Many localities have chosen to do away with their county windshield stickers. They were/are a pain to put on and a pain to take off. It is time to do the same with the annual inspection sticker. Most inspection stations can't get them on straight and leave a mess when they take them off. Instead, place two small stickers with the month and year at the bottom of the license plate (the same as the registration expiration stickers on the top of the plate). No more window stickers!
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Legalization of Sunday Hunting
Submitted by 3sheets on Mon, 09/08/2008 - 11:53pm.In order to:
1. help keep Virginia Hunting related revenue in Virginia
2. bring out-of-state Hunting related revenue into Virginia
3. have better contol over the ever increasing populations of Deer and Coyotes
4. provide an additional day to help intoduce our youth to Hunting and it's associated conservation efforts
... It's way past time to finally legalize Sunday Hunting in Virginia !!!
Early Voting at the Polls (in Person)
Submitted by Paula on Wed, 10/08/2008 - 4:48pm.Currently Virginia offers absentee ballots for citizens who will not be in the area on election day and mail in ballots for those unable to get to the polls. Our Commonweath does not have an early voting opportunity at the polling place to allow citizens greater opportunity for participation.
Going back to 65 percent in the prison system.
Submitted by bnard127 on Fri, 09/19/2008 - 9:43am.I have a major problem concerning the Department of Corrections. Recently Governor Kaine informed the state that the out of state inmates we were housing from Wyoming ere going to have to leave becasue of a pending lawsuit filed by Virginia Beach aganst the Department of Corrections. That has cost the department 18 million dollars in revenue since those inmates will not be housed in Virginia any more. The bigger problem is the fact when former Gov.
Get rid of VITA
Submitted by tsptech on Tue, 09/09/2008 - 8:48am.Ever since the creation of VITA, dispite GA disaproval for the agency, By Gov Warner they have been a drain on all other agencies budget. due to the fact that they are a self financing agency they charge upwards to 25% additional for their so called services. This agency has been ripping off other agencies to support themselves. It originally was tasked with a 5% add on to fund themselves but now it is way higher than that. All their employees walk arounf with new laptops and aircards while other agency's personnel use computers that will only run Windows 98.&n
WEED out Obsolete Laws: Sex between MARRIED couples illegal?
Submitted by JonathonMoseley on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 6:38pm.Personal Property Tax(Car Tax)
Submitted by Ronn226 on Wed, 09/10/2008 - 9:49pm.Since the car tax will be with us for a long time, it should be changed from a tax based on value to a flat rate per vehicle.
Why should we be penalized for buying a new car? The tax would be easier to apply and also help the ailing auto sales in Virginia.
Open Document Format
Submitted by cwollenberg on Tue, 09/09/2008 - 10:25am.OpenOffice, is a free and open office suite that anyone can download off the internet. It is supported by major industry leaders such as Sun Microsystems, the project lead. You can find much more about this wonderful and free software suite here:
http://why.openoffice.org/
Bio-diesel fuel for state vehicles
Submitted by mmoracz on Mon, 09/08/2008 - 1:44pm.We are a small company located in Norfolk VA and we sell biodiesel processors that convert used vegetable oil into biodiesel fuel that can be used to run in ANY type of diesel equipment/vehicle. The state has the resources of used oil and should convert any state vehicles into a biodiesel running car. Biodiesel, on average can be made for under a dollar a gallon and therefore the savings in fuel costs could be spent on other projects for the state.
Early Retirement
Submitted by dtallman on Tue, 09/09/2008 - 8:36am.Make it possible for Va State Employees to retire early with full benefits, at least 50 years of age and 20 years of experience.