Recently, Raising Kaine announced that it was considering making an endorsement in the Democratic primary contest between Del. Johnny Joannou (Portsmouth) and challenger Henry Light. We announced the contest online, and invited both candidates to come make their case on our blog. Almost immediately, Henry Light responded with a "live blog" appearance on RK. In contrast, we didn't hear a peep from Johnny Joannou. Finally, we tried e-mailing him at his official government e-mail address (DelJJoannou@house.state.va.us), but it kept bouncing with messages like "failure notice" and "I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses."
We concluded that Joannou simply didn't have an e-mail account, despite the fact that he's listed as having an official one (DelJJoannou@house.state.va.us). We also ended up strongly endorsing Henry Light.
Now, it turns out (according to VPAP) that Joannou pays Joannou Knowles and Associates - Joannou's law firm - for "internet access" (see screen capture above). That's odd; why would Joannou pay for internet access if he doesn't use the internet? Can someone explain? In the meantime, the Johnny Joannou e-mail mystery deepens...
But not using e-mail (and, yes, as a delegate he could use the same state-provided system every other delegate and senator uses, and wouldn't have to set up his own system)has nothing to do with internet access to the Web -- hell, maybe he's trying to learn what's going on in the world and in his district to offset his obvious ignorance.
But Joannou wouldn't know the difference between an Atari and a laptop.