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Virginia motorists convicted of minor traffic violations will face a new, multi-year tax beginning July 1. Led by state Delegate David B. Albo (R-Springfield), lawmakers slipped a driver responsibility tax into a larger transportation funding bill signed by Governor Tim Kaine (D) in April. Albo, a senior partner in the Albo & Oblon, LLP traffic law firm, can expect to see a significant increase in business as motorists seek to protect their wallet from traffic tickets that come with assessments of up to $3000 in addition to an annual point tax that tops out at $700 a year for as...

A Northern Virginia anti-gun "Republican" legislator, Dave Albo, is trying to raise taxes through the back door on Virginians. And guess why he's doing it? To fill his own pockets! He wants to increase the fines for speeders and other serious traffic offense by hundreds of dollars. Why? I guess he wants to increase the size of the nanny state exponetially. The Virginia Club for Growth is all over it: "On a personal level, for Del. Albo to be sponsoring such a bill also sets a terrible precedent. In proposing this legislation Albo is facing an apparent, if not actual,...

I just wanted to alert everybody that the most anti-gun legislator in Virginia is a Republican: Dave Albo, of Springfield, Virginia. He might as well be marching with the Million Mom March. Today he voted against allowing citizens to exercise their constitutional rights and carry concealed weapons on public property. I'm frankly outraged by this. This guy has voted time and again against gun rights. I mean - for gods sake! Even some Democrats support gun rights in Virginia. I can't believe this guy...we've got a 30 vote majority in the House and he can't find the will to support...