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And the GOP Alternative Is.... ?
House Republicans have declared Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's transportation-funding plan to be Dead on Arrival. As Jeff Schapiro and Jim Nolan report the story for the Times-Dispatch:. They said they have only to decide how to kill it ...

Richmond: Community Blogging Center of the Universe?
We all know my home town of Richmond is a pretty conservative place -- perhaps even stodgy. It's an old story how we lost our status as the leading city of the South to Atlanta, Charlotte and Raleigh. But things are changing. ...

Using Taxpayer Dollars... to Lobby for More Taxpayer Dollars
The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority may be broke and powerless, but that's not stopping it from agitating for more money. In a creative, Internet-era ploy, reports a chirpy Washington Post article today, the authority is ...

Bus Rapid Transit Studied for Charlottesville
As part of its effort to clean up the congested US 29 North corridor, Charlottesville and Albemarle County leaders have made a commitment to build a more robust bus system. Next year, they plan to ask the General Assembly to give them ...

House Prices and Killer Commutes
Others have made this point on the blog, but it bears repeating and emphasizing: While home prices are getting hammered everywhere, they are falling fastest in neighborhoods located the farthest jobs. Long commutes are a killer. ...

Tax Me! Tax Me!
In 2002, Virginia set up a special fund for the benefit of those who, either because they believed they were not taxed highly enough or because of an outpouring of generosity, were inclined to voluntarily pay the Commonwealth of ...

Bacon S Rebellion Summary
Perhaps, after all, my dear, bacon s rebellion summary is yours. Each morning bacon s rebellion summary soared aloft from her concentration on points in space, now concentrates on points in the narrative of Harrison's invention. ...

Bacon s rebellion
Bacon‘s Rebellion or the Virginia Rebellion was an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony , led by Nathaniel Bacon . It was the first rebellion in the American colonies in which discontented frontiersmen took part; a similar uprising ...

Hey Mr. Green, Cookbook of the Day
Filed under: Books, Cookbook of the Day. cover of Hey Mr. Green In honor of Earth Day (this coming Tuesday, April 22nd) today's featured cookbook isn't really a cookbook at all. Hey Mr. Green is a compilation of questions that people ...

About that $180 Million...
There's a story hurtling around the Internet that's taken on a life of its own. But it's not entirely accurate, and I'm trying to get to the bottom of it. Republicans are working up a good head of steam -- as was I for a while -- over a ...

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