Comments on: Netroots gubernatorial debate 4/29 questions thread

By: jean hoffman

jean hoffman — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:29:42 +0000

i am 78 and will be 80 before the health
plan kicks in. i have three health problems that will still need care–aneurysm in my aorta, severe kidney disease and slight seizures. all of these are well under control with visits to the doctor and proper medicines. although i walk with a walker, i enjoy my life very much especially my younger grandchildren. i don’t believe it when they say i can keep my excellent policy i have now.

By: janiceenberg

janiceenberg — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:06:30 +0000

Just saying hello to you all .. Still a bit confused about the goings on here, but I guess I’ll keep poking around.

By: vjp

vjp — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:39:34 +0000

As indicated below – Mark is from Cumberland County VA

By: mosquito

mosquito — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:33:20 +0000

Question For All the Candidates– Yes or No–Will you oppose uranium drilling in Virginia?

Question for Terry McCauliffe–How can Mr. McCauliffe show that Allan Quasha has no undue influence given the profitable connection Terry McCauliffe has with Alan Quasha? (Alan Quasha is the financier who bailed George Bush out of his Harken Energy company and then set Bush up with an ownership interest in the Baseball team in Texas. Terry McCauliffe worked for Quasha and invested 100,000 which resulted in a 18 million dollar profit for McCauliffe)

Buzz….Buzz…..I’m still buzzin’ around in Portsmouth VA.

By: Anon E. Mouse

Anon E. Mouse — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:14:46 +0000

Non sequitur alert.

By: jessica

jessica — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:25:44 +0000

will you require the state to invest in solar power and energy independent housing development in the next 5 years?

also will you ban any off shore drilling for oil or natural gas forever, understanding that the health of the Chesapeake would suffer if it was allowed?

Alexandria,va

By: Brian Kirwin

Brian Kirwin — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:05:39 +0000

Correct

By: Steve Corneliussen

Steve Corneliussen — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:58:20 +0000

Following Kelly’s example, I’ll offer this addendum to my Fort Monroe question: On April 20, candidate Deeds joined the Civil War Preservation Trust and the editors of the Virginian-Pilot in calling for a Fort Monroe National Park — exactly what the developers do not want. A few days later, candidate Moran declined to engage that idea when asked about it on a radio call-in show. It’s widely agreed that the national park is best seen as something innovatively structured to allow for Fort Monroe to be self-sustaining by generating its own revenue — a task for which it has plenty of assets. Thanks.
Steven T. Corneliussen
Poquoson, Virginia

By: Kelly Place

Kelly Place — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:39:36 +0000

A federal judge recently struck down the illegal King William Reservoir permit as “Arbitrary and Capricious”. Governor Gilmore and Bob McDonnell have ignored scientists and facts while putting considerable effort into reversing previous permit denials for this ill-conceived project.

Now that the cost has quadrupled, the need totally evaporated and tens of millions wasted, the only rationale left to support the project is the money already spent. As governor will you spare Peninsula residents hundreds of millions more dollars and pull the plug on this unneeded and wasteful boondoggle?

Kelly Place
Williamsburg, VA

OK, that’s enough unless someone wants more. There is also much more wrong with this project than meets the public eye. There has never been a water project in the permitting process near as long as this one which has no end in sight. There has never been a spade of dirt turned for this project and there never will be. It should be investigated and then forgotten. It is testament to the fact that the expense of a bad project is never justification to continue it.

By: Kelly Place

Kelly Place — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:51:14 +0000

It is widely known that the proposed King William Reservoir would represent the largest permitted loss of contiguous wetlands since passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972. None of the projected demand need for the project has materialized. Now that a federal judge has ruled the long contested permit to be “arbitrary and capricious”, will you get serious about restoring the Chesapeake Bay and withdraw state support for this debacle before hundreds of millions more dollars are wasted?

Kelly Place
Williamsburg, VA

Vivian! I’m starting to have fun now! I’ve never had the pleasure of submitting a question to gubernatorial candidates.

By: Kelly Place

Kelly Place — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:19:11 +0000

The King William Reservoir project is widely known as the “Worst Water Project Ever Proposed in Virginia”. Now the federal courts have struck down the permit as illegal, the cost has quadrupled and the demand has completely failed to materialize.

As Governor will you rectify Governor Gilmore’s costly error when he helped reverse the original permit denial and withdraw state support from this ill-concieved project?

