Republican to Join Fray for Hall’s Seat
RTD has this on Ernesto Sampson’s plans to seek the soon-to-be vacated House of Delegates’ seat held by Franklin Hall. Sampson has worked as a financial analyst since his 1998 graduation from VMI. There is a three-way contest for the Democratic nomination for the heavily Democratic, and majority African-American, 69th House District (which includes a tiny sliver of the Fan south of Floyd Ave.).
The Democrats vying for the seat are Antione M. Green, president of the Richmond Crusade for Voters; Betsy Carr, a Richmond School Board member; and Carlos Brown, a corporate finance lawyer. The Democratic Party will decide whether its nominee is selected in a primary or a convention.
Southside Richmond breaks down the Democratic race.
A group of over 30 Americans, who reside in the Commonwealth of Virginia, hand delivered to their federal citizen representatives’ Richmond offices a Petition for Redress of Grievances. A copy of the Petition can be found here…
http://www.villagenewsonline.com/patriots.pdf
The results and reactions varied by federal office. It ranged from a cordial and frank conversation about the status of our country to muffled conversations behind a bank teller window.
The bottom line is Americans deserve answers and these citizen representatives were formally asked to respond in a forum that is appropriate to reach their constituents.
Here is a copy of the cover letter submitted with the petition.
May 8, 2009
To:Citizen Representatives
Citizen Rep. Eric Cantor
Citizen Rep. Randy Forbes
Citizen Sen. Mark Warner
Citizen Sen. Jim Webb
From: Your Constituents
Subject: Our Petition for Redress of Grievances
On April 15th of this year, We the People posted in our local paper, the Village News, our Petition for Redress of Grievances. We addressed it to you as our citizen representatives. As this practice is protected by First Amendment, we expect your thoughtful, written response to each of our concerns.
We the People are watching and are taking steps to protect our liberty. We wanted to make sure that our citizen representatives heard our concerns loud and clear. Therefore, we decided to hand deliver our message to you such that you make no mistake about our grievances and our unwavering mandate. We are requesting the following four actions:
1.To cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of the constitutionally delegated powers;
2.To formally and publicly recognize the natural and Constitutional rights of the American People in a manner appropriate to your branch of government;
3.To answer, point by point the questions contained herein;
4.To honor your oaths to support the Constitution or resign immediately from your positions.
We the People will continue our march toward liberty, not looking left or right, until they are heard and responded to.
Here is video shot of two of the four deliveries of the Petition for Redress of Grievances to our federal citizen representatives…
Forbes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjqOzsI4woM&feature=channel_page
Warner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNuWB8agBWA
Also, here is this week’s commentary from the Village News Editor…
http://www.villagenewsonline.com/Progress/VN%2005-13-09%20pg%206.pdf