Bob McDonnell For Governor http://www.bobmcdonnell.com Bob McDonnell Blog and News Posts en sean@w3bg.com Copyright 2010 2010-08-27T20:42:57+00:00 News : McDonnell Announces Microsoft to Locate Major Data Center in Mecklenburg Governor Bob McDonnell announced today that Microsoft Corp. will invest up to $499 million to locate their latest generation data center (Gen4) in Mecklenburg County, in what will be the largest economic investment in Southern Virginia history.

]]> 2010-08-27T20:42:57+00:00 Blog : Deficit to Surplus: McDonnell on Fox News 2010-08-24T17:57:52+00:00 News : Virginia Is for Surplus Here’s something you don’t see often these days: a government running a budget surplus. Governor Robert McDonnell announced last week that Virginia closed fiscal 2010 some $400 million in the black. That’s a radically improved financial picture from a year ago when the state faced a $4.2 billion two-year budget hole.

]]> 2010-08-24T14:14:31+00:00 Blog : Budget Surplus: Doubled 2010-08-19T16:44:54+00:00 News : McDonnell to state lawmakers: ‘Budget conservatively’ despite surplus Gov. Bob McDonnell told state lawmakers this morning that Virginia finished the last fiscal year with a surplus of $403.2 million, but cautioned that the state must continue to “budget conservatively going forward.”

]]> 2010-08-19T16:40:11+00:00 News : Virginia budget surplus grows to $400 million Sweeping the corners of the state’s cash drawer, the McDonnell administration has found an additional $174 million—pushing to about $400 million the leftover funds possibly available for recession-wracked programs.

]]> 2010-08-19T16:36:37+00:00 News : Privatizing Virginia liquor stores makes sense When I first heard Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell boast that by privatizing the state’s liquor system he could generate the same amount of revenue and raise $500 million from auctioning off liquor licenses while holding liquor prices where they are now, I assumed this was just a free-market conservative peddling another cockamamie scheme for spinning straw into gold.

]]> 2010-08-18T19:34:59+00:00 News : McDonnell becomes big draw for GOP candidates Potential presidential candidates like Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney have grabbed headlines this year for handing out pivotal endorsements in key midterm races, but Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has quietly become one of the most sought after attractions on the GOP money circuit.

]]> 2010-08-16T20:52:54+00:00 Blog : Virginia: Most Pro-Business State in America 2010-08-09T15:36:23+00:00 News : Governor McDonnell Announces Statewide Town Hall Tour Governor Bob McDonnell will hit the road in August to hold eight town hall meetings around the Commonwealth.

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