Great News: Submit Your Questions for Creigh!
By: NoVA Democrat
Published On: 2/15/2006 2:00:00 AM
I have some great news for everyone in the progressive community; State Senator Creigh Deeds has agreed to answer questions submitted by Raising Kaine readers and other progressive bloggers. The actual interview will be conducted on Monday, February 20th, and his answers will be posted immediately after that. So either send your questions to JamesEMartin at GMail dot com or put them in the comments section.
Some topics of interest that could be addressed are:
1) Election Reform
2) Gay Marriage
3) Methamphetamines, Gangs, or Sex Offenders
4) Or Just about anything else that you want to know.
By the way, in my opinion Senator Deeds sponsored the best piece of legislation of this session; SJ 45 fixed a problem that has plagued American democracy since 1812. For those who aren?t all that big in US History, 1812 is the year that Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts signed a redistricting bill that was meant to favor Democratic-Republicans who were running for the state legislature. That practice became known as ?Gerrymandering? and is now commonly used in most states to favor the party who has the majority in the state legislature in both federal and state elections. For Example, when Republicans took control of the Virginia Legislature the number of Democrats representing Virginia in Congress was 6, after they had ?gerrymandered? Virginia?s districts that number went to 3.
If anyone is interested in knowing more about Vice-President Elbridge Gerry, you can find it here.
Anyway don?t forget to email your questions for Senator Deeds or leave them in the comments section. This promises to be very interesting.
Comments
Coming from Bath Cou (Libertas - 4/4/2006 11:32:44 PM)
Coming from Bath County, AND being a star in the Democratic Party of Virginia, what would you do to counter the trend of Democrats sacrificing Southwest and Southside Virginia for votes in the "Golden Crescent."
Despite special elections where party money is pumped in against right wing extremists, Democrats seem to have failed in the General Elections of last fall. How can we once again be a statewide party?
Mr Deeds: What are (Rob - 4/4/2006 11:32:44 PM)
Mr Deeds: What are your future political plans?
How much longer unti (Brian - 4/4/2006 11:32:44 PM)
How much longer until I can get my "Deeds for Governor, 2009" sticker?
I'd just like to kno (Sean Holihan - 4/4/2006 11:32:44 PM)
I'd just like to know where he found the balls to act like one of the progressive democrats who voted against the gay marriage bill on Equality Virginia's Lobby Day. He joined the rest of them, along with Tim Kaine, on the steps of the Library in Richmond so we could all give our support to those Delegates and State Senators who had voted the right way on SB526 and HB101. The only thought in my mind was that being he had just voted on it that day, he probably thought that only a few of us knew that he had voted with Cosgrove, Marshall, Wardrup, Rerras, Chichester, and Blevins.
I don't have a problem with a guy from Bath County voting the way he did. I expected it. What pisses me off is when a person does something like that and still acts like you've got their support. Thats just low.
I'm very curious abo (Lowell - 4/4/2006 11:32:44 PM)
I'm very curious about Creigh's views on campaign finance reform, especially in light of the millions in shady money flowing into "Taliban Bob" McDonnell's campaign: $1.5M during the closing two months of the campaign. Until a few days ago, we had no idea where tha money came from. Now we know, but it's a bit late. Shouldn't there be restrictions on all this out-of-state money, or at least rapid and full disclosure?
Also, what did they DO with the money? Specifically, what does Creigh think of the voter suppression tactics used by the Republicans, such as phony robocalls from something called the "Honest Leadership for Virginia PAC?" Shouldn't there be criminal penalties for garbage like that?