In The Dog Days of Summer, Voter Advocates are Barking Up the Wrong Tree

Remember when Delegates Morrissey and McClellan said on the House floor that voter fraud doesn't exist?

Mo disagrees.

Mo is a dog in Bedford County who was recently the recipient of mail reminding him to register to vote. Mo is dead; this would have been his 18th year.  Still think voter fraud is all in our heads?

This recent article from WSLS 10 details what a very real problem voter fraud is in the Commonwealth today.
Let's NOT let the Virginia electoral process go to the dogs; especially the deceased ones.

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Former state Senator John Chichester (the man who almost destroyed the GOP) Endorses VA FREE

Need another reason to second-guess VA FREE’s validity?

Take a look at this editorial in the Roanoke Times where former state Senator John Chichester endorses  the ineffective VA FREE.

Pres. Obama and Mitt Romney Neck and Neck in Virginia

While the Rasmussen Poll HERE , conducted on June 3, puts Barack Obama at even odds with Mitt Romney. Shouldn't the incumbent have the advantage here? After all, Obama won Virginia in 2008 by a full 6 percentage points. Things have changed since then, it seems.

Since April, Romney has picked up an extra 2% in the Old Dominion. In this new poll, Romney picked up a solid 47%, matching the President punch for punch. Certainly no slouch, especially for a challenger.

This time around Virginia is a key battleground state, and Obama is finding out that voters are more and more willing to put some new talent in the White House.

Perhaps Blue just doesn't suit hardworking Virginians. In November, Mr. Obama may be seeing Red below the Beltway.

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Parting of the Potomac? Maryland's Tax Hike Exodus

Want proof of the toll that tax increases take on a state's business and residential landscape? Look at Maryland. Between '07 and '10, nearly 40,000 Marylanders chose to flee tax hikes to Virginia; shifting millions of dollars south of the Beltway.

The Free State is costing its businesses more and more these days. A recent article from Reason.com shows how Maryland's tax hikes (continuing from 2007 until today) have cost the state $390 Million in personal taxes ALONE.
That's not to mention the droves of Maryland based businesses that are slogging across the Potomac to the Old Dominion in hopes of a smaller impact on their gains. The tax hikes that Governor Martin O'Malley has signed into law have driven away giants such as Volkswagen North America, Northrop Grumman, and Hilton Worldwide.

Who can blame them? Virginia's corporate tax rate is a full 2.25% lower than Maryland's. When that is money leaving the pockets of workers and businesses, the choice becomes clear.
Incessant tax increases on the middle classes and businesses in Maryland? Or a free, incentivized, and competitive business climate in Virginia? It is not hard to see which strategy is working.


Let's keep Virginia THE place to bring business.

Take a look at the full article HERE

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