Charlottesville–Right Now with Coy Barefoot

Bob Gibson of the Charlottesville Daily Progress joins Coy Barefoot on the February 11 edition to describe what the candidates were up to on the eve of the Virginia presidential primary. Gibson also talks about the passing of former Mayor and Delegate Mitch Van Yahres, Clinton’s question and answer period with Larry Sabato’s class, the Jefferson-Jackson dinner from Saturday, and more.

Coy Barefoot says that Senator John McCain and former President Bill Clinton will both be guests on Newsradio 1070 WINA’s Charlottesville Live program tomorrow morning.

 

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Waldo Jaquith, the creator of Richmond Sunlight, joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about his premier legislative tracking website. The site repurposes content from the General Assembly’s website and presents it on his unique website. For instance, you can subscribe to the status of bills by our area legislators: Senator Creigh Deeds, Delegate Rob Bell and Delegate David Toscano.

 

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David Solimini is the executive director of the Virginia Redistricting Coalition, a new organization formed to push for the reform of the way the state draws its legislative boundaries. Coy Barefoot spoke with Solimini about whether or not Virginia is one of the most gerrymandered states, and efforts to hand over the redistricting pen to a non-partisan panel. SB625 and HB836 are making their way through the General Assembly. Solimini says many legislators are “cautiously supportive” about the idea.

 

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The 2008 General Assembly session is underway, which means that Charlottesville Daily Progress political reporter Bob Gibson is commuting each day to Richmond. He phones in from the road to join Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to talk about what has happened so far.

Topics include:

• Democrats unhappy with bill limit set to take effect for next year
• Governor Kaine attempts to set bi-partisan tone and cautions against anti-immigrant tone
• Delegate Brian Moran removed from key committees in advance of gubernatorial run
• The end of the abusive driving fees is near, but details need to be worked out
• An update on Governor Kaine’s efforts to ban smoking in Virginia restaurants

 

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Bob Gibson of the Charlottesville Daily Progress joins Coy Barefoot on the eve of the 2008 session of the General Assembly to talk about what Virginians can expect. Other subjects include:

• Delegate Bob Marshall has announced he’s running for the U.S. Senate, to the right of former Governor Jim Gilmore.
• New Hampshire goes to the poll, with Obama leading the way for the Democrats. Who will win the GOP primary?
• A preview of this year’s bond referendum for higher education and how it might change through the session

 

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Bob Gibson, political reporter for the Charlottesville Daily Progress, joins Coy Barefoot each Monday afternoon for a discussion of Virginia politics on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now. This week, <a href=”http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news/politics.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2007-12-02-0191.html%20target=”>Ron Paul wins the Republican straw poll at their advance this past week</a>. Delegate Chris Saxman decided he won’t seek the Republican nomination for John Warner’s Senate seat, but Delegate Bob Marshall is still considering doing so.

<a href=”http://www.mydailyprogress.com/index.php/bobgibson” target=”_blank”>Gibson also talks about his new blog</a>, which features more in-depth articles on events such as <a href=”http://www.mydailyprogress.com/index.php/bobgibson/article/ron_paul_effort_besmirched/” target=”_blank”>Ron Paul’s win</a>.

 

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Becky Reid is the Charlottesville-area grassroots organizer for Planned Parenthood of the Blue Ridge. She joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to talk about recent news that Governor Tim Kaine is pulling money from abstinence-only sex education in Virginia.

 

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