ACTION ALERT: Senate passes bill SB552, to keep names of Virginia police, deputies a secret

Keep Government open to competition and open to scrutiny. That includes whistle blower protections, ballot access, and easy, quick Freedom of Information requests - even for cops and ABC agents. Calls & emails needed to delegates to oppose this Senate-passed Bill SB552.

The bill, SB552, keeps the names of police, deputies secret by exempting law enforcement officers from Freedom of Information Act requirements. (Article on the SB5552)

 
YEAS--Alexander, Black, Carrico, Chafin, Chase, Cosgrove, DeSteph, Dunnavant, Garrett, Hanger, Howell, Lewis, McDougle, McPike, Newman, Norment, Obenshain, Reeves, Ruff, Saslaw, Stanley, Stuart, Sturtevant, Vogel, Wagner--25.
 
NAYS--Barker, Dance, Deeds, Ebbin, Edwards, Favola, Locke, Lucas, Marsden, McEachin, Miller, Petersen, Suetterlein, Surovell, Wexton--15.

RULE 36--0.

NOT VOTING--0.

   
Call your State Senators and ask them how they voted on the bill, and your displeasure if they did.

 
Call your State Delegate and tell them you oppose Senate bill SB552, and any House version of the bill.
 
CONTACT YOUR SENATOR AND DELEGATE HERE
 
 
Call the Governor and tell him you oppose SB552 or any final form of it.
 
CONTACT THE GOVERNOR HERE:

 

• Governor Terry McAuliffe
  Common Ground for Virginia
  P.O. Box 1475
  Richmond, VA 23218
  804-786-2211
• Email the Governor

  

Tell Bob McDonell to Veto Virginia's Largest Tax Increase In History, so called TRANSPORTATION BILL

CALL BOB MCDONELL AND TELL HIM TO VETO THE TAX HIKE (SO CALLED TRANSPORTATION) BILL!

Office: (804) 786-2211

The largest tax increase in the history of Virginia was just passed by our Virginia legislators. Republican Speaker Bill Howell and Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment (R) engineered a six billion tax increase on Virginians, in very tough economic times. The taxes were so outrageous, that the Republican Leadership needed the support of Democrats to pass it, even though Republicans have an overwhelming majority in the House and tied representation in the Senate.

You will see new taxes or increase in taxes on all of the following: sales tax, gas tax, diesel fuel tax, vending machine tax, personal property tax, hotel tax, internet tax, car tax, tangible property sale tax, and more!

Governor Bob McDonnell aggressively pushed and expressed support for this $6 billion tax increase plan. Bob wanted the tax increase so bad that he even made a deal with the Democrats to get the votes he needed by pledging to pave the way to implement Obamacare's Medicaid expansion, which will add an additional 400,000+ people to the Medicaid roles in Virginia.

But it is not too late! The bill is sitting on Governor Bob McDonnell's desk. Join here and tell Bob that you stand with other Virginians who oppose implementing the largest tax increase in the history of Virginia on the hardworking poor and middle class, especially during this bruising recession. Tell Governor Bob McDonnell to veto the largest tax increase in the history of Virginia - HB2313.

VA REPUBLICANS JOINTLY PASS LARGEST TAX INCREASE IN STATE HISTORY

In what may be his George H.W. Bush moment, and much to the chagrin of Virginia's conservatives, Republican Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, along with Republican VA House Speaker William Howell, endorsed the largest tax increase in the history of Virginia on Saturday.

On paper, the General Assembly passed a bill to raise taxes to fund transportation projects that is slated to bring in $880 million more a year in taxes, but the true cost to taxpayers is estimated to be "$1.13 billion per year in tax increases."


Regardless, it is by far the greatest tax increase in the history of the Commonwealth, surpassing the $442 million per year increase in 1986 and $680 million per year increase in 2004.

“This is a historic day in Virginia. We have worked together across party lines to find common ground and pass the first sustainable long-term transportation funding plan in 27 years," McDonnell, who also may have plans to run for president in 2016, said in a statement on Saturday. "There is a ‘Virginia Way’ of cooperation and problem solving, and we saw it work again today in Richmond."

Many conservatives in Virginia saw it as a "historic day" for other reasons. ( read the entire story here )