People eye-rolling about state VA govt shutting down. It’s never happened! Can it?
YES.
I wrote a (too) long piece on the question for the Jefferson Forum (@InstituteThomas)
KEY POINTS BELOW
1. AG Opinion (2006) says you can’t pay employees or bills stating July 1st
Well said Secretary Frazier! 💪@AgForestryVA. Gov. Spanberger shouldn’t allow tens of thousands of predatory “skill” slot machines on every Virginia street corner. Make Virginia’s gaming fairer & safer first @GovernorVA@VaAgComm@ltgovhashmi@jonesjay
Manassas Park Police seized over 30 illegal gambling machines Thursday across the city according to @UriahKiser at @PotomacLocal.
“Skill” slots are illegal in Virginia. VA Supreme Court reaffirmed the ban.
Well done @AmyAshworthVA & @ManassasParkPD 🇺🇸
https://t.co/cnYu76pLxB
Another day, another dangerous crime linked to illegal skill slot games in Virginia.
How many more Virginians will be harmed before Virginia clamps down & prosecutes the distributors of illegal slots?
Does the rule of law mean anything in Virginia? @JasonMiyaresVA@jonesjay
SCOOP: In ’22, Jay Jones—Dems ‘25 AG nom—sent a VA lawmaker texts joking about shooting VAGOP Speaker Todd Gilbert🧵
“put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know and he receives both bullets every time,” he said in texts obtained by @NRO
https://t.co/sJlrDcjBqx
Have you ever heard of a Paladin? Furman has the coolest mascot ever down in South Carolina! Thank you @PaladinFootball for the swag and pick me up! F-U Baby!
Virginia’s 82 Moose Lodges thank the bipartisan coalition in the General Assembly that rejected legalizing predatory “skill” slot machines.
Rewarding “skill” companies, after they made a mockery of Virginia law for 10 years, would set a terrible precedent.
Full statement:
Thanks to Del. Krizek, Sen. Pillion & all those standing against "skill" manufacturers installing 30,000 rigged games in VA.
"Skill" made a mockery of state law for 10 years & cannot be trusted.
@KrizekForVA@ToddPillionVA@SpeakerDonScott@cToddGilbert
https://t.co/hJPrT8rZFR
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 in a community, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙚 "𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡" 𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙢����𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨, a new study by Virginia-based Mangum Economics finds.
The highest rates of “skill” gambling in VA are found in the poorest areas of Virginia Beach, Richmond, and Fairfax County.
See full report: https://t.co/2WkhudHjfG
If you thought the legally questionable reactivation of Queen of Virginia machines last fall would mean lawmakers would stop taking Pace-O-Matic money, you would be wrong
https://t.co/0xiprRrBPl
The future is here, and it’s happening in Virginia! Chesterfield County will be home to the world’s first fusion power plant—a groundbreaking leap in clean energy and innovation. This investment will bring hundreds of jobs and power thousands of homes. A proud day for Virginia!