Kuonekwa kwehuwori hwakatekeshera muhurongwa hwezvematongerwo enyika hweUS - nekuti makambani anotenderwa kupawo mushandirapamwe wevezvematongerwo enyika anovatonga - ari kunyanya kurova muVirginia, imwe chete. nyika nhanhatu izvo hazvitadzise kukwikwidzana kwezvematongerwo enyika kubva kumakambani. (Mamwe acho Alabama, Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon, uye Utah.)
Zvinonyanya kushamisa kana zvasvika kune zvigadzirwa zvemagetsi. Kufanana nenyika zhinji muSouth, musika weVirginia wemagetsi utility uri inodzorwa kazhinji, nemakambani emagetsi evanodyara mari akapihwa rezenisi nehurumende kuti ashande seanotonga asi achivimbiswa imwe chiyero chekudzoka - 10 muzana muVirginia. Saka makambani aya anotungamirirwa nepurofiti anokwanisa kutora mari kubva kuvatengi vanenge vatapwa asi vachishandisa kuti vafarirwe nevezvematongerwo enyika vakapiwa basa rokutarisira.
Iro rigged system iyo, hazvishamisi, yakagara ichiisa vatengi vemagetsi kukanganisa kwehupfumi apo ichibatsira makambani evanosima mari nevatariri vavo vezvematongerwo enyika. Asi hurongwa uhu hwakatarisana nedambudziko kubva kune vanorwisa huwori vehurumende.
Gore rakapera sangano rePAC rinotsigira shanduko Activate Virginia koka vamiriri venyika kusaina rubatso achivimbisa kuramba mipiro yemushandirapamwe kubva kuhurumende mbiri dzakakura dzakadzorwa dzemagetsi monopolies, Dominion Energy uye Appalachian Power Co. Makambani aya ari pakati pevanopa zvematongerwo enyika vane rupo muVirginia, vachipa mamiriyoni emadhora mumakore apfuura kune vezvematongerwo enyika uye masangano emapato. Activate Virginia yakavambwa mukupera kwa2016 na vatatu Bernie Sanders nhume kushushikana nehuwori hwezvematongerwo enyika hune chekuita nehurongwa hwemari yemushandirapamwe, uye kuedza kwayo kwaive chikamu che nzira yakafara yekusimudzira zvematongerwo enyika ane tsika muhurumende.
Chitsidzo chacho chinoti: โKana tichizovimbika sevavhoti vanoda kurwira kuchengetedza zvakatipoteredza, vanoda kumira maererano nezvido zvekambani kana zvichipesana nezvido zvevanhu vemazuva ese vekuVirginia, tinofanira kubvisa chitarisiko chesimba kuburikidza nemipiro yemushandirapamwe. โ
Pamwe chete, 74 House of Delegates vakakwikwidza uye vaviri varieutenant gavhuna vakasaina chibvumirano. Pavanhu makumi manomwe nevatanhatu ava, makumi mashanu nevaviri ndivo vakakunda musarudzo dzema primaries, uye gumi nevatatu vakakunda musarudzo. Nepo vazhinji vaive maDemocrats, vashoma maGreens uye vakazvimiririra vakasainawo. Kuedza uku kwakaramba kuchienderera mberi mukati menguva yepakati-temu kutenderera, kutarisa kune vanokwikwidza musarudzo uye kutarisa kumberi kumutambo unotevera wesarudzo dzemutemo weVirginia muna 76.
Mushandirapamwe wekuvimbisa wakabudirira zvakakwana zvekuti wakasangana nekudzokera shure kubva kune zvido zvekambani. Hunton Andrews Kurth - mumwe wemitemo mikuru yeVirginia uye mafemu ekukurudzira - nguva pfupi yadarika yakazivisa kuti haichape kune mishandirapamwe yevamiriri kunze kwekunge vagamuchirawo mari kubva kuAppalachian Power, imwe yevamiriri. vatengi vekambani.
