Virginia News Stand: January 30, 2009

January 30, 2009 | No comments

Seems our little push back against the land grabbers has caused a stir. Check out the first four articles. We’ve stopped, cold in their tracks, the eminent domain lovers. More on this next week.

News:

About That Blight Bill (Tertium Quids)

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Spending Transparency Vote Monday!

January 30, 2009 | 2 comments

One of our highest priorities this General Assembly is budget transparency —putting the state’s expenditures online in an easy to search, Google-like format (see our position here). This would allow average citizens, the media, business people, experts, academics, policy… Read more>

Quote Of The Day, Question Of The Day

January 29, 2009 | No comments

Delegate Todd Gilbert (R-15, Woodstock) is getting a rep as one of the wittiest guys around the capitol. Tonight, in the House Education Subcommittee on Teachers and Administration, he had a classic.

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Quote Of The Day

January 28, 2009 | No comments

Earlier tonight in the House General Laws Sub-Committee on Housing, meeting in the newly-renovated-for-$100-million-plus capitol, in Senate Room 2, where the heat was high enough to melt Iceland (so much for Governor Kaine’s “green” initiative):

Committe member Delegate

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The Planets Align

January 27, 2009 | 3 comments

 

Yesterday, in a historic moment, The Family Foundation and Planned Parenthood stood together and supported the same bill!  We knew no one would believe it so weRead more>

Medically Accurate?

January 27, 2009 | No comments

Planned Parenthood and the “Comprehensive Sex Ed” crowd has launched a national effort to pass legislation that requires that what is taught in schools in our family life education programs is “medicallyRead more>

The Cost Of Open Government: It Ain’t Anywhere What DPB Says It Is

January 26, 2009 | No comments

One of our most important legislative priorities this year is budget transparency. Where do state agencies spend our money? You think you know because you see a line item that says the Department of Education was appropriated X Billion Dollars?… Read more>

Virginia News Stand: January 23, 2009

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Virginia News Stand: January 22, 2009

January 22, 2009 | No comments

The Conservative Caucus (see news release here) received great news coverage in print, radio and television across the the commonwealth yesterday. We have a sample below. We’ll have more ourselves later . . . but there are so many topics… Read more>

Something To Imagine On The Anniversary Of Roe Vs. Wade

January 22, 2009 | No comments

Please view this video from CatholicVote.com (H/T to Bearing Drift for bringing this to our attention). On this anniversary of Roe v. Wade . . . something we all should think about. Imagine the possibilities, then think of the… Read more>