Friday, October 21, 2011

Fwd: Time Sensitive: Your Help Needed!

Why would we allow anyone to be a public servant and take an oath to protect individual property rights, who says NO? See below.
Tricia


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: John Taylor <taylor@tertiumquids.org>
Date: Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 5:11 PM
Subject: Time Sensitive: Your Help Needed!
To: triciastall@cox.net


            In the 2007 General Assembly session a statute was passed that significantly reformed the eminent domain law of Virginia.  In an effort to close the Kelo loopholes, this statute provided that eminent domain cannot be used for job creation or tax revenue enhancement; private property cannot be taken for the elimination of blight unless the property itself is blighted; no more property may be taken than that which is necessary to achieve a stated public use.


            This statute represented a major step forward in the protection of private property rights in the Commonwealth.  Unfortunately, since it was passed, Virginia's major condemnors and forces antagonistic to private property rights have made efforts in every General Assembly session to weaken the language of the 2007 statute thereby putting the homes, farms, and businesses of Virginia's citizens in jeopardy, once again.

            To stop the assault on private property rights, the decision was made to propose an amendment to the Virginia Constitution in the 2011 General Assembly session.  The constitutional amendment, HJR 693, passed the House of Delegates 83-15 and passed in the Virginia Senate 35-5.

            However, in Virginia a constitutional amendment must pass one session of the legislature, there must be an intervening election, and then the new legislature must pass the exact same language before the amendment becomes part of the Virginia Constitution.

            Now you might think because this amendment passed by lopsided majorities the first time, it is a given that it will pass for the second time in the 2012 General Assembly session.

            That is not the case.  Some Delegates and Senators will vote for the amendment the first time to ensure they get reelected the following November, and then they will vote against the amendment in the second legislative session.  They think people will forget this double cross before the next election.

            Three weeks ago we sent a survey to every incumbent in the General Assembly and every challenger asking, if elected, would he/she vote for the eminent domain reform constitutional amendment.

            The list below indicates support for the amendment at this time.  (Of course, everything is subject to change and politicians who feel the heat will frequently start seeing the light.)  If a candidate failed to return the one question survey, they were counted as opposing the amendment.

            Contact information is supplied if you would like to contact your incumbent Delegate, Senator, and the challengers to those incumbents.  Please get their commitment for support of the eminent domain reform constitutional amendment and remind them to send their surveys back to Tertium Quids.

            We could certainly use your help again to make these people commit the same way you have made them commit, yea or nay, to legislation in every recent General Assembly session.

            Your past track record is very good.  Now please work your magic again!

                      John

John Taylor
President
Tertium Quids
282 Bald Rock Road
Verona, VA  24482
JTaylor@TertiumQuids.org