"Boka redu rehukama hwehurumende yenyika rinonzwa kuvimbika kune vese vatengi vedu," Whitt Clement, Democrat uye aimbove mumiriri weVirginia House uyo zvino anotungamira boka rekambani yehurumende yekudyidzana. Akaudzwa iyo Richmond Times-Dispatch. โNhanho isina kujairika [yevaiti vemitemo] vanongoramba kugamuchira mipiro inobva kune mumwe munhu yaita kuti tirege mipiro yedu kuvamiriri ivavo vemitemo.โ
โNhanho munzira yakaruramaโ
Hunton mutambi mukuru muVirginia state zvematongerwo enyika. Muna 2017, gore resarudzo rakakosha kuVirginia, iyo femu yakapa mari inopfuura $225,000 kune zvematongerwo enyika-pamwero ipapo, maererano neFollowTheMoney.org. The mugamuchiri wepamusoro yezvipo izvi yaive Commonwealth Victory Fund yeVirginia, iyo yekutanga mari yemubatanidzwa weGeneral Assembly yeDemocratic Caucus, ichiteverwa nemadanidziro aGavhuna Ralph Northam, weDemocrat, uye mupikisi wake we2017 Republican, Ed Gillespie.
American Electric Power, iyo Ohio-yakavakirwa mubereki kambani yeAppalachian Power, yakapa zvishoma kune vezvematongerwo enyika veVirginia muna 2017 kupfuura Hunton, panguva. kungopfuura $ 232,000. Its vagamuchiri vepamusoro yaive mishandirapamwe yeNortham neGillespie, iyo yega yakagamuchira zviuru gumi nezvishanu zvemadhora kubva kukambani.
MuVirginia, zvakadaro, vashoma vanopa vanofananidza rupo rweDominion. Kambani yeRichmond yaive iyo mukuru wekambani inobatsira kune zvematongerwo enyika mu2017, ichipa mari inopfuura 746,000 $. Mutori wayo wepamusoro aive mushandirapamwe weNortham (pamusoro pemadhora zviuru makumi manomwe nezviviri), neGillespie campaign yechipiri ($72,000). It vakapa ingangoita madhora zviuru makumi matatu kune vamwe vatatu zvakare: Gweta Guru Mark Herring ($30,000), State House Republican Campaign Committee ($37,000), uye Sen. Dick Saslaw ($32,000), anomiririra dunhu muNorthern Virginia uye akashanda sedare remakurukota. Mutungamiriri weDemocratic kubva 30,000.
Dominion yave nerupo zvakanyanya kuSaslaw mumakore apfuura, kupa inodarika $310,000 kumushandirapamwe wake. Vatambi vezvematongerwo enyika veVirginia chete vakawana zvakawanda kubva kuDominion iVirginia Democratic Party ($469,726), Commonwealth Victory Fund ($415,820), neVirginia Republican Party ($390,200).
Uye Saslaw ane aendazve kunorova nokuda kweDominion. Bato reDemocratic Party parakashoropodza mumiriri weGOP makore mashoma adarika nekunyanya kugadzikana neDominion, Saslow akakumbira ruregerero kune mumwe mukuru wekambani neemail uye akapomera bato rake nekusaita "basa remumba" paari "nerupo rwakaita Dominion" kwaari. nevamwe, Associated Press Zvinonzi. Kutanga kwegore rino, nevamiriri vehurumende vachiongorora zvakare kumisa chiyero muna 2015 Dominion yakatsvakwa kubva kuparamende yakatungamira kambani iyi. kuunganidza mari inosvika mamiriyoni mazana matatu emadhora pagore mupurofiti yakawandisa, Saslaw akatsigira bhiri kugadzirisa kubhadharisa. Yakashoropodzwa seisina kunaka kune vanobhadhara mitero nevamiriri vevatengi kusanganisira Attorney General Herring, yakazopinzwa mu mumwe chiyero iyo yakasainwa kuita mutemo neNortham.
Asi mutemo pawakafamba muImba yehurumende, chimwe chinhu chisati chamboitika: Vagadziri vemitemo vakakurudzira gadziridzo yekurova mutemo usiri wevatengi kubva mubhiri, uye wakapfuura nerutsigiro rwakakura rwevamiriri vemitemo kubva kumapato ese. Vacherechedzi vezvematongerwo enyika akazviona senguva yemvura, Dominion isingachawani kuremekedzwa kwayaimboraira. Chokwadi, kambani iyi - iri kutsva nekuda kwebasa rayo semuvaki anotungamira weAtlantic Coast Pipeline inopokana iyo yaizotakura gasi rakapwanyika kubva kuWest Virginia kuenda kuNorth Carolina - yakawedzera mari yayo yekukurudzira muhurumende nekagumi pakati paMay 2017 naApril 2018. , izvo mutauriri kudzivirira sezvinodiwa "kupaza nenhau dzenhema uye propaganda inosimudzirwa nemapoka anorwisa-simba."
