Hampton Roads GOP

Hampton Roads GOP News:

-Keep on the lookout for the weekly email.

-Look for the expanded calendar to come soon. We will be listing events for all of Hampton Roads.

-Also, look for us to be adding authors within the next two weeks for the blog. Elected officials will be contributing frequently as well as other party leaders.

-We will be doing a weekly feature on a different prominent member of the Republican Party and also elected officials starting soon as well.

-Look for a weekly podcast to come soon as well.

News and Features:

Ben Loyola Adds Heavyweights to His 2010 Congressional Team

Arlen Specter Reveals His True Colors

Americans for Prosperity Takes the Save My Ballot Tour to Hampton Roads

Over 150 activists, small business owners, and workers gathered in Chesapeake on Saturday to demonstrate their support for the Secret Ballot on the South Hampton Roads stop of the Save My Ballot Tour. "Today showed that Virginians are not going to sit by quietly and let union bosses rob workers of that most sacred right, the right to a secret ballot election." –AFP Virginia Director Ben Marchi.

Americans for Prosperity has been leading the charge in Virginia to protect the secret ballot and prevent the enactment of the so-called Employee Free Choice ACT (HR 1409, S.560) also known as the Card Check legislation. If enacted, the Card Check legislation would take away nearly all union organizing elections. Also, it would force many companies and their employees to enter into binding arbitration hearings determining contracts. In short, government bureaucrats would wind up telling businesses how to operate without any recourse on the part of the business owner or the employee.

Virginia Beach City Councilady Rosemary Wilson supports the right to the secret ballot. “The right to a secret ballot is the bedrock of our Democracy. It is my pleasure to be standing here with these honored guests and the workers of South Hampton Roads to support this sacred right.  No one in this great nation of ours should be forced to vote while facing public intimidation and pressure.  We are here today to send a message to Senators Warner and Webb that the workers and voters of South Hampton Roads support the right to a secret ballot, and encourage them to vote against the so-called Employee Free Choice Act.”

In addition to Event MC Rosemary Wilson, AFP State Director Ben Marchi, Delegate John Cosgrove, R-78^th, and Tito the Builder spoke in support of worker’s and business owner’s rights.

There were also about 3 Anti-Secret Ballot protestors standing outside the event, but they mainly held signs and were relatively quiet.

The Employee Free Choice ACT is still being debated in the Congress.