Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling has released another TV ad in his bid for re-election highlighting his opponent, Jody Wagner’s record, when she was Secretary of Finance for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Wagner led the Commonwealth into budget shortfalls due to her overly optimistic finance projections.
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The 4-1-1 on Jody Wagner’s Record
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Listening to Voters.
Thursday, October 1st, 2009Rich Anderson, who is running for Delegate in the 51st District, released another video highlighting what he has been hearing when meeting with voters. Anderson has been fighting to unseat Del. Paul Nichols.
Money can’t buy you the Governor’s Mansion in November, Creigh
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009When it comes to union contributions, Creigh Deeds has taken more than his fair share from AFSCME. Recently, AFSCME gave Deeds a $400,000 contribution, which brings their grand total contribution to over $900,000.
With contributions flowing in from other unions, including SEIU, the United Food & Commercial Workers, Communication Workers of America COPE, and the Virginia state AFL-CIO, Deeds has raked in nearly $1.9 million to help pay for negative television ads. These are the same ads that have been driving more and more Virginians away from Deeds’ campaign.
Since Virginia is a right-to-work state, it only goes to prove that Deeds will not look after the common worker.
McDonnell Up in Recent Rasmussen Poll
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009Rasmussen Reports released their recent polling numbers on the Virginia Governor’s race today. Bob McDonnell still holds a lead over Creigh Deeds. McDonnell is up by nine points and this is a seven point jump from thirteen days ago.
Virginians are beginning to reject Deeds’ negative campaigning and realizing that Deeds does not offer cohesive plans to solve some of the major issues facing the Commonwealth.
According to the Augusta Free Press, the Democratic National Committee is holding on to a $5 million contribution, due to the concern that Deeds is focusing too much on a graduate school thesis that McDonnell wrote in 1989. What does this show if the DNC is giving up on Deeds?
Deeds, Wagner, and Shannon Love Tax Increases
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009Creigh Deeds finally released his plan for transportation in The Washington Post this morning. This plan includes something that we could see coming from miles away…tax increases to fund transportation. Now, Creigh Deeds is no stranger to tax increases, as he voted to raise the gas tax, while serving in the state senate.
Lieutenant Governor candidate, Jody Wagner, also jumped on board by saying that she would work with Deeds to improve transportation, even if it included taxes. (Source: The Washington Post). Considering that Wagner miscalculated the budget, while serving as Secretary of Finance, it is no surprise that she would be in favor of raising taxes to solve Virginia’s transportation woes.
Since the Democratic ticket in Virginia has two tax lovers, you know that Steve Shannon will also join their ranks. Shannon’s record from the General Assembly shows that he has voted consistently against taxpayers by voting for tax increases. In fact, one of his first votes as Delegate was against $400 million in tax relief. After that vote, he followed it up by voting for one of the largest tax increases in Virginia history.
Does Virginia need more taxes, especially during these challenging economic times? No! You can guarantee under a Deeds/Warner/Shannon Administration that your taxes will skyrocket.
Cuccinelli Receives NFIB Endorsement
Friday, September 18th, 2009Attorney General candidate Ken Cuccinelli received the endorsement of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)/Virginia SAFE (Save America’s Free Enterprise) Trust.
Virginia State Director of the NFIB, Julia Hammond said, “Ken Cuccinelli clearly understands the challenges facing Virginia’s small business, the Commonwealth’s largest employer. We have absolutely no doubt that Ken will protect the people of Virginia while also protecting the right of entrepreneurs and small, family businesses to own, operate and grow their businesses.” She continued, “Sen. Cuccinelli has distinguished himself as a true friend of small business. He was a leader on the eminent domain issue – a core concern to so many small businesses and family farms. His near perfect track record on our issues earned him the prestigious Guardian of Small Business Award in 2007. We need an attorney general who understands the challenges small business owners, their employees and their families face when it comes to issues such as legal reform, property rights and taxes,” Hammond concluded, “We are proud to endorse Ken Cuccinelli for attorney general. We will do everything within our power to help Ken Cuccinelli become Virginia’s next attorney general.”
Cuccinelli has fought to pass legislation, in the State Senate, that would protect property rights, lower taxes, and provide more incentives to keep and bring businesses to the Commonwealth. Cuccinelli said, of the endorsement, “As a small business owner myself, I am proud to accept the endorsement of the NFIB.” He continued, “I understand that small businesses are crucial to growing our economy. Small businesses are the engines that produce – on average – about two-thirds of net new jobs. For that reason, as Attorney General of Virginia, I will work to prevent the over-regulation of small businesses, which would prevent any economic recovery in Virginia.”
