On Second Thought, Concerning Chichester. . .

The First District Committee e-mail list – which consists of both moderate and conservative Republicans – is rumbling about Chichester’s tax proposal. RPV is rumbling. Local committee lists are rumbling.

The natives are not happy. . .

Will it amount to anything? Who knows? But when you start seeing some folks who you know supported Chichester in the June 2003 primary raising eyebrows and asking if anyone is going to do something about it, you know you have touched a nerve. Personally, the only thing that isn’t making the consternation an outright rebellion is the confidence folks have in the House and Speaker Howell in turning it down flat. Will the center hold? Stay tuned. . .