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Apr 26, 2009 The Obama Administration - 100 Days The Democratic National Committee would like to provide you with the historical first 100 days of the Obama Adminstration more...
Nov 6, 2008 November 4th - What a day! For all those you volunteered and were engaged this election - Thank You! You came from near and far to be part of history. You walked our neighborhoods, you phoned our community and you ensured our votes were protected. I and the rest of the Mt. Vernon Democratic Committee thank you. more...
Jul 18, 2008 Senator Joe Gartlan News came to us today, that a true friend and progressive stalworth of our community has passed away. Senator Joseph V. Gartlan, who represented the Virginia 36th senatorial seat from 1972 to 2000. Many of our Mt. Vernon family has known and worked with Joe over the past... more...
May 31, 2008 Mt. Vernon Picnic & Politics 2008 Submitted by: Janet Myhre, Chair Yes – I bet a lot of you thought that the picnic was cancelled yesterday – but it was held on time – just cut a little short. What are the odds that a major storm that pushed its way through the Washington DC metro area started @ 2:00 pm... more...
Feb 12, 2008 Mount Vernon Volunteers out Shine the Sun No Wind,,,, No Rain,,,, Can Stop us,,,, from reaching the voters. (guess what song that is from?). There is just two many volunteers to list on the front page - click here to see all the stuff more...
Jan 24, 2008 MVDDC Elects New Chair MVDDC Elects new Chair - Janet Myhre See Chairs Welcome Note on MVDDC Blog more
Sep 4, 2007 MV Democrats Drop 5,000 Pieces On the first weekend of the MVDDC Lit Drop, 21 volunteers deliver 5,000 pieces to Mt. Vernon families. more...
Sep 1, 2007 MVDDC Lit Drop Kickoff ***THIS WEEKEND**** MV Democratic Bulletin Lit Drop!! 40,000 Pieces Starting Labor Day Our own The 8-page MVDDC Vote 2007 Tabloid is IN!!! The MVDDC Communications Committee team led by Mary Paden has done... more...
Jul 19, 2007 Dispatch - GOP disputes union order Many of the state's 7,000 independent home health-care workers -- the ones who look after low-income elderly and disabled Ohioans -- say Strickland's order gives them a long-awaited opportunity to address concerns about pay, benefits and working conditions. more
Jul 3, 2009 Analyst says Palin could be done with politics Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s decision to step down during her first term could signal that she’s done with elective office, a Virginia political analyst says. “You shouldn’t dismiss that possibility if she’s fed up, and that came across at the press conference,“... more
Jul 3, 2009 Palin resigns as governor; leaves plans secret Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abruptly announced Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, a shocking move that rattled the Republican party but left open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House in 2012. more
Jul 2, 2009 Biden visits Iraq after U.S. troops pull back BAGHDAD—U.S. Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. arrived in Iraq yesterday to visit American soldiers, just two days after all U.S. combat troops withdrew from Baghdad and all of Iraq’s cities and towns. Biden will meet with Iraqi leaders, including President Jalal Talabani and Prime... more
Jul 4, 2009 Power Line Slated for Upgrade Dominion Virginia Power has announced plans to upgrade a transmission line that stretches for 9.3 miles through parts of Loudoun, Fauquier and Prince William counties. more
Jul 4, 2009 Arlington Police Release Footage of Apple Store Shooter Arlington County police have yet to identify the man who shot an Apple store employee in Clarendon yesterday morning in a back storeroom as more than three dozen shoppers milled about the showroom, police said today. more
Jul 3, 2009 Hmmm. So You Say That How? WARM SPRINGS, Va. -- Anybody can be a Bob. But for Robert Deeds, the Democratic candidate for governor of Virginia, Bob didn't seem to suit. Neither did Bobby, Rob or, for that matter, Robert. more
Jul 3, 2009 Surovell Officially Nominated Scott Surovell, the former chairman of the Fairfax County Democratic Committee, was formally named the party's nominee in the race for the 44th House of Delegates district today. Surovell threw his name in the ring after Del. Kris Amundson (D) announced late last month that she would not run for... more
Jul 3, 2009 GOP Visits Bath An interesting dispatch from Bath County, the home of gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds. Just a few days after Deeds' June 9 primary victory, a stranger showed up at the Bath County Courthouse, asking to review Deeds personal and legal records. Bath is the Virginia's second least populated... more
Jul 2, 2009 â€œHunger can be a positive motivatorâ€ I really couldn’t believe it. I read that Missouri State Representative Cynthia Davis had allegedly opposed extending school lunch programs into the summer months. And I simply couldn’t imagine it.The National School Lunch Program is one of those Federal programs that attracts wide,... more
Jun 29, 2009 A Word About Honduras We’ve always tried to stay away from foreign policy on this blog. ButÂ since the news of the takeover of the government by the military, people have been calling me to get my take. (I have a long relationship with Honduras and with individual Hondurans, and have visited the country more... more
Jun 30, 2009 The Great Collapse The above map from the Bureau of Labor Statistics isn't particularly news. Unemployment has shot up across the state, but roughly in proportion to the amount of unemployment already existing before the recession began. That is to say, well-off areas (Fairfax) are continuing to be relatively... more
Jun 25, 2009 Not schadenfreude at all... Some have suggested that the recent discovery that both South Carolina Republican Governor Mark Sanford and Nevada Republican Senator John Ensign were having extra-marital affairs would be schadenfreude (joy at the suffering of others), and I have to disagree. Likewise, the exposure of New... more
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