Toscano and Deeds to Hold Joint Town Hall

April 18, 2015 by Carmen Bingham

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Carmen Bingham, (434) 220-1660
carmen@davidtoscano.com

Del. Toscano and Sen. Deeds to co-host constituent town halls to share insights from the 2015 General Assembly

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — Delegate David Toscano and Senator Creigh Deeds will co-host two town halls this spring to discuss the 2015 General Assembly. The first town hall will be held Tuesday, April 21stat Piedmont Virginia Community College in the auditorium located in the Main Building, Room 229. The meeting will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and there will be a question and answer period for individuals who wish to comment or ask questions. Individuals will also have the opportunity to submit written comments and questions. Visitor Parking is available in Lot 2 (overflow in Lot 3) , with entrance into the Main Building at the South Entrance.

A second town hall will be held on Tuesday, May 5 at the Northside Branch of Jefferson-Madison Regional Library in the main meeting room. For more information you may call Carmen Bingham at 434-220-1660, or email carmen@davidtoscano.com, or Tracy Eppard at 434-296-5491 or email district25@senate.virginia.gov .

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– Larry Sabato, Director of the Center for Politics, University of Virginia

Toscano Statement on House and Senate Republicans’ Votes to Adjourn the Special Session

July 9, 2019

Toscano Statement on House and Senate Republicans’ Votes to Adjourn the Special Session on Gun Violence Prevention until November 18

RICHMOND –Following this afternoon’s surprise party-line votes which adjourned the Virginia General Assembly’s special session until November 18, 2019, Delegate David J. Toscano (D-57th District) released the following statement:

“House and Senate Republicans today showed Virginia that the only vote they are willing to take regarding gun violence protection is a vote to delay, delay, delay. In the face of clear support for action now, captured by multiple polls and embodied by the energetic activists who rallied at the Capitol today, they abdicated their responsibility to serve their constituents and the Commonwealth of Virginia in an appallingly cynical political move to push any votes off until after the November general election.

“I am disappointed but not surprised. Time and time again, whether it is about passing universal background checks for all gun purchases, or enacting measures that would permit a judge, after a hearing, to remove a gun from a person in a mental health crisis to prevent injury to self or others, the Republican leadership continues to stonewall and not even debate, much less pass, reasonable measures designed to reduce gun violence in the Commonwealth.”

Delegate Toscano is available today to the media for further comment.

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