Keeping Up with Me
…because it doesn’t seem like I’ll have as much time to blog as I’d like (though some of my writings that aren’t totally campaign related will still be posted here as well). To keep up with my exploratory efforts, you can follow me on Twitter (@DillardExp), or visit our ever-evolving site, dillardexploratory.ning.com, which is where I’ll be doing most of my writing. If you’d like to help with the effort or are part of the media, our general email is info@dillardexploratory.com. Looking forward to hearing from you…and if you’re around the district, meeting you! -Coby W. Dillard

Announcement of Dillard ‘10 Exploratory Committee
I’m happy to announce that I have formed an exploratory committee to begin work on a congressional run in 2010 in Virginia’s 3rd congressional district. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be talking with both community and political leaders in the district to get the ground-level truth on their problems and whether they feel their concerns are adequately addressed by their current representative. Next week, we’ll launch our social interaction site-dillardexploratory.ning.com-where people will be able to keep up with our work and express their thoughts on the direction and future of their district. I take on this task with full knowledge of the electo

For Veterans’ Day
The call to serve. It has no sound, yet I have heard it in the whispered retelling of honorable sacrifices made by those who have served before me. The call to serve has no form, yet I have clearly seen it, In the eyes of the men and women infinitely more courageous and more driven than most. The call to serve has no weight, yet I have held it in my hands. I will commit to carry it close to my heart, until my country is safe,and the anguish of those less fortunate has been soothed. The call to serve, is at once invisible and always present, and for those who choose to answer the call, for their country, for their fellow man, for them

African-American Conservatives to Interview Newt Gingrich, Coby Dillard
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) – Nov 08, 2009 – While on tour with Al Sharpton and Arne Duncan, Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House, will be interviewed by African-American Conservatives. The official press release for the education tour can be found here: http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2009/08/08142009.html Mr. Gingrich is a noted author and lecturer, best known as Speaker of the House under the Clinton Administration, and for his work on the Contract With America. Mr. Gingrich is a Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Professor at the National Defense University. He currently serves on several boards and committees including the Juvenile

Statement on HR 3962
Today’s Virginian-Pilot reports that one of the provisions under consideration to fund HR 3962-the healthcare bill that will be voted on in the House tomorrow-is a reduction in supplemental Medicaid payments to hospitals that serve a substantial amount of poor and uninsured patients. One of the hospitals that could lose funding under this bill is Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters. This hospital sets the standard for neonatal and pediatric care in Hampton Roads. People trust CHKD with their children’s care in both emergent and non-emergen