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The House GOP majority believes thorr is no real constituency out there for tax increases and that none are needed since the state’s economic picture has tiecome considerably brighter.
But Warner is joined by powerful Senate Finance (Committee chairman John Chichester, a Republican, in asserting that even with the return of good economic times the demand for state *<?rvicex in such areas as transportation, education, correctional facilities, public safety and others cannot be adequately met without additional sources of revenue.
That contention will be hotly debated in the coming months. Yet even the governor's biggest adversaries have to admit that he has provided good leadership thrmjgh the crisis and has done an excellent job of communicating with state citizens, Me also has been tireless in getting around the state for various non-political visits.
When he came to Spotsylvania (Vainly, for example, for the dedication of a new YMCA, after the formal ceremonies he took ofThis coat and tie and played some pickup basketball with young people.
One could imagine former Gov (#eorge Allen diang that fait not Warner's predecessor Republican Gov .Jim (hlmore.
Even Mowell concede* that Warner is both personable and likeable and that they have a cordial relationship despite ■
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