Moving day at the Virginia Executive Mansion
By JR Hoeft | Friday, January 15th, 2010 | Catch-All
A wonderful sight indeed.
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Conservative to the core; liberal with his opinion! J.R. has been involved in politics for over a decade and has worked on several campaigns in Hampton Roads. He has served on the Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Chesapeake and the Central Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia. He is also the director of “Blogs United” in Virginia. E-mail J.R.. Follow J.R. on Twitter.
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8 Responses to "Moving day at the Virginia Executive Mansion"
Don’t let the door hit ya where the Good Lord split ya!!! Bye TIMMY… now stand aside and let a real Governor get to work!
Seems to me that before he even was inaugurated McDonnell already started backtracking on his transportation plan. He had the plan and Deeds did not. Now where is the plan? Evidently on the back burner.
I guess we can still hope he will get around to it some day. It was a centerpiece of his campaign, but now that he has been elected it is no longer a priority.
Forgive me for the double post but…
McDonnell’s solution to the transportation problem seems to be no solution before he even takes office. Instead of all things on the table, he just wipes the table clean. He ran on it, but as he takes office he avoids and belittles the problem.
Deeds was wrong and he was right. Is it wrong for voters to expect him to deliver on his promises?
Gee Little D, do you think maybe you could at least let the man take the flippin’ oath of office before you say he hasn’t done anything? Transitions don’t happen overnight.
He’s got a lot going on, including having to replace the Commissioner of Transporation. Virginia’s transporiation mess has festered for years. It’s a bit unrealistic to think that Bob McDonnell could have solved it in the days since the election, and before he’s actually in office.
Maybe he doesn’t have it figured out. Maybe he can’t fix it. But to criticize him for it now seems just a little bit childish.
Ward,
I am only going by what the man himself said he is going to do before he took the oath. He’s saying he is not going to take up the transportation issue, he is going to push it to the back burner. Seems to me your problem should be with him and not with me.
What he said David, is that there are other priorities that must be dealt with first. He has consistently said that jobs were his first priority. And, he was presented with a budget from Governor Kaine that was far more bleak than even anticipated. He’s said he needs to look first for areas where the budget can be adjusted and funding shifted to transportation (I’m paraphrasing).
He’s also said that he’s not going to waste time and the people’s money on a special transportation session where the legislators will not agree. He’s got a plan, but he also understands the reality that the General Assembly won’t easily accept it.
That’s not ignoring transportation. That’s prioritizing.
What good are roads when people have no job to drive to, or no way to pay for their gas?
Seems to me, I have no problem with the Governor. Your mileage, so to speak, may vary.
In the past I explained just how that was going to be McDonnell’s excuse. He was the guy who ran for Governor, but even he couldn’t have realized ahead of time just how bleak things actually were. Well I am not buying it. Mark Warner used that excuse and at least he had the explanation that he was not deeply involved in government before he took office. McDonnell was deeply involved in government and should have been aware of the problem as he was campaigning. If he now is suddenly shocked… shocked I tell you… just how severe the problem is it does imbue me with a sense of confidence the reigns are in capable hands.
I understand the need for priorities. However in my household, while I prioritize, that does not mean it is OK for some things to be left undone. Transportation has been a festering problem left unresolved by previous administrations. McDonnell said he had a plan. All he has to do now is put this supposedly great plan into action.
Or can’t he do more then one thing at a time?
I will not accept explanations on how hard it is to achieve results with a divided legislature. That is what Deeds campaigned on and McDonnell faulted him for it.
Yeah that’s a wonderful building. Very attractive.
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