Energy costs are going through the roof.....threatening the economy once again.

The government reported Monday that gas is up another nickel in the past week, now selling for a nationwide average of $3.84 a gallon. In six states and the District of Columbia, the average price is over $4. This is wreaking havoc on some family budgets.

Everything in this country is tied to fuel costs........groceries, medical supplies and manufacturing........Trucking companies recoup rising fuel costs through "fuel surcharges" which means they pass the additional costs of doing business back to you and me...........

Citizens.........now is the time to continue drilling for more fossil fuels, study alternative sources and employ technology.........our economy is going to suffer.........Citizens, we must take control!!!!!!!!!

UVA announces 8.9 percent tuition hike................

UVa announced tuition hikes this week The cost of undergraduate tuition and fees at The University of Virginia will increase 8.9 percent next year

Citizens, we need legislation in the Commonwealth that would limit public colleges and universities from raising tuition no more than the same percentage of wage increases received by State workers.......College tuition costs have spiraled out of control........Citizens, we must take control!!!!!!!!!

At one time the Community College System in Virginia was considered a bargain.........I can hardly see where at about 300.00 dollars for a three credit class it remains the bargain it once was.........

Citizens, we have let these colleges and universities raise tuition at rates that are more than double and triple the rates of inflation.............As a result of this..higher education costs have become outrageous............

Citizens, we must take control!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sheriff Proffitt confused.................

He must be confused...........Dennis Proffitt has been married and divorced four times...........anyone married that many times is either confused, guilty of bad judgement or a glutton for punishment..........I feel that all three of the latter is quite fitting..........

I don't quite understand how someone who has been married four times could be intersted in supporting raising court filing fees in Chesterfield County to the highest in the nation........Statistics show that folks that have been married as many times as he has believe in divorce...........and Citizens.........divorce court can be expensive........but, remember........when you make the kind of six-figure loot Proffitt does.........you forget about the little people.......E.G. Citizens..................

Consequently.........I feel for the Sheriff.......and hope he does not end up in divorce court for a fifth time......it could be quite expensive for him................Citizens......we feel the Sheriff's........pain......Ouch!!!!!!!!!

Just say "no" to new taxes and fees

     Leading congressional Republicans renewed their vehement opposition to tax increases Wednesday, as President Barack Obama prepared to put forth his new prescription for slow growth and national indebtedness.

"Most people understand that Washington doesn't have a revenue problem, it has a spending problem," said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. "We can't raise taxes. ... That was settled last November during the elections."

This philosophy must apply to all levels of Government.........In Chesterfield County, Virginia we have the Sheriff's Office that has run up a huge overtime bill..........the Deputies are suing to collect.......If the Deputies win, it will cost the taxpayers millions of dollars..........Citizens, this is not good stewardship of our tax dollars..........

Sheriff Proffitt supported raising court filing fees in Chesterfield County to the highest in the Nation.........This is not the time to raise taxes and fees.........Citizens, we are being hurt by astronomical fuel and food costs.......Medical costs and insurance are hurting the working men and women of the great nation.  We demand leadership in the Sheriff's Office that does not keep spending.......but looks for creative ways to SAVE money........Citizens, we must take control!!!!!!!!!

We demand careful stewards of our tax dollars...........................

Citizens, the funding of our schools is in deep trouble, we have experienced hard economic times for the last several years.......The economy is showing signs of life, but tax revenues are down........Consequently, we are facing a huge fiscal dilemma.........at every level of government...........

As lawmakers around the country debate their states' budgets, they're staring over the edge of a massive fiscal cliff - the point where about $100 billion in federal stimulus money for education will run out.

The end of that money will compound states' severe budget woes and likely lead to thousands of layoffs and the elimination of popular school programs around the country.

We need careful stewards of our tax dollars..........We need elected officials that mind spending our tax dollars......In Chesterfield County Virginia, we face the "Overtime-Oversight" dilemma in which the Sheriff's Office has run up a preposterous overtime time tab that the taxpayers will have to pay up............This dilemma has been festering for years and will cost us millions of dollars from a pending lawsuit by the Sheriff's deputies...........

Consequently, citizens, we must remember those elected officials that spend our precious tax dollars with reckless abandon come election time........Citizens, we must take control!!!!!!!!!!

Sheriff Proffitt and the Budget.............

During the last election for Sheriff of Chesterfield County.......Sheriff Proffitt touted his budget skills........Well, Citizens.......if you have not heard......the Deputies are suing the County Government for overtime they say is due them according to a 2005 law passed by the General Assembly.........Which would compensate the Deputies between the 160 and 171 hour threshold.............for hours they have worked.
The problem that we face is......if the Deputies win this lawsuit.....it will cost us Millions........How can this be considered good stewardship of a budget and taxpayer dollars?.........When did the Sheriff realize that the County would not pay up?........If and when the Sheriff's Office realized that the County was not compensating the Deputies they should have pulled the plug on the scheduling of overtime........Not continuing to run up the tab like a bunch of drunken college fraternity boys..........

This "overtime-oversight" is going to cost the citizens millions of precious tax dollars...........and many of the Citizens of this County work in occupations and industries that are exempt from overtime laws........Why should the taxpayers, who don't recieve overtime pay.......fork out millions of dollars.......

We are getting fleeced by a bunch of amatuers we have entrusted as stewards of our tax dollars..............
Citizens, we must take control!!!!!!!!!

Support the Troops...........

Citizens......since the vile acts of 9/11, 2.2 million men and women have served this great nation in the Global War on Terror......Remember, freedom is not free and we owe these folks a debt of gratitude.......Remember, Americans have a storied history of not flinching when it comes to service to our country.....From the Revolutionary War.....Gettysburg to the Ardennes.......Iwo Jima to Inchon......Hue City to Bagdad and the mountains of Afghanistan, Americans and their relentless courage are symbols of this great nation.........

Citizens, when you see a member of our Armed Forces.......remember to thank them for their service to our Country.......God bless, and God bless America...........