Wake-Up Call: David Toscano, VA House of Delegates Democratic Leader

Rick is joined by David Toscano, VA House of Delegates Democratic Leader, from the 57th District. He’s in his fifth term and a member of the committees of Courts of Justice, Transportation and Rules. Focusing on new rules on ethics in the aftermath of former Governor McDonnell’s conviction on corruption charges. Recent sexual assault issues …

Senator Creigh Deeds – Candidate for the Democratic Nomination for Governor

Senator Creigh Deeds shared his perspectives on the issues facing Virginia at a Senior Statesmen of Virginia event held September 10th, 2008 at the Northside Library in Abermarle County. Senator Deeds is seeking the Democratic nomination for Governor. Following his opening statement, questions were taken from members of the audience. Senator Deeds began his comments …

Liz Chadderdon on the uncertainty in the Democratic campaign for president

Liz Chadderon of the Chadderdon Group, a political consultant firm, joins Coy Barefoot on WINAvDj(tm)s vDjnjCharlottesvillevDj”Right Now!vDjkj to talk about the Democratic primaries. Chadderdon was surprised with Senator Hillary ClintonvDj(tm)s win in Texas. vDjnjI did predict that [Tuesday] would not decide anything for us, but I have to say I didnvDj(tm)t think it would be …

CRN: Fred Hudson of the Albemarle County Democratic Party

Fred Hudson is the chair of the Albemarle County Democratic Party and the Fifth Congressional District Democratic Party. He joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to talk about the role of the Democrats in the waning days of the Bush Administration. Hudson discusses what Democrats believe, local Board of Supervisors candidates the party is …

Democratic City Council Candidates’ Forum: The “speed-dating round”

(full story on Charlottesville Tomorrow) The five Democratic candidates for three open seats on the Charlottesville City Council participated in their first candidate forum on Thursday, May 10th, in the cafeteria at Walker Upper Elementary School. These forums are important opportunities for the public as the three candidates who are nominated at a Democratic caucus …

Charlottesville-Albemarle Democratic Breakfast: Are electronic voting machines vulnerable?

Are electronic voting machines vulnerable to computer hackers? That’s the topic of the January Charlottesville Albemarle Democratic Breakfast. A panel of speakers discuss serious software issues as well as recent controversies. Errors in counting, confusing displays and lack of documentation, and discuss possible paths forward. The moderator is Jim Heilman, a former registrar in Albemarle …

Charlottesville–Right Now: Lowell Feld evaluates the Democratic Congress to date

Lowell Feld of the blog Raising Kaine is Coy Barefoot’s guest on the January 11th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now. Topics include Feld’s appraisal of President Bush’s decision to raise troop levels in Iraq, Senator Jim Webb’s plumb assignments on the Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees, and an assessment of the Democrat’s first week …

Charlottesville–Right Now: “Blogfather” Jerome Armstrong on the future of the Democratic party in the digital age

The Internet helped propel the Howard Dean campaign into financial success, and Jerome Armstrong says the next successful presidential candidate will build on Dean’s success with the blogosphere. In 2001, Armstrong started the political blog MyDD, which inspired other Democrats to take up the practice. He’s written a book with Markos Moulitas (the guy behind …

City Council candidates speak at Democratic Breakfast

This past Saturday, the two Democratic candidates for the Charlottesville City Council faced questions from their peers at the party’s monthly breakfast. Dave Norris and Julian Taliaferro are the only two declared Democrats vying for the two open council seats. Charlottesville Tomorrow recorded the event, which we present here. Visit Charlottesville Tomorrow’s blog entry on …