New Web Address

I am happy to report that you can now find the Decision Virgina Blog by pointing your browser directly to www.decisionvirginia.com. We are also still available by the nbc12.wordpress.com url, if for some reason you are linking to us.

decisionvirginia.com is the online political page for NBC12 that outside of election season, we don’t fill with content. Therefore the url will direct you here and I promise to keep you updated on everything going on in the Central Virginia political world.

Once the election kicks back into gear, decisionvirginia.com will once again be up and running complete with extend video clips, links to important political stories and streaming of live political events.

So keep coming back as much as possible and I appreciate those of you who have been clicking by on a regular basis.

The First Big Fight

It didn’t take too long for the first session of 2009 to gavel in for the partisan rancor to start. Republicans and Democrats in the House of Delegates are fighting over whether to seat the winner of a contested election that took place last night in Northern Virginia.

Democrat Charniele Herring won a slim victory over Republican Joe Murray in the special election to replace former Del. Brian Moran who resigned his seat to concentrate full time on running for Governor.

The victory of only 16 votes is within the 1% margin of victory that allows the state to pay for a recount. Democrats want Herring seated, Republicans (which control the house) say not so fast. They plan to wait for the outcome of the re-count and any other lawsuits that could up as a result before anyone is seated. That debate took up a good portion of the first session which is normally reserved for the passage of feel good bills and housekeeping issues (like the appointment of legislative pages.)

More after the jump…