Good news from the General Assembly: Ladies may soon be able to carry guns in their purses into a restaurant. However, they must tell the waitress or the maitre d’ that they are packing heat.
Assembly Anonymous
VW Tax Break Nearly Crashes in House
Zip, zip … The Senate Finance Committee had no trouble deciding that the loss of $600,000 in taxes was small price to pay for a $100 million capital investment for a new VW plant in Northern Virginia. That plant will create 400 new jobs along with a huge payroll. The average salary? $150,000.
Support Your Local Sheriff’s Color Scheme
The color of sheriffs’ cars was the topic late last week in the Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee. Del. Riley Ingram, at the request of the Hopewell sheriff wanted to change the law so sheriffs’ offices could have car colors other than white or dark brown. The goal is for the public to recognize sheriffs’ cars by the color. That may not be easy after a vote Friday.
Playing Chicken at the General Assembly
Let’s face it. A chicken doesn’t have a lot of happy choices.
Assembly Anonymous thinks it’s magnanimous for Dels. Riley Ingram, Jim Scott, Morgan Griffith and Sen. Tommy Norment to attempt to save chickens from cockfights. But, golly, cockfighting or Kentucky Fried?
Hands off ABC Stores and a GOP Gunslinger Comes to Town
Could your local ABC store turn into a mini Barnes and Noble with wine and cheese instead of coffee and sweets?