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The Road to Ruin: 2005-07-17
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The Road to Ruin. The Road to Ruin" is the Bacon's Rebellion blog dedicated to transportation and land use issues in Virginia. Friday, July 22, 2005. GOP gubernatorial candidate Jerry Kilgore told a Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce group yesterday. A point worth noting:. As hearty as the revenue collections have been, they are unlikely to last, at least at their 2005 pace. The bulk of the growth came from the most volatile and unpredictable sources: non-withholding income taxes generally paid by the ...
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The Road to Ruin: 2005-07-10
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The Road to Ruin. The Road to Ruin" is the Bacon's Rebellion blog dedicated to transportation and land use issues in Virginia. Friday, July 15, 2005. Metro Opens its Doors. After a blistering series. In the Washington Post on problems with the Metro system's operations and management, the board that oversees the system is creating an 18-member Riders Advisory Council. The council would meet once a month to talk about budget issues, route changes and customer service. Posted by Bob Burke @ 6:27 AM. Plans ...
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Along the Gradyent: March 2016
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Blogging about life, culture, the economy and politics, i.e., stuff, since December 2012. Friday, March 25, 2016. California Still in Debilitating Drought. We are late in the California rainy season. In Northern and Central California rivers are filling to their banks, and reservoirs are swelling. The reason is rain, rain and more rain. . Life-tenured bureaucrats and scientists behind it has gotta be really, really good). The Los Angeles Times seems. 160;is a bit quicker on the uptake. Officials began sl...
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County Board threatens new tax hike | ArlingtonGOP
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. County Board threatens new tax hike. By jmillerva on February 17, 2011. The Arlington County Board wasted no time in undermining the new County Manager on the budget. The all-Democrat Board proposed raising the property tax rate. Once again, despite the Manager’s recommendation to hold the line. It’s another direct hit on Arlington homeowners and taxpayers. So the proposal to stay at 2011 levels represented very little restraint. At $7500 a bike ( see. 15 million on the ab...
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OMT
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One Man's Trash.from Norman Leahy. Thursday, December 21, 2006 : :. An interesting addition to Bearing Drift - my one-time Sorensen colleague Brian Kirwin - and that the next bloggers' conference will be down Virginia Beach way in 2007. Seems good to me. Posted by Norman Leahy at 12/21/2006. If you are interested in a sharp, witty take on Virginia politics, be sure to read OMT every single day. No other blog can compare." - Chad Dotson, Commonwealth Conservative. Feisty" - Bob Gibson, Daily Progress.
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The Road to Ruin: Washington and Richmond New Urban Regions Meet in Caroline
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The Road to Ruin. The Road to Ruin" is the Bacon's Rebellion blog dedicated to transportation and land use issues in Virginia. Monday, March 27, 2006. Washington and Richmond New Urban Regions Meet in Caroline. Caroline County is the new frontier for what the. The WaPo features Gail and Brent Heppner whose neighbors usually commute to jobs in the Washington New Urban Region (NUR) but shop in the Richmond NUR. Maybe the question is not what we think we are, but what do we want to be? Get used to it. I thi...
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OMT
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One Man's Trash.from Norman Leahy. Thursday, December 28, 2006 : :. Charities on the Dole. For the longest time, I've been harping on the General Assembly's practice of funding nonprofits which is does not control from the general fund. On the effects of government funding on private charities. The conclusions ought to give at least some legislators reason to think:. Nonprofit fundraising is very competitive and becoming even moreso as the number of nonprofits increases. Turning to local, state or fe...
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OMT
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One Man's Trash.from Norman Leahy. Wednesday, December 27, 2006 : :. By now, everyone knows that former President Gerald Ford has died. While I will leave it to others to write more specifically about his legacy, there's one personal moment I'd like to add to the general discussion:. In the 1976 election year, a classmate and I were asked to address the masses at Greenwood Elementary School over the p.a. system. Our topic was "Who are you supporting for president and why? I chose Gerald Ford. If you are ...
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OMT
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One Man's Trash.from Norman Leahy. Wednesday, December 27, 2006 : :. To a New York Times story. On how pork - once and still considered to be an incumbent's strongest lifeline - failed to rescue a number of congressional Republicans this year. David points out a number of juicy examples, but this is the item that really made me wonder if the GOP has learned anything from November's losses. Regarding Rep. Jeff Flake's contention that pork actually hurt incumbents, an NRCC spokesmodel said:. To be fair, ea...
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OMT
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One Man's Trash.from Norman Leahy. Thursday, December 28, 2006 : :. At Cafe Hayek, Don Boudreaux remains cool. Or sanguine) while the rest of the world heats up over global warming and a series of tax schemes to combat it:. Like the Professor, I'm perfectly willing to accept the reality of global warming and its possible effects. But as the Jeff Jacoby piece. Boudreaux links to points out, there is more afoot to global warming/cooling, whatever than first meets the eye:. A "reliably right-wing, free-lunc...
