Brian Patton
Brian Patton has posts on politics and political figures, including local judges, in Virginia and nationally.
Author: Author Brian Patton is an assistant commonwealth’s attorney in Clintwood, Va.
Blawg Related Categories: Legislation & Lobbying • States • Virginia • Prosecutor
Recent Posts from Brian Patton
- Obama wins Virginia
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Delegate Count
- Rick Boucher endorses Barack Obama
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Creigh announces for Governor
Putting months of speculation to rest, Creigh Deeds is now seeking the Democratic nomination for Governor. The hope among most folks, I think, was that either Creigh or Brian Moran, the other presumptive candidate for…
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Drug Dealers: Internet Style
For a lot of illegal drug-users, their dealer is no longer some guy in a long coat and dark glasses, sitting on a busy corner somewhere. Illegal prescription drugs are now just a click away…
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$5.7 Million to Buchanan County
VCEDA announced yesterday that they have awarded a $5.7 million grant to Buchanan County’s IDA. The funds, says the article, will be used to continue the development in the Poplar Gap area, near the Dickenson…
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Time to withdraw from a few cases
Via Steve, it appears one attorney in the 27th Judicial Circuit may have upset Circuit Court Judge Joey Showalter. “Showalter issued an order Sept. 13 barring Gerard Marks from practicing in the 27th Circuit ‘until…
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On the Democratic Candidates for Governor
Our old friend, Jeff Schapiro, takes aim and unloads this week on every potential Democratic candidate for Governor in 2009. He has identified the main problems with a few of them, but I think he…
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Did Dave Nutter know what he was voting for?
That is the question that 7th District voters have been asking themselves lately. Just after the new civil remedial fees went into effect, a local news station asked Republican Del. Dave Nutter about the new…
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