{"id":1456,"date":"2004-03-23T11:58:30","date_gmt":"2004-03-23T16:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/000af36.netsolhost.com\/wordpress1\/2004\/03\/23\/virginia_news_13-2\/"},"modified":"2004-03-23T11:58:30","modified_gmt":"2004-03-23T16:58:30","slug":"virginia_news_13-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/2004\/03\/23\/virginia_news_13-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meetings, Shmeetings<\/u>
\nYes, I\u2019ll go to as many of these budget meetings as I can, but you\u2019ve got to wonder why. Consider this passage from today\u2019s Charlottesville Daily Progress<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“We’re not moving” toward compromise, Del. Mitchell Van Yahres, D-Charlottesville, said Monday of the deadlock. “In fact, we may be getting further apart,” as the House and Senate appear to be digging in to defend and preserve their budget positions.<\/p>\n

“The senators I talk to feel they have already given some and it’s time for the House to move,” said Van Yahres, who supports the GOP-controlled Senate’s $60 billion budget because it provides more state aid for public schools and higher education.<\/p>\n

Voters in Charlottesville and Albemarle strongly support that position, Van Yahres said. Personally, I’m getting nothing but ‘Stick to your guns – my guns, the Senate’s guns.'”<\/p>\n

Dozens of voters in Del. Rob Bell’s surrounding district in Albemarle, Greene, Fluvanna and Orange counties are telling him something different, the Albemarle Republican said Monday.<\/p>\n

“I’d say a clear majority have said if [the Senate’s budget] is what it takes, that’s too much,” Bell said. “I’m getting some that want the governor’s [$59 billion budget] position. I’m getting a relatively modest number that want the Senate’s position and, in my office, the majority say they don’t want a tax increase.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nIn Front Royal Clifford L. “Clay” Athey Jr. (R-Front Royal) hasn\u2019t even called a meeting<\/a> with voters. <\/p>\n

These guys hear what they want to hear. The only thing they listen to is the voice of election day.<\/p>\n

Consider the Source<\/u>
\nIn the same story, you\u2019ll find why the House delegates are being so obstinate: They\u2019re being advised by one of former Gov. Jim Gilmore\u2019s closest allies. <\/p>\n

Speaking of which, a Virginian-Pilot editorial<\/a> outlines Gilmore\u2019s three biggest charades. They\u2019ve come back to haunt us.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, local Roanoke officials think House Majority Leader Morgan Griffith (R-Salem) is clueless<\/a>. <\/p>\n

And Loudoun County Chairman Scott York is clearly frustrated<\/a>. Maybe that\u2019s why he\u2019s a former Republican. <\/p>\n

The Hampton Roads Daily Press has a good editorial<\/a> about what people should do about school spending. They won\u2019t like it. It sounds like work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meetings, Shmeetings Yes, I\u2019ll go to as many of these budget meetings as I can, but you\u2019ve got to wonder why. Consider this passage from today\u2019s Charlottesville Daily Progress: “We’re not moving” toward compromise, Del. Mitchell Van Yahres, D-Charlottesville, said Monday of the deadlock. “In fact, we may be getting further apart,” as the House… 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\/1456"}],"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=1456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}