Virginia Senate Candidates
District
Incumbent
Party
Name
Yes
No
email
1st
No
Republican
Mickey P. Chohany
No
1st
Yes
Democrat
John C. Miller
No
2nd
No
Republican
Tom E. Harmon IV
Yes
2nd
Yes
Democrat
Mamie E. Locke
No
3rd
Yes
Republican
Thomas K. Norment, Jr.
No
4th
Yes
Republican
Ryan T. McDougle
No
5th
Yes
Democrat
Yvonne B. Miller
No
6th
No
Republican
Ben Loyola, Jr.
Yes
6th
Yes
Democrat
Ralph S. Northam
No
7th
Yes
Republican
Frank W. Wagner
No
8th
Yes
Republican
Jeffrey L. "Jeff" McWaters
Yes
9th
Yes
Democrat
A. Donald McEachin
No
10th
Yes
Republican
John C. Watkins
No
10th
No
Democrat
David M. Bernard
No
11th
Yes
Republican
Stephen H. Martin
Yes
12th
Yes
Republican
Walter A. Stosch
Yes
13th
No
Republican
Richard H. "Dick" Black
Yes
13th
No
Democrat
J. Shawn Mitchell
Yes
14th
Yes
Republican
Harry B. Blevins
No
15th
Yes
Republican
Frank M. Ruff, Jr.
Yes
16th
Yes
Democrat
Henry L. Marsh III
Yes
16th
No
Independent
Preston T. Brown
Yes
17th
No
Republican
Bryce E. Reeves
Yes
17th
Yes
Democrat
R. Edward "Edd" Houck
Yes
18th
Yes
Democrat
L. Louise Lucas
No
19th
No
Republican
Ralph K. Smith
No
19th
No
Independent
J. Brandon Bell II
No
20th
No
Republican
William M. Stanley, Jr.
Yes
20th
Yes
Democrat
W. Roscoe Reynolds
Yes
20th
No
Independent
W. Jeff Evans
Yes
21st
No
Republican
David A. "Dave" Nutter
Yes
21st
Yes
Democrat
John S. Edwards
Yes
22nd
No
Republican
Tom A. Garrett, Jr.
No
22nd
No
Democrat
Bert F. Dodson, Jr.
No
23rd
Yes
Republican
Stephen D. "Steve" Newman
Yes
23rd
No
Democrat
Robert W. T. Short, Sr.
Yes
24th
Yes
Republican
Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.
Yes
25th
No
Republican
Thomas W. "TJ" Aldous Jr.
Yes
25th
Yes
Democrat
R. Creigh Deeds
Yes
26th
Yes
Republican
Mark D. Obenshain
Yes
27th
Yes
Republican
Jill Holtzman Vogel
Yes
27th
No
Democrat
Shaun D. Broy
No
27th
No
Independent
Donald C. Marro
Yes
28th
Yes
Republican
Richard H. Stuart
Yes
29th
No
Republican
Tom T. Gordy
Yes
29th
Yes
Democrat
Charles J. Colgan, Sr.
No
30th
No
Republican
Timothy T. C. McGhee
Yes
30th
No
Democrat
Adam P. Ebbin
No
31st
No
Republican
Caren D. Merrick
Yes
31st
No
Democrat
Barbara A. Favola
No
32nd
No
Republican
Patrick N. Forrest
Yes
32nd
Yes
Democrat
Janet D. Howell
No
33rd
No
Republican
Patricia B. Phillips
Yes
patricia@patriciaphillips.or
33rd
Yes
Democrat
Mark R. Herring
Yes
34th
No
Republican
Gerarda M. Culipher
Yes
34th
Yes
Democrat
J. C. "Chap" Petersen
No
35th
No
Republican
Robert C. Sarvis
Yes
35th
Yes
Democrat
Richard L. "Dick" Saslaw
No
35th
No
Independent Green
Katherine Ann Pettigrew
No
36th
No
Republican
Jeffrey M. Frederick
Yes
36th
Yes
Democrat
Linda T. "Toddy" Puller
No
37th
No
Republican
Jason A. Flanary
No
37th
No
Democrat
Dave W. Marsden
No
38th
No
Republican
Adam N. Light
Yes
38th
Yes
Democrat
Phillip P. Puckett
Yes
39th
No
Republican
M. Miller Baker
No
39th
Yes
Democrat
George Lincoln Barker
No
40th
No
Republican
C. W. "Bill" Carrico
No
40th
No
Democrat
John M. Lamie
No
Virginia House of Delegates
