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A Virginia Land Inventory

Conducting a land inventory and selling surplus property, rather than raising taxes would allow McDonnell to help fund transportation, make government more efficient and increase transparency. It’s time Virginia join the growing number of states that are implementing this common sense strategy. Continue reading

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Memo to the General Assembly: Tell Them You Mean Business!!

The regulatory and legal environment businesses operate in determines, in large part, if jobs are created. Here are two reforms that, if taken together, would make plaintiffs (and trial lawyers) think twice about filing frivolous lawsuits, saving the taxpayers money by cutting down on litigation and create even greater incentive for investment in the Old Dominion. Continue reading

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Challenging Challenges

Bob McDonnell may have won a landslide victory in his bid for the Virginia governor’s mansion, but by sometime early next year, he may well begin to wish things had turned out differently as he is inheriting arguably the worst budget crisis in living memory. Continue reading

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Virginia Energy Policy: Electricity Production & the Nuclear Option

Virginia needs to plan and implement now to provide adequate and reliable electrical energy well into the twenty first century. For economic growth to continue Virginia needs to expand energy production. Continue reading

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Huge Opportunities for Our Incoming Governor

The current recession is not likely to end quickly. A total “remake” of state and local government is required in face of this new reality. Government simply must cut back, evaluate its true core functions and take action to restrict the growth of government in the future. Continue reading

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