Direct link to the AMA in r/Virginia: https://www.reddit.com/r/Virginia/comments/1tho9ho/ama_im_rob_tracinski_and_im_running_for_congress/
Subtitle: "Privateers were an important component of the American war effort. They were something akin to government-sanctioned pirates — armed vessels that chased down and confiscated the cargo of civilian enemy merchant ships. The techniques privateers employed wouldn’t pass muster today. They’d often approach a ship under a false flag and captain and crew would get a large cut of the captured loot."
r/shenandoah, the largest general-purpose subreddit for the Shenandoah Valley area of Virginia, has been closed for a few months to new posts due to lack of active moderation. It is reopen now because I used r/redditrequest to request that I be added as a moderator.
If you 1) are a resident of the area, or have some other significant connection to or good reason for interest in the area and 2) would be interested in moderating r/shenandoah, please send a modmail message to let me know that!
A second, bonus PSA: If your city or county lacks a subreddit (which you can check here on this subreddit's list of Virginia-related subreddits) you are encouraged to create one and let folks in r/Virginia know about the new subreddit!
I'm so heartbroken, frustrated and angry. The only skilled nursing facility that I slightly trusted just had some serious allegations. The last thing I want is for my loved one to be abused. It's bad enough they have dementia. Does anyone have experience with any memory care units who take medicaid that are around the Richmond or Henrico County area. At this point, traveling to make sure they are safe is definitely on the table. I would prefer to be close but if close doesn't provide a safe, clean and supervised facility, I would not mind traveling.
Source: https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1263/text/HB1263VG
"Pursuant to Article V, Section 6, of the Constitution of Virginia, I veto House Bill 1263, which aims to establish a system for public sector collective bargaining.
I support establishing collective bargaining rights for public sector employees. Under current law, state employees are prohibited from collective bargaining, and local public sector employees can only bargain if their locality opts in to collective bargaining. Public servants should have the same right to collectively bargain that Virginia's private sector workers have.
I appreciate the General Assembly for their work on this legislation. I know we all want to create a strong, feasible, and durable public sector collective bargaining system that gives public servants a collective voice while we work to strengthen our schools, keep our communities safe, and deliver services to our neighbors and communities across the Commonwealth.
In an effort to achieve these shared goals, I put forth amendments which would have required the state to setup a system allowing state employees, home care workers, and higher education service employees to enter into collective bargaining agreements first, in order to demonstrate the efficacy of this new system, with public employees in localities following closely after. While preserving the enrolled bill's focus on allowing public employees to achieve collective bargaining, my amendments would have also provided additional flexibility for public employers to take into account existing local budget timelines and processes. However, the General Assembly rejected these amendments.
I remain committed to continuing to work with the General Assembly, unions, localities, and public servants across the Commonwealth to develop a public sector collective bargaining system that works for Virginia. However, I believe additional amendments are needed to the enrolled bill currently before me.
Accordingly, I veto this bill."
Edit: there's now some local news reporting on it. From The Richmonder:
This post is not the AMA. A direct link to the AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/Virginia/comments/1tctqth/im_a_former_federal_attorney_and_former/
Intro quoted:
>I’m Mo Seifeldein, candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 8th District (Alexandria, Arlington, City of Falls Church, & parts of Fairfax County). I resigned from the U.S. Department of Labor as an attorney (pro-union) because of Trump’s attack on our democracy and civil servants. I’m running to address affordability and accountability. I don’t take corporate PAC money.
>- Medicare for all
>- Universal Childcare
>- Abolish ICE
>- Address housing affordability
>I do not think we should spend one trillion on the DoD or support genocide.
This post is not the AMA. A direct link to the AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/Virginia/comments/1tctqth/im_a_former_federal_attorney_and_former/
Intro quoted:
>I’m Mo Seifeldein, candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 8th District (Alexandria, Arlington, City of Falls Church, & parts of Fairfax County). I resigned from the U.S. Department of Labor as an attorney (pro-union) because of Trump’s attack on our democracy and civil servants. I’m running to address affordability and accountability. I don’t take corporate PAC money.
>- Medicare for all
>- Universal Childcare
>- Abolish ICE
>- Address housing affordability
>I do not think we should spend one trillion on the DoD or support genocide.
This post is not the AMA. A direct link to the AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/Virginia/comments/1tctqth/im_a_former_federal_attorney_and_former/
Intro quoted:
>I’m Mo Seifeldein, candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 8th District (Alexandria, Arlington, City of Falls Church, & parts of Fairfax County). I resigned from the U.S. Department of Labor as an attorney (pro-union) because of Trump’s attack on our democracy and civil servants. I’m running to address affordability and accountability. I don’t take corporate PAC money.
>- Medicare for all
>- Universal Childcare
>- Abolish ICE
>- Address housing affordability
>I do not think we should spend one trillion on the DoD or support genocide.
IMPORTANT: Call to Action! We are planning two more informational pickets for May 20 and 23. We need YOU, the Richmond community, to show up to help Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden workers get a contract with fair wages NOW. We want a strong turn out to show management that we are NOT backing down until we have a fair contract.
These will be heavily attended days for our expansion opening and will be the perfect opportunity to educate the public on our fight and to put pressure on the garden. Please share this flyer far and wide with friends, family, and supportive community groups!
The direct link to the AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/Virginia/comments/1t7612p/im_adam_dunigan_former_marine_excia_and_candidate/?sort=qa