It didn't seem right that we'd just post our list of The Top 25 Reasons Not to Vote for Jerry Kilgore on Raising Kaine. We owe it to our readers to say why we support Tim Kaine for Governor. The real problem with both these lists was paring them down to ONLY 25 items each. Well, we did our best. Here is our countdown of The Top 25 Reasons to Vote for Tim Kaine , counting down one-by-one, here's #7.7. Tim Kaine is both style AND substance. When Tim Kaine says something you know he can back it up. When his opponent uses a tag line, you know he's hiding something. When Tim Kaine promises to take you forward, you know he will, because Warner-Kaine did just that. When Jerry Kilgore says he's for families and for the future, he's hiding the fact that he sees fully funding public education as "damage" and that that he sees the future in the light of backward policies of his ideological predecessor Gov Gilmore.
Fiscal DisciplineMy parents taught me to meet my responsibilities and to pay my bills. My parents also taught me to be tight with a dollar ? mine and yours. I also believe that we must not pass on our obligations to future generations of Virginians.
That is why, in 2004, I supported the budget and tax reform that invested in schools and in public safety, balanced our budget, and saved Virginia?s AAA bond rating. That bond rating saves taxpayers millions of dollars every year in interest costs.
As Governor, I will continue to work to ensure that the Commonwealth meets its obligations and doesn?t spend beyond its means. I will also lead the fight to ensure that we prioritize our children first. More [here].