BREAKING! LaRock and Berg Roll Over May and Sherwood
Virtucon endorsed candidates David LaRock and Mark Berg have WON their respective GOP primaries over 20-year incumbents Joe May and Beverly Sherwood. Congratulations to LaRock and…
Read articleGOP 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 articleDem/WaPo attacks on Jackson dishonest, unbecoming, and wrong
In any election year, you get dirty pool and negative attacks. It’s not right, and it turns people off from politics in general, but this is…
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 articleInterview With LTG Candidate Hopeful — Susan Stimpson
Susan Stimpson is currently the Chairman of the Stafford Board of Supervisors. Chairwoman Stimpson is campaigning to run as the Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of…
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 articleSanford wins special election to Congress
I am surprised at how the blogosphere seems to have missed the pertinent lesson of Mark Sanford’s return to Congress last night. Yes, it’s a highly…
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 articleHow is your local government doing?
While counties to the north are raising taxes, Stafford County, yet again, eliminated taxes. Fairfax County is doing it (Supervisor Pat Herrity’s email newsletter) Yesterday, the…
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 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 articleHow to build the Republican Party
It’s all about the relationships, and not ‘outreach’. Corey Stewart and Artur Davis explained it very well at the recent CPAC meeting. Corey’s knows what he’s…
Read articleAbout that sequester…
One of the amber-encased pieces of conventional wisdom regarding the sequester is that the Administration has no room to maneuver on what spending it can reduce.…
Read articleThe President, the deficit, and Keynesian theory
During last week’s scare session on the sequester, the president said something very revealing about himself (via Peter Kirsanow): Lay offs and pay cuts means (sic) that people…
Read articleFauquier Young Republicans Host Special Panel Discussion this April in Warrenton
WARRENTON, Virginia – As tension and infighting continues within the Republican Party throughout the Commonwealth and across the nation over issues such as property rights, tax…
Read articleVirginia Patriots All
Following are the Republican members of the Virginia General Assembly who stood up against the tax monstrosity / Obamacare medicaid expansion deal that passed this week.…
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…
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