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I found this fabulous bill based on this site so I confirmed it at the New Hampshire legislative (General Court is the name for the NH legislature) website and here’s the text of the bill that BANS ICLEI in the Granite State – House Bill 1634: STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our [...]

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Having a surplus in the state budget is a wonderful thing and a testament to the responsible budgeting of Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell. It sure beats the mess former Governor Tim Kaine left the Commonwealth as a departing shot. And the fact that McDonnell was able to turn a huge Kaine induced deficit into a [...]

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By now you must have seen the shameful AstroTurf protests at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison. The Teacher’s Union and other organized state worker unions are upset with the efforts by newly elected Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker to close the state’s budget shortfall which is a projected $2.9 billion biennial budget deficit for fiscal [...]

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Are you ready for a good, old fashioned Tea Party protest? If you think you have to look to Washington, DC for politicians who vote for bills they haven’t read, think again. We have one right here in Roanoke – our very own State Senator John Edwards. We will be protesting at noon on Tuesday [...]

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An extraordinary contrast is emerging between the style and philosophy of governing as practiced in the executive mansion just north of the Potomac River and the Executive Mansion just north of the James River.

In Washington, President Obama is borrowing, taxing, and spending with abandon — with little apparent concern about the long-term consequences of his unprecedented expansion of government control of the economy and the claims it will make on future earnings of the American people. The president’s agenda relies on one-party power and minimal attempts at compromise.

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Earlier today, Governor Tim Kaine once again announced massive shortfalls to his revenue forecast for the FY 2008-2010 biennial state budget, revising budget projections down by an additional $1.2 billion for FY10 and $300 million in shortfalls from the past fiscal year. In response, Lieutenant Governor Bolling released the following statement:

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