Virginia News Headlines: Friday Morning

by: lowkell

Fri Nov 02, 2012 at 06:18:06 AM EDT

*Vote no on Question 1 in Virginia ("This staggering act of corporate welfare - as proposed in Question 1 on the ballot Virginia voters will cast Nov. 6 - would go far beyond current law in any other state. Virginians should vote no on Question 1.")
*Bloomberg: A Vote for a President to Lead on Climate Change
*Robinson: Will Sandy be a climate wake-up call? (The bigger question is when lawmakers are going to get out of bed with Big Oil and other fossil fuel interests and work to protect our planet, the only one we've got.)
*Allen on $500k campaign loan and U.S. 460 tolls ("The prevailing meme Thursday in Virginia's competitive U.S. Senate tilt was that Republican nominee George Allen's campaign is financially shaky because he guaranteed a $500,000 loan to support its operation.")
*Virginia Senate race: Why Tim Kaine, George Allen vie for bipartisan mantle
*In Caroline, Romney makes appeal to Virginia voters (And Romney adds yet ANOTHER lie to his repertoire!)
*Hot Race for Virginia Senate Seat: Tim Kaine vs. George Allen ("So far, shadow money groups and super PACs, as well as the National Republican Senatorial Committee, have spent $24.4 million attacking Kaine. On the other side, only $15 million has been spent attacking Allen")
*Senator Mark Warner Speaks out on Sandy Response ("Warner said he was proud of President Obama's leadership in the wake of the storm; siting a bi-partisan effort, working with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, to make sure adequate relief was received.")
*Warner, McDonnell lend a hand to Senate candidates; Allen loans campaign $500K for last push
*Warner, Kaine rally Charlottesville supporters
*Our view: Kaine for Senate (Allen "does not have the skills needed to reach across the aisle to solve problems and his temperament would create more divisions than solutions.")
*Court decision gives Dominion customers an electric bill break
*Court says APCo can recover $6M
*Kaine campaign pulls into Lynchburg
*McDonnell family beach houses burglarized
*A look at the Virginia Senate candidates' records as governor
*Wilder backs Kaine in U.S. Senate race (That's great I guess, but does anyone give a crap what Doug Wilder thinks about anything anymore? I sure don't; the guy's a complete egomaniac. I'll never forget how much we had to kiss his butt in 2006 to get his endorsement for Jim Webb. What a jerk.)
*Sharp contrast in 6th District race
*Powell says Cantor bet against economy; but Cantor bet a lot more on it succeeding
*Romney rallies in Va. Beach in final push for key state
*In McLean, Va., a microcosm of election-year America
*Fairfax Democrats sue over rules for observers at polling places
*Feds: Corruption rife at Dulles Rail board (I've been saying this for years, the place is a cesspool, filled with no-bid contracts, sweetheart deals, nepotism, etc. Now people are shocked that it's all coming out? Whatever.)