Saturday, December 15, 2012
Todd predicts 2013 Virginia gubernatorial race between Cuccinelli and McAuliffe will be 'nasty.'
Arlington resident and NBC Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd said Friday that he wasn't looking forward to Ken Cuccinelli and Terry McAuliffe dominating Virginia's airwaves next year. He predicted the 2013 gubernatorial race would be "nasty." It'll likely be between Cuccinelli, a Republican and Virginia Attorney General, and McAuliffe, a McLean businessman and former Democratic National Committee chairman. "They're both going to see their path to victory as not being that other guy. And you know what kind of rhetoric" the two are capable of, Todd said. Todd, speaking at the Arlington Chamber of Commerce's 88th Annual Meeting at the Sheraton Pentagon City, analyzed the recent presidential election and dissected the debate …
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Arlington voters found long lines at precincts Tuesday morning.
Arlington voters were met with long lines this morning, followed by an afternoon lull that still left many waiting an hour to vote. “It’s impossible,” said Marcela Ayon, who was voting at the James at Riverhouse apartment building and polling station for the day in Pentagon City. “I live in the building so I thought I could get in and go.” The lines at the Riverhouse location went through the building’s basement level and wrapped around the facilities parking lot just after 8 this morning and continued through the early afternoon. Just before 11:30 a.m., a woman waiting in line to vote at the Pentagon City location collapsed and was taken away by stretcher by the Arlington County firefighters to a nearby hospital. She was awake and …
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
President lobbies for $447 billion American Jobs Act in front of Key Bridge in Georgetown.
Speaking next to a giant American flag with the Key Bridge in the background Wednesday, President Barack Obama called on Congress to pass his $447 billion American Jobs Act swiftly. The speech comes just under two months after he initially proposed the act before both houses of Congress in September. "We've got to do something, because our businesses and our economy are already paying for it," Obama said to a crowd of 150 people, mostly construction workers and union members. Construction vehicles lined the Whitehurst Freeway near the Georgetown waterfront where the president spoke. The act includes $50 billion in spending on transportation infrastructure, such as roads and bridges. The president announced Wednesday that loans and grants …
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Monday, March 7, 2011
President Barack Obama, Honorable Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia, and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan made a surprise visit to Wakefield High School today.
According to a press release from Arlington County Public Schools, President Barack Obama, Honorable Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia, and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan made a surprise visit to Wakefield High School today. The special guests were greeted by Superintendent Dr. Pat Murphy, School Board Chair Libby Garvey and Wakefield principal Dr. Christian Willmore, before surprising a A.P. U.S./Virginia History class of 22 juniors. “Today’s visit was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Wakefield and our students," Willmore said in the press release. "We are extremely honored that President Obama, Prime Minister Gillard and Secretary Duncan devoted time from their schedules today to engage our students in such a …
Pj Davis
3:39 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
I voted @GMU on Fairfax drive. Very long lines, 150-200 people, but it only took ~90 mins b4 I got to vote. everyone wanted to use the machines, but there were only five (5) available. more ›