Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Virginia Congressmen Eric Cantor and Scott Rigell are pushing Obama’s gun control schemes.

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Virginia Congressmen Eric Cantor and Scott Rigell are pushing Obama’s gun control schemes.

Let me repeat that.


Republican Congressmen Rigell and Cantor are working with anti-gunners like Carolyn McCarthy to criminalize gun sales and strip law-abiding people of the their gun rights FOR LIFE!


That’s why I’m requesting your immediate attention.

 
I’ll be in Richmond on Thursday, February 28th and in Virginia Beach on Friday, March 1st, to unveil our media campaign exposing this outrageous anti-gun plot.


You’re invited to join me at the news conferences in Richmond or Virginia Beach, or both!
Times and places are below.


You see, politicians like Eric Cantor and Scott Rigell almost always put politics ahead of the Second Amendment.


Of course, we shouldn’t be too surprised that Scott Rigell is working behind closed doors with the anti-gun lobby.


After all, Rigell contributed $1,000 to Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential campaign. And he voted to support Obama’s corrupt Attorney General Eric Holder.


Now, Majority Leader Cantor is colluding with Rigell and the Obama gun control crowd.


That’s why I’m inviting you to help send Congressmen Eric Cantor and Scott Rigell a loud-and-clear message that Virginians overwhelmingly support the Second Amendment.


If you can, please join us at one or both of the following news conferences.


Our Richmond press conference will be held this Thursday, February 28 at 10:30 AM. The location will be the Commonwealth Park Suites at 901 Bank Street in downtown Richmond.


On Friday, March 1 at 10:30 AM, we’ll be hosting another press conference at the Holiday Inn Resort – 5655 Greenwich Road – in Virginia Beach, VA.


I hope to see you there!

For Freedom,



Dudley Brown

Executive Vice President


P.S. Republican Congressmen Eric Cantor and Scott Rigell are working with anti-gunners like Carolyn McCarthy to pass Obama’s gun control legislation.

That’s why I’ll be at press conferences in Richmond on Thursday the 28th and in Virginia Beach on Friday March 1st, to unveil NAGR’s new TV ads and media campaigns.

We’re exposing Cantor and Rigell’s collusion with the anti-gun crowd, and you’re invited to join me!
Our Richmond press conference will be held this Thursday, February 28 at 10:30 AM. The location will be the Commonwealth Park Suites at 901 Bank Street in downtown Richmond.


On Friday, March 1 at 10:30 AM, we’ll be hosting another press conference at the Holiday Inn Resort – 5655 Greenwich Road – in Virginia Beach, VA.


If you can come, I’d like to see you there!

 

Tell Bob McDonell to Veto Virginia's Largest Tax Increase In History, so called TRANSPORTATION BILL

CALL BOB MCDONELL AND TELL HIM TO VETO THE TAX HIKE (SO CALLED TRANSPORTATION) BILL: Office: (804) 786-2211


The largest tax increase in the history of Virginia was just passed by our Virginia legislators. Republican Speaker Bill Howell and Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment (R) engineered a six billion tax increase on Virginians, in very tough economic times. The taxes were so outrageous, that the Republican Leadership needed the support of Democrats to pass it, even though Republicans have an overwhelming majority in the House and tied representation in the Senate.

You will see new taxes or increase in taxes on all of the following: sales tax, gas tax, diesel fuel tax, vending machine tax, personal property tax, hotel tax, internet tax, car tax, tangible property sale tax, and more!

Governor Bob McDonnell aggressively pushed and expressed support for this $6 billion tax increase plan. Bob wanted the tax increase so bad that he even made a deal with the Democrats to get the votes he needed by pledging to pave the way to implement Obamacare's Medicaid expansion, which will add an additional 400,000+ people to the Medicaid roles in Virginia.

But it is not too late! The bill is sitting on Governor Bob McDonnell's desk. Join here and tell Bob that you stand with other Virginians who oppose implementing the largest tax increase in the history of Virginia on the hardworking poor and middle class, especially during this bruising recession. Tell Governor Bob McDonnell to veto the largest tax increase in the history of Virginia - HB2313.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

TONIGHT: High Speed Rail Public Meeting for Chesterfield County, Virginia

Is this good for Chesterfield Citizens? Or will this make property taxes go up for surrounding neighborhoods and businesses and force people to give up their houses at rock bottom rates in the name of Public Domain?

