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A Giant Step Forward:
Mayor-at-Large Vote Puts City on Road to Racial Progress
Richmond Times Dispatch ^
| Nov 30, 2003
| L. DOUGLAS WILDER-FORMER GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA
Posted on 11/30/2003 4:15:58 PM PST by putupon
Edited on 07/20/2004 11:50:12 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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November 4 the voters of the city of Richmond distinguished themselves in a manner long to be remembered and emulated. While it is true that they voted overwhelmingly to change the form of government to elect the Mayor at-large, much more was accomplished.
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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: dougwilder; lostcause; mayor; richmond; virginia
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posted on
11/30/2003 4:15:59 PM PST
by
putupon
To: Flora McDonald; jla; Mudboy Slim; AdSimp; Corin Stormhands; iceskater; sultan88; helmut113
Richmond ping
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posted on
11/30/2003 4:19:09 PM PST
by
putupon
(Great Society®,Compassionate Conservatism®, HillaryCare®; Equality in Misery, Fellow Travelers .)
To: putupon; Flora McDonald; jla; Mudboy Slim; AdSimp; iceskater; sultan88; helmut113
Kudos to Doug Wilder. Did he just issue a Richmond politician electoral "hit list?"
(but I think the Ray Charles comment was a cheap shot...)
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posted on
11/30/2003 4:36:14 PM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(I'm not Fonda Hillary! / www.wardsmythe.com)
To: Corin Stormhands; putupon
I'd say Former Gov. Wilder was taking names and kicking butt!
To: putupon
Former Gov. Wilder is the only democrat campaign I ever worked. Probably never will work for the election of a democrat again. Ever. They aren't democrats anymore. They are hysterical Marxist shrews, every one of them. That includes Mr. I-have-scruples-when-they-are-convenient Lieberman.
Wilder is a good man~~In contrast to that parvenue wanna-be POTUS, Markey-Mark.
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posted on
11/30/2003 6:46:50 PM PST
by
OpusatFR
(If you don't like our laws, live in accordance with our laws, and believe in our way of life: leave)
To: putupon; Corin Stormhands; Flora McDonald
Ah, Governor Wilder. Gotta love him!!
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posted on
11/30/2003 7:35:54 PM PST
by
sultan88
("But after I've been cryin' all night, the sun is cold and the new day seems old")
To: OpusatFR
"...Probably never will work for the election of a democrat again. Ever."
He was the last Democrat I voted for. And the way things look now, he will remain the last Dem I voted for. Ever.
To: Corin Stormhands
(but I think the Ray Charles comment was a cheap shot...) Cheap shot, maybe. But Doug can turn a phrase.
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posted on
12/01/2003 8:02:06 AM PST
by
iceskater
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