Bill Bolling and Virginia Mainstream Project ... good ideas for good government

<i>From Lieutenant Governor <a href="http://www.billbolling.com/">Bill Bolling </a>and his Virginia Mainstream Project....</i><br /><br /> <span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span> <br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 600px;"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="transparent" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px transparent; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 11px;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="height: 100%px; width: 100%px;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 11px; padding: 10px;" valign="top"> <div style="border-color: rgb(194,217,231);"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 11px;"> <div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><img src="https://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/859440/caa139ca3d728c68d4b94fe872b21e32/image/jpeg" style="width: 580px;" width="580" /></b></span></span></div></td> </tr></tbody> </table></div></td> </tr></tbody> </table></td> </tr></tbody> </table><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Friends – </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Last week, through <em>Virginia Mainstream Project</em>, I released a series of proposals designed to improve the structure and operation of Virginia’s state government.<span>  </span>Full details of these recommendations can be found </span><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=15593061&msgid=394782&act=VAD2&c=859440&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billbolling.com%2F2013%2F09%2F30%2Fvirginia-mainstream-project-releases-government-reform-proposals%2F" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">here</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The proposed changes would impact the election and role of the Lieutenant Governor, approve gubernatorial succession, create a bipartisan redistricting process, implement the merit-based selection of judges, establish a Government Performance Review Commission, change Virginia’s two-year budget cycle and mandate a review of all current exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act to improve governmental transparency.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I called on all candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General to support these proposals because they will make state government more efficient, more effective, and more accountable to the people of Virginia.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’m pleased to report that these proposals have received enthusiastic support from opinion leaders all over the Commonwealth:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=15593061&msgid=394782&act=VAD2&c=859440&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesdispatch.com%2Fopinion%2Four-opinion%2Ftoday-s-top-opinion-mainstream%2Farticle_18c740b4-2e18-11e3-a66b-001a4bcf6878.html%3FTNNoMobile" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Today’s top opinion: Mainstream</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> (Richmond Times-Dispatch)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“We issue a full-throated huzzah to Bolling’s proposal for bipartisan redistricting. He would take the process out of the hands of the legislature by empowering a citizen panel to draw the electoral maps.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=15593061&msgid=394782&act=VAD2&c=859440&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roanoke.com%2Fopinion%2Feditorial%2F2268686-12%2Fimagine-ideas-not-ick.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Imagine: ideas, not ick</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> (The Roanoke Times)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“He [Bolling] has done all Virginians a service by injecting meaningful policy proposals into a campaign otherwise mired in slime.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=15593061&msgid=394782&act=VAD2&c=859440&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fhamptonroads.com%2F2013%2F09%2Fideas-man-who-isnt-running" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Ideas from the man who isn’t running</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> (The Virginian-Pilot)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Free of political constraints, Bolling <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2067199107" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Monday</span></span> proposed a long slate of ideas to make Virginia a better state, a more democratic state and a more open state.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=15593061&msgid=394782&act=VAD2&c=859440&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsleader.com%2Farticle%2F20131001%2FOPINION%2F310010025%3Fnclick_check%3D1" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Bill Bolling’s good ideas</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> (Staunton News Leader)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Many of these proposals are common sense. We used to employ that in government. Bolling reminds us we still can and indeed should.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Many thanks to all those who have voiced support for these proposals.<span>  </span>The <em>Virginia Mainstream Project</em> will continue to promote responsible, common-sense solutions to the important challenges facing our state and make certain that we keep our focus on the thing that matters most … BUILDING A BETTER VIRGINIA.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sincerely,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><img height="38" src="https://staticapp.icpsc.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/859440/fb02dff03010101301fd274a00f6bc02/image/jpeg" style="min-height: 38px; width: 188px;" width="228" /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling</span></span></span></div>

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