Fifth District race ’emerging’

Chris Graham

Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee thinks Tom Perriello has a chance to turn a red seat blue. “I’m thrilled that the DCCC and Democratic leadership are realizing what the voters of Southside Virginia have been saying since we began this race,” Perriello said of the DCCC designation of his Fifth…

Kaine introduces transportation-funding bill

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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] An increase in the motor-vehicle sales tax, a hike in annual vehicle-registration fees, and a 1 percent increase in retail sales taxes in Northern Virginia and Hampton Road are among the highlights of Gov. Tim Kaine’s proposed solution to the state’s transportation-funding crisis. Kaine introduced legislation that he wants to…

Cap-and-Trade: The debate matters

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Op-Ed by Al Weed Opinions Wanted! Click here to learn more The Senate debate on the Lieberman-Warner bill to reduce carbon emissions was the first serious national recognition of the challenge of climate change. Al Gore’s Nobel Prize notwithstanding, until an effort to change our energy culture through public policy is made, the U.S. is…

Lockbox, lockbox, lockbox

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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Remember the “Saturday Night Live” skits about Al Gore and his Social Security lockbox? Might be time to dust them off. “It is time to put ‘trust’ back in the Transportation Trust Fund,” said House Transportation Committee vice-chair Glenn Oder, R-Newport News, in announcing Monday that he has introduced legislation…

Transportation-funding plan going down the wrong path

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Op-Ed by Dave Shreve Opinions Wanted! Click here to learn more The Virginia Organizing Project and its Tax Reform Committee commend Gov. Tim Kaine for his recent efforts to publicize and push for expanded investment in the state’s transportation network. There is little doubt that Virginia faces an ongoing road-maintenance funding deficit, that there is…