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Beyer is neither a lawyer nor a lifetime politician. ” Before his election as our present lieutenant governor, he was a successful business man in Northern Virginia.
Payne represented Southern Virginia for eight years in Congress, where he supported the Balanced Budget Amendment, the line item veto and improved funding for Virginia’s highways.
Dolan, the father of an Olympic gold medalist, has served tours of duty in both the U.S. Army and Navy and has many years of experience as a lawyer in a successful private practice.
There are some things about the Republican candidate that should be pointed out. Jim Gilmore’s “no car tax” has appeal, but it is hardly the great deal it seems to be at first glance. Gilmore proposes reimbursing the counties for the lost tax revenue out of the Commonwealth’s treasury in Richmond. This will only make the counties more dependent upon Richmond, and when the money comes from Richmond, then Richmond can put whatever strings they want on that money.
Whoever pays the bills can make the rules and what will happen when general tax receipts decrease and the Commonwealth’s budget has
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