District
Incumbent
Party
Name
Yes
No
email
1st
Yes
Republican
Terry G. Kilgore
No
2nd
No
Republican
L. Mark Dudenhefer
No
2nd
No
Democrat
Esteban Garces
No
3rd
Yes
Republican
James W. "Will" Morefield
No
3rd
No
Democrat
Russell Vern Presley II
Yes
4th
Yes
Democrat
Joseph P. Johnson, Jr.
Yes
5th
No
Republican
Israel D. O'Quinn
Yes
5th
No
Independent
Michael D. "Oz" Osborne
Yes
6th
Yes
Republican
Anne B. Crockett-Stark
No
7th
No
Republican
Larry N. "Nick" Rush
No
8th
Yes
Republican
Gregory D. Habeeb
No
9th
Yes
Republican
Charles D. Poindexter
Yes
9th
No
Democrat
Ward L. Armstrong
No
10th
No
Republican
J. Randy Minchew
Yes
10th
No
Democrat
David S. "Dave" Butler
No
11th
Yes
Democrat
Onzlee Ware
No
12th
No
Republican
Joseph R. Yost
No
12th
No
Democrat
Don B. Langrehr
Yes
13th
Yes
Republican
Robert G. "Bob" Marshall
Yes
13th
No
Democrat
Carl S. Genthner
Yes
14th
Yes
Republican
D. W. "Danny" Marshall III
No
15th
Yes
Republican
C. Todd Gilbert
Yes
16th
Yes
Republican
Donald W. Merricks
Yes
17th
No
Republican
Chris T. Head
No
17th
No
Democrat
Freeda L. Cathcart
Yes
18th
No
Republican
Michael J. Webert
Yes
18th
No
Democrat
Bob L. Zwick
No
19th
No
Republican
Jerry R. Johnson
Yes
19th
No
Democrat
Lewis B. Medlin, Jr.
Yes
19th
Yes
Independent
Lacey E. Putney
Yes
20th
Yes
Republican
Richard P. "Dickie" Bell
Yes
20th
No
Democrat
Laura L. Kleiner
No
21st
Yes
Republican
Ron A. Villanueva
No
21st
No
Democrat
Adrianne L. Bennett
No
adrianne@bennettforVirginia.com
22nd
Yes
Republican
Kathy J. Byron
Yes
23rd
Yes
Republican
T. Scott Garrett
No
24th
Yes
Republican
Ben L. Cline
No
25th
Yes
Republican
R. Steven "Steve" Landes
Yes
26th
Yes
Republican
Tony O. Wilt
Yes
27th
Yes
Republican
Roxann L. Robinson
No
28th
Yes
Republican
William J. Howell
No
29th
Yes
Republican
Beverly J. Sherwood
No
30th
Yes
Republican
Edward T. Scott
Yes
31st
Yes
Republican
L. Scott Lingamfelter
No
32nd
Yes
Republican
Thomas A. "Tag" Greason
No
33rd
Yes
Republican
Joe T. May
No
34th
Yes
Republican
Barbara J. Comstock
Yes
34th
No
Democrat
Pamela B. Danner
Yes
35th
Yes
Democrat
Mark L. Keam
Yes
36th
No
Republican
Hugh M. "Mac" Cannon
No
36th
Yes
Democrat
Kenneth R. "Ken" Plum
No
37th
No
Republican
Brian W. Schoeneman
Yes
37th
Yes
Democrat
David L. Bulova
Yes
38th
Yes
Democrat
L. Kaye Kory
No
38th
No
Independent Green
James L. "Jim" Leslie
Yes
39th
Yes
Democrat
Vivian E. Watts
No
39th
No
Independent
Dimitris A. Kolazas
No
40th
Yes
Republican
Timothy D. "Tim" Hugo
No
40th
No
Independent
Dianne L. Blais
Yes
41st
Yes
Democrat
Eileen Filler-Corn
No
41st
No
Libertarian
Mike R. Kane
Yes
42nd
Yes
Republican
David B. Albo
Yes
42nd
No
Democrat
J. R. "Jack" Dobbyn, Jr.
No
43rd
Yes
Democrat
Mark D. Sickles
No
44th
No
Republican
John D. Barsa
Yes
44th
Yes
Democrat
Scott A. Surovell
No
44th
No
Independent
Joseph A. "Joe" Glean
No
45th
Yes
Democrat
David L. Englin
No
46th
Yes
Democrat
Charniele L. Herring
No
47th
Yes
Democrat
Patrick A. Hope
No
48th
Yes
Democrat
Robert H. Brink
