Sources & ground rules

Positions are mine. Facts should still be checkable.

I don't want an issue page to blur the line between what I believe, what Virginia law currently says, and what a delegate can actually change. When the site makes a factual claim about government, elections, district boundaries, or current law, I prefer to start with an official source.

Primary sources

Where I check the basics.

Virginia Legislative Information System

Virginia Code, administrative regulations, bills, resolutions, votes, and legislative history. lis.virginia.gov

Virginia General Assembly

House and Senate information, legislative process material, committee resources, budgets, publications, and member information. virginiageneralassembly.gov

Virginia Department of Elections

Registration, district and precinct maps, candidate information, election administration, and official voter tools. elections.virginia.gov

Virginia House of Delegates

District maps, member pages, committee assignments, introduced legislation, and proposed budget amendments. house.vga.virginia.gov

Data & research sources

For claims about costs, energy, regulation, and growth.

These agencies and legislative research bodies are cited for underlying facts and datasets. A citation does not mean the source endorses my policy conclusion.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Consumer Price Index data for the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro, including Spotsylvania County and Fredericksburg. Washington-area CPI

Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC)

Nonpartisan Virginia legislative research on data centers, energy demand, local impacts, and utility-system costs. Data Centers in Virginia

U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau

The National Database of Childcare Prices provides county-level childcare price data and national summaries. Childcare price findings

Federal Trade Commission

Federal competition research on occupational licensing, including both potential consumer benefits and the costs of excessive entry restrictions. Occupational licensing research

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal climate observations and summaries of the scientific evidence on global warming and climate change. NOAA Climate

National Institute of Standards and Technology

The AI Risk Management Framework provides a nonpartisan federal framework for identifying and managing risks from artificial intelligence systems. NIST AI Risk Management Framework

U.S. Department of Education

Federal guidance on the Every Student Succeeds Act and the assessment requirements states must meet. ESSA overview

How I use this site

Belief, policy, and authority are three different things.

Belief: what I think the law or government should look like, even when the issue is outside the General Assembly's direct control.

Policy: what I would vote for, oppose, fund, cut, or try to change if the issue came before me.

Authority: whether a Virginia delegate can actually do that alone, needs the rest of the General Assembly, depends on a locality, or runs into federal or constitutional limits.

Last major policy update

September 28, 2026

This date marks the most recent substantial review of the published policy pages.