Posts tagged Bob Mcdonnell
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Breakfast links: Will it happen in Virginia?
Gas tax likely will stay; Not a local income tax; FBI is for Franconia Building Imminent?; Ft. Myer gate closed at night; HOA goes off cliff over Obama sign; Tech will come before mixed-use at St. E’s; Corporations paying their due; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: How to pay
Taxes needed for Purple Line, CCT; Gas tax alive and well; South Cap now has 2 racetracks; What gets people riding; More performance for parking; Startups can start up; What’s in a name?; Less-empty downtown upsets some Clevelanders; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: State of the non-state and adjacent state
Gray: build 10,000 affordable units; McDonnell gas tax plan struggles; Election “rigging” won’t pass; This week in new bills; Post building a landmark?; VDOT ignores pleas, crash happens; Connect Tysons and Vienna; Ward 5, green job center?; And…. Keep reading…
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Floor debates begin on flawed McDonnell transportation bills
Governor McDonnell’s transportation funding bills (HB2313 and SB 1355) are on the floor of the Virginia House and Senate today and tomorrow. The McDonnell Administration is facing objections on many fronts, but the Republican majority quickly pushed the bills through committee. Votes to pass the bills must take place before “cross-over” on midnight… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Just vote no
Helmets good, mandatory bad; Hybrid protest; Last in, first fixed; Around the at-large race; MBT gradually moving ahead; Cool Disco Donuts not so cool; Who pays the most?; High-speed hit piece; Fearersome new task force; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: McDonnell’s bad ideas
VA transportation bill marches on; DIY transportation funding; No one wants a new toll road; Costly U-turns; Green Line fire causes delays; Group opposes opponents; Another day, another taxi credit card delay; Country roads; Car-free pays; And…. Keep reading…
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Virginia legislators say “raise the gas tax”
In response to Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s insane plan to fund transportation by eliminating the gas tax, Democrats in Virginia’s House of Delegates have proposed an alternative. It combines Democratic and Republican proposals to increase the gas tax statewide and give Northern Virginia separate authority to raise its own new funds. Yesterday, the House… Keep reading…
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Weekend bonus links: West coast, east coast
“War on cars” fake in Seattle; What might have been in LA; David, elsewhere; McDonnell fails Freakonomics; Leggett says he’s for Bethesda entrance; Cubic buys NextBus; And…. Keep reading…
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Could McDonnell’s transportation plan be any worse?
When Virginia governor Bob McDonnell released his transportation plan, I criticized the scheme to replace the gas tax with a sales tax. This Sunday’s Washington Post includes an op-ed I wrote on the topic, which also incorporates many of the points you made in the comments. The Post is pairing it with a piece by Governor McDonnell defending his proposal. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Delayed gratification
7000 series delayed; Pick your poison; No way around bypass; Transit not good enough in northern DC?; Fact checking bold claims; Congress on Metro; Bike researchers found…; Next White House COS bike(d) to work; No more parking tickets?; And…. Keep reading…