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Comment by Bobby XD9 on March 16, 2013 at 7:43am

One has to wonder if the Republican't Party would EVER do the right thing and have their candidate step aside so that a true conservative could win an election without having Republican'ts "split the vote" as they so often do.  It only ever goes one direction with that party doesn't it?

ADMIN Comment by Ralph E WallSrAdmin on March 16, 2013 at 5:56am

From Washington, D.C., to Richmond, Va., one could hear the collective sighs of relief from Republicans on Tuesday over the announcement from the Old Dominion’s Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling that he would not launch a gubernatorial bid as an independent.

A Republican in his second-term in statewide office, Bolling’s announcement gives clear sailing for state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli in a head-to-head match-up with Democratic heavyweight Terry McAuliffe.

Had Bolling opted to “go rogue” as an independent contender in a three-candidate race, he could have doomed the chances of Cuccinelli, the certain Republican nominee, and tip a sure-to-be tight contest to McAuliffe, onetime national chairman of his party and close friend of Bill and Hillary Clinton.

ADMIN Comment by Ralph E WallSrAdmin on March 5, 2013 at 5:37am

Reports are surfacing of a new technology that may lead to the production of clean, coal-powered cars.  The breakthrough is a chemical reaction that releases coal’s energy without ANY air pollution.  This kind of technology with coal would not relegate it to four-letter-word status as some in Washington would.  Instead, it could bring about another renaissance in American energy production and job growth, and pave the way for a stronger economy.  You can see this information at http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/02/27/could-clean-coal-power-cars/.  

www.morgangriffith.house.gov.

ADMIN Comment by Ralph E WallSrAdmin on February 24, 2013 at 10:29pm

Rob Bell sent the info about HB2313 and HB 1500

ADMIN Comment by Ralph E WallSrAdmin on February 24, 2013 at 10:28pm

As the General Assembly session ended last week, two major bills passed that I opposed and argued against.

The first, HB 2313, was the transportation package. It will increase a variety of taxes by more than $800 million a year. (See summary of new taxes here.)

I fought the transportation proposal. I voted against the bill when it was first presented and have opposed every version or amendment that would have raised taxes or costs on Virginia taxpayers.

Given the overall growth of the budget, I believe that it is wrong to pass even more costs onto Virginia taxpayers, and voted No. Unfortunately, it did pass.

The second, HB 1500, was the state budget.

I had various concerns with the proposed budget, but the most significant was the issue of Medicaid expansion under Obamacare. (The Obama administration offered $9 billion in exchange for a large expansion in Virginia; Virginia would have to start paying increased costs in 2017.) Even without expansion, state spending on Medicaid spending has grown explosively – 478% – over the last 20 years. Put differently, since 1985, spending on Medicaid has grown from approximately 5% to 25% of the state budget.

ADMIN Comment by Ralph E WallSrAdmin on February 23, 2013 at 10:16pm

We can say “Enough is enough” to playing games with hardworking Virginians.

Please, contact your state Senator right away and demand they vote “NO” on HB 2313 today.

HB 2313 includes provisions:

- replacing the 17.5-cent-per-gallon gas tax with a 3.5% wholesale tax paid by distributors, which is guaranteed to be passed on to consumers and will go up to over 5% in coming years if Congress fails to pass their Internet Tax Mandate scheme.  There will also be a 6% wholesale tax on diesel.

- increasing state sales taxes on most purchases from 5% to 5.3%, except for Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads, where it will increase to 6%.

- raising the personal property tax from 3.5% to 4.3%

- boosting the tax for heavy equipment used for contracts on road construction, railroads, docks, and more from 3.5% to 4.3%

john.f.tate@campaignforliberty.com

ADMIN Comment by Ralph E WallSrAdmin on February 23, 2013 at 2:22pm

Today, Republicans and Democrats joined together to pass the first new significant sustainable transportation funding and reform bill in Virginia in 27 years. Crafted and led by Republicans, the bill received the votes of over 60% of legislators in both houses.

Virginians worked together across party and regional lines to find common ground to solve one of our Commonwealth’s most intractable problems. We got results. And the result is $3.5 billion in new transportation funding over the next 5 years, an estimated 35% reduction in the tax on gas at the pump, a shorter commute for you, and the strengthening of Virginia’s economic competitiveness.

ADMIN Comment by Ralph E WallSrAdmin on February 11, 2013 at 7:46am

House Bills 1337, 1764, 1765, and 2331 if you search through you will find these quite interesting

ADMIN Comment by Ralph E WallSrAdmin on February 11, 2013 at 7:44am

Useful info for voters in the state of VA.

SEARCHABLE DATABASES

• Bills & Resolutions
  session legislation
• Bill Summaries
  session summaries
• Constitution
  Constitution of Virginia
• Code of Virginia
  Statutory law
• Virginia Administrative Code

State agency rules

• Reports to the General Assembly
  House and Senate documents

ADMIN Comment by Ralph E WallSrAdmin on February 2, 2013 at 10:21pm

HB2229 to require the U.S. Secretary of Defense to obtain authorization from the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality in which the citizen is detained prior to removal of the citizen from the locality under the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA.

 

You may remember that in the 2012 session of the General Assembly, a law was passed that prohibits any political subdivision of the state to assist in the unlawful indefinite detention of any U.S. citizen residing in the Commonwealth.

 

What this means is if HB2229 is signed into law, local law-enforcement by statute is prohibited form assisting in the unlawful indefinite detention of a citizen under the NDAA so they can't even grant authorization to the U.S. Secretary of Defense to do so.

 

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