Thursday, May 17, 2012
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate answered questions in appearance at AOL's Dulles office.
U.S. Senate hopeful Tim Kaine said the federal government should chip in for the Silver Line Phase 2 — but that the commonwealth also needs to pay a bigger share than the $150 million it has promised to ensure it gets built as scheduled. "What we are seeing in Washington is an anti-investment mentality," Kaine (D) told a group at AOL's Dulles headquarters Thursday. He said he worked with the Bush and Obama administrations to get $900 million for the first phase and the next phase has centered on who pays for it. "I believe it is a project of federal significance because it links Dulles with the most important capital city in the world," he said. "But when it comes to the state being a meaningful participant, Virginia has fallen short too. …
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Tim Kaine, a Democrat candidate for the open Virginia U.S. Senate seat, will appear at the AOL Dulles campus today at 1 p.m. to speak with Aol employees and other guests. Patch will be covering the event live and we invite you to join in on the conversation.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Republican primary election set for U.S. Senate candidates; Democratic primary election scheduled for 8th Congressional District.
Arlington voters will head to the polls on June 12 for the 8th Congressional District and the hotly contested U.S. Senate races. If your polling place is holding both a Republican primary and a Democratic primary, you can only vote in one. If you aren't registered to vote, you have until 5 p.m. May 21 to register. Voter registration applications must be postmarked by that day or dropped off in the Arlington County Office of Voter Registration by 5 p.m. If you are 17 years old now but will turn 18 by the Nov. 6 general election, you can vote in the June 12 primary. If you plan to do this, call your voter registration office ahead of time and be sure to bring official proof of your age. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on June 12. …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Arlington resident Jason Howell has less than $10,000 in the campaign bank and needs 1,000 signatures by June 12 to get on the ballot.
Arlington resident Jason Howell isn't letting incumbent Congressman Jim Moran's sizable war chest of nearly half-a-million dollars get in the way of running for Congress. Howell's got less than $10,000 in the bank for his campaign, so he's hitting every local barbecue, 5k and neighborhood meeting he can to help get the word out. Standing outside the Giant grocery store in Arlington's Cherrydale neighborhood over the weekend, Howell said hello to potential voters in what will likely be an uphill battle to try to unseat Moran, a Democrat who some say is gliding toward his 12th term since getting elected in 1990 to represent Virginia's 8th Congressional District. "My wife and I are doing the lion's share of signature-gathering," Howell said…
Monday, May 14, 2012
The candidate for U.S. Senate and former Virginia governor will answer questions in Dulles at AOL this Thursday. George Allen, Kaine's likely challenger, spoke at AOL May 4.
Tim Kaine, the Democratic candidate for the open Virginia U.S. Senate seat, will appear at the AOL campus in Dulles Thursday at 1 p.m. to speak with AOL employees and other guests. George Allen, a former U.S. Senator and former Virginia governor, appeared at AOL May 4, and Patch covered the forum, asked questions submitted by readers and invited a few readers to join the program. Patch will be covering the forum and inviting a few readers from each Patch to attend in person. If you'd like to attend the event, send an email to patchpolitics@aol.com with your name, address and telephone number. What Would You Like to Ask Tim Kaine? Tell Us in the Comments! Patch editors will be questioning Kaine at the event, and we'd like to know what we …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Virginia U.S. Senate candidate talks small business, education, jobs in Vienna at Tuesday roundtable
For the last two years, Pallabi Saboo's firm has had 35 unfilled positions. The company has been ready to move forward with the hires since the jobs, largely software engineering positions, became open — it just hasn't been able to find the talent to fill them. The Chief Executive Officer of the McLean-based Harmonia, Inc., was one of 30 women minority business leaders who met with former governor and U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine on Tuesday in the Tysons area of Vienna, many of whom said talent, education and access to capital were the biggest roadblocks to their companies succcess. "It's not sexy to be a engineer in high school," another woman said. "So how are they going to get into college [and pursue a career there]? We need to do …
Annual fundraising gala will be at the Westin Arlington Gateway on June 8.
U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine will headline the Arlington County Democratic Committee's Jefferson-Jackson Dinner this year. Kaine, a former governor and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, visited Arlington last month to meet with Northern Virginia business leaders and lay out his economic agenda. "The Jefferson-Jackson Dinner is the Arlington Democrats' showcase event — a gala dinner that is not to be missed on the Arlington Democratic calendar," dinner organizers Virginia Robinson and Atima Omara-Alwala stated in an email. The event will be June 8 at the Westin Arlington Gateway, 801 N. Glebe Road in Ballston. A reception begins at 6 p.m.; dinner, at 7 p.m. Ticket prices range from $100 (for Young Democrats) to $1,000…
Friday, May 4, 2012
The president spoke Friday before more than 1,000 students, parents, teachers and area officials.
President Barack Obama seemed to strike all the right notes Friday at Washington-Lee High School when he delivered a speech designed to put pressure on Congress to keep student loan interest rates down. The president spoke before an enthusiastic crowd of more than 1,000 junior and senior high school students, parents, faculty and local elected officials. Nearly 94 percent of Washington-Lee students go on to some sort of higher education upon graduation. Obama spoke briefly about the economy in general before specifically talking about college affordability. On July 1, a student loan interest rate cut will expire — effectively doubling rates overnight — unless Congress acts, Obama said. He was answered with resounding "boos." "That's like a…
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George Allen, a Republican candidate for the open Virginia U.S. Senate seat, will appear at the AOL Dulles campus today at 1:30 p.m. to speak with Aol employees and other guests. Sign up to get an email alert when Allen speaks at 1 p.m.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Former House speaker said he and wife will remain active on a variety of issues.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich formally suspended his presidential campaign Wednesday at the Hilton Arlington in Ballston after what he called "a truly wild ride." "I could have never predicted either the low points or the high points," Gingrich, a Republican, said in front of more than 100 reporters and a handful of local people who managed to squeeze in to a small room at the Hilton Arlington in Ballston. Gingrich, flanked by his wife Callista, two grandchildren and other family members, thanked a long list of supporters, including Texas Gov. Rick Perry, pizza magnate Herman Caine and Todd Palin. He recounted victories in Georgia, where he once lived and represented in Congress, and South Carolina, which has for decades picked the …
Gerald E Berg
10:18 pm on Monday, May 21, 2012
Interesting point. Why exactly does NATO still exist? The Soviet Union's Warsaw Pact--NATO's reason for being --disappeared over 20 years ago. And NATO--i.e. the British and their American shills--have initiated several no-win wars in the meantime. Hmm. more ›