Friday, November 2, 2012
Local Latino elected officials and the Center for American Progress Action Fund called on immigrants to vote on Election Day.
Lizzette Arias arrived in Arlington when she was 2 months old. She came with her family, who had immigrated here from Bolivia. They settled into an apartment near an elementary school. "I used to watch out the window, the kids marching out to school. I was not allowed to go to school — for no good reason, I thought," Arias said. "The truth was that my parents were afraid to enroll me because of our immigration status. I asked Santa Claus and prayed to God that one day I would go to school." Arias considers herself lucky to have been able to eventually enroll in the third grade. In 2007, she graduated from Wakefield High School as a valedictorian. She later found a small college in Pennsylvania that accepted her as an undocumented student …
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Patrick Moran, son of U.S. Rep. Jim Moran, resigned from father's reelection campaign Wednesday. Police began a criminal investigation of Patrick Moran on Thursday.
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Following the release of a video this week that shows Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Moran's son, Patrick, apparently talking about ways to skirt voter identification laws, the Arlington County Police Department has opened a criminal investigation into the matter. "Every component is under investigation right now," police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck said. "It's very early." The video, released by conservative activist James O'Keefe — whose methods and productions have been called into question in the past — shows the younger Moran responding to requests for advice on how the unidentified cameraman can "vote for" 100 inactive voters. Patrick Moran, after suggesting the person's energy would be better used in more traditional — …
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Patrick Moran said he resigned in an email Wednesday.
Patrick Moran, son of Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Moran, has resigned from his father's reelection campaign. "Effective immediately, I have resigned from the Moran for Congress campaign," Patrick Moran said in an email. The resignation follows the release of a near 27-minute video filmed in various locations in Arlington's Courthouse community in which the younger Moran apparently talks with someone posing as a supporter about skirting new voter identification laws. The video was released by conservative activist James O'Keefe, whose work has been discredited in the past. In it, the videographer continuously prompts the younger Moran for advice on how best to "vote for" 100 names of inactive voters from Northern Virginia to Richmond. Moran, …
Friday, October 19, 2012
The candidates and issues that will be affecting Arlington County in the 2012 election.
As we look ahead to November’s elections, Patch is devoted to bring you the information you need about every race in town. Bookmark this page for updates. To see all of our elections coverage from this year, click on the Elections tab in the blue menu bar above. In Arlington, only these issues and people will be on ballots — presented in order from the most local issues to national candidates. Clicking on the links below will bring you to Patch articles, the candidate’s website or other resources. Voting Info Absentee voting has already started and continues into early November. Information about absentee voting — how, where and whether you qualify — is available here. On Nov. 6, polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Look up your voting …
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Challengers factoring in increased turnout from top-of-the-ticket race in their campaigns.
The presidential race at the top of this year's election ticket casts a long shadow — and will potentially affect down-ballot races. Conventional wisdom says the contest between Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney in Arlington will help Democrats. Obama carried Arlington County with more than 70 percent of the vote four years ago. That bodes will for Arlington County Board member Libby Garvey, a Democrat and incumbent seeking re-election. Garvey has only held her post for a little more than six months, winning a special election in March to fill a term that expires at the end of this year. Garvey has taken darts from her opponents — Republican Matt Wavro and Green Party candidate Audrey Clement — for not …
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Democratic incumbent faces opposition from Republican, Green Party candidates.
The proposed Columbia Pike streetcar could be a defining issue in the three-way race for Arlington County Board. The estimated $249 million transit system would connect the Bailey's Crossroads/Skyline area of Fairfax County with Pentagon City, where it may eventually connect with a proposed Route 1 streetcar. At the center of the storm is Democratic incumbent Libby Garvey, who won her board seat in March, filling a term that expires in December. Garvey faces Republican Matt Wavro and Green Party candidate Audrey Clement — both vocal critics of the streetcar. In July, Garvey abstained from a vote to move forward on the Columbia Pike trolley system, saying she needed more time to study the matter. She said this week that she's still talking …
Thursday, October 4, 2012
'Big Bird' gets a mention, 'sequestration' doesn't in the first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney Wednesday night.
ARLINGTON — If the crowd at Busboys and Poets in Shirlington was any indication, Northern Virginia Democrats wanted President Barack Obama to go on the attack Wednesday night during the first presidential debate. What they got instead was a relatively calm commander-in-chief, one who took the occasional shot at his Republican rival, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, but not the inspirational orator whose speeches draw thousands to arenas. Even Democrats were hard-pressed to call the night a win for Obama. Most settled on calling it a tie, or even gave the night to Romney. And while many Republicans and Democrats had similar thoughts on performance, they disagreed about whether it mattered. "Obama looked really calm and didn't get …
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
The first 2012 presidential debate is Wednesday night.
Good company can make a good debate great. With that in mind, several viewing parties have been planned for the first 2012 presidential debate between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the Republican nominee. The debate, on domestic policy, begins at 9 p.m. (ET) on Wednesday. It will be broadcast live from the University of Denver. Patch editors from Arlington and Alexandria will be at the watch party at Busboys & Poets in Shirlington from 8 to 11 p.m. Come by for a chance at Patch tote bags, water bottles or other swag — and free food and drinks while supplies last. Regular food and drink service will also be available at the restaurant. Before and after the debate, Patch editors from eight battleground …
Northern Virginia residents received a mailer from the GOP candidate vowing to rid the state of 'massive epidemic.'
In a ploy that pundits see as a way to pander to voters in a battleground state, the campaign of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee, has sent out mailers to Northern Virginians vowing to stamp out Lyme disease. The mailer, paid for by Romney for President, calls the disease a "massive epidemic threatening Virginia" and says that the Republican presidential nominee and his running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, will do more to fight the spread of the disease by "improving synergy" between agencies and "increasing awareness" among the public. Virginia had 756 confirmed cases of Lyme disease in 2011, according to the Centers for Disease Control. According to the CDC, Lyme disease is the most common …
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Senate candidate Tim Kaine attended the Rosslyn roundtable event and said the conversation shows a 'breadth' of bipartisan support for the issue.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine heard about the importance of immigration reform and access to capital from about 25 tech startups Tuesday afternoon at UberOffices in Rosslyn. The issues haven't been uncommon in his hard-fought campaign against former Sen. George Allen, a Republican. But they haven't always come up at the same time. "The connection of immigration reform to the talent economy was a really important theme here today," Kaine later told reporters. Kaine, who was joined at the office-sharing space by Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, heard story after story about how immigration reform was vital to the tech industry — from startups to giant companies, all of which want as few hurdles as possible when it comes to hiring …
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