Phil Rodokanakis takes it to ’em again, this time on vision in the House of Delegates and raising taxes:
One person that gets the vision thing is Lt. Governor-elect, Bill Bolling (R). In a fiery speech he told the faithful,“We understand that the best way to keep government small and focused on its core responsibility is to let working Virginians and their families keep more of their hard earned money and the government take less. That’s why we believe in keeping taxes low for Virginia’s families and businesses.”
He continued: “Let me be clear about this. … To be successful in the future we must remain the party of lower taxes, we cannot become the party of higher taxes.”
Obviously, someone forgot to pass this memo to Sen. John Chichester, R-Fredericksburg, who seems hell-bent on raising taxes. And given a leaderless House of Delegates, it will be no surprise if Chichester is again successful.
It is said that one definition of insanity is when you keep on doing the same things while expecting different results. As long as the so-called leaders at the House and Senate continue following the same visionless path – unable to see their way out of the box – Virginia is doomed to keep on repeating past mistakes.
Agreed. Conservatives will be very keen to watch who will and who will not be representing our values this 2006 session.