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Cuccinelli: Fight for Personhood Legislation Will ‘Last for all of our Lives’

5/14/2013
Ashley

 

Richmond, VA – As Ken Cuccinelli prepares to accept the nomination for Governor at the Republican Convention on Saturday, he is attempting to convince Virginians that he is no longer the extreme ideologue he’s been his entire career.

 

Countdown: Top 10 Moments Cuccinelli and Williams Might Have Discussed Million Dollar Tax Suit

5/14/2013
Ashley

As the Roanoke Times reported yesterday, Ken Cuccinelli is denying Virginians their right to know whether or not he and Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams discussed Star’s lawsuit over more than $1 million in unpaid taxes while Williams was lavishing Cuccinelli with gifts and trips.

Herring, Waddell Kick off Week of Focus on Cuccinelli’s Extreme Anti-Women’s Health Agenda

5/13/2013
brian

Bipartisan leaders highlight Cuccinelli’s efforts to ban common forms of birth control 

Today on a media conference call, Delegate and Democratic Party of Virginia Chair Charniele Herring and former Republican and Independent Delegate Katherine Waddell discussed how extreme and dangerous Ken Cuccinelli’s “personhood” agenda is to the health of Virginia women.

Will Cuccinelli Emerge from Bunker to Appear in Court Tomorrow?

5/01/2013
Myles

Richmond, VA – Aside from his “no cameras or recorders” Friday afternoon media availability last week, at which the candidate admitted to thousands of dollars in unreported Star Scientific gifts, the Cuccinelli campaign has gone to great lengths to keep their candidate from explaining his ethical lapses to Virginians.

DPVA Cares: Helping Cuccinelli Remember Star Scientific Gifts

4/29/2013
brian

Ken Cuccinelli is a busy man. Running for Governor full-time, being Attorney General part-time and injecting his personal agenda into places that have nothing to do with his job don’t leave much time in the day for anything else.

 

To hear him tell it, with a schedule that packed it shouldn’t come as a surprise that he simply forgot nearly $13,000 in gifts from Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams and other interests when the time came to fill out his legally required financial disclosure statements.That’s why, as a helpful service to Ken Cuccinelli, the Democratic Party of Virginia put together a list of the moments when, were he not so distracted by the pressing demands of life as an ideological crusader, Ken Cuccinelli might have felt the memory of his Star Scientific-funded vacations trying to get into the front of his mind.

 

Why has Cuccinelli delayed correcting mischaracterized trip on Statement of Economic Interest?

4/26/2013
Myles

Richmond, VA – While Virginians wait for Ken Cuccinelli to appoint a special investigator to determine whether his failures to accurately disclose Star Scientific stock and gifts from CEO Jonnie Williams on his financial disclosure statements broke any laws, they are also waiting for him to finally correct one of those errors in the form of an amended Statement of Economic Interest.

 

Under Pressure, Cuccinelli Recuses from Second Star Scientific Conflict of Interest

4/24/2013
Ashley

Richmond, VA – Democratic of Party Virginia spokesman Brian Coy released the following statement today responding to the Associated Press report that Ken Cuccinelli admitted his conflict of interest in the embezzlement case against a former chef at the Virginia Governor’s mansion and recused himself from the case:

New DPVA Video: Virginians Can't Afford to Give Cuccinelli Extreme Agenda Power over VA Tax Dollars

4/23/2013
Myles

Richmond, VA – Virginia Senator Louise Lucas and DPVA Executive Director Lauren Harmon released the statements below today on Ken Cuccinelli’s record of threatening Virginia’s mainstream budget process with his extreme ideological agenda and how dangerous it would be for him to have the budgetary power of Virginia’s Governor.

 

Cuccinelli on Star Scientific: There Was No Conflict

4/18/2013
Myles

Richmond, VA – After weeks of controversy around his shady relationship with drug and tobacco company Star Scientific and CEO Jonnie Williams, Ken Cuccinelli finally stepped into public to answer questions about the scandal. He could have explained why his office sat on a million dollar tax lawsuit for nearly two years, or why he didn’t recuse himself from the suit because he owned stock in the company.

 

After Weeks of Hiding on Star Scientific, Cuccinelli Releases Sideshow

4/17/2013
Myles

Richmond, VA -- For weeks since news broke about his shady conflict of interest with drug and tobacco company Star Scientific, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has refused to answer basic questions about his involvement with the company and why his office sat on a million dollar tax lawsuit against them. He has also not fully explained why he failed to comply with state law and disclose the stock he held in the company.