The Virginia Department of Elections announced on Friday that rapper and producer Kanye West qualified for the United States Presidential Election Ballot in Virginia. Virginia Election officials confirmed on Friday evening that West is set to appear on the ballot as an independent after verifying that he successfully submitted the required 5,000 petition signatures from […]
Yesterday it was announced that Roanoke Delegate Sam Rasoul is considering a run to become Virginia’s next Lieutenant Governor. Rasoul delivered the following statement: “2020 has thrown everything at us. As we heal in 2021, I believe we can be bold in our convictions without tearing each other down. We can root for our teams […]
On Saturday August 22nd, Chair-At-Large Ann Wheeler hosted her first ‘Strategic Planning Community Conversation.’ According to the Facebook event the goal is for community to “help in selecting goals and priorities to guide the county’s vision for the future.” This was the first of two sessions, the second will also be held virtually on Thursday, […]
Written by Sherman Gillums Jr. The die is now cast. Kamala Harris, the junior U.S. senator from California, is Joe Biden’s running mate against President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence for the 2020 election. For the next two and a half months, we know what’s to come. Partisan rivalry will predictably devolve into […]
The Biden Campaign announced on Tuesday that Former Vice President Joe Biden has chosen California Senator Kamala as his running mate for the November election. The announcement was made in a text message to supports. The message read: “Joe Biden here. Big news: I’ve chosen Kamala Harris as my running mate. Together, with you, we’re […]
The PW Perspective hosted a forum led by Miss Virginia 2020 Katelyn Page on a variety of topics as the nation heads into the November General Election. The diverse group of youth leaders and advocates discussed such issues as the election, what they are looking for in a presidential candidate, and whether or not the […]
Tuesday’s, August 4th, Board of County Supervisors meeting, the only one scheduled for the month, lasted six hours. Slightly shorter than the previous two July meetings. On the agenda were a number of resolutions relating to funding community programs, there was one about an anti-hate week. As always, the meeting began with an option for […]
Editor’s Note: The following editorial is written by Occoquan District Supervisor Kenny Boddye, who recently held a town hall on racial healing and justice reform, which you can view here. We thank Supervisor Boddye for his contributions to our community. As of the writing of this post, it will have been 68 days since the […]
THREAD: I’m excited to share that I’m exploring a run for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. Over the next few months, I’m looking forward to meeting with people across the Commonwealth to hear about the issues that are important to them. https://t.co/IISMXItOhP — Sean Perryman (@SeanPerrymanVA) July 27, 2020 With that announcement, Fairfax County NAACP President […]
Qasim Rashid, Democratic Candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 1st District will be traveling around the First Congressional District this Sunday. He will be speaking to constituents at parks in the following cities: Bristow, King George and Fredericksburg. The human rights lawyer, who won a close race in June over Vangie Williams for the Democratic primary, […]
