Category: Regulations, Gov’t Oversight
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Good Move on Uranium
By Peter Galuszka Gov. Robert F. McDonnell has punted on the uranium controversy and that’s a good thing, assuming the General Assembly doesn’t lift the mining ban anyway. There are simply too many unknowns about mining the tract owned by Virginia Uranium near Chatham and the state has no knowledge or regulations about mining the…
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Thumbsucking, Richmond-style
By Peter Galuszka The incredible, shrinking Richmond Times-Dispatch offers a lot less to read these days. Under the leadership of Publisher Thomas A. Silvestri, many staffers have been fired to boost parent firm Media General’s top line. The effort hasn’t been entirely successful since its stock, once around $65 a share, is now a little better…
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Virginia: Mother of Bad Ideas
By Peter Galuszka The Mother of Presidents is back at it again. Through some legal quirk — typical for the Old Dominion — only Mitt Romney and Ron Paul will be on the ballot for the March 6 Republican primary. Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry did not meet the state’s onerous requirement for 10,000 petition signatures…
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Merry Christmas, Amazon.com!
By Peter Galuszka Christmas, regretfully, is forced, propagandized consumerism under the guide of market capitalism, albeit in new forms. One is digital sales, of which Amazon is dominant. Amazon also is about to become a big player in Virginia since it will open distribution centers in Chesterfield and Dinwiddie that will cost $135 million and employ…
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New Studies, Reports and Inanity…
Motor Vehicle Dealer Internet Access Study Report to the General Assembly In 2011 the General Assembly adopted legislation requiring all newly licensed automobile dealers to have an Internet connection and email address. The Motor Vehicle Dealer Board even engaged the Point Management Group to conduct a study, which proceeded to document that all MVDB dealers…
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Should Dominion Virginia Power Spin Off its Nukes?
Over the past two years, Dominion Virginia Power has experienced 14 unplanned shutdowns of its four nuclear reactors, by the Times-Dispatch’s counting. Is it time for the power company to consider spinning off its nukes or selling them to someone who can do a better job of running them? I ask that question after encountering…
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Update to “Bedeviled and Becalmed”
Alert reader “Too Many Taxes” brings to my attention the sponsorship of House Bill 1198 by Del. James M. LeMunyon, R-Chantilly, in the past session of the General Assembly. The bill would have required state transportation agencies to “evaluate all significant transportation projects in and near the Northern Virginia Transportation District, including both highway and…
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The Wonk Salon, September 29, 2011
Alcohol Wholesalers Seek to Preserve Regulatory Fiefdoms Competitive Enterprise Institute Alcohol wholesalers run to Congress to preserve regulatory fiefdoms eroded by a recent court case. Count on a Republican to craft the anti-free market legislation. Foreign Teachers: Exploited and Exploiters Center for Immigration Studies The importation of teachers from the Philippines under temporary worker programs…