It’s hard to believe the 2009 General Assembly is over. It seems like it was just yesterday that we red flagged HB 1671 and SB 1094 (the “blight bills”) and “created controversy,” (according to the big-government types who said we shouldn’t … Read more>

Hopefully, sometime today, or, if not, then tomorrow, we will have a  spending transparency bill sent to Governor Tim Kaine (contact here) for his signature.

Here’s the status of both HB 2285 and SB 936: The former, patroned by Delegate Ben … Read more>

When I appeared on Tertium Quids Radio Friday (click here) with fellow guest Nick Howard, host Norm Leahy asked us where we would make cuts to balance the in-deficit Virginia budget. I offered the observation that the deficit … Read more>

Aside from the overspent state budget and resulting deficit, the biggest news coming out of the capitol this week has been the House Republican Caucus’ decision to record sub-committee votes (see Richmond Times-Dispatch, here). (As the GOP is … Read more>

Just last week Governor Tim Kaine made our prestigious quote of the day for saying he would take action on a “green initiative” report given to him because studies don’t gather dust in his administration, yet he didn’t know what was in … Read more>