August 6, 2009
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WHERE'S BILL?
LT. GOVERNOR ABSENT FROM GACRE MEETING-AGAIN
Where's Bill Bolling these days? For months, Bolling has been lobbing rhetorical bombs at Mark Warner, Tim Kaine, and Jody Wagner, criticizing their efforts to close a record budget shortfall, maintain the state's AAA credit rating, and position Virginia as the country's best state for business. More recently, Bolling has continually criticized the state's revenue projections in recent years. So that begs the question: Where has Bill Bolling been?
Since taking office, Bolling has had an open invitation to the meetings of the Governor's Advisory Council on Revenue Estimates, on which sit appropriate Cabinet Secretaries, the House and Senate Leadership, and Virginia's business leaders. The Committee plays a critical role in the bipartisan process of revenue forecasting. Each year, Lt. Governor Bolling has been invited. Each year, he's failed to show up-including the latest meeting, held yesterday in Richmond. So, if Bill Bolling is so concerned about the state's revenue forecasts, why hasn't he bothered to actually take part in the process?
Jody Wagner, the Democratic Nominee for Lt. Governor, released the following statement on Wednesday:
"Virginia needs a Lt. Governor that's willing to be part of a bipartisan process to get us through the sour national economic climate. For the last four years, the Governor's Advisory Council on Revenue Estimates has played a key role in helping Governor Kaine and the Secretary of Finance-a role I filled for three of those years-project the state's future fiscal revenues. I was proud to work with that group, which is a critical component of our bipartisan budget process. As Lt. Governor, I'll continue working across party lines to reach common sense solutions for Virginia's families."
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I think this post is dishonest. I'm sure that the Virginia Review knows that Bill Bolling is not a member of the Governor's Advisory Council. And I'm sure that they know that every time he has been informed of these meetings and invited, he has sent representation in the form of a Senior Staff Member, his Deputy Chief of Staff. So why isn't the Virginia Review letting us know? It seems to be little more than partisan hackery to make comments like this without disclosing all the relevant information.
ReplyDeleteAlso, let's talk about Jody Wagner's efforts to close a record budget shortfall and make Virginia a great place for business. Wagner has missed her budget projections AGAIN, and has been partly responsible for the massive $1.5 billion deficit Virginia is facing. Lets commend her for trying to fix it, but Jody, it's your mess, it's Tim Kaine's mess. It's your job to fix it. And when you miss your budget projections year after year after year, and accumulate more than $5 billion in budget deficits, why are you proud of that? How is that making Virginia a better place to do business? It sure as heck isn't closing any budget shortfalls.
Sorry to get off the point, but honestly, could this post be any more biased or dishonest? Anyone reading, please note that Bill Bolling has been represented at these Council meetings every time an invite was extended.
Garrett took the words right out of my mouth. I suppose I must take into consideration, however, that Mrs. Wagner is going to have no choice but to resort to attacks, as she will clearly not be able to run on her own record, which is nothing more than a series of budgetary errors. If she had made this many errors in any corporation in America, she would have been immediately dismissed, yet she still is eligible to hold the second highest office in the Commonwealth of Virginia? Something is clearly wrong with that picture. I am certain that when re-elected, Bill Bolling will work with the new governor to reduce spending and bring about a balanced budget. On November 3, I will happily cast my vote to re-elect the Lieutenant Governor, as it has become fairly clear that he will be the only one who can restore dignity to the budgetary process.
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