Continuing a tradition of 20+-years’ standing, The Virginia Bar Association will again this year host a debate between candidates for major statewide political office. The debate will be held on Saturday, July 22 at 10:30 A.M. at The Homestead in connection with the VBA’s annual Summer Meeting to be held on July 20-23 and will feature incumbent Republican U.S. Senator George Allen and the winner of the June 13 Democratic primary, either Harris Miller or Jim Webb, who will be seeking to unseat Allen.
The 9th CD Convention will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, June 10, 2006, in the Marion Senior High School auditorium.
There will also be a short 9th District Committee meeting at 12:30 PM, following the convention.
Here are some directions to the High School:
1) Get on I-81 and head to Exit 45.
2) Northbound traffic turn left at the exit stop sign, southbound traffic turn right at exit stop sign onto Route 16.
3) You will pass the state hospital complex on your right (complete with high fences/guard towers).
4) Go to the end of this road and turn right at the last (2nd) traffic light.
5) Bear left onto Route 16 again almost immediately at the Chevron Station. Do not go up the long/steep hill directly in front of you prior to the turn.
6) At the next traffic light you will see a Hardee’s on your left. Go straight through this light.
7) Pass through a 2nd traffic light and then cross some rail road tracks.
8) At the next (3rd) traffic light at the Wendy’s/Rite Aid (located on your left) and KFC/Taco Bell (located on your right) turn right and go up the hill.
9) At the top of the hill, turn left onto Stage Street. Marion Sr. High School will be the 2nd school on your right after Marion Intermediate School.
The first Patrick County Democratic Caucus Meeting of this year, 2006, will be held on Mon. May 22nd at 7:00p.m. in the Old Courthouse Building on Main Street in Stuart, VA.
Please come and help our Democratic Party unite and participate in the planning and structuring of Democracy for Virginia.
Learn hands-on details of what works and doesn’t work in building membership in grassroots organizations, funding them, field operations and what legal structures are possible.
Create a loose caucus of Virginia grassroots organizations that will coordinate their efforts and help channel additional resources into local races.
The unofficial results are in and Webb has apparently pulled one out in the petition race. Lowell is reporting that Webb finished up with 14,231, while Miller was only able to collect 13,425.
Just looking at the numbers, though, one does not realize what an upset this really was by Webb. The Webb campaign was formed much later than the Miller one. Also, Miller ended up using paid petition-circulators, unlike Webb’s all volunteer-collectors. One of Webb’s volunteers even drove to Clintwood from Arlington to pickup the signatures we had collected here in Dickenson County.
This success, like the Straw Poll, is probably not representative of what the results in the primary will be, but the small victories are starting to add up for Webb and he continues to gain momentum.
I can report that at the Dickenson County Democratic Committee meeting last night, when the senate primary was mentioned, someone said, “it’s between Webb and some other guy.” That certainly does not bode well for Miller.
To us Southwest Virginia Democrats, it’s not “will Rick Boucher will beat Bill Carrico,” but rather “how much of the vote will Boucher win.” Take your best guess.
The 9th CD Convention will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, June 10, 2006, in the 
