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Dear
Gov.-elect Timmaayyyy! The
Honorable Timothy Kaine, by the grace of God,
Governor of Virginia, His Excellency-elect.
After
hearing you sir, our governor-elect, sound off at
the Staunton transportation town hall, the Blue Dog
believes you’re already backing away from locking
up the transportation trust fund.
Did
we witness the all-bark, no-bite transportation tour
earlier this month? Maybe you’re a political
pussycat, err - the Blue Dog meant to say 'fraidycat.
As suggested, the Blue Dog considered e-mailing his
transportation thoughts and concerns to the governor-elect, but thought
the Blue Dog Tales column would be more efficient
and economical vehicle to get your undivided
attention.
First
off, the Blue Dog smells a gas tax fermenting in the
Virginia Senate without legislating the Kaine
campaign promise of a transportation lockbox.
Hey,
Gov.-elect Timmaayyyy! Timmaaayyyawww! Don't become
the second coming of the 1980s Yellow Dog Democratic
governor Gerald Bailes, who hastily raised gas taxes
as well as state transportation spending in the
Commonwealth.
That
failed logic has gone the way of the horsewhip and
buggy! It’s like reading Gordon Morse Code on the WaPo
Internet blog.
However,
you can almost smell the stench of the higher-tax
advocates and Chamber of Commerce sycophants in the
Richmond winter air in 2005. During the
Warner administration, state taxes flowed across
Virginia in double-digits to Richmond through the
murky, deep waters of the James River
while
the not-so-sweet smell of state economic development
and growth has been squandered on state spending
sprees for future presidential votes and Gov.
Mollycoddle's pet projects.
These
higher state revenues streams were often hidden in
the governor's scandalous budget projections and his
bogus scary bond ratings.
Who
could forget the Oscar-winning citizen-town-hall
performances by His Excellency, the Mollycoddle,
Gov. Mark Warner and his unending cast of state
union workers and educrat groupies and media
sycophants characters?
More
to the point, those legislative rivers in Richmond
grew heaving with freshwater attorney sharks and
their bottom-feeding lobbyist counterparts.
While
the State Capitol riverbanks became infested with
political toadies, burned-out gadflies and lizards
and snakes begging for more state spending and
higher regressive taxes on middle and lower incomes.
What a slimy bunch! Timmaayyyy! Don't mix with the
Lords of the Underworld!
There's
no doubt, I agree with your mission statement,
governor-elect: Virginia needs better
decision-making processes with regard to
transportation planning and spending. However,
common-sense budget cuts along with ending the
multitudes of wasteful Virginia Department of
Transportation road and construction projects, which
are never mentioned as a solution by politicians and
state government.
Hey,
Gov.-elect Timmaayyyy! Timmaaayyyawww! Instead of
supporting the local toll-enhanced and corporate
pork-barreled mega-highway that is sponsored by the
Star Solution advocates, please champion the
alternate Rail Solution proposal for I-81, which is
paid for by out-of-state NAFTA truckers and funded
in part by the federal government.
Think
long haul and long term - rails are a good starting
point. In addition, please don't appoint any pompous
campaign contributors with their corporate and
political agendas to the Commonwealth Transportation
Board like your predecessors, who have played homage
to the good ol' boys network for decades.
As
a gesture of good faith along with open and honest
government in the Commonwealth, only appoint
qualified land planners and transportation experts
to these CTB positions. Don't ignore the road-
rejectionists and the flat-earthers!
As
the highest elected official and leader of our
state, you, sir, need to find room at the table for
all concerned citizens - no matter the political
agenda - who honestly and sincerely care about the
future of the Commonwealth.
Hey,
Gov.-elect Timmaayyyy! Timmaaayyyawww! Please note
that by forwarding this Blue Dog letter to any
unruly sycophants and Virginia Democrats, you are
saying, in effect, "If you don't do what I tell
you to do, such a dump on the dog and his blog,
something bad will happen to you."
Don't
become another self-centered and vindictive
Mollycoddle-like politician and let the paid
handlers and hacks working on the Third Floor do
your political dirty work.
Yeah,
the Blue Dog has gotten through two columns without
saying "Choir Boy" once, and would like to
mend fences with Kaine administration instead of
paving more asphalt on that road.
Has
the Blue Dog lowered his pride to beg for Kaine
crumbs? Bah! Nyah! Bah, hum-doggie! Mm-hm!
Is
the Dog thawing relationships for an upcoming road
to Richmond? Aah, yes! Aah, no! Aah, maybe so! Aah,
who knows! Aah, keep guessing!
For
the record, the Blue Dog will neither confirm nor
deny as the speculation begins because the political
future is always in motion for the Blue Dog.
The
Adventure. Heh! The Excitement. Heh! The Glory. Heh!
The Book. Heh! Please don't read between Blue's
column lines for a hidden message…
Gov.-elect
Timmaayyyy! Timmaaayyyawww! Remember, the Blue Dog
still has the secret decoder rings at his disposal.
Along with those trusty anti-tax crusaders and
curmudgeons at the Club for Growth! Never bark up
the wrong tree in the hunt for the truth.
Regards,
The
Blue Dog
P.S.
Please appoint Delacey Skinner as press secretary in
your administration. After all, she's not such a
dumb blonde!
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January 3, 2006
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