From fleet management to contracting out road maintenance, there are plenty of ways to produce hundreds of millions of dollars in savings for state government....

Governor McDonnell’s Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring will soon begin identifying opportunities to streamline, consolidate, privatize or eliminate inefficient or unnecessary services, programs and authorities in Virginia state government. The state parks should be among the many state services and agencies the Commission ultimately puts under the microscope.

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There are 34,477 military personnel on active duty who are legal residents of Virginia and thankfully most of Virginia’s counties and independent cities do a good job of mailing out unmarked absentee ballots by the 45th day preceding the election....

When Governor McDonnell’s Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring begins its work Virginia State Parks should be among the many state services put under the microscope....