Arlington, VA - Senator-elect Barbara Favola today endorsed Libby Garvey for the County Board seat being vacated as a result of Favola's election to the Virginia Senate. Senator-elect Favola issued the following statement: "Libby Garvey is a proven leader and has served the community for 15 years on the School Board. Libby's skills and experience will enable her to be an effective County Board member and advocate for the progressive values we all care about. Libby will work to protect our core services including human services, affordable housing, and public schools as we continue to … [Read more...]
The Times They Are A-Changin’
As of last week, Arlington County Democrats were made aware of a new state law requiring that nominating caucuses be held at least 60 days before the general election, now set for March 27th. This, unfortunately, means that the prior caucus dates of Feb. 2nd and 4th were too late by law. So the caucus has been moved up by two (2) weeks to Jan. 19th and 21st. This has also changed the location of the Thursday voting from NRECA to W-L High School. New dates, times, and locations are as follows: Thursday, January 19th, 7pm-9pm Washington-Lee High School 1300 N Quincy St. Saturday, … [Read more...]
Libby Announces at ACDC
On Wednesday, December 7th, Libby announced her intention to seek the party nomination for Arlington County Board at the Arlington Democrats monthly meeting. Watch her speech here. The full text of the speech follows. … [Read more...]
Two Decisions
Dear Friends, Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to get good candidates in office last week. While last week's elections were not all that we wanted, we did great work here in Northern Virginia and many good Democrats are going to work for us in Richmond, including Barbara Favola and Adam Ebbin. My congratulations to them and my thanks to you for all your hard work. As we all know, Barbara has been a wonderful supporter of our schools and human services during her tenure on the County Board. With her departure, there is a real need for someone to play that role. While helping on … [Read more...]
