National Taxpayers Union Surveys
The National Taxpayers Union Surveys are out.
It doesn't look like taxpayers have much of a choice in the Richmond area.
In the 3rd District, Rep Bobby Scott (D) is the only candidate and he did not answer any of the questions.
In the 7th Congressional District only Brad Blanton (I) answered the questions. However he does not support an amendment to the US Constitution to require a 2/3 vote to increase revenues nor does he support most of the other proposals to control spending and lower taxes. At least Mr. Blanton answered the questions. The other two candidates, Rep. Eric Cantor (R) and James Nachman (D) must not want you to know where they stand or are two afraid to admit their positions.
In the Senate race, Gail Paker (IG) and Jim Webb (D) also do not want you to know where they stand as they did not answer any of the questions. Sen. George Allen (R) did answer most of the questions and appears to support a number of measures to get the budget under control. Hopefully voters will demand to know where Webb and Parker stand.
All of the NTU survey results can be found at:
http://www.ntu.org/main/components/cansurvey2006
[Editor's Note: This really underscores why we need to have Libertarians run and get on the ballot. It's not too late for next year's elections (Board of Supervisors and the entire General Assembly). If you are interested in running contact your local Libertarian Party.]