Sunday, March 17, 2013
The bill will generate $880 million for statewide transportation projects, and Northern Virginia is guaranteed a piece.
The recently passed Virginia transportation funding bill isn't perfect, but it was reached through compromise - that was the message conveyed Tuesday night by local members of the Virginia General Assembly to the South County Federation. "The bill is pretty bullet proof," said Del. Dave Albo (D-42nd), a House representative on the transportation bill conference committee. "And if the money is not use for roads, the bill stipulates that all the revenue sources cease to exist… There's going to be some things in there you don't like, there are some things I don't like. It's not a perfect plan." The transportation bill will generate $880 million in new revenue for state roadway projects, and Fairfax County will see $47.6 million annually and…
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Dels. Dave Bulova, Eileen Filler-Corn, David Bulova, Vivian Watts, Sens. Dick Saslaw, Chap Petersen, and other lawmakers gather in Richmond for the 2013 Virginia General Assembly.
The Virginia General Assembly convened Wednesday for its 2013 session at the state Capitol in Richmond with lots of hot-button issues before them such as transportation, school security, gun laws and uranium mining. As they arrived today, lawmakers likely saw several hundred protesting demonstrators on both sides of the abortion debate demonstrating outside of the Capitol. According to Richmond Sunlight, the 100 members of the House of Delegates have filed 1,153 bills and the 40 members of the Senate have filed 597. The 140 elected representatives are from an equal number of constituent districts across the commonwealth. The House of Delegates is presided over by the Speaker of the House. The Senate is presided over by the Lieutenant …
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Three-time national champions honored by Virginia General Assembly on Thursday.
Just back from winning their third consecutive National Dance Alliance (NDA) Hip Hop championship, the West Springfield High School Dance Team (WSDT) received a standing ovation from the Virginia General Assembly on Thursday. The team was in Richmond to receive a Center Aisle Presentation from Delegates Eileen Filler-Corn (D-41), Dave Albo (R-42) and Charniele Herring (D-46). WSDT scored 9.986 at the national competition in Orlando, Fla. "It's one of the (if not the) highest score in NDA Hip Hop history," said a team member on the group's Facebook page. "Words can't explain how we feel. Thank you everyone who has supported us." Last year, WSDT competed in NBC's America's Got Talent, making it all the way into the finals. The team of 17 …
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Friday, February 24, 2012
In House floor monologue, Del. Albo says Del. Englin's appearance on Rachel Maddow show killed the mood between Albo and his wife Tuesday night
Del. Dave Albo (R-Springfield) asked Del. David Englin (D-Alexandria) for an apology on the House floor Friday, blaming Englin's appearance on the Rachel Maddow Show on Tuesday for spoiling intimacy with Albo's wife that night. According to Albo, he drove home to Fairfax County after the "contentious debate" on Tuesday over ultrasound bill SB484 to see his wife and child. After he read his boy to sleep, he went into the living room to spend time with his wife in front of their big screen television. Albo brought her some red wine, put on some "theme music" and turned on the Redskins channel. "Now I know you think that's weird," Albo said. "But my wife loves the Redskins more than me." On the way to finding the Redskins channel, Albo …
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
POLL: Is General Assembly on right track with votes on curbing abortion, repealing handgun law, banning of gay adoptions?
If you didn't know that Republicans were in control of the Virginia General Assembly in Richmond, you should know it by now. While "jobs, jobs, jobs" is the mantra across much of the country, Virginia's Republican senators and delegates have been hard at work during their 60-day session changing the state's cultural landscape. Since starting work in Richmond last month, members have voted on an array of socially conservative issues including: Voter ID Bill The Virginia House and Senate have both passed bills requiring photo ID to vote; the National Conference of State Legislatures' offers a detailed map and information about other states that run the gamut on requirements. "There are no documented cases of voter impersonation in Virginia …
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Proposals by area legislators include hike in gas tax, campaign sign clutter, giving localities right to ban smoking in parks.
Northern Virginia lawmakers will make their case for hiking gas taxes, banning smoking in parks, cutting the clutter of campaign signs and dozens of other proposals beginning at 12 Noon Wednesday, the official start of the 2012 legislative session of the General Assembly in Richmond. The three proposals are just a sampling of what lawmakers will consider during the 60-day session in the state capital. Lawmakers' first order of business may be to determine who is in charge in the Senate. Evenly divided by party, it's uncertain whether Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling can step in and serve as a tie-breaker on some votes. At 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Gov. Bob McDonnell will deliver his State of the Commonwealth address. A budget shortfall …
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Held campaign kickoff at Cardinal Forest Elementary School in Springfield
Jack Dobbyn has his work cut out for him if he wants to defeat Del. Dave Albo (R-42) in November. "This campaign is winnable. We can beat Dave Albo," said Dobbyn, a Democrat, on Sunday to supporters at his campaign kickoff at Cardinal Forest Elementary School in Springfield. "A lot of people are apathetic about the chances to beat Dave Albo. I'm not." Can Dobbyn, president of the Fairfax County Young Democrats, defeat the 17-year incumbent? As of June 30th, his campaign had $21,810 in the bank versus $72,905 for Albo. In 2009, Albo defeated Democratic challenger Gregory Werkheiser by 11,767 votes to 9,006 votes in the most expensive delegate's race in Virginia's history. Albo raised and spent $927,217, and Werkheiser raised $781,828, of …
Friday, July 8, 2011
Faces opponent Jack Dobbyn in November
Dave Albo is the most senior Northern Virginian Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates, but don't let that fool you. He will still have to fight for reelection. "My district has been Democratic for the last 10 years," Albo told Patch from his office on Old Keene Mill Road in Springfield. "It voted more than 60 percent for Barack Obama in 2008. But one of the things about Northern Virginia is how highly educated people are. So, people don't just go into the booth and vote like robots here, and the way I've managed to be successful in all my elections is that I just work my ass off." The tide of a local election can be turned by a few hundred votes. In 2009, Albo defeated Democratic challenger Gregory Werkheiser by 11,767 votes…
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Improving traffic, education are top priorities for political newcomer.
Political newcomer Jack Dobbyn has embarked in a campaign that the Washington Post has dubbed one of the "most competitive House races in the state." Dobbyn, a Mount Vernon native, anticipates the challenge. Last week, he announced his candidacy for the House of Delegates’ 42nd District and will take on longtime Republican incumbent Dave Albo, who is running for his tenth term in office. Dobbyn, who is the Vice President of Operations at his family’s real estate business, became highly involved with the Fairfax County Democratic Committee in the late 2000s and served as treasurer of the Lee District Democrats. He currently serves as the chairman of the Fairfax County Young Democrats. “The more I got involved, the more I realized there was…
Bill Tracy
1:35 pm on Sunday, March 17, 2013
It's hard to comment because Gov. McDonnell may make further amendments this week. But I certainly hope the rest of this bill has been more well thought out than the ill-advised proposal to tax hybrid cars such as Prius. I estimate that Prius is one of the most highly taxed cars in VA already. Adding insult to injury - with another fee - could only hurt our state's standing and its economy. more ›