Kunyangwe kutyisidzira kwaHunton kunyima mipiro, Activate Virginia haisi kudzoka pasi. Muchokwadi, director director weboka, Josh Stanfield, akati anoona danho rekambani iri rakanaka kuhurumende. "Kana paine kambani inonyengerera isingapa dhora ridiki kune mumwe mumiriri weparamende, idanho munzira chaiyo," akadaro. Akaudzwa iyo Richmond Times-Dispatch. "Semaonero angu, zvakangoita sechibvumirano."
Kuedza kwechitsidzo kwaenderera mberi munguva yesarudzo dzepakati petemu dzekongiresi, pamwe Vatsva va 23 yekudomwa kweDemocratic muVirginia gumi nerimwe mijaho yeU.S. House vachiisaina. Vatanhatu veavo vakahwina maprimaries avo: Vangie Williams muDunhu Rekutanga, Elaine Luria ari wechi11, Leslie Cockburn ari wechishanu, Jennifer Lewis ari wechitanhatu, Anthony Flaccavento ari wechi1, uye Jennifer Wexton ari wechi2. Vamwe vana veDemocratic candidates kuVirginia state Senate muna 5 vakatosaina chibvumirano ichi.
Pledge inopararira kuWest Virginia
Zvichakadaro, iyo-isina-utility-mari yekuvimbisa zano yakapararira kupfuura Virginia.
Vamiriri vanomwe muna 2018 veImba yeNhume muWest Virginia - imwe nyika ine musika wemagetsi wakarongeka - vakavimbisa kuti havazotora mipiro yemushandirapamwe kubva kune vemonopolies. Kubva 2014, makambani makuru maviri ehurumende emagetsi, FirstEnergy neAmerican Electric Power, pamwe chete. vakabatsira pamusoro pe $320,000 kuWest Virginia state zvematongerwo enyika, maererano neFollowTheMoney.org.
Kutungamira mushandirapamwe wekuvimbisa muWest Virginia ndiyo isingabatsiri Solar United Neighbors, yaimbova Community Power Network. Active mukati nyika sere uye Dunhu reColumbia, rinomiririra zvido zvevaridzi vemagetsi ezuva uye vatsigiri vesimba rakachena.
West Virginia pledge signer Margaret Staggers ndiye aive vhoti yepamusoro muDemocratic primary muState House District 32 uye vachasangana nevamwe vanhu vanosvika vashanu muna Mbudzi, pasina kana mumwe wavo akasaina chibvumirano kusvika parizvino. Vamwe vakasaina veWest Virginia vanoenda kusarudzo dzemunaMbudzi, vasina kumbopikisa, ndiLissa Lucas, mumiriri weDemocratic House District 7, naBarbara Daniels, vari kukwikwidza muHouse District 44 senhengo yeMountain Party. West Virginia's U.S. Green Party yakabatana.
Lucas, uyo zvakare kudzinga mari yepamusoro yePAC, yakava nhepfenyuro yesocial sensation kutanga kwegore rino apo varindi vemutemo akamuzvuzvurudza kubva pachikuva apo aipupura pamberi peState House Judiciary Committee achipikisa bhiri rekubvumidza makambani kuchera mafuta negasi pavhu pasina mvumo yevaridzi. Mhosva yake? Kunyora mipiro kumishandirapamwe yenhengo dzekomiti kubva kumaindasitiri eoiri, gasi, uye ezvekushandisa, izvo zvakanzi nasachigaro aive matauriro asina kufanira "pachake".
Lucas, munyori ane hunyanzvi anogara papurazi uye anoti "anogona kunge ari iye ega munyori wemazano ehuku pasi rose," ari kurwisana nemutungamiri weRepublican Del. Jason Harshbarger, uyo. anoshanda kuDominion senyanzvi yekuchengetedza gasi. Ndiye mupi mukuru kumushandirapamwe wake uye ane zvakare yakagamuchira mipiro kubva kumushandirwi wake pamwe neFirstEnergy.
โNdaitarisira kuti vaone kuti zvinotaridzika sei,โ Lucas akati mushure mekunge aburitswa mudare. โHaisi nyaya yekusafanira chete. Ndiyo nyaya yacho maonekero zvezvisina kunaka zviri kutyora hurumende yedu. "
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