Time: February 26, 2013 from 5pm to 8pm

Location: Chesterfield Public Safety Training Center

Street: 6610 Public Safety Rd

City/Town: Chesterfield

(Map with directions from your house)

Website: www.sehsr.org

Event Type: Public Meeting

Organized By: Southside High Speed Rail

Monday, February 25, 2013

VA REPUBLICANS JOINTLY PASS LARGEST TAX INCREASE IN STATE HISTORY


In what may be his George H.W. Bush moment, and much to the chagrin of Virginia's conservatives, Republican Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, along with Republican VA House Speaker William Howell, endorsed the largest tax increase in the history of Virginia on Saturday.

On paper, the General Assembly passed a bill to raise taxes to fund transportation projects that is slated to bring in $880 million more a year in taxes, but the true cost to taxpayers is estimated to be "$1.13 billion per year in tax increases."


Regardless, it is by far the greatest tax increase in the history of the Commonwealth, surpassing the $442 million per year increase in 1986 and $680 million per year increase in 2004.

“This is a historic day in Virginia. We have worked together across party lines to find common ground and pass the first sustainable long-term transportation funding plan in 27 years," McDonnell, who also may have plans to run for president in 2016, said in a statement on Saturday. "There is a ‘Virginia Way’ of cooperation and problem solving, and we saw it work again today in Richmond."

Many conservatives in Virginia saw it as a "historic day" for other reasons.  ( read the entire story here )

Friday, February 22, 2013

Tell your legislators to vote NO on Virginia HB 2313 Tax Hike Bill


Virginia has a spending problem, not a revenue problem.

The 109-page conference report on HB 2313 wasn't released to legislators until last evening and we are told it's even worse than we originally thought.
  
Delegate Ben Cline called it a "Frankenstein Monster" of a bill.  

HB2313 raises the state sales tax, regional sales tax, vehicle and tangible personal property taxes, vending machine tax, heavy equipment tax, recordation tax on commercial, industrial and residential real property sales, hotel tax, hybrid vehicle tax, and diesel fuel tax.

They call this a transportation bill but not all of the raised revenues will go to roads. Much of it will go to Metro and some to the General Fund.

To make matters worse, the NEW Regional Transportation Funding Authorities, an unelected governing board, in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads will decide how the transportation funding is spent. If they get it wrong, they are not vulnerable to the electorate.

The vote on HB 2313 will be today, despite the fact that few will have been able to read the Conference Report.

Please contact your legislators and tell them to vote "no" to the HB2313 conference report.

Tell them an increase in taxes will further weaken the economy.

Tell them they need to cut spending, not raise taxes.

Please contact your legislators without delay and demand that they vote "NO" to the HB2313 conference report.


Yours in liberty,
Donna Holt
Executive Director
Virginia Campaign for Liberty


Thursday, February 21, 2013

Please urge Governor McDonnell to keep his promise and reject any legislation that seeks to accommodate “Obamanocare.”

Message from Bob Marshall

Dear Fellow Virginians,
Please urge Governor McDonnell to keep his promise and reject any legislation that seeks to accommodate “Obamanocare.” 

The “Affordable Care Act” does not require States to run their own Health Care Exchanges.  At least 26 states have refused to set up exchanges which are website marketplaces of health insurance plans meeting federal criteria. (Google: “Virginia Health Care Exchange.” Several private marketplaces already operate).  
If states refuse to set up their own exchanges, it will probably take longer for the federal government to deform healthcare and perhaps postpone enforcement of mandates requiring abortion pills and “medical” inquiries regarding which homes have guns. 
In 2010, Governor McDonnell’s Secretary of Health set up a Commission to study health care “reform” with a $1 Million grant.  I asked Secretary Hazel why Virginia was proceeding with government-run health care while we were challenging the law in federal court.  I was told Virginia must be “prepared.”
Governor McDonnell has publicly stated he would not set up a Virginia exchange. Now he appears willing to sign bills which authorize state involvement while purporting to provide state “oversight” of a federal exchange. In reality the bills commit Virginia resources, including personnel from several state agencies, claiming (without guaranty) that Virginia will be reimbursed by the federal government (still our tax money).  If this is not a state insurance exchange then what is it?
Instead of Virginia exercising its right to refuse to set up a state exchange as other states are doing, Virginia will use its authority, resources and personnel to grease the Obamanocare skids and objectionable mandates.  
Several bills have already passed the General Assembly. Senate Bill 922, introduced February 11, 2013, passed the House of Delegates.  It states in part:
Section 32.1-16 (b): “The Department shall be compensated for expenses incurred in providing such services. “   Does this mean compensation by state agencies or Washington?  In either case, it involves additional tax money.
Section 38.2-326 (A)(i) states in part: “full funding is available.”  Funding from where?
Section 38.2-326 (A) (ii) states in part:  “technology infrastructure, including integration with federal, state, and other necessary entities, is made available to the commission by or through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or the Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources…”  Will funding come from the feds or the state? What are the costs? Undersand that “made available,” does not mean “provided free of charge.”  If the feds “provide,” what will they charge Virginia taxpayers?
Section 38.2-326 (B) states in part:  “the Commission may contract with and enter into a memoranda of understanding to carry out its plan management functions with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or any other state or federal agency…”   A MOU with another state agency simply would obligate more Virginia tax money and resources from the other state agency to pay for costs associated with the plan.
  
