My sincere condolences for your situation, hardship and hard feelings. I think perhaps this little Texas girl should keep her mouth shut and let those of you in Va take care of VA's business. Please pardon me. Loretta ----- Original Message ----- From: "ned heite" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 8:38 PM Subject: Re: LVA money problems. > At 7:47 PM -0500 5/4/01, Loretta Kelldorf wrote: > >Is it possible to enlist the assistance of your local tiers of government, > >the Chamber of Commerce and whatever local Economic Development Council you > >may have to reinforce your pleas for more funding? > > > Unfortunately, we have in government today a class of people who > believe that the only useful product of any government is tax relief. > They yell and rant for tax reductions without realizing, or without > caring, that every cut in taxes must equate to a similar cut in > services. Clearly they don't believe in providing services to the > citizens. > > The folly of cutting taxes is obvious to anyone with half a brain, > which I believe provides a quantitative measure of current government > intelligence. You have a governor who thinks that cutting a car tax > is an important government goal, regardless of the consequences. He > obviously values cutting the relatively benign tax far more than he > values delivery of services to citizens. > > Fascists had cool-looking uniforms and they made the trains run on > time. Does that justify the rest of Fascist programs? I think a > useful analogy can be drawn with the current leadership at the state > and national levels. > > > -- > *****[log in to unmask]****** > * * > * Grass clippings this * > * year can be lettuce * > * next year if you * > * think ahead and * > * put them on a * > * compost heap. * > * --Thanks very mulch * > ************************ > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html