Monday Morning Pingage!!!!!!!!!!!!
You do good work. Just now got connected, but we're headin' back over to the beach.
Thanks for doing this.
I'll start with Kilgore's illegal immigration stance:
Kilgore supports curbs on illegal immigrants.... (RTD)
I don't know about anyone else, but I don't think Kaine's position is going to endear him to many folks.....
Delacey Skinner, a spokeswoman for Kaine, said how localities deal with illegal day laborers is their business.
Kaine believes that Kilgore's solution is misdirected because the centers are also used by workers who are legal and because small businesses are dependent on the labor, Skinner said.
Illegal immigration is a problem that the federal government needs to address, she said, calling Kilgore's proposed solution "political grandstanding."
Thread from yesterday on first report of this story:
Kilgore backs detention of illegal aliens - denounces funding for immigrant day laborer centers
Thread from this morning with WaPo story:
Kilgore Pulls Day Laborer Debate Into Va. Campaign
Adn the Pilot's take on it..........
Kilgore backs police detention of illegal aliens
Jeffy-boy is still on his jihad over the Marrs letter:
Speaker rejects Marrs inquiry
Howell says delegate did nothing wrong in use of stationery
Here are a couple I missed from the RTD on Sunday
(Nice piece on Kilgore's hands on style)
(Gotta be fair and balanced, don't you know)
Democrat denounces right-to-work law
By LARRY O'DELL
Associated Press Writer
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Leslie Byrne said Thursday that while she supports repealing Virginia's right-to-work law, it's not on her agenda because the political obstacles are too great.
The law prohibits requiring union membership as a condition for employment. Byrne said it allows "moochers" to enjoy the benefits negotiated by dues-paying union members.
Her Republican opponent, state Sen. Bill Bolling of Hanover County, said the right-to-work law has broad bipartisan support because it makes Virginia an attractive state for business. Byrne's opposition to the law "is just another example of how far out of the mainstream she is," he said.
Bolling raised the issue in a press release. He said Byrne appeared before the United Mine Workers of America in Castlewood on Monday and was asked if she would support legislation repealing the right-to-work law.
Byrne responded: "Absolutely. I call it the right-to-be-poor law."
*SNIP*
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/V/VA_BYRNE_RIGHT_TO_WORK_VAOL-?SITE=VANOV&SECTION=STATE
Kaine Campaigns on Kilgore's Turf
Democrat Hopes to Carve Out a Place in Southern Va.
By Michael D. Shear
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, August 14, 2005; Page C01
STUART, Va., Aug. 13 -- Democratic gubernatorial candidate Timothy M. Kaine campaigned across southwest and Southside Virginia Saturday, looking for votes at sizzling summertime festivals in his Republican opponent's home territory.
The hunt for support began at the Pioneer Restaurant in Marion, where about 50 people gathered for Kaine's town-hall style of campaigning. Using a PowerPoint presentation and sounding at times like a budget analyst, Kaine promised to follow in the footsteps of Gov. Mark R. Warner (D).
Less than two hours later, the former Richmond mayor found himself at Patrick County's Virginia Peach Festival, taking refuge from the heat at The Coffee Break diner in downtown Stuart. He once again embraced Warner's popularity.
"Warner and I have worked hard these last four years," Kaine told a dozen people gathered at the tiny restaurant, which serves 14 varieties of pancakes. "We've reformed the budget to invest historic amounts of money in public schools."
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/13/AR2005081301236.html