Section 38.2-326 (C) states in part: “the Commission’s obligation to perform plan management functions described in subsection A is contingent upon receiving federal funding sufficient to pay the operating expenses necessary to carry out the plan management of functions.  The Commission shall seek full reimbursement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for such expenses.  “Seeking full reimbursement does not mean obtaining full reimbursement.   Without wording which states, “The SCC shall not perform plan management functions unless all Virginia expenses are paid in full by the Federal government” this section does not assure plan management functions will be paid for by the feds (still our money).   Even if the Commission has no obligation to perform plan management functions, there is no prohibition on their performing plan functions.
Section 32.2-326 (E) states in part that “Technology resources provided by the Commission in carrying out the plan management functions shall be limited to existing commission technology support functions…” How much will this cost Virginia taxpayers?
Section 32.2-326 (F) states in part that “The Commission shall make available to the public on its website a written report on the implementation and performance of its plan management functions during the preceding  fiscal year, including, at a minimum, the manner in which all funds utilized for its plan management functions were expended.”   How much will this cost the State to carry out this function? How many state employees will be needed? Will others need to be hired?
If you do not want Virginia to speed up compliance with “Obamanocare” please call (804) 786-2211 or email the Governor here: http://www.governor.virginia.gov/aboutthegovernor/contactgovernor.cfm 

Ask him to veto any legislation that accommodates “Obamanocare.” 
Thank you for your help!

Delegate Bob Marshall
P.S. I thank Dr. Mark Berg for his help and insights on this bill.
Thank you for your help!
bob marshall
Delegate Bob Marshall
P.S. I thank Dr. Mark Berg for his help and insights on this bill.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

James M. "Jim" Holland and Daniel Gecker want to raise your taxes in Chesterfield County!


Two Chesterfield County supervisors are taking parallel paths to generate revenue to help fund the county's school division's aggressive capital project campaign. 
Dale District Supervisor James M. "Jim" Holland said this afternoon at the end of a Budget and Audit Committee meeting that he will recommend the Board of Supervisors approve a a 4 percent meals tax referendum to be voted on by the community.

And Midlothian District Supervisor Daniel A. Gecker will propose the board advertise a 2-cent increase to the county's current real estate tax rate of 95 cents.
Both proposals will be formally put before the board on Wednesday. They are an attempt to generate the funding for a $347.7 million capital improvement program that calls for major renovations at 10 schools and the construction of a new elementary school.   Read the full story here
Call AND Email THEM BOTH and DEMAND "NO TAX HIKES"

Board of Supervisors Dale District                       Board of Supervisors Midlothian District
James Holland                                                     Dan Gecker


Email Address                                                   Email Address
hollandj@chesterfield.gov                                    geckerd@chesterfield.gov


Phone Numbers                                                 Phone Numbers
Personal Voice Mail: (804) 768-7528                  Personal Voice Mail: (804) 768-7397

Office Information for both:
Office Phone : (804) 748-1211            
Office Fax: (804) 717-6297


Mailing Address for Both:
P.O. Box 40
Chesterfield, VA 23832-0040



Board Meeting Location
Public Meeting Room
10001 Iron Bridge Road
Chesterfield, VA 23832

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