Posted on 01/15/2022 6:00:03 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Newly-minted Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin started his first day in office with a bang that could reverberate across the nation as a signal to other governors on the fence between the people and the donor class.
Signing a slate of executive orders, Youngkin fulfilled some of the biggest promises he made to voters during his groundbreaking gubernatorial run. The orders include:
Youngkin also pledged to “restore integrity and confidence” in the state Parole Board, a move bolstered by the appointment of new Attorney General Jason Miyares, who has already announced he will begin the prosecution of criminal activities in districts in which Soros-backed District Attorneys refuse. There are also provisions for fighting human trafficking and antisemitism. Youngkin signed the orders immediately after his Saturday, January 15th inauguration.
Executive Order Number One delivers on his Day One promise to restore excellence in education by ending the use of divisive concepts, including Critical Race Theory, in public education.
Executive Order Number Two delivers on his Day One promise to empower Virginia parents in their children’s education and upbringing by allowing parents to make decisions on whether their child wears a mask in school.
Executive Order Number Three delivers on his Day One promise to restore integrity and confidence in the Parole Board of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Executive Order Number Four delivers on his Day One promise to investigate wrongdoing in Loudoun County.
Executive Order Number Five delivers on his Day One promise to make government work for Virginians by creating the Commonwealth Chief Transformation Officer.
Executive Order Number Six delivers on his Day One promise to declare Virginia open for business.
Executive Order Number Seven delivers on his Day One promise to combat and prevent human trafficking and provide support to survivors.
Executive Order Number Eight delivers on his Day One promise to establish a commission to combat antisemitism.
Executive Order Number Nine delivers on his Day One promise to withdraw from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
Executive Directive Number One delivers on his fulfilling his Day One promise to jumpstart our economy by cutting job killing regulations by 25 percent.
Executive Directive Number Two delivers on his fulfilling his Day One promise to restore individual freedoms and personal privacy by rescinding the vaccine mandate for all state employees.
Governor @GlennYoungkin has signed an executive order giving parents an opt-out right from school mask mandates. pic.twitter.com/fLWm8IywX7
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) January 15, 2022
Both Governor Youngkin and Lieutenant-Governor Winsome Sears have been very vocal about turning away from government overreach and restoring as much power to the people as possible. Perhaps the one order that could have significant ripple effects in the national education sector is the pledge to support the parents of Loundon County by investigating violations and corruption in their school district and adjacent bureaucracies.
Time will tell if Virginians start seeing significant improvements in their state, but there is no doubt the gauntlet has been thrown down, and the challenge will be carrying this momentum of the citizenry through 2022 and 2024.
God bless Virginia. Amazing.
To those the disparage or talk ill about the new Gov. Sod off.
It is a undiscovered red state. Move east young kin.
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Yeah.
Off to a good start.
Turns out to be fake news! Read the details posted above...
The rest are just hand-waving ideas or committees that will study and spend years wasting taxpayer money and accomplishing only headlines during election cycles...
We'll have to wait for the 12-, 24-, & 36-month report cards on what has actually been accomplished
IMHO, at this point, he resembles George Walker Bush...
The rest of Virginia has liberated their State from the Leftists who have infested Northern Virginia.
Fantastic!!!
Amen
All great moves!! We need someone like him in every state!
Norfolk, Hampton Roads, and VA. Beach need a good nuking too, esp. Their Progressive DAs.
If he could simply keep traffic moving on 95 between DC and Richmond... our last two times to SC were awful!
Did he win by a big margin?
bttt
“To those the disparage or talk ill about the new Gov. Sod off.”
Amen to that!
“IMHO, at this point, he resembles George Walker Bush... “
Bullshit. Grow up.
Now he needs to work with the legislature to overturn the onerous and fascist sexual orientation and gender identity regulations.
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