Comments on: Transportation Deal

By: James

James — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:32:08 +0000

What about the billion surplus? Raising taxes, fees, whatever you want to call them isn’t right when state budget growth is skyrocketing.

By: The Ward View » What part of “no tax increase” do you not understand?

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:44:46 +0000

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By: stuck on old bridge

stuck on old bridge — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:22:34 +0000

Greg, Im impressed with your analysis. Im a conservative who also thinks this may be a good compromise that does show true leadership.

Can you get any feedback from the Prince William delegation? How will Frederick/McQuigg/Lingamfelter/Marshall/Miller come down on this one?

By: 10thdistrictrepublican

10thdistrictrepublican — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 03:32:37 +0000

MC,

I agree with you comments about NOVA. I personally am not totally thrilled about the package but I do think the “compromise” was about as good as could be expected and may indeed save the GOP in NOVA in the long term. It will be interesting to see how the various conservative special interest groups handle the compromise. Will they attempt to label McDonnell and Howell as a “traitor” to their cause. In my opinion McDonnell and Howell both showed real leadership by getting things done when the stakes were so increadibly high.

By: MC

MC — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:50:30 +0000

The real treat in this is that, and I’m sure many of you agree with me, that Democrats never wanted a solution so long as they were in the minority. They didn’t have to do anything, and didn’t want anything done because Republican infighting and failure to get anything done has become a powerful political tool in elections. NOW, the Dems and the governor are in a position where its up to them. If the Dems fight this, they will be the ones who “killed a Transportation deal” and will have to go to the voters with that.

I know in Fairfax County, where I live, people aren’t so much partisan as they are desperate. ANYTHING is good at this point, and if Democrats in the county who could be in trouble (Caputo, Bulova, etc) will not help their cause by coming out against this.

This is as good as we are going to get. The fact is that NOVA does need more revenue, but its equally important that we don’t force our problems on other parts of the state–AND to make sure that our tax dollars go to what they are suppose too.

By: a nonny mouse

a nonny mouse — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:57:57 +0000

One example is that Braddock Rd. (620) is considered a secondary road yet it looks a lot like a primary road to me (and likely carries more traffic than some primary roads).