I hate to flog a horse long expired but the Democratic leadership in Virginia loves raising taxes. Oil prices having reached $100 a barrel and it already being nearly $3 a gallon in parts of Northern Virginia, Richard Saslaw sure seems eager to stick it to Virginians already feeling the pinch of high gas […]

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Have you guys noticed how nasty the Democrats have been with their mail, radio, and TV this campaign season? If it wasn’t enough to just steal conservative talking points as his been their niche this year, they are just ripping the heads off their opponents. Now what JMDD did towards Chap and his family is […]

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Potts’ continued insistence on tax increases cannot be tolerated
Warrenton, VA- Republican State Senate candidate Jill Holtzman Vogel continued her criticism today of her District 27 opponent, State Senator H. Russell Potts, Jr., and his tax and spend legislative record.
“The Republican led Senate is letting its liberalism shine through and their chief spokesman is Senator Potts. […]

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On Monday, Jill Holtzman Vogel released a statement speaking out against Senator Potts’ proposed gas tax increase. Since that time, the bill has been brought back to committee and has no real chance of resurfacing. Nevertheless, VCAP wants to draw the distinction between the two Senate 27 opponents. While Jill is a fiscal conservative with […]

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Click the video image to watch Senator Potts send his transportation bill back to committee.
While we’re getting pretty used to condemning the Senator and his actions, he finally did something good for the people of Virginia. Unfortunately, it only came after persistent pressure from our Lt. Governor, Attorney General, and several conservative groups from throughout […]

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In a rare move, Lt. Governor Bill Bolling was going to rule that the Chichester-Potts gas tax bill (SB1379) was not germane AND he had organized enough votes to sustain his ruling. Potts took his slap in the face and had the bill recommitted to the Senate Finance Committe, effectively killing the bill. […]

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Here is the press release that VCAP put out today:
VCAP Committed to Restoring a
Governing Conservative Majority to Virginia
Richmond, VA— “The Republican-controlled State Senate has now secured their position against two Democratic governors as being the official tax-raising body in Virginia,” stated Robin DeJarnette, Executive Director of the Virginia Conservative Action PAC (VCAP).
“I have never seen […]

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The United Conservatives of Virginia blog has a great post from the February 1st edition of The Wall Street Journal regarding the transportation debate. It is certainly worth a read. The bottom line is do Virginia Republicans really want to be known as the party of tax and spend? As the article […]

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Stosch in a non-election year:
Votes for a 5% motor fuels tax increase in 2006. (See bill)
He voted for this increase in Committee and with the full Senate. This vote was cast 12 months ago….NOT years ago.
Stosch in an election year:
“Many of you have read in this morning’s Richmond Times-Dispatch that some of my […]

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As stated in the Richmond Times Dispatch article today,
“That Chichester would champion such a proposal comes as no surprise. In 2004 he wanted to raise taxes nearly three times as much as the Assembly actually did. By serving as an outlier on the far left end of the tax-hike spectrum, he has made it possible […]

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