Governor Kaine Comes to Loudoun County

February 3, 2006

The Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce is holding their annual meeting today at Lansdowne and the keynote speaker is newly elected Virginia Governor Tim Kaine. Two of his stated priorities are growth control and transportation. It will be interesting to hear his plans first hand and how they will impact Northern Virginia (Pam and I are attending). Growth and transportation are sticky issues that will require skillful navigation. Stepping on the growth brakes too hard and he might kill the goose laying the golden economic egg. Not doing enough about our transportation problems might have the same effect. Northern Virginia needs careful consideration, a reasoned approach to solving our problems and a centrist, long term set of solutions.

Real estate is a huge contributor to the local economy. I worry when politicians start tinkering with it. The transportation problem simply takes a well thought out plan and lots of money to fix. There is no panacea. The special interest groups will have an influence. The questions are: Where is the money coming from? Who has the greatest influence? (and there is always a link between these two!)

The ultimate question is: Who's special interest will I end up paying for?

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