Cokeheads for Washington

From the Free Lance-Star (04/05/07): 
Stephen Allen West, 36, was charged last Sept. 14 with trying to buy $100 worth of cocaine from an undercover officer in a neighborhood known to have street-level drug sales, said Matthew Helmerich, a spokeswoman for the prosecution office in Key West.
Allen West is vice president of Somerset Homes and is [...]

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)

VPFF Endorses Pollard

From Friends of Albert Pollard:
Virginia Professional Firefighters endorse the candidacy of Albert Pollard.
Lively, VA – Albert Pollard, candidate for the House of Delegates was endorsed by the Virginia Professional Firefighters (VPFF) this week for his continued support of first responders not only in their efforts to protect firefighters and paramedics but in their efforts to [...]

Those Who Ignore the Past…

Argue that a mentally ill person should not be allowed to purchase a firearm without a background check, and conservatives will go on and on about the Second Amendment. Fair enough. I happen to love the Bill of Rights.
But those same people would have a heart attack if someone had a bumpersticker on their car with a [...]

Sluices & Wonders

A fortnightly rant, FL-S style:
Okay, after reading this, I know I am going to hear complaints from some of you.  That’s the price of having an opinion, I suppose.  So, ready your torches and your pitch-forks, and get ready to storm Dr. Frankenstein’s castle.
Here goes:
The citizens of the Fredericksburg Region should not stand in the way of the Kalahari [...]

Call for Entries: What Was Speaker Howell Thinking?

WE HAVE A WINNER!

Again “Patty” chimes in with the winning thought-bubble: “I wish I had that $5,000 back…..”“Patty” is 2 for 2 in F2B competitions!Emperor Bill is motivated by three things: power, spite, and money. Congratulations, “Patty”!
This week, Gov. Tim Kaine presented what even the FL-S Editorial Page called the “best State of the Commonwealth message delivered [...]

George W. Washington (R-99)

The Republican nominee for the special election in the 99th House District, Lee Anne Washington, is definetly the underdog against Democrat Albert Pollard. The divorce lawyer from Lancaster Co. isn’t the most exciting candidate the GOP could’ve come up with, and I guess they’re in desperate need of a “hook.” So following in the footsteps of John Quincy [...]

It’s Gonna be a Rainey Decvember

From the website of Del. Mark Cole (R-88): 
COLE OPPOSES GOVERNOR’S PROPOSAL TO RAID TRANSPORTATION FUNDS
– Governor’s budget proposal calls for diverting transportation funds, withdrawing money from the “Rainey Day Fund”, and issuing debt to fund new programs –
On Decvember 17th, 2007 Governor Tim Kaine unveiled his budget proposal which included plans to withdraw $261 million [...]

Will the New General Assembly Stop Predatory Lending?

Right now, it’s legal for payday lenders to charge as much as 700% annually. This year the General Assembly is reviewing HB12 (Oder), HB249 (O’Bannon) and SB24 (R. Reynolds),  bills that would impose a 36% cap. Whether you think 36% is too high or too low, 700% is a joke. There’s a thin line between greedy and immoral.
In 2002 [...]

Wow. Virginia Bloggers the Best in America?!

h/t NLS:
Everyone knows that Raising Kaine and Not Larry Sabato are the top two political blogs here in the commonwealth. No news there. But so far in the month of January, they’re the top two state level blogs in the entire country!

Raising Kaine

Not Larry Sabato

Blue Hampshire

Congratulations Ben Tribbett, Lowell Feld, and the rest of the RK crew for [...]

Spotsylvania Action Alert

Just received this via email:
The Spotsylvania Planning Commission is holding a public hearing for the Comprehensive Plan at the Holbert Building at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, January 16. The Planning Department is presenting the Comprehensive Plan before the Commission in a continuation of the public hearing from December 19, 2007. Progressives view the plan as an [...]

Will Wittman Go Unchallenged?

The 1st Congressional District Committee met Saturday to evaluate 2007 and look ahead to 2008. Phil Forgit couldn’t be there because he had to report for duty as a Naval Reservist this month. First of all, no, Forgit will not be a candidate in 2008. Like many of us, he was disappointed that the DCCC, who [...]

Sex in the Capital City

Enough with these booooring campaign topics like terrorism or healthcare. Leave it to the legitimate media, like Playboy (via Political Wire), to ask the hard-hitting questions. Like….Who gets more action? Democrats or Republilcans?

More people under 40 have sex at least once a week than vote for president once every four years.
25% of all Republicans and 35% [...]

Why F2B (Hearts) The FL-S: Reasons #23,305 & 23,306

God bless the FL-S, a constant source of content and amusement for Fred2Blue.
Submitted for your consideration from today’s edition, not one but TWO really bone-headed errors.   (Or, maybe the FL-S knows something we don’t know and the Dem majority in the Virginia Senate just increased by one?) Hmmm.
Reason #23,305, from the FL-S’s front page (top of the fold):

And [...]

What Do We Need To Do To Get Some More Attention Around Here???

For nearly 3 months, Fred2Blue has been doing its best to inform and amuse.  And we think we’ve done pretty well.
But what do we need to do to get some more attention?

It’s clear that our coverage has been Stafford-heavy, and we’re trying hard to post more news out of Spotsy and the City of Fredericksburg.
So we [...]