate; assessment of property devoted to water-dependent use.
• HB1851
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0855)
  
  : Rappahannock Area Community Services Board; Governor to convey certain property in Caroline County.
• HB1852
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: Impact statement from VRS (HB1852)
  
  : Law Officers' Retirement System; agency heads not eligible except Chief of Capitol Police.
• HB1853
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
  
  : Sterilization; mandatory requirements for dog and cat dealers.
• HB1854
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: Impact statement from TAX (HB1854)
  
  : Retail Sales and Use Tax; changes fiscal year for distribution of communications revenue.
• HB1855
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0028)
  
  : Aquaculture; sets guidelines for placement of temporary shellfish enclosures in state waters.
• HB1856
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: Assigned App. sub: Public Safety (Sherwood)
  
  : Deputies; shall be increased by Compensation Board for each 750 population in correctional facility.
• HB1857
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: Impact statement from DPB (HB1857)
  
  : Marijuana; punishes for possession thereof on school grounds as a Class 1 misdemeanor.
• HB1858
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns
  
  : Proffered payments; purchase of development rights by locality.
• HB1859
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0029)
  
  : Water quality monitors; DEQ to encourage those, ensuring 3,000 stream miles are monitored by 2010.
• HB1860
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0256)
  
  : Fires; authorizes counties to regulate or prohibit the making of fires.
• HB1861
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: Impact statement from DPB (HB1861)
  
  : Assault and battery; person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if committed on school property.
• HB1862
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0257)
  
  : Severance benefits; public announcement thereof for certain officials appointed by school board.
• HB1863
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: Impact statement from DPB (HB1863)
  
  : Assault and battery; Class 1 misdemeanor if committed while bus driver is performing his duties.
• HB1864
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: Rereferred to Finance
  
  : Stalking; increases penalty for second conviction.
• HB1865
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns
  
  : Water resources; locality to deny or delay subdivision approval of building permit if inadequate.
• HB1866
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
  
  : Firearms on school property; increases penalty for pneumatic weapons.
• HB1867
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0087)
  
  : Game wardens; changes name to conservation police officer.
• HB1868
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0030)
  
  : Saltwater fishing licenses; sets commission fee for license agents.
• HB1869
  Introduced: January 03, 2007
  Status: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  
  : Littering on highways; person convicted to perform minimum of 30 hours of community service.
• HB1989
  Introduced: January 05, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0185)
  
  : Charter; Town of Colonial Beach. 
• HB1990
  Introduced: January 05, 2007
  Status: Assigned ACNRsub: Agriculture (Orrock)
  
  : National Animal Identification System; prohibits Dept. of Agriculture etc. from participating there.
• HB1991
  Introduced: January 05, 2007
  Status: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns
  
  : Road impact fees; authorizes certain counties to impose.
• HB1992
  Introduced: January 05, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0398)
  
  : Nursing home beds; authorizes issuance of certificates of public need for relocation thereof.
• HB1993
  Introduced: January 05, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0036)
  
  : Oysters; shifts measurement to point of landing to enforce selling thereof.
• HB2079
  Introduced: January 08, 2007
  Status: Impact statement from DPB (HB2079)
  
  : Sewage sludge; regulation and management of land application thereof.
• HB2080
  Introduced: January 08, 2007
  Status: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
  
  : Disaster response; state to provide assistance to individuals if federal aid is not available.
• HB2081
  Introduced: January 08, 2007
  Status: Assigned ACNRsub: Agriculture (Orrock)
  
  : Cruelty to animals; Class 6 felony for any person to willfully & unnecessarily cause death thereof.
• HB2082
  Introduced: January 08, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0041)
  
  : Menhaden; establishes annual harvest quota for portion of Chesapeake Bay.
• HB2947
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0220)
  
  : Obstruction of justice; how crime is charged.
• HB2948
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions
  
  : State employees; health insurance plan to provide coverage for radiation therapy.
• HB2949
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: Impact statement from SCC (HB2949)
  
  : Health insurance; mandated coverage for treatment by intensity modulated radiation therapy.
• HB3013
  Introduced: January 10, 2007
  Status: Impact statement from DPB (HB3013)
  
  : Firearms on school property; misdemeanor to possess pneumatic weapons thereon.
• HB3037
  Introduced: January 12, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0885)
  
  : Potomac River Fisheries Commission; powers and duties.
• HB3129
  Introduced: January 18, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0229)
  
