The power of Tobacco, its tax dollars, and the commission set up from the days of the Tobacco Settlement fund for the govt. quota losses from the federal USDA. KMA mcaulliffe— you lose! LOL.
Courtesy at the federal level of Liddy Dole and others, it was formed by the state legislature with a charter to serve specific counties... NOT N.VA’s demo/rino federal dollar teat workers and their liberal voting that put Mcawful into office. Dominated by conservatives, and run by repubs to help out the people in VA truly ignored by the elitist libs.
McAwful’s cudgel/ carrot is “healthcare” ACA, treating SW and South VA like it was WV, with everyone on the dole. So this is a different sort of dole from Bob Dole’s wife. Directed primarily to manufacture and agriculture alternative use from tobacco.
website: http://www.tic.virginia.gov/tobmapupdated.shtml
The leadership is large and not listed as to party but chair and vice chair are repubs.
Thanks for filling me in.