Governor Spanberger Must Veto or Admit She’s Not in Charge
This session, the General Assembly sent over 1,000 bills to Governor Spanberger for her signature. She signed 852 into law, vetoed 8 and proposed amendments to 180. Even though some of her amendments were little more than window dressing (see article on Paid Family and Medical Leave) and a few were substantive, the General Assembly […]
Gerrymandering is not the Virginia Way
Today’s referendum isn’t complicated. It’s not really about “fairness.” It’s not really “temporary.” And it’s not really about Virginia. It’s about power. The Great Reversal For years, Democrats, from Barack Obama on down, warned that gerrymandering was a threat to democracy itself. In fact, the left nationally, and in Virginia, have been more vocal in […]
Referendum Passes Amid Confusion and Flood of Out-of-State Money
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jefferson Forum Calls on Supreme Court of Virginia to Act Swiftly on Constitutional Violations Today’s passage of Virginia’s redistricting referendum raises serious concerns about the role of voter confusion, misleading ballot language, and unprecedented outside spending in shaping the outcome of a consequential constitutional change. Ironically, the approximately 51% to 49% […]
Spanberger Proposes Radical Rewrite on Energy Regulation, Challenging Leaders of Her Own Party and Dominion
Governor Abigail Spanberger (D) has proposed that the General Assembly return to the misguided practice of dictating by law a utility profit margin, overturning a bipartisan reform approved just three years ago. It is no different than her effort to end the bipartisan reforms against political gerrymandering and again put politicians in charge of that. A profit cap on Dominion Energy Virginia is one of […]