10 Ways in 10 Days: The Road to Ruin
People have been saying that we have a transportation problem for decades, and this legislative session was no different. Dozens of bills designed to address our growing transport ...
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10 Ways in 10 Days: State Budget is Sacrificing Virginia’s Seniors
More than 4,500 low-income elderly Virginians will lose their long-term care coverage under all versions of the state budget currently being debated. This comes after years of cut ...
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Virginia Organizing February 2012 Newsletter: Leap Year Edition
Broken Hearts at the General AssemblyOn Valentine’s Day, over 100 Virginia Organizing supporters from Abingdon to Arlington made their way to the Capitol to express th ...
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Huge Victory on Predatory Lending in Chesapeake!
While the Virginia General Assembly utterly failed to take action on predatory lending this session, the City of Chesapeake sought more transparency and public input on the predat ...
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Black Friday: A Day of Protest for Thousands of VA Public School Teachers
It has been dubbed "Black Friday" by thousands of public school teachers around the state, who will be wearing black today in protest of what they see as unfair budget c ...
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Ehrenthal: Voter Fraud & Bigfoot, They Make Exist, But are Hard to Find
The right to vote, in a democracy, is a basic right. Under the United States Constitution that right in established by the 15th Amendment. “No one can be denied the ...
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Ehrenthal: The House is Playing Reindeer Games with Unemployment & Middle Class Tax Cut
Once again the House of Representatives, led by the radical conservative bloc is holding up a needed tax break for most working Americans. After crafting a compromise budget bill ...
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Christmas Carols for Governor McDonnell
The 12 (well 8) Days of Christmas On the first day of Christmas my governor gave to me: Regressive taxation On the second day of Christmas my governor gave to me: Underpaid teache ...
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Celebrating diversity with food and new friends
As we enter the holiday season, it’s an important time to remember our community, the importance of unity, and to celebrate the diversity that we have in the Friendly City of Harr ...
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Ehrenthal: Pepper Spray is Not Food and Occupy is Not Ambiguous
As Yogi Berra is purported to have said, “It’s like Deja Vous all over again”. Watching the treatment of those assembling in protest for the Occupy movement brings me back to the ...
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