While Richmond was distracted by the State Senate, I got a hold of Jeff Frederick yesterday and asked him about the sales tax-hike fiasco. He informed me that he would object to that portion of the budget and fight it when it gets to the House floor (which should be tomorrow).
While I know the Northam-Twitter-Griffith brouhaha is a juicy story, we cannot let this tax increase get out of Richmond alive. So, dear readers (and especially my fellow bloggers) kindly let Richmond know that killing this is the top priority.
My staff checked with Appropriations Committee staff, and they said the sales tax provision is in the Senate version of the budget, not the House.
Del. Bob Marshall
Did the Appropriations staff tell you about this?
http://leg2.state.va.us/WebData/09amend.nsf/bdaf73bc8841c0778525688b005f54a8/35de6c0d5d09acdf852575590007434e?OpenDocument
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