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  • Virginia Delegate files bill to repeal one handgun a month rationing scheme


    Stupidica — Authority Authority: 177
    Delegate Scott Lingamfelter (R – Prince William and Fauquier Counties) Virginia State Delegate Scott Lingamfelter (R – Prince William & Fauquier Counties), a retired US Army Colonel who sits on the influential Militia, Police, and Public Safety Committee, has pre-filed House Bill 49 ahead of the 2010 Virginia ...
    1 day ago

  • Virginia 2010: Gun Control Opponents Hope to Reshape Handgun Laws w/ McDonnell as Governor


    Stupidica — Authority Authority: 177
    Virginia lawmakers have filed bills to abolish the state’s one-handgun-per-month rule and allow college faculty to carry a concealed weapon on campus. Gun control opponents in Virginias legislature are proposing what would amount to a vast roll-back of handgun regulations, hoping to capitalize on a friendlier ...
    2 days ago

  • Back to GOP Basics (interview with Virginias governor-elect Bob McDonnell)


    Stupidica — Authority Authority: 177
    The new governor is in high spirits. Along with New Jerseys Chris Christie, in November he was one of two Republicans elected governor in states that Barack Obama carried a year ago. Mr. McDonnell won by a 17-point landslide and captured independents by a two-to-one margin. Many wonder if his victory is a sign that ...
    3 days ago

  • Virginia soon to be ahead of the curve on executions


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    Governor-elect Bob McDonnell campaigned as a personable, “jobs governor.”  But if this is any indication, he plans on governing as an asshole: Since taking office in 2006, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine has vetoed 15 bills expanding the state’s death penalty. The next governor has another idea. Republican ...
    4 days ago

  • Letter | McDonnell’s claims on drilling ‘tenuous at best’


    Augusta Free Press — Authority Authority: 546
      Letter from J.R. Tolbert, Richmond, Va. Submit letters to the editor: freepress2@ntelos.net I am writing in response to Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell’s desire to drill off the coast of Virginia. Mr. McDonnell’s arguments in favor of drilling make claims to thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in ...
    5 days ago

  • Dont even consider it


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    Robert Sledd, appointed by Governor-elect Bob McDonnell as Secretary of Commerce and Trade, wants to stay on the board of directors of three corporations while serving in public office. Sledd desires the arrangement so much that hes even offering to take a pay cut. In a weak attempt to justify the questionable ...
    5 days ago

  • McDonnell: Drill, Baby, Drill Off Virginia Coast


    Stupidica — Authority Authority: 177
    Richmond, VA) -- Governor-elect Bob McDonnell wants Virginia to become the first state on the Atlantic seaboard to explore and drill for oil. The Republican has sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, asking that Virginia be allowed to move ahead on offshore energy exploration. McDonnell cites an Old Dominion ...
    6 days ago

  • McDonnell: Va. ‘eager to get started’ on offshore drilling


    Augusta Free Press — Authority Authority: 546
    Gov.-elect writes letter to Secretary of Interior to push ‘11 lease sale Staff Report McDonnell online: www.bobmcdonnell.com Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell today released a letter that he sent last week to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar cautioning against any delay in a scheduled 2011 lease sale ...
    1 week ago

  • McDonnell: Current state-budget system ‘needs to be reformed’


    Augusta Free Press — Authority Authority: 546
    Gov.-elect will propose moving development of budget to odd-numbered years Statement by Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell www.bobmcdonnell.com On Friday, Dec. 18th, Gov. Tim Kaine proposed his biennial budget for Fiscal Years 2011 and 2012. The governor made his proposal with only 28 days left in his single ...
    1 week ago

  • Two surprises in McDonnell appointments


    Augusta Free Press — Authority Authority: 546
    Gov.-elect appoints former Bolling rival, Kaine holdover to Cabinet posts Story by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net A former political rival to Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling and a holdover from the outgoing administration of Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine highlight the Cabinet appointments announced today by ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Focus | No car tax, but yes, local income tax?


    Augusta Free Press — Authority Authority: 546
    Kaine gets heat for controversial proposed switch Story by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net Goodbye, No Car Tax. Hello, New Local Income Tax. Tim Kaine didn’t exactly say it that way, but that was the sum effect. “Let’s keep the promise. Let’s get rid of the car tax on personal vehicles ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Focus | A move toward equity


    Augusta Free Press — Authority Authority: 546
    Kaine proposes employee-benefits policy change Story by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net The Kaine administration, in a sort of last act as its final days count down, has proposed a change in state policy that would allow state employees to choose between covering a spouse or an “otherwise qualfied ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Charter schools, when explained, get support


    Augusta Free Press — Authority Authority: 546
    VCU survey shows most know little about charter-school concept Staff Report News Tips: freepress2@ntelos.net Virginia residents are not well informed about charter schools but a majority support them when charter school programs are explained, according to a new statewide survey conducted by Virginia ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Why Bob McDonnell’s campaign is a model to learn from


    Stupidica — Authority Authority: 177
    Last month, Americans watched as Virginia and New Jersey elected two new governors. While the lessons of both campaigns are still being dissected, virtually everyone agrees that Chris Christie profited most of all from having a terrible incumbent as an opponent. The real lessons for political candidates in competitive ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Bolling earns job-czar appointment


    Augusta Free Press — Authority Authority: 546
      Staff Report www.ltgov.virginia.gov Virginia Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell announced tody that Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling will serve in his Cabinet as Virginia’s Chief Jobs Creation Officer. “Bill Bolling is about to become the busiest lieutenant governor in America,” said McDonnell, confirming that Bolling ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Not as bad as next year


    Augusta Free Press — Authority Authority: 546
        Column by David Reynolds Columns, letters: freepress2@ntelos.net Last time we painted a bleak budget picture, saying that this year’s public budgets are worse than last year’s, but not as bad as next year’s. In my old Washington Bureau of the Budget days it allowed us to put away the usual ...
    4 weeks ago

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