Janet Oleszek Campaign Blasts the "Ken Cuccinelli Tax"

By: Lowell
Published On: 7/24/2007 4:22:46 PM

There's a new website you should check out called "The Ken Cuccinelli Tax."  It's "Paid for and Authorized by Janet Oleszek for State Senate," and includes a petition to "let Ken Cuccinelli know that outrageous taxes on drivers are unacceptable!"

In addition, the Oleszek campaign is out with a robocall to 30,000 households letting 48,000 residents of the 37th Senate District know that Ken Cuccinelli "cast the deciding vote on these outrageous fees."  Even worse, according to the Oleszek campaign, Cuccinelli has attempted to brag about "how proud he is to have voted for a piece of legislation that he didn't like." 

Huh?  Bragging about something he didn't like?  Maybe Cooch needs another talk with his toy elephant friend "Ron" to help clear things up?  Right Ron?  Ha.

P.S. For some fact checking on all this, see the "flip."

Cuccinelli Statement: "One of the big parts of the bill that I didn't like was the abuser fees." - Senator Ken Cuccinelli

Fact Check:  By his own admission, he was the deciding vote.  No Cuccinelli vote, no outrageous abuser fees.  Ken Cuccinelli refuses to take responsibility for his own actions as State Senator.  It is clear from Ken Cuccinelli's own statements that he does not know how to lead at all.  Did he disapprove of the bill but vote for it anyway?  No one seems to know but Ken Cuccinelli. 

Cuccinelli Statement: "I have been hearing from and working with my constituents on transportation issues for over five years - they want solutions, not excuses." - Senator Ken Cuccinelli

Fact Check:  Ken Cuccinelli has had numerous opportunities to support transportation solutions for northern Virginia and he has consistently let his constituents down:

  1. Ken Cuccinelli was the only northern Virginia legislator to oppose a metro plan for $1.5 billion in federal aid.
  2. Ken Cuccinelli was one of eight Virginia Senators to vote against a plan in 2004 that would have provided $1.6 billion in transportation funding.
  3. In 2006, Ken Cuccinelli voted against a plan that would have provided $987 million dollars a year for transportation in northern Virginia.

Cuccinelli Statement: "[Oleszek] has aggressively increased real estate taxes in each of the last four years in her current position." - Senator Ken Cuccinelli

Fact Check:  Fairfax County School Board does not have the authority to raise any taxes, including real estate taxes.  According to www.FairfaxCounty.gov, "The annual real estate tax is based on the January 1 assessed value and a real estate tax rate determined each year by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors."

Comments



Flip Flopping Frederick (Lowell - 7/24/2007 7:30:49 PM)
From the DPVA:

Flip-Flop Frederick Voted for abuser fees before voting against them

Richmond, VA---Recently Delegate Jeff Frederick said that the transportation plan would be leaving "egg on people's faces." He goes on to criticize the abuser driving tax contained in the transportation bill this year:

"I think the politics of the transportation bill have been turned upside down because of the abuser fee." (Washington Times, July 6, 2007)

The egg appears to have fallen on Delegate Frederick's face as he voted twice in favor of higher abusive driver taxes that exempt out of state drivers before voting against them this year.

Delegate Frederick voted twice in favor of the abusive driving tax that exempts out of state drivers. (HB 1563, 2004; HB 5034, 2006)

"Jeff Frederick's calls for a special session are paper thin," House Democratic Caucus spokesman Mark Bergman said. "He twice voted to give out of state drivers a break while burdening Virginia drivers with thousands of dollars in extra taxes, but now in an election year he says he opposed them. How can the voters of the 52nd District trust Jeff Frederick?"



Didn't Frederick skip (Eric - 7/24/2007 9:20:09 PM)
on the HB3202 vote altogether?  That speaks volumes about his (lack of) character - he doesn't even have the balls to vote against his fellow Republicans when it counts and then he stabs them in the back.  I'm sure glad he's not on our side. 

If we were dealing with this guy on a regular basis we'd need to bring back the Weasel meter.  He's earned a triple 5 weasel rating for this BS.



And Flip Flop Scott (Lowell - 7/24/2007 7:31:52 PM)
Flip-Flop Scott
Del. Lingamfelter defends higher taxes on Virginia drivers, ten days later calls for their repeal

Richmond, VA--- Delegate Scott Lingamfelter must be feeling the political pressure. Only ten days after penning an op/ed defending the abusive driving tax on Virginia motorists that exempts out of state drivers, Scott sensed political trouble and flip flopped.

Flip flop Scott voted for the higher tax on Virginia drivers four times dating back to 2006.

And, only ten days ago, flip-flop Scott wrote an op/ed defending the abusive driving tax.

"The bottom line is if you are a safe driver with only minor infractions, you have nothing to fear from this law. But real abusers - those who have a chronic record of dangerous driving or who have taken the lives of others - will and should pay for their reckless behavior." (Delegate Lingamfelter Op/Ed, Potomac News 7/13/07)

What a difference 10 days makes.

Yesterday, flip-flop Scott put his in finger in the preverbal political winds and determined that after years of supporting the abusive driving tax on Virginia drivers, he says now it's time to repeal them, calling them "beyond repair." (Washington Post, 7/24/07)

"It seems that the only thing that voters of the 31st district can trust flip-flop Scott to do is put politics before their interests," Mark Bergman spokesman for the House Democratic Caucus said. "He saw his support for the abusive driving tax that exempts out of state drivers as hurting him politically so he put political expediency above principle. It is apparent that voters in Prince William and Fauquier Counties just can't trust Scott Lingamfelter."