In the race for the Senate from Virginia, staunchly conservative incumbent George Allen (R) is pitted against novelist and former Secretary of the Navy Jim Webb (D) and long-shot candidate Gail Parker (IG). Allen was Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1994-1998 and is vying for his second term in the Senate.
U.S. House of Representatives, Virginia’s 11th District, 2006
In the race for Virginia’s 11th Congressional District (Fairfax City and portions of Fairfax and Prince William Counties), moderate incumbent Tom Davis (R) is up against Andrew Hurst (D) and Ferdinando Greco (IG). Davis is seeking his seventh term representing the 11th District in the House.
Virginia Statewide Ballot Issues, 2006
Citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia will be voting on three state constitutional amendments on November 7. These amendments would each add, remove, or change text in the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia. This year, they range from small, ‘routine’ modifications (Questions #2 and #3) to a major addition addressing an extremely controversial issue (Question #1).
Fairfax County Bond Referendums, 2006
Citizens of Fairfax County, Virginia, will be voting on two county bond referendums on November 7. These referendums, if passed, will authorize the county to ‘borrow’ money from bond purchasers which would have to repaid with interest at a later date. Bonds are traditionally issued to fund large, expensive capital projects.
The 9/10/2001 Attitude
On 9/10/2001, it was a different world. Terrorism was something that, even against United States’ interests, usually happened elsewhere—U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, the U.S.S. Cole in Yemen in 2000. Only one example of foreign terrorism on U.S. soil comes to mind from before 9/11: the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. But that attack, which killed six and injured over 1,000, just didn’t seem to affect us much.
Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.