6 Months: By the Numbers

This Friday, it will be six months since Bob McDonnell took office as the 71st Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. With that in mind, we thought we would look back at the first half-year in office “by the numbers.”

The McDonnell Administration: “6 Months by the Numbers”

1: Fortune 100 Company Moving to Virginia

2: Months of Back to Back State Revenue Growth for First Time Since 2008

5: Virginia’s national ranking in wine production

9: Tons of Weight Lost by Virginia State Employees in Governor’s Challenge

19: Previously Closed Rest Stops Reopened by Governor McDonnell

41: New Jobs Created by Polymer Expansion in Waynesboro

70: MPH. New Speed Limit on a Number of Rural Interstates

80: Percent of Governor’s Legislative Proposals Passed by General Assembly

92: Percent of Governor’s Amendments to Budget and Legislation Approved by General Assembly

100: New Jobs in Southwest Virginia with Opening of DIRECTV and Convergys Virtual Call Center

106: Economic Development Projects Launched Since Taking Office

128: MeadWestvaco Jobs Coming to Richmond from Raleigh

240: Jobs Created in Pulaski County when Phoenix Packaging Operations Chooses Virginia over 5 Other States for the site of its First Manufacturing Facility in the United States

300: New Jobs Created in Radford by Virginia Casting Industries

375: More Jobs Coming to Fairfax County with KPMG Expansion

1,318: Words in Governor McDonnell’s Republican Response to the State of the Union

2,500: Acres of Forest Land Conserved in Isle of Wight County

8,000: Attendees at Gubernatorial Inauguration

22,000: Acres of Open Space Conserved Statewide

71,500: Jobs Added in Virginia Since February; 3rd Highest Total in the Country

150,000: Potholes Patched During March “Pothole Blitz”

$35.7 Million: Increased Amount in Governor’s Opportunity Fund to Attract Job Creating Businesses to Virginia

$492.7 Million: Dollars of Transportation Bonds Issued in May

And the Grand Finale:

$4.2 BILLION: Budget Shortfall Inherited by Governor McDonnell

0: TAXES Increased to Close the Shortfall

And we are just getting started!

Phil Cox

Opportunity Virginia PAC