The Bull Elephant
  • Home
  • About The Bull Elephant
  • Fun Stuff
  • Contact The Bull Elephant
Latest Posts
Accountability
The World is Not Ending
We’re on the eve of Socialism
Why I supported a convention and why we...
Letter to the General Assembly
Vague, confusing ‘workplace harassment’ bill is back in...
Kenneth McDuff

The Bull Elephant

  • Home
  • About The Bull Elephant
  • Fun Stuff
  • Contact The Bull Elephant
Virginia General Assembly

Virginia’s Special Session: Act In Haste, Repent At Leisure

written by Guest Contributor Kerry Dougherty July 21, 2020

Get ready, Virginia. Bad things are brewing in Richmond.

On Friday, Gov. Ralph Northam announced that he was bringing the General Assembly back for a special session on August 18.

Lucky us.

The mischief that the far-left majority – bankrolled by Michael Bloomberg – could get into should alarm every moderate Virginian.

There are only two topics that should be on the table for this extraordinary session:

1) How to plug the massive hole in the budget that occurred when Northam’s shutdowns wrecked the economy and 2) How to rein in a governor who used his emergency powers to take almost total control of the commonwealth in March and who seems determined to govern indefinitely by edict without legislative oversight.

That’s it. Everything else should wait until January for the regular session when the legislators have time to fully debate issues and most importantly, when the public has the opportunity to weigh in. Special sessions should be severely limited in scope and not an opportunity for lawmakers to ram through legislation that wouldn’t pass in less emotional times.

Northam and his pals in the state legislature seem determined to act while anti-law enforcement fever is burning bright. It brings to mind the saying: Act in haste, repent at leisure.

Here’s an alarming report of what Northam is planning from The Richmond Times-Dispatch:

“I look forward to bringing legislators back in session as we continue to navigate these unprecedented times,” Northam said Friday. “We have a unique opportunity to provide critical support to Virginians, invest strategically in our economic recovery, and make progress on policing and criminal justice reform.”

As protests over systemic racism and police brutality continue, Northam said he backs the efforts by House and Senate Democrats to tackle these issues this summer.

 

The Northam administration said in a statement Friday it expects to champion legislation “aimed at police accountability and oversight, use of force, increased training and education, and officer recruitment, hiring, and decertification.”

 

Yep, looks like Virginia’s Democrats are allowing the statue-toppling, paint-throwing mobs to dictate the agenda next month.

What Virginia needs right now is a measured plan to cope with the sharp drop in state revenue.

Instead, what Virginians are likely to get will be sloppy laws designed to appease the state’s cop-hating minority.

Originally published at another excellent Virginia blog kerrydougherty.com 

 

Virginia’s Special Session: Act In Haste, Repent At Leisure was last modified: July 21st, 2020 by Guest Contributor Kerry Dougherty
General Assembly August 18Virginia revenue drop
0 comment
Guest Contributor Kerry Dougherty

In a long career as a daily journalist I spent six years at The Washington Post, three as a freelancer in Ireland during the Troubles and 33 years at The Virginian-Pilot. From 2000 until 2017 I was a thrice-weekly conservative metro columnist for The Pilot covering politics and pop culture. In December of 2017 I took a severance package and launched kerrydougherty.com where we have fresh content every weekday. Our motto: No days off. I’m married with two grown children and a granddaughter and live in Virginia Beach.

Your life will be better if you click one of these

Accountability

January 20, 2021

The World is Not Ending

January 20, 2021

We’re on the eve of Socialism

January 19, 2021

Why I supported a convention and why...

January 19, 2021

Letter to the General Assembly

January 19, 2021

Vague, confusing ‘workplace harassment’ bill is back...

January 19, 2021

Kenneth McDuff

January 18, 2021

State Central Committee to vote AGAIN for...

January 18, 2021

Chuck Smith for Attorney General announces fundraising...

January 18, 2021

At the current rate it will take...

January 18, 2021

Fun Stuff

  • We’re on the eve of Socialism

  • This week’s memes, Buffalo Man edition

  • This week in Memes–Happy New Year edition

  • Sunday Memes–Stimulus edition

  • Sunday Memes, Dr. Who?

Advertisement

Advertisement

Sign Up for Email Alerts

Select list(s):

Advertisement

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

@2017 Bull Elephant Media LLC.


Back To Top