GOP hijacked by conservatives?
How awesome is this? Via Twitter: “Longtime VA GOP former Del. Vince Callahan blasts #VAGOP ticket as too extreme 4 most Virginians, says GOP hijacked by…
Read articleUPDATED: Bobby Jindal Is Surprise Guest Speaker at RPV Convo
LA Gov. Bobby Jindal has made a surprise appearance at the RPV Convention. PWC, Stafford and Loudoun are all in the nosebleed seats on one side…
Read articleBreitbart Reports RPV Counsel Has Conflict In LG Race
Just how many people will be snared by the Stewart campaign’s knuckle headed Virginians for Limited Government scheme to subvert the Commonwealth’s campaign finance laws? Now…
Read articleAn Angry Soccer Mom
Like other recent posts on Virginia Virtucon. This is a personal endorsement of this author and not and endorsement of the blog as a whole. Former Delegate Tom…
Read articleRPV Convention Sign War
The sign war at the RPV convention started at 9 PM and went for an hour with 20 volunteers per campaign. On your mark, get set, go!…
Read articleWhere Will You Be Sitting At The RPV Convention On Saturday?
Accomack County 26L Albemarle County Floor 8, Floor 5 Alexandria City 19L Alleghany/Covington Floor 7 Amelia County Floor 6 Amherst County Floor 7 Appomattox County 26L…
Read articleWhy I support Susan Stimpson for Lieutenant Governor
Much like Riley in his post endorsing Scott Lingamfelter, I do not claim to speak for Virginia Virtucon as a whole. I only speak for myself.…
Read articleWhat is Terry Hiding?
RPV has been hammering hard calling for Terry McAuliffe to release his tax returns. Susan Stimpson, candiddate for Lt.Governor agrees. Stimpson has released a press release…
Read articleAnd The Evidence Points To…
Late today, Virtucon was alerted to other videos available online that possess similar styles and characteristics to the two anti-Pete Snyder videos that we wrote about…
Read articlePOLL: Which LG Candidate Do YOU Think Is Behind The Anti-Pete Snyder Videos?
Which candidate for Lt. Gov. do YOU think is behind the anti-Pete Snyder videos? Take into account who has the motive and money to do this…
Read articleHouse passes amended Plan ’13 From Outer Space (UPDATE: Senate does too)
The House of Delegates approved McDonnell’s changes to HB 2313 (a.k.a. Plan ’13 From Outer Space), by a 64-35 vote. The roll is not up yet,…
Read articleHow does Pete Snyder get his email lists?
Like most people, I have more than one email account. One such email account I check infrequently. On that account I receive emails from Lt…
Read articleMcDonnell’s amendments to transportation tax: a few rate tweaks, and a mechanism for AUTOMATIC future tax increases
Under the Governor’s latest version of Plan ’13 From Outer Space, a subdivision imposed multiple counties away from you can trigger a tax increase that no one can stop…
…and he calls this an improvement…
Read articleAbout the “local” tax increases…
The tax increase fiasco continues to get worse with exposure…. Readers may recall Ken Cuccinelli’s somewhat confused statement on the bill. While he opposed the “massive…
Read articleThe tax revolt goes national
John Fund (National Review Online) has noticed the Virginia tax battle, and the title says it all: McDonnell Tarnishes His Legacy I particularly like his description…
Read articleBloggers join together to stand up for the taxpayers (UPDATE – and we’re not alone)
More than a dozen bloggers have signed an open letter to the General Assembly asking them to defeat the “compromise” tax increase. I am happy to say…
Read articleThe gory details on the tax hike “compromise”
The numbers are out on the conference committee’s tax hike plan…and if anything, it’s worse than we thought. For starters, the plan raises taxes by $682…
Read articleThe conference committee deal: higher sales tax, higher local taxes, higher other taxes… (UPDATED AND BUMPED)
The conference committee, remarkably, came up with a “deal” that is worse for the taxpayer than the two versions that were supposed to be the bookends…
Read articleQuinnipiac confirms: backing a tax increase hurt Cuccinelli
I suspect that most of the discussion on the latest Quinnipiac Poll will be about the effect of Bill Bolling in the race as an independent.…
Read articleIt looks like Virginians’ taxes will go up
The word from the Washington Post is that the conferees in the Virginia Legislature are moving closer to a deal. How close to McDonnell’s tax hike…
Read articleWho is Supporting Pete Snyder for Lt. Governor?
(Rudy Giuliani in one of his drag costumes.) The short answer is the most moderate factions of the republican party, the same people who opposed Ken…
Read articleCould the taxpayers be spared by a Richmond train wreck?
If what Steve Contorno (Washington Examiner) hears is correct, Democrats in the State Senate could be so wedded to Frank Wagner’s tax hike that they’ll refuse…
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