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Like the dogwoods that bloom in the spring, nutty utterances from Republican Loudoun supervisor Eugene Delgaudio are just part of the landscape here in Loudoun County; most of us have simply become so inured (or at least resigned) to them that we hardly notice it any more.

Loudoun GOP supervisor—and newly designated hate-group president–Eugene Delgaudio

So it’s useful every once in a while to be reminded how whacko it looks to the rest of the world, that a stalwart of the local Republican political machine runs a full-time business devoted to paranoid ravings about the “homosexual agenda.”

Delgaudio’s gay-bashing organization (modestly titled The Public Advocate of the United States) has now made national news after being designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors extremist groups across the nation. The local Democratic Committee is calling for Delgaudio’s resignation. Continue reading →

The exciting news that Virginia came in 47th among the 50 states in a recent survey of ethical standards in local government has special meaning for us here in Loudoun: We can all be proud that our new all-Republican Board of Supervisors did more than its part in acquiring for Virginia this distinction by refusing to adopt the ethics policy of its predecessors, by refusing to declare conflicts of interest, and by refusing to require supervisors to recuse themselves from voting on zoning or other issues that directly benefit campaign contributors.

The new slogan for Loudoun: “We’re Number 47!”