Ralph Smith

Sen. Tom Garrett (R-Buckingham) becomes the first candidate to signal he is running. Others will follow in short order.

           Ralph Smith: We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Election! Virginia’s General Assembly prides itself on being populated by ‘citizen legislators.’ The implied meaning of that is the legislature is the people’s deliberative body. The people select its members. That’s why what…

This General Assembly Session is moving fast, and one thing the leaders are good at is rushing through bills they like or don’t like, depending on whether or not they want to quickly pass them or kill them without drawing our attention to it before…