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[quote=Anonymous]I hope state workers enjoy what they apparently voted for.  They need to get their resumes together.

Every Republican governor elected since 1970 has cut state jobs.  If you don't think this is a big deal try going to the DMV right now.  They are already down 30% of their workers.  The state has a budget surplus so there is no need to cut jobs.

George Allen cut 9% of state workers.  https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2011/sep/03/george-allen/allen-says-he-substantially-cut-state-government-w/

Gilmore promised to cut car tax but we still pay it, he failed, cut the state's IT, and threw those functions as well as a lot of VDOT function to private contractors.

Bob McDonnell privatized more state functions and promoted off shore drilling.  He also proposed auctioning off state liquor stores which employ 4k workers.  He was not successful.  Of course his administration was over shadowed by his indictment. " On January 21, 2014, McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, were indicted on federal corruption charges for receiving improper gifts and loans from a Virginia businessman. They were convicted on most counts by a federal jury on September 4, 2014. McDonnell, the first Virginia governor to be indicted or convicted of a felony, was sentenced on January 6, 2015, to two years in prison, followed by two years of supervised release. However, he was free on bond during the subsequent appeals process.[8] On June 27, 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously overturned[9] McDonnell's conviction and remanded the case back to a lower court.[10] Less than three months later, the Justice Department announced that they would not prosecute the case again and moved to dismiss the charges against the former governor and his wife.[11] The case cost McDonnell over $27 million in legal bills" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_McDonnell

I'm betting Youngkin will try to bring back off shore drilling and he will be bad for public space and resources.  Those damn state parks aren't producing revenue and it will probably bother him.  He's a corporate raider and his specialty is stripping assets and selling them off piece by piece.  Enjoy.

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