{"id":1354,"date":"2004-05-03T11:32:58","date_gmt":"2004-05-03T15:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/000af36.netsolhost.com\/wordpress1\/2004\/05\/03\/virginia_news-5\/"},"modified":"2004-05-03T11:32:58","modified_gmt":"2004-05-03T15:32:58","slug":"virginia_news-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/2004\/05\/03\/virginia_news-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Was transportation neglected<\/a> in the budget battle or is there another plan<\/a>? <\/p>\n

Barnie Day thanks<\/a> Republicans for doing all the heavy lifting, while Patrick Sweeney suggests<\/a> House Speaker William Howell and House Majority Leader Morgan Griffith didn\u2019t do their jobs in the budget battle.<\/p>\n

Here are lessons learned<\/a> by Gov. Mark Warner.<\/p>\n

“They call it a freeze [on the car tax], but it’s a tax increase,” Gilmore said<\/a> Friday. “It’s bad policy and bad for working people and families.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019m so sick and tired of the GOP claiming there are the only ones looking out for \u201cworking people and families.” Dems ought to appropriate the language when they talk about schools, health care, transportation, etc.<\/p>\n

Again, The Washington Post quotes only one common man in an article about taxes \u2013 and it again<\/a> is James Parmelee.<\/p>\n

The new inspector general position sounds ominously like a political weapon instead of a true reform measure. As Jeff Schapiro points out in his weekly column<\/a>, there are already plenty of state government watchdogs, but the most visible one, JLARC, hasn\u2019t been giving conservatives the right answers. <\/p>\n

Regarding Del. Gary Reese’s role in this, I’m reminded of the Oscar Levant quote: “I once said cynically of a politician, ‘He’ll doublecross that bridge when he comes to it.'”<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a story<\/a> that every Dem. should take to heart. Demonstrate responsibility<\/p>\n

Some of our favorite lawmakers in the Assembly were handed<\/a> their walking papers by the judge. <\/p>\n

Lighten up<\/a>, Chris Graham <\/p>\n

Round-ups of the state\u2019s local elections are here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a>, and here\u2019s<\/a> why.<\/p>\n

Can you hear me now? Yes, but not for long<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Ah, to live in enlightened Virginia. “I’m just not for civil unions,” said<\/a> [Del. Tim Hugo (R-Fairfax)]. “I think I’ve said enough on that one.”<\/p>\n

Which is to say nothing and leave it the imagination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Was transportation neglected in the budget battle or is there another plan? Barnie Day thanks Republicans for doing all the heavy lifting, while Patrick Sweeney suggests House Speaker William Howell and House Majority Leader Morgan Griffith didn\u2019t do their jobs in the budget battle. Here are lessons learned by Gov. Mark Warner. “They call it… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1354"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}