By Ann Limpert, Anna Spiegel, Todd Kilman and Cynthia Hacinii
Ann Cashion (click here) and John Fulchino's roomy, title-floored dining room - beloved by both Hill staffers and Louisiana's hankering for a tase of home - celebrates New Orleans and Chesapeake seafood. That means po' boys on Leidenheimer French bread flown in from Crescent City at lunch - the brisket with debris (all the charred, crusty bits from the pan) is pretty fabulous - and Chesapeake bouillabaisee laden with a crabcake at dinner. Well-considered contrails (try the citrusy, sparkling Hum Royale), superlative frying, and nicely done raw-bar plates make this a place to nibble and drink as well as dine.
Don't miss: Charbroiled oysters; pork croquettes; gumbo; red beans and rice; crab imperial; grilled squid; crabcakes; oyster pan roast; chicken or shrimp; etouffee; hot dogs; lemon chess pie.
I have to wonder where hair brained racist ideas come from.
April 4, 2016
By Lawrence Hurley
The Supreme Court (click here) on Monday endorsed the way Texas draws its legislative districts based on total population and not just eligible voters - the same method used by all 50 states - rejecting a conservative challenge in a case focusing on the legal principle of "one person, one vote."
The eight-justice court unanimously rebuffed the challenge spearheaded by a conservative legal activist that could have shifted influence in state legislative races away from urban areas that tend to be racially diverse and favor Democrats to rural ones predominantly with white voters who often back Republicans.
Two of the court's conservatives, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, concurred only in the judgment and did sign on to the opinion authored by liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The court is one justice short following the Feb. 13 death of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, but the unanimous vote suggested his presence would not have substantially affected the outcome....
From "Fortune Magazine." It would seem Wall Street likes a good chuckle, too. There are reasons for legislators to be embarrassed. It would seem the "Virginia Governor Corruption" actually is systemic.
April 4, 2016
By Chris Lee
...Among a reported 2,800 campaign (click here) fundraising events during that period, some officials went outside standard protocol to line their reelection coffers.Florida Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, for one,used her 30th wedding anniversary to stage an event to raise thousands of dollars in campaign finances. (Tickets were $1000 a couple.) Stranger still, 10 Republicans, five Democrats and three political action committees used a Taylor Swift concert as a staging ground for fundraising. They sold tickets at $750 to $2,500 a pop. Among them was Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia. “I don’t know about you. But this man is not feeling 22,” Oliver said, riffing off Swift’s famous song. “He’s feeling and looking very much 65.”...
I strongly suggest the elected government officials needs to return monies very quickly when it is gotten by outrageously personal agendas. Every one of them needs to be assessed for breaking the laws of the USA. No one is looking the other way anymore. Realizing the corruption discovered in our government it makes Trump and Sanders look like saints.
By Matt Zapotosky
A three-judge federal appeals (click here) court panel on Friday unanimously affirmed the public corruption convictions against former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell, thoroughly rejecting each argument from the onetime Republican rising star and declaring that it had “no cause to undo what has been done.”
The 89-page opinion from the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit brings to a close an important chapter in the story that emerged more than two years ago when The Washington Post first reported on the governor’s strange relationship with a Richmond businessman. It also means that the first Virginia governor to be convicted of a crime will probably have to go to prison in the coming months....
Get rid of them!
Are there any young Occupy Wall Street adults out there that actually want to serve in government? Get busy. Today. BUILD constituency and a voting base from fund raising by donations. Donations by the common American as the basis of campaign funding is highly moral and desirable in government.