No
48th
No
Independent Green
Janet Murphy
Yes
janet.murphy@LNF.com
48th
No
Independent
Kathy D. Gillette-Mallard
Yes
49th
No
Democrat
Alfonso H. Lopez
No
50th
Yes
Republican
Jackson Hunter Miller
No
51st
Yes
Republican
Richard L. Anderson
Yes
52nd
No
Republican
S. Cleveland Anderson
No
52nd
Yes
Democrat
Luke E. Torian
No
53rd
Yes
Democrat
James M. "Jim" Scott
No
54th
Yes
Republican
Robert D. "Bobby" Orrock
Yes
54th
No
Independent
Matthew D. Simpson
Yes
55th
Yes
Republican
John A. Cox
Yes
56th
No
Republican
Peter F. Farrell
Yes
57th
Yes
Democrat
David J. Toscano
No
57th
No
Independent
Robert Brandon Smith III
No
58th
Yes
Republican
Robert B. Bell III
Yes
59th
No
Republican
C. Matt Fariss
No
59th
No
Democrat
Connie Brennan
Yes
59th
No
Independent
Linda M. Wall
Yes
60th
Yes
Republican
James E. Edmunds II
No
61st
Yes
Republican
Thomas C. Wright, Jr.
Yes
62nd
Yes
Republican
Riley Edward Ingram
Yes
63rd
Yes
Democrat
Rosalyn R. Dance
No
64th
No
Republican
Rick L. Morris
No
64th
Yes
Democrat
William K. Barlow
No
65th
Yes
Republican
R. Lee Ware, Jr.
No
66th
Yes
Republican
M. Kirkland "Kirk" Cox
Yes
67th
Yes
Republican
James M. "Jim" LeMunyon
Yes
67th
No
Democrat
Eric E. Clingan
No
68th
Yes
Republican
G. M. "Manoli" Loupassi
Yes
69th
Yes
Democrat
Betsy B. Carr
No
70th
Yes
Democrat
Delores L. McQuinn
No
71st
Yes
Democrat
Jennifer L. McClellan
No
72nd
Yes
Republican
Jimmie P. Massie III
Yes
73rd
Yes
Republican
John M. O'Bannon III
No
74th
Yes
Democrat
Joseph D. "Joe" Morrissey
No
74th
No
Independent
Dwayne E. Whitehead
Yes
75th
No
Republican
Alvin L. "Al" Peschke
Yes
75th
Yes
Democrat
Roslyn C. Tyler
No
76th
Yes
Republican
S. Chris Jones
No
77th
Yes
Democrat
Lionell Spruill, Sr.
No
78th
Yes
Republican
John A. Cosgrove, Jr.
Yes
79th
Yes
Democrat
Johnny S. Joannou
Yes
80th
Yes
Democrat
Matthew James
No
81st
Yes
Republican
Barry D. Knight
Yes
82nd
Yes
Republican
Harry R. "Bob" Purkey
No
83rd
Yes
Republican
Chris P. Stolle
Yes
84th
Yes
Republican
Sal R. Iaquinto
No
85th
Yes
Republican
Robert "Bob" Tata
No
86th
Yes
Republican
Thomas Davis Rust
No
87th
No
Republican
David I. Ramadan
Yes
87th
No
Democrat
Mike D. Kondratick
Yes
88th
Yes
Republican
Mark L. Cole
Yes
89th
Yes
Democrat
Kenneth Cooper Alexander
No
90th
Yes
Democrat
Algie T. Howell, Jr.
No
91st
Yes
Republican
Gordon C. Helsel, Jr.
Yes
92nd
Yes
Democrat
Jeion A. Ward
No
93rd
No
Republican
Michael B. "Mike" Watson
Yes
93rd
Yes
Democrat
Robin A. Abbott
No
94th
No
Republican
David E. Yancey
Yes
94th
No
Democrat
Gary R. West
No
95th
Yes
Democrat
Mamye E. BaCote
No
95th
No
Libertarian
Glenn R. McGuire
Yes
96th
Yes
Republican
Brenda L. Pogge
Yes
97th
Yes
Republican
Christopher K. Peace
No
98th
No
Republican
M. Keith Hodges
No
98th
No
Democrat
Andy Shoukas
No
99th
No
Republican
Margaret Bevans Ransone
Yes
99th
No
Democrat
Nicholas C. "Nick" Smith
No
100th
Yes
Democrat
Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr.
No

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