Memo: Ken Cuccinelli vs Transportation Compromise

Today’s Washington Post Editorial laid bare Ken Cuccinelli’s career-long obstruction of any progress on transportation.  With Cuccinelli now threatening to use the Attorney General’s office to derail the bipartisan transportation bill because of his extreme ideological opposition to any transportation compromise, it is helpful to take a step back and look at the progression of his attempts to derail progress at every stage of the process.

November 2012:  

• Washington Post Editorial: Mr. McDonnell’s chance for a transportation legacy 

February 4, 2013: 

• Washington Examiner: Ken Cuccinelli bucks Bob McDonnell on Virginia transportation funding
  
• Washington Post: Cuccinelli backs rival roads bill 

February 11, 2013: 

• Washington Post: Virginia’s governor says he’s prepared to cut a deal on transportation 

February 22, 2013:  

• Richmond Times-Dispatch: Cuccinelli opposes transportation deal as ‘massive tax increase’ 
  
• National Journal: Cuccinelli Sides Against McDonnell Again on Transportation 

February 23, 2013:  

• Roanoke Times: Cuccinelli opinion could jeopordize deals on Medicaid, roads
  
• Free Lance-Star: Cuccinelli opinion throws Assembly, transportation into doubt 
  
• Washington Post: Cuccinelli opinion threatens Medicaid, transportation deals 

Later that day and February 24, 2013:  

• Washington Post: Virginia lawmakers approve sweeping transportation plan 
  
• Roanoke Times: Transportation plan gets OK from General Assembly
  
• Virginian-Pilot: General Assembly passes sweeping roads legislation
  
• Richmond Times-Dispatch: Assembly passes landmark transportation package
  
• Free Lance-Star: Transportation reform bill passes
  
• Daily Press: McDonnell praises GA passage of transportation bill
  
• WTVR: Senate approves historic transportation bill
  
• Washington Post: McDonnell, McAuliffe congratulate each other after transportation bill passes

But Ken Cuccinelli still doesn’t want to quit: 

March 15, 2013: 

• NBC 4: Cuccinelli Says Transportation Plan Is Still Not Done