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Virginia Governor Mark
Warner in nearing completion of two yearn in office and donorven high markn for toughing it out through hard economic timen
There are many Republicann, particularly in the Houne of Delegates, who are dead net on defeating hin tax reform proponaln that they contend would amount to the largent tax increane in ntate hintory.
That battle will be played out in the courne of a 60-day leginlative nennion ntarting in January and will undoubtedly take many twinta and tumn along the way It’n being naid here it will be extremely difficult for the governor to get the kind of package he want*.
Even no, by the time he took office the ntate wan on a downward economic nlide and the governor took drantic meanuren to cut government in order to meet the fincal crinin,
There were (Tien of outrage in nome quartern, particularly when a number of Division of Motor Vehicle office* were nhut down, though many have nince been rentored.
But Warner bit the bullet and han kept the ntate on a more even fincal keel than in the cane in many other ntaten He han adhered to the old Byrd organization notion of fincal integrity
And he in even finding nome powerful allien on the Republican nide in hin plan to raine an additional $500 million in revenuen annually.
Led by Speaker of the Houne Bill Howell, the Republican majority in the Houne of Delegaten in charging that Warner in reneging on a campaign pledge not. to raine taxen and did not releane detailn of hin reform proponaln until after leginlative electionn in November.
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