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The Mechanicsville District is located at the eastern end of Hanover County.
After the redistricting based on the 2010 U.S. Census, Mechanicsville includes four precincts and voting locations, almost entirely unchanged:
Hanover Grove at Stonewall Jackson Middle School, 8021 Lee-Davis Road
Lee-Davis at Lee-Davis High School, 7052 Mechanicsville Turnpike
Mechanicsville at Mechanicsville Christian Center, 8061 Shady Grove Road
Village at Mechanicsville Elementary School, 7425 Mechanicsville Elementary Drive |
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Steve Sneed
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Introducing Our New District Chair |
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Friday, 16 September 2011 05:17 |
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I've lived in Mechanicsville for 10 years now, and in several ways it reminds me of the small north-Arkansas town in which I grew up. My three daughters have enjoyed a solid education at Stonewall Jackson and Lee-Davis, and I have enjoyed the simple pleasures of life in a small town.
There is a long tradition of conservatism in our community, but Tea Party extremists have taken that conservatism to new depths. The flaws and failures of the radical right's approach to governance are becoming more and more obvious, and their continued focus on bad politics for their own benefit rather than good policies for the benefit of all is driving more and more reasonable, thinking people towards democratic ideas. We must continue presenting intelligent alternatives to the Tea Party approach, and speaking truth to the radical right's misinformation.
Our young people are key in continuing our outreach. Almost invariably, when you ask a teenager why they are conservative, the answer is, "Because my parents are." Young progressives often have had to overcome that influence and actually think about the issues that are meaningful in their lives. We have to encourage that questioning approach to life and learning; that desire to seek what's best for everyone, not just themselves or their chosen special interests.
Steve Sneed |
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