VNN Ask The Governor summary for August 2010
Here is the summary of the Ask the Governor program for August 2010.
1. The show opened with questions about the recent surplus announcement. Some people are upset that of the 403 million dollar surplus that Governor McDonnell recently announced, only a fraction of that money has been spoken for. The Governor says that's the way that budgets have always beenc alculated. The Governor says all this mandated spending makes it difficult to save some of the surplus money, or give it back to the people.
2. The Governor says he will have results from all eight town hall meetings he's held across the state and will talk more about what's going to happen with his goal to privatize state ABC stores. All that information will come September 8th.
3. A person e-mailed a question wondering if it was wise that the state spend $17,000 on those Virginia is open for business signs that are tacked on state welcome signs. McDonnell defended the decision by saying that the state is competing for business in a tight economy, and he wants to make sure we have every edge.
4. A caller asked if the VRS fund that was raided at the beginning of the recession would be restored. Governor McDonnell assured that it will. Another caller was vehemet about getting both Jim Webb and Mark Warner out of office. McDonnell defended both Senators in saying that they are working hard to keep the Joint Forces Command center in Norfolk. He reminded the caller that he should vote when the Senate terms of Warner and Webb are up.
The next Ask the Governor program is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, September 30th. We hope you can join us.
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