The race for the GOP nomination for Lt. Guv. has Bill Bolling and Sean Connaughton trading charges about taxes. No surprise there. But for Connaughton, who is supported by Congressman Tom Davis and has potential to be an honest Republican, to have little conviction on taxes is disappointing.
Bolling accused Connaughton of supporting the tax increases that Gov. Mark R. Warner (D) and centrist Republicans pushed through the General Assembly in 2004.
Connaughton said he supported more money for his county but opposed the tax increases in light of the surging economy that was expected to generate more state revenue.
His transportation plan includes proposals to guarantee that the Transportation Trust Fund is spent exclusively on transportation while using budget surpluses to develop specific projects.
Great: another no-tax-hike-and-pay-for-roads-out-of-surplus-funds approach. How novel! (Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!)