Justin Fairfax likely has to go

[dsc]

Barring his being able to discredit the women accusing him we are in the territory where it is more likely he did it than he didn't. While it is ridiculous to make people resign simply because of one, unsubstantiated allegation it is also ridiculous to require enough evidence to convict him. The fact is we have to figure out some way to evaluate claims against our elected officials. The people of VA voted for Democratic governance. They did so across the board and they could end up with unified GOP control. Before that happens some standard must be met. We also apparently need to better vet our candidates.

[Yonnie3]

1. Democratic Delegate says he will introduce articles of impeachment Monday

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10816389

[TCJ70]

2. He doesn't have to discredit anyone...

...the claims need to be investigated. That’s the way to go about these things. Even if the statute of limitations has passed there’s still value in allowing the truth to be verified.

Passing judgement based on solely the accusation isn’t right. This second woman says she has plenty of corroboration so it shouldn’t be hard for law enforcement to confirm everything.

[octoberlib]

3. Meredith Watson's lawyer , Nancy Erika Smith ,represented Gretchen Carlson in

her suit against Roger Ailes.

Nancy Erika Smith, who is serving as Carlson’s lead counsel, and Neil Mullin, Smith’s husband and partner, have a history of successfully representing plaintiffs in gender discrimination cases. They represented Sara Lee Kessler, a former anchor of News Corp.-owned WWOR-TV Channel 9 News, who claimed she was wrongfully terminated for complaining about religious and gender discrimination. (A jury awarded Kessler $7.3 million in 1999.) In 2007, they brought forth a glass-ceiling gender discrimination case in front of a New Jersey jury, establishing groundbreaking and controversial case law about the use of confidential documents to prove discrimination. A few years later, the firm secured a $4.65 million settlement for professors at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey who were being paid less than their male colleagues. And just last month, Smith helped African-American employees alleging widespread racial discrimination within New Jersey Transit win a $3.65 million settlement.

Smith has also been an advocate for gender equity within the New Jersey legal community. She has been outspoken about her experiences with gender discrimination in the workplace. In 2008, she was presented with an award from the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association for her contributions to gender equity in the legal profession. https://www.politico.com/media/story/2016/07/the-carlson-camp-004659

[dsc]

5. This accusation is a real problem

she told other people immediately, there are now two victims, and neither one apparently has an ax to grind. Fairfax has to go.

[Blue_true]

6. I can understand why Fairfax is hanging on.

If the claims are verifiable, and the former Duke classmate seems to have a strong accusation, his career and his financial life are over if he is not rich. Someone put up an OP yesterday about politicians having big egos to think that they can lead. I agree with the ego thing, but Fairfax is in a bad spot right now, maybe he should be the better person and resign to allow Northam to appoint a capable Woman of Color before the blackface issue consumes Northam (though, it is looking more like Northam may survive).

[BluegrassDem]

4. What happened to Democratic women in VA politics?

How come it's all dudes? I know there's a couple of female reps, but they were just elected I believe. I'd love to see more women of color in VA politics too.