Courtesy of OMT and Not Larry Sabato, could there be a potential Kaine-Chichester tax schematic in the works?
Apparently, numerous board members were told privately by Tim Kaine that he had met with John Chichester and they had a transportation plan they could not yet share. Kaine figured with the chamber supporting higher taxes for transportation, that would get an endorsement. It actually backlashed, with the special interest group angry that it had not been brought into the discussion on what would happen. Those angry swing votes then turned the endorsement to Jerry Kilgore.
A good friend and former Northern Virginian mentioned to me his concern that Kilgore had picked up the Fairfax CoC endorsement, precisely because they were in favor of the 2003 tax hike.
This explains some of the reasons behind the endorsement, and frankly it’s crazy enough to be true. Still, what price did Kilgore have to pay?
My bet is that it has a lot to do with the regional transportation initiatives that Kilgore has been pushing from day one. We’ll see…