Southwest Virginia Democrats

Make sure that you go by the After Dark Party, sponsored by the Harris Miller for Senate campaign, if you are going to this year’s Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Richmond.

The After Dark party is in the same building immediately following the event. You will receive a free ticket to the After Dark Party with every JJ dinner ticket you purchase.

After Dark Party and hosted bar, immediately following Dinner

Harris Miller for Senate

Starts: 7:00 PM
Location: Convention Center, Richmond, Virginia
For more information, please visit the state party’s site.

From the Party’s site:

Facts About The 2006 Jefferson Jackson Dinner
Place: Greater Richmond Convention Center
403 North 3rd Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Parking is available at the Convention Center for $6
Time: Patrons Reception at 5:30 p.m.
General Reception & cash bar at 6 p.m.
Dinner, promptly at 7 p.m.

Individual Ticket Prices: $165/ticket
$65/ticket for students (*must have valid student ID)

Contribution Levels

Jefferson Club $5,000

Table for 10 at dinner, table placard with name, program recognition, six tickets to the Patrons Reception

Jackson Club $2,500

Table for 10 at dinner, table placard with name, program recognition, four tickets to the Patrons Reception

Table Sponsor $2,000

Table for 10 at dinner, table placard with name, program recognition, two tickets to the Patrons Reception

Patron $1,000

Two tickets to dinner, program recognition, two tickets to the Patrons Reception

Payment Information: Checks must be made payable to the Democratic Party of Virginia. The following major credit cards accepted: MasterCard, Visa, & Discover.

For tickets, please contact Executive Director Lindsey Reynolds, (804) 644-1966, ext. 237.

After Dinner Entertainment: JJ After Dark! This reception is after dinner and hosted by U.S. Senate candidate Harris Miller. With every dinner ticket you purchase, you will receive a ticket to JJ After Dark. This event will also take place at the Richmond Convention Center.

Hotel Information

The DPVA will have a block of rooms set aside for guests who will be staying overnight in Richmond for the evenings of Fri, Feb. 10 and Sat, Feb. 11 at the Crowne Plaza.

Shuttle services will be provided on the evening of February 11 to transport guests between the hotel and the Greater Richmond Convention Center (the hotel is located 0.5 miles from the Convention Center). Shuttle service will begin at 5:15 p.m. and will make its last pick up at 12:00 a.m.

Crowne Plaza Richmond

555 East Canal Street

Richmond, VA 23219

http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cp/1/en/hd/riccs

Hotel Rate: $92/night

To make reservations, please call either: 1-800-2CROWNE or 804-788-0900 *Mention that you are with the Democratic Party of Virginia upon making your reservation*

Reservations must be made by Tuesday, January 31, 2005.

The Forward Together PAC has up a good comparison of President Bush’s unkept campaign promises and Governor Mark Warner’s proven record of helping rural residents in Virginia.

They say:

This week’s Hilltown Democratic Dispatch remembers President Bush’s promise from April 2004 during a campaign stop in Iowa, to bring broadband access ‘to every rural county by 2007′. But, as the Dispatch notes, with a year to go, the goal is far from being met.

In Virginia, the Dispatch notes, ‘former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner compiled quite a record on behalf of rural residents during his just-completed four-year term in the Old Dominion. From investing regional venture capital funds in Southside and Southwest Virginia to establishing the Center for Rural Virginia and luring more than 16,000 new jobs to the state’s rural areas.’

With people making comparisons like that, one might think Warner is running for president.

Kenton has this post on a few of Del. Bill Carrico’s proposed bills.

Kenton says:

Carrico has introduced a scary pair of bills, one dealing with DUI and another dealing with concealed handgun permits. HB 401 would take away from localities the option to mandate fingerprinting for concealed handgun permits. Why? Good question. Localities are better in tune with the crime situation within their borders: top-down decrees to set their policies are probably not the best way to stop gun crimes.

Perhaps the scariest one of all, though, is HB 364. HB 364 would eliminate references to “trains” in the DUI and drugs statute, presumably making it easier for train conductors to be stoned drunkards.

Del. Bill Carrico plans to challenge Congressman Rick Boucher.

The Virginia Commonwealth University Young Democrats and the Metro Richmond Area Young Democrats cordially invite you to the 2006 Virginia Young Democrats Annual Convention to be held March 24 - 26th, 2006, with accommodations at the Radisson Hotel Historic Richmond. Event venues will include Richmond’s historic Old City Hall, the Virginia State Capitol and Virginia Commonwealth University’s new student commons facility. This convention is set to be one of the greatest in recent memory. With our win in the bid for governor we have great cause to celebrate. But we must not and will not rest on our laurels. At this convention we will cement our recent success by constructing a stronger organization, and we will do so by building personal involvement in progressive victories. Join us!

Highlights include:

- Tons of restaurants and bars

- Urban nightlife

- Distinctive accommodations

- Historic surroundings

- Training sessions for media, field organizing, direct mail and
fundraising

- Saturday breakfast at the Governor’s Mansion (tentative)

Early Registration Ends February 15th - register now to get the best deal.

Online registration available soon; forms for registration by mail will be available within the next week. Keep checking the Web site at www.richmond2006.net for more information, upcoming events and exciting details!

Starts: 7:00 PM
Location: Circuit Court Room, Lebanon, Virginia
For more information, please contact them.