Virginia News Headlines: Monday Morning

by: lowkell

Mon Aug 13, 2012 at 06:24:36 AM EDT

*Paul Ryan Only Passed 2 Bills Into Law In More Than A Decade
*Paul Ryan: Randian poseur ("Mitt Romney couldn't have chosen a better example of the fakery at the heart of today's GOP")
*No, Paul Ryan is not 'courageous'
*Mitt Romney Would Pay 0.82 Percent in Taxes Under Paul Ryan's Plan (Gee, wonder why Romney picked him...)
*Obama Welcomes 'Ideological Leader' Paul Ryan to Race (Or more to the point, Ryan the "radical, extremist ideologue")
*Red super PACs garner the most green in Va. - nearly $4M this election cycle
*Federal officials: Airports authority board is dysfunctional and secretive (They're just figuring this out? Duhhhhhhhhhh.)
*Snap Poll: Democrat and Republican Officials Respond to Romney's VP Pick ("A strong majority of Democrats think both Virginia Democrats and President Barack Obama can win their elections in November largely by running against Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plans and his proposals for Medicare, according to a weekend Northern Virginia Patch 'snap poll.'")
*Bob McDonnell says Obama is "unwinding" welfare-to-work requirements (Even the Republican-leaning PolitiFact says Bob McDonnell's claim is FALSE)
*'Sequestration,' now political toy, could crush Va. (Between sequestration and Ryan's kill-the-government plan, Virginia's economy would be toast.)
*Not Your Daddy's Virginia: Ryan Reaction Mixed
*Goodlatte, Warner, Webb agree on ethanol mandate reprieve
*For U-Va. board, an uneasy reunion
*Editorial: A test for Virginia's new DUI law ("An expansion of ignition interlock rules demands extra effort to ensure the program operates efficiently")
*Editorial: Don't lose sight of the woods for one tree ("Virginia Tech cut down a centuries-old tree not for a malevolent end but to protect people who use Stadium Woods.")
*Time to talk taxes in Chesapeake
*Sikhs open temple to educate Richmond community
*Nationals aren't invincible after all