Allen was a wonderful governor. Unfortunately, his successor (Jim Gilmore) was a disaster who forced a stupid tax cut through and wound up looking like a fool because of it. Before you get carried away, I believe in all tax cuts. But this one was an elimination of automobile property taxes, it was an insignificant tax cut and when the state had budget problems (the Virginia Constitution requires a balanced budget), Gilmore refused to bend on this. This basically eliminated any chance of the GOP candidate being elected governor in 2001 (a Virginia governor can serve unlimited terms, but he cannot succeed himself).
Are you from Virginia??