The thousands of Americans who engaged in exhibitions of public teabagging yesterday, a.k.a. rallies emulating the anti-tax Boston Tea Party, cheered on by Fox News and CNBC throughout the day, constitute the Republican Party’s worst nightmare.
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F.C. Mayor Gardner Backs Brian Moran for Governor
City of Falls Church Mayor Robin Gardner and other City elected officials this Tuesday announced their formal endorsement of Former State Del. Brian Moran in his race for the Democratic nomination for governor of Virginia.
Our Man in Arlington
Two funerals occurred within the last week that brought home once again the rich political and cultural history of Arlington over the last half century or so.
Gov. Candidate McAuliffe Shares Vision for Virginia
(This is the first of three News-Press interviews with all three of the candidates running for the Democratic nomination for governor of Virginia in June.)
3 Dem Gubernatorial Candidates Clash in Richmond
RICHMOND – Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was the keynote speaker at the Virginia Democratic Party’s annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner here Saturday night, but his presence was eclipsed by a slugfest involving three candidates seeking their party’s nomination to run for governor later this year.
Falls Church News Briefs
Registration Deadline for Feb. 3 Election Extended Voter registration for the special Feb. 3 election in Fairfax County has been extended to next Tuesday, Jan. 20, by the State Board of Elections, it was announced this week.
Anything But Straight: The Rick Warren Whirlwind
It could be that Barack Obama is simply smarter than the rest of us. The first black president of the Harvard Law Review has made a career of turning conventional wisdom on its head.
The Young Man Who Directed F.C.’s Obama Office Triumph
The lights are out and the doors are locked again in the vacant 360 S. Washington St. office building in downtown Falls Church, as it awaits demolition.
Letters to the Editor for the Week of November 20 – 26, 2008
F.C. Dem Chair Thanks City Voters Editor, I would like to take a moment to express my deep gratitude to all in Falls Church who came to the polls on November 4th and also to all those that cast absentee ballots.
Our Man in Arlington
Well, I goofed! I predicted that Arlington would go 75 percent for Obama. It only went by 71.8 percent. Oh my!
