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Fellow VA Freepers....please attend these remaining budget hearings to speak AGAINST the tax increases...get their EARLY and sign up to speak. See the note below the VEA teacher's union is sending to their minions..... ***************************************************** Date: Monday 3/29/04 Time: 6-8:00 PM Place: Rockbridge Regional Library, Lexington Legislator: Delegate Ben Cline Date: Tuesday 3/30/04 Time: 5-7:00 PM Place: Amherst County Courthouse Legislator: Delegate Ben Cline Date: Tuesday 3/30/04 Time: 6:30 PM Place: L. C. Bird High School, 10301 Courthouse Road, Chesterfield County Legislators: Senator Steve Martin (invited House and Senate leaders & conferees) Date: Tuesday 3/30/04 Time: 7:00 PM Place: Godwin...

<p>Gov. Mark R. Warner last night exhorted lawmakers to adopt his proposed budget and tax-raising plan to restore the state's fiscal integrity and invest in education, transportation, health care for the poor and disabled and public safety.</p> <p>In his State of the Commonwealth address to the opening night of the General Assembly session, the Democratic leader sounded a conciliatory tone for the GOP-dominated legislature but said he would not abide budgetary tinkering and wishful thinking about the state's economic growth.</p>

<p>The Virginia legislature opens it 2004 session this week under the cloud of Gov. Mark Warner's proposal for the largest tax increase in the state's history.</p> <p>The proposal includes a 22 percent increase in the sales tax, from 4.5 percent to 5.5 percent. It includes a 10 percent increase in the top income tax rate in the state, from 5.75 percent to 6.25 percent.</p>

Friends, click on the link above or HERE to sign a petition to Gov. Warner AGAINST his huge tax increase....