Kelly Place
Williamsburg, VA

Hi Vivian, I appreciate that you provided this forum and only submit these variants of my question in an effort to ensure one of them meets your needs. I hope you don’t mind the number of alternative phraseologies I am submitting.

By: Kelly Place

Kelly Place — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:58:52 +0000

Now that a federal court has ruled the permit for the King William Reservoir is “Arbitrary and Capricious” and the projections supporting the project proven wrong, will you correct former Governor Gilmore’s multimillion dollar mistake and withdraw state support from this harmful, illegal and unneeded project?

Kelly Place
Williamsburg, VA

PS, Vivian, in case you need a one sentence soundbite question, this is one. I prefer the first submittal because it is more substantive.

By: Kelly Place

Kelly Place — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:36:39 +0000

A federal court just struck down the permit for the King William Reservoir as “Arbitrary and Capricious” and remanded it back to the Army Corps of Engineers. Several other state and federal authorities have also tried to deny permits for the project in the past. The proponent is on record saying they could not meet the state permit conditions and would challenge them. Now the proponent just acknowledged that the demand for the project has completely failed to materialize and the cost has`already quadrupled. The Norfolk District of the Corps studied the proposal for over 10 years and recommended denial for a host of reasons and harms that could not be mitigated.

Former Governor Gilmore already cost the citizens many tens of millions of dollars when he unwisely elevated the permit to a higher authority to overturn the Corps’ original permit denial. As Governor, will you correct Gilmore’s mistake and stop state support for this illegal and unneeded project that has already cost too much and hurt too many?

Kelly Place
Williamsburg, VA

PS, Vivian, if you want documentation on any of this I can provide it immediately. I hope the question isn’t too long. I would like to have included other important factors. I may submit one or two similar questions phrased differently.
Kelly

By: Steve Corneliussen

Steve Corneliussen — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:25:52 +0000

Last month, for the third year in a row, the Civil War Preservation Trust declared Fort Monroe at risk of inappropriate, counterproductive, financially unnecessary overdevelopment. How instead could Virginians best capitalize on that national treasure’s strategic potential to enrich Tidewater and the commonwealth — not only financially, but culturally, recreationally and environmentally? (For the full background on my question, please see the “more” link in the April 26 entry on the “What’s New” page at CFMNP.org, the Web site of Citizens for a Fort Monroe National Park.)
Steven T. Corneliussen
Poquoson, Virginia

By: Mike Gropman

Mike Gropman — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:30:29 +0000

To all the candiates. What would happen to Virginia if Right to work was repealed. Would that cause a lot of businees to leave the state of Virginia?

By: Anon E. Mouse

Anon E. Mouse — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:04:17 +0000

That one would not be considered anyway.

By: Mark Brooks

Mark Brooks — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:16:24 +0000

I am from Cumberland, Virginia. I hope this suffices for my two questions above.

By: vjp

vjp — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:55:50 +0000

Guys – please leave your city and state. Your questions will not be considered without that info.

By: Anon E. Mouse

Anon E. Mouse — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:50:13 +0000

How will you combat the encroachment of the federal government on state sovereignty?

By: Mark Brooks

Mark Brooks — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:24:41 +0000

In this time of change in the way we look at energy resources, would you support increased credits from the Commonwealth for the purpose of retrofitting and for new construction, with alternative energy features?

By: Mark Brooks

Mark Brooks — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:21:18 +0000

For each candidate:

Who are your political role models? Who influenced your political views growing up?

By: vjp

vjp — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:39:09 +0000

Brian – you didn’t leave your city & state. Virginia Beach, right?

By: vjp

vjp — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:31:49 +0000

Along the same lines – what do you consider your greatest strength and why? Your greatest weakness and why?

Norfolk VA

By: vjp

vjp — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:31:07 +0000

good questions!

By: tx2vadem

tx2vadem — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:30:06 +0000

What do you consider to be your greatest accomplishment and why? Equivalently what would you consider to be your greatest disappointment (or regret) and why?

Oh and really any of the 10 questions from Inside the Actor’s Studio fame. Or those from the Proust questionnaire. I particularly like: What is your idea of happiness? What is your idea of misery? Who is your favorite hero and who is your favorite heroine in fiction? Who are your favorite hero and heroine from history?

Arlington, VA

By: Brian Kirwin

Brian Kirwin — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:28:28 +0000

What tax increase will you support for transportation?