As I expected, the General Assembly chose not to listen to me, and passed the transportation tax hike, with the Governor's proposed changes. The Democrats followed Kaine in near lockstep to ram this through, making both votes lopsided. I am happy to say that all of the Delegates supported by yours truly (see the column to the right) stuck to their guns and voted against it - including Jeff Frederick (which means Ben T. will need to find another reason to rip him).
As I have said over and over again, this is bad for Virginia, and especially bad for northern Virginia and Hampton Roads. It will now be a lot harder to get the Republican base energized for November (while I don't think the Democratic base will be that charged up either, I could be wrong). The best way to ensure the party elders get the message that these tax increase are not acceptable to remove as many of these folks as possible in primaries. Conversely, if you find your delegate (or candidate) is on my little list to the right, keep in mind that they opposed the tax increases every time, including the 2004 and would-be 2006 tax hikes. So please, make every effort to keep those Delegates in Richmond, and send those Senate candidates there to help them.
Thursday, April 5, 2007
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It will be interesting to see how many Conservatives are bled from the base - and don't support the Republicans in NoVa that this vote was supposed to save.
It sets the stage, depending on the candidates, for more bleeding in the 08 election.
Obviously, most Republican politicians can't be trusted as Conservatives. So, why should Conservatives come out and vote for them - this November or next?
Time to clean House - both of them - in the General Assembly.
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