In last night\u2019s State of the Commonwealth speech, Gov. Mark had no surprises. But as much as what he said, here\u2019 what he didn\u2019t say:<\/p>\n
The speech also was notable for what Warner didn’t say. <\/p>\n
1. No mention of the GOP-proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage
\n2. Silence on Jerry Kilgore\u2019s cynical Death Penalty enhancement Act
\n3. No support for a constitutional amendment preventing raids on the Transportation Fund.<\/p>\n
I can understand #1 and #2. But why not, as Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine has done, support a lock box on the Transportation Fund? Granted, it\u2019s disingenuous to suggest, as some conservatives do, that that solves the state\u2019s transportation problems, but that kind of discipline is what voters \u2013 including many who opposed the transportation referenda in 2002 \u2013 are looking for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In last night\u2019s State of the Commonwealth speech, Gov. Mark had no surprises. But as much as what he said, here\u2019 what he didn\u2019t say: The speech also was notable for what Warner didn’t say. 1. No mention of the GOP-proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage 2. Silence on Jerry Kilgore\u2019s cynical Death Penalty enhancement… 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\/922"}],"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=922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}