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Graham Moomaw
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Reporter at @RichmonderNews Previously: @mercuryvirginia @RTDNews Email: gmoomaw@richmonder.org https://t.co/cqxYd8T3Ul
Apr 26 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Democrats win on the compactness argument for two reasons:

- They turned off the compactness requirement that exists in state law
- Compactness is such a vague, debatable concept SCOVA already set a precedent of staying out of those debates Richmond Circuit Court Judge Tracy Thorne-Begland on the new maps:

"The 2026 maps are undoubtedly less compact than the ones they replace. They are certainly partisan gerrymanders. They displace both representatives and voters into new, oddly shaped districts."
Jan 25, 2023 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Virginia Republicans are raising the possibility of impeaching a sitting judge after an AG investigation found she broke numerous laws and fudged records while running the Parole Board in 2020.

virginiamercury.com/2023/01/25/ag-… Among the numerous findings in the report:

The former board chair had an "unwritten policy" of not telling rape victims their rapist might be getting out.

virginiamercury.com/2023/01/25/ag-…
Jan 25, 2023 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Virginia Senate's cannabis subcommittee taking up the big hemp/delta-8 bill right now.

"We thought we were going to be making rope and clothes and things like that," says Sen. Hanger. "We basically have created a drug market."

virginia-senate.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.ph… Confusion about why VDACS, an agency that deals w/ food safety, should police delta-8 at smoke shops.

"If you have a brownie... that is now a hemp brownie, there is a food component" says Youngkin rep.

"A gummy that has THC in it is absolutely not a food," says Sen. Boysko
Jan 23, 2023 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Quick roundup of recent transparency-related stuff in Virginia news:

Newport News school officials are citing student privacy laws to say they can't comment on claims that warnings about the 6-year-old who shot his teacher were repeatedly ignored.

washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/… With the Youngkin/Ford thing becoming a hot topic of political debate, the official position of economic development officials is that they can't comment on "any projects real or perceived."

apnews.com/article/ford-m…
Oct 7, 2022 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Just walked into a Prince William County Electoral Board mtng to hear registrar Eric Olsen announce he's quitting after this election cuz he's tired of the partisan hostility and suspicion.

"When I get pissed off, I get pissed off. And I think this is bullshit." He was catching flak ffor not having enough GOP election officers, something he said he's spent significant time and $ trying to do.

"If this is how general registrars are treated when they are trying to to the right thing, then by god what happens when something goes wrong."
Feb 14, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Va. House votes 52-48 to send bill ending school mask mandates to @GovernorVA.

House GOP also defeated Dem efforts to make the bill expire in a year and strip out the part dealing with masks Dems pointedly asked what's the big rush if the bill, as written, won't take effect until July 1.

The rush is because Youngkin is expected to send down an emergency clause making it effective immediately.

Vote on that would come later this week.