Chris Graham: The Lessons of Super Bowl Messaging

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As much attention with the Super Bowl is put on what goes on the TV screen during breaks in the action as what we see when the game is going on, and for good reason. The Super Bowl is by far the most-watched television show of the year, and advertisers go all out to get their messages out in front of the one audience a year that encompasses virtually every social and demographic subgroup.

Matt Lohr

Matt Lohr: What are you doing to protect your family farm?

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It is a common issue in Virginia and just about every other state: what to do to protect your farm from development or any other situation that would take it out of production. Sometimes this occurs because a farmer gets an offer he or she simply can’t refuse. Certainly no one would deny any farmer the right to make a nice profit, especially if it’s just before retirement. (Not that farmers every really retire.)

McDonnell: Eliminate gas tax, increase sales tax

Chris Graham

With legislators and transportation leaders by his side, Gov. Bob McDonnell announced on Tuesday a plan that would provide more than $3.1 billion in transportation funding for the Commonwealth over the next five years, tying transportation funding to economic growth and replacing the state’s outdated gas tax revenue model with a 0.8 percent increase in the state’s sales tax dedicated to transportation.

David Reynolds: It’s that time again

David Reynolds

It’s that time again. Virginia General Assembly time. Remember that little election way back in November 2011, the one when all 140 seats of the General Assembly were up for grabs? Now it is time for the winners to take their annual winter trek down the James. As for those the voters have excused from such chilly trips to Richmond, they are free to go elsewhere this winter, preferably to a more hospitable spot where “the weather better suits their souls.”