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Farmville Protest Wrap-Up (with video)

Posted in Civil Rights, Farmville, Local, Prince Edward County, Private Prisons, Republicans, Watkins Abbitt on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

(Editor’s note: The song at the beginning is sung by Barry Carter. chairman of the Occoneechee-Saponi Indian tribe of Virginia, and accompanied on drums.)
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Photoblog: Farmville Private ‘Immigrant’ Prison Protest

Posted in Clarke Hogan, Farmville, Prince Edward County, Private Prisons, Watkins Abbitt on March 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I am posting several more photos from yesterday’s protest in Farmville. The private prison being built to incarcerate so-called ‘immigrants’ is a bad idea also because  the level of detainees (prisoners) has fallen precipitously since November. Layoffs recently had to do with the decline in ‘immigrant’ detainees.
In November, a person being held at Piedmont Regional [...]

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Large Protest March in Farmville Today

Posted in Clarke Hogan, Farmville, House of Delegates, Immigration, Local, Prince Edward County, Private Prisons, Watkins Abbitt on March 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »

(You might think that this wasn’t very large, but by local standards, it was. I mention below the strained look on more than a few faces.)
It was a great day to go for a walk in the bright Spring sunshine.
It was also a great day for a civil rights struggle in Farmville to be addressed, [...]

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Geo Group Contributions 2004-2008

Posted in 2009 General Assembly, Civil Rights, Clarke Hogan, General Assembly, State Senate, Watkins Abbitt on February 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Campaign Contributions from Geo Group:
$28,607 Kilgore for Governor – Jerry
$6,000 Colgan for Senate – Charles
$5,000 Howell for Delegate – William
$5,000 Kaine Inaugural Committee 2006
$5,000 Moving Virginia Forward
$3,500 Dominion Leadership Trust
$3,000 McDonnell for Attorney General – Bob
$3,000 Stolle for Senate – Kenneth
$2,000 Ruff for Senate – Frank
$1,500 Putney for Delegate – Lacey
$1,000 Abbitt for Delegate [...]

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These Legislators Like Private Immigrant Prisons and Inhumane Treatment

Posted in 2009 General Assembly, Clarke Hogan, House of Delegates, Watkins Abbitt on February 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »

They must, because they voted 22-0 to pass along a bill that permits employees of private prisons to train at a Commonwealth-funded training facility in Lynchburg. I have written about this before, in terms of the sponsor of this bill, Watkins Abbitt.
You will notice that none of the legislators live in this [...]

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Who Takes Campaign Contributions from Payday Lending Companies?

Posted in Democrats, Frank Ruff, General Assembly, House of Delegates, Republicans, State Senate, Watkins Abbitt on January 28, 2008 | 5 Comments »

I am coming at this from the viewpoint that if an organization or person gives money to a candidate, they think their interests will be looked after. The popular version of this is that corporations and lobbyists give more money, so they are the ones listened to when it comes to any legislation concerning their [...]

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I Was Polled on Uranium Mining

Posted in Clarke Hogan, Frank Ruff, General Assembly, Watkins Abbitt on January 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »

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Last Sunday, I was polled by telephone on the subject of uranium mining in Virginia. Coles Hill, which is loaded with 110 million [...]

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