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FAMILYFOUNDATIONBLOG.COM : Senate Dems Not Interested In Saving Money

February 20, 2008
It?s funny how certain bills not in your bill profile seem to pop up wherever you go. Such is the case of HB 1522, patroned by freshman Delegate Jimmie Massie (R-72, Henrico). We?ve mentioned it twice before. It?s a bill which would merge two bureaucracies and save taxpayers $200,000 a year. Specifically, it would merge the Department of Business Assistance with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, and by all accounts would create better synergies and efficiencies, and better work in ...

FAMILYFOUNDATIONBLOG.COM : How To Jump On And Off A Bandwagon, And On Again, Without Getting Hurt

February 12, 2008
How To Jump On And Off A Bandwagon, And On Again, Without Getting Hurt February 12th, 2008 by admin in Capitol Square Diary Taxpayers won a major victory last week in the House of Delegates when HB 1318, patroned by Delegates John O?Bannon (R-73, Henrico), Ben Cline (R-24, Amherst) and Jimmie Massie (R-72, Henrico) passed by a 54-43 near party-line vote its second read. On the pro-forma third read ? amazingly ? everyone jumped on the bandwagon and it passed 99-0. Nothing like telling your cons...

FAMILYFOUNDATIONBLOG.COM : What?s 400 Hundred K To You?

February 11, 2008
What?s 400 Hundred K To You? February 11th, 2008 by admin in Capitol Square Diary Maybe nothing to Tony Soprano and, unfortunately, not much to the ?Federales,? as former Governor George Allen used to call the behemoth that is the D.C. bureaucracy. But just a few minutes ago, after a loooooong day on the House floor, Delegate Dwight Jones (D-70, Richmond), when everyone wanted to get home, prolonged a floor vote on HB 1522, a bi-partisan bill to merge the Department of Business Assistance and...

vabio.blogspot.com: Virginia Bioscience Legislative Caucus Kick-off a Success

February 6, 2008
The Virginia Bioscience Legislative Caucus (VBLC) was launched this week at the 2008 Session of the Virginia General Assembly. On Monday, February 4th, 18 members of the state legislature attended one of three bioscience dinners held simultaneously across the city. At each dinner, an equal number of bioscience company leaders joined them to discuss what is going on with this industry in the Commonwealth. The next morning, Tuesday, February 5th, more than 70 people met for breakfast at 7 am at t...

FAMILYFOUNDATIONBLOG.COM : If We?re So Well ?Managed? Then Return The Surplus!

February 1, 2008
If We?re So Well ?Managed? Then Return The Surplus! February 1st, 2008 by admin in Capitol Square Diary What would you do if an item at a store cost you $35.00 and you gave the clerk $40.00 cash, and then the clerk took your change and spent it himself on something he wanted? You probably wouldn?t be happy.But for years, Virginia taxpayers put up with this shady way of doing business. The Virginia government, which has been named by national magazines as ?The Best Managed State,? takes any sur...

Recent Mentions in the Media

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• HB1520
  Introduced: January 18, 2008
  Status: Continued to 2009 in Courts of Justice (11-Y 4-N)
  
  : Sentencing order; creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for failing to comply.
• HB1521
  Introduced: January 18, 2008
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0396)
  
  : Embalmers and funeral directors; continuing education
• HB1522
  Introduced: January 18, 2008
  Status: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (8-Y 6-N 1-A)
  
  : Business Assistance, Department of; abolish & transfer duties to Economic Development Partnership.
• HJ388
  Introduced: February 13, 2008
  Status: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
  
  : Commending the Mills E. Godwin High School girls' tennis team.