The Democratic Party of Virginia will hold its quarterly Steering Committee meeting on Friday, Sept. 10 at 7:30 pm and Central Committee meeting on Saturday, Sept. 11 at 10:00 am.  Both meetings will be at the Fredericksburg Expo Center (I-95, exit 130B, Route 3 West).  The primary focus of the meetings will be the 2010 [...]

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The DPVA held its steering and central committee meetings this weekend in Charlotesville.  Some highlights: The committee filed two recently vacated officer positions:  Gaylene Kanoyton (Hampton chair) was elected as Vice Chair for Organization (First Vice Chair) over Susan Mariner (Virginia Beach Chair); they were both excellent candidates and the competition for this job – [...]

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Next Friday (June 11, 2010) at 7:30 pm,  the Democratic Party of Virginia Steering Committee will meet at the Omni Hotel (235 West Main St., on the Downtown Mall) in Charlottesville.  The Saturday 10:00 Central Committee meeting and the 12:00 Juneteenth Luncheon will still be at the Darden School.

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The Democratic Party of Virginia will hold its quarterly meetings in Charlotesville – Steering Committee will meet at 7:30 on friday night, June 11 and Central Committee will meet at 10:00 am, saturday June 12.  The meetings will be held at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business’ Sponsors Hospitality Center in Charlottesville.  The Democratic Black Caucus [...]

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The Democratic Party of Virginia Steering and Central Committee meetings, scheduled for this Friday and Saturday, have been postponed due to expected bad weather.  They have been rescheduled to March 19-20, again at the Marriott in Richmond, and will be held in connection with the 2010 Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner.  So far as I know, the DNC [...]

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First, as NLS reports, the GOP continues their efforts to make voting harder — in this case, by requiring people who don’t have IDs to vote a provisional ballot, and, presumably then have to defend their vote at the canvass the day after the election  (HB 948).  For the past century, Virginia’s problem has been [...]

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 The Democratic Party of Virginia State Central Committee at its December 2009 meeting voted to form a Strategic Plan Committee.   Ten tactical thoughts to consider: Coordinate DPVA goals with those of President Obama.  We all worked very hard together in 2008 to change America and elect Barak Obama.  As he said on election night, “This [...]

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The DNC meets twice a year and the DPVA Central Committee meets four times a year – if we had a DNC Chair who was a member of the DPVA, maybe they wouldn’t constantly meet on the same weekends.  Oh, wait.  Anyway, the DNC is meeting here is DC on Thursday-Saturday, February 4-6 at the [...]

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I’ve been thinking about what the DPVA needs to do to recapture the spirit of 2008, after the disappointment of 2009.  For starters, here are my thoughts from a year ago, which are still relevant.  2009 new year’s resolutions.  More later.

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The DPVA State Steering Committee will meet Friday night, Dec. 4, at 7:30 and the Central Commitee will meet Saturday morning, Dec. 5 at 10:00 am – both meetings are in Staunton at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel, 24 S. Market St., Staunton VA 24401.  Spend some time in Staunton’s very cool downtown and check out Barrister [...]

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