Immigration Policy Note: Our Goal is NOT to be D.C. or California!
On Friday January 28, I spent several hours in a packed General Assembly Committee Room. Members of the Immigration Subcommittee listened to numerous supporters and opponents, often commenting themselves as they considered 16 separate pieces of immigration-related legislation. The general intent of these bills pertains to 1) taking meaningful steps to address the rapidly growing [...]
HB 1721
The following is information that Donna Holt of Campaign for Liberty provided about HB1721. —- BACKGROUND The General Assembly convened on January 12th and we are following many pieces of legislation. HB 1721 is one that has dire consequences for us. Currently, 67 localities in Virginia are mandated to build Urban Development Areas. HB1721, introduced [...]
Hear Cuccinelli urge the Repeal Amendment
For your viewing pleasure, in case you weren’t able to make the Lobby Day rally yesterday, here’s keynote speaker Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli: Pay close attention to his discussion of the Repeal Amendment (starting at 5:53), which he strongly supports and has been publicly promoting, including even on Chris Matthews’s show. Cuccinelli addresses some of [...]
Lobby Day 2011
Another Lobby day has come and gone. The 2011 General Assembly is open for business. Why should you care? Here is a taste of what we are doing in the GA this year. The Repeal Amendment, Property rights, Ending sanctuary cities, Tax reform. That’s only the beginning. We delivered our legislative agendas to all 140 [...]
Repeal Amendment resolution hits first bump
Democrats put the first bump in the road for the Virginia TEA Party Federation’s marquis measure, the State Repeal Amendment resolution, by voting 4-3 against it in a public hearing. The resolution calls upon the US Congress to convene a convention for the sole purpose of passing only one amendment to the US Constitution. This [...]
Advancing the cause of liberty in Virginia
From a commentary in today’s Richmond Times-Dispatch written by our own Joe Guarino: We the People can gather in Virginia because, just over 220 years ago, a group of men we Americans call the Founders established a form of government whereby the People are in charge and grant certain limited responsibilities to a subset of [...]
Not the Beginning of the End, But…
…the end of the beginning. Reuters has just reported that Paul Volcker is leaving his post as head of the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board. It has always been my opinion that Volcker was asked to lend his street cred to the Fed’s reinflation efforts. His reputation as the inflation fighter who broke the back [...]
Don’t Forget: Attend Town Halls Jan. 4 in Hanover and Henrico and Jan. 5 in Chesterfield
Meet with your Virginia General Assembly representatives at a Town Hall session, Jan. 4 in Hanover and Henrico Counties and Jan. 5 in Chesterfield, sponsored by The Virginia Tea Party Patriots Cooperative Legislative Action Committee. Details are below or go to the events calendar. Topics include current legislative issues and the VA 10th Amendment Revolution Freedom Bills 2011. [...]
Reaction to FCC’S “Net Neutrality” Coup
John Fund, the astute Wall Street Journal columnist, wrote an excellent piece on the FCC’s misleadingly named “net neutrality” action yesterday, which is the administration’s first step in taking over the internet. According to Fund: The Federal Communications Commission’s new “net neutrality” rules, passed on a partisan 3-2 vote yesterday, represent a huge win for [...]
Is Global Warming Hysteria Fading?
As I write this, I’m inspired by an unusual rock that sits on the desk beside my computer. It’s unusual in two ways. One, it looks like a chunk of wood, with clear layers formed by tree rings, and in fact it’s from a petrified tropical tree. Two, the tree grew near the south pole [...]
