If you’re going to ask for a favor, I guess you should make it a big one. The Washington Post reports this morning that Governor Ted Strickland of Ohio recently called President-Elect Obama’s Chief of Staff and left this message on his answering machine.
”Rahm, it’s Ted. You’ve never failed me and I need five billion.”
Economic [...]
States Beg for a Federal Lifeline
Cantor to Keep Toussie Money
Broken Promises on the Bay
Del. Athey’s Legislation to Make Virginia Students a Priority for Higher Ed
Del. Vogel and the “Fix It” Session
I noted on Wednesday that one purpose for maintaining Virginia’s off-year election cycle was to insulate our contests from the passions and ideas of the national parties. Yet given the ease with which political money crosses state lines and the tendency of the media to look for early signs of emerging political trends, the exact [...]
National GOP Looks to 2009 Governor’s Race
NOVA Property Values Plunge, Tax Bills May Not
GOP Questions Kaine’s Inaugural Fundraiser
State Disaster Aid to Buy Crab Licenses from Watermen
In the next post on Virginia Tomorrow, former Delegate Barnie Day offers his views on what Governor Kaine and the General Assembly should do to address the budget shortfall.
I am very interested in making Virginia Tomorrow a home for reasoned, informed and forceful discussion and debate about the issues we face in the Commonwealth. I [...]
It doesn’t take a Nobel economist to make the case against raising the gas tax when gas is somewhere north of $4 a gallon, and climbing. The average ten year old can do it.
The logic blurs considerably when the price is $1.57 (Virginia’s current average for regular gasoline) and you throw in a $3 billion [...]
A recent story by Tim Craig in The Washington Post reported that former Congressman and champion fundraiser Tony Coelho has sent an email to Democrats asking them to donate to Terry McAuliife’s run for Governor. In the 1980’s, Coelho’s fundraising prowess put the party on an even footing with Republicans by extracting dollars from business [...]
Governor Kaine Assesses 2008
Wittman Says Military Lacks Spare Parts
Gun Sales Boom
Kaine Asks for More Time Before Offshore Drilling Leases Go
Virginia Company Wins NASA Contract
News about the economy in 2009 has been unrelentingly depressing. All the arrows are pointing in the wrong direction- job losses up, consumer confidence down, 401K’s shot. In the last few months, a kind of gallows humor has taken hold as a survival tactic to keep people from thinking about how quickly things seem to have [...]
McAuliffe Churning Up Money Machine
Goodlatte Garners New Leadership Positions
Northrop Locks Up 14B Sub Deal
Dominion Power Fuels Food Banks
Gloucester Citizens’ Group May Appeal $80,000 Fine