  : Service districts; additional powers with regard to dredging of creeks and rivers.
• HB3156
  Introduced: January 19, 2007
  Status: Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions
  
  : Intensity based modulated radiation therapy; state plan to include provision for payment thereof.
• HJ46
  Introduced: January 06, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Privileges and Elections
  
  : Constitutional amendment; assessments of real property (first reference).
• HJ883
  Introduced: February 08, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ883ER)
  
  : Commending LifeCare Medical Transports, Inc.
• HJ904
  Introduced: February 13, 2007
  Status: Failed to pass in Senate
  
  : Commending Linwood Wadsworth.
• HJ905
  Introduced: February 13, 2007
  Status: Failed to pass in Senate
  
  : Commending Danny Wadsworth.
• HJ906
  Introduced: February 13, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ906ER)
  
  : Commemorating the signing of the Leedstown Resolves.
• HJ908
  Introduced: February 13, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ908ER)
  
  : Commending J. Steve Thomas, Sr.
• HR75
  Introduced: February 22, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House (HR75ER)
  
  : Commending Danny Wadsworth.
• HR76
  Introduced: February 22, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House (HR76ER)
  
  : Commending Linwood Wadsworth.

• HB397
  Introduced: January 06, 2006
  Status: Left in Courts of Justice
  
  : Reimbursement for damages; awarding property owner legal fees and costs in condemnation proceeding.
• HB398
  Introduced: January 06, 2006
  Status: Left in Courts of Justice
  
  : Stalking; penalty for second conviction.
• HB399
  Introduced: January 06, 2006
  Status: Left in Courts of Justice
  
  : Littering on highways; community service; penalty.
• HB400
  Introduced: January 06, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0251)
  
  : High-speed and broadband internet access; accessibility thereof in underserved areas.
• HB679
  Introduced: January 10, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Commerce and Labor (21-Y 0-N)
  
  : Telephone directories; requires telephone companies to verify accuracy of information provided.
• HB680
  Introduced: January 10, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0652)
  
  : Biofuels Production Incentive Grant Program and Fund; created.
• HB1045
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
  
  : Menhaden fishing; prohibited in certain areas.
• HB1318
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns
  
  : Subdivisions; adequate water resources.
• HB1328
  Introduced: January 11, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Finance
  
  : Real estate; assessment of property devoted to water-dependent use.
• HB1397
  Introduced: January 13, 2006
  Status: Stricken from docket by Appropriations
  
  : Rural Public Transportation program; provision of state matching funds.
• HB1405
  Introduced: January 13, 2006
  Status: Letter sent to Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance BenefHB"
  
  : Health insurance; mandated coverage for treatment by intensity modulated radiation therapy.
• HB1422
  Introduced: January 16, 2006
  Status: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns
  
  : Proffered payments; purchase of development rights by locality.
• HB5060
  Introduced: September 15, 2006
  Status: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns
  
  : Cash proffers; purchase of development rights programs.  
• HJ46
  Introduced: January 06, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Privileges and Elections
  
  : Constitutional amendment; assessments of real property (first reference).
• HJ47
  Introduced: January 06, 2006
  Status: Left in Rules
  
  : Law-enforcement officers; Dept. of Human Resource Mgmt. to study retainment & recruitment thereof.
• HJ174
  Introduced: January 13, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ174ER)
  
  : Commending Brigadier General Raymond Wesley Edwards.
• HJ357
  Introduced: February 21, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ357ER)
  
  : Commending Ed Grimes.
• HJ358
  Introduced: February 21, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ358ER)
  
  : Commending Holly Sanford.
• HJ359
  Introduced: February 21, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ359ER)
  
  : Commending Jordan Baughan.
• HJ5093
  Introduced: June 20, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ5093ER)
  
  : Commending the Washington and Lee High School community problem solvers team.
• HJ5094
  Introduced: June 20, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ5094ER)
  
  : Commending the Cople Elementary School community problem solvers team.
• HJ5095
  Introduced: June 20, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ5095ER)
  
  : Commending the Montross Middle School community problem solvers team.
• HJ5097
  Introduced: June 20, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ5097ER)
  
  : Commending the Washington District Elementary School community problem solvers team.
• HJ5157
  Introduced: September 27, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ5157ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Goodwin Page Sanford, Jr.
• HJ5177
  Introduced: September 28, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ5177ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Louise Bland Morgan.