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Each week, Tertium Quids brings you politicians, pundits, and policy gurus from around Virginia and the nation to talk about Virginia politics and government, and ultimately how to make the two better.
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Date: 1/13/09
Guests: Northern Virginia Daily political reporter Garren Shipley
Virginia legislators are heading back to town. There's a lot on the agenda -- the biggest item being to plug the ever-growing hole in the state's budget. What can we expect? Will there be any surprises? And what does it all mean for the November elections? Northern Virginia Daily political reporter Garren Shipley joins us to sort it all out.
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Date: 12/19/08
Guests: Nick Howard, Goochland County Republican Committee, and Steve Rossie, Family Foundation lobbyist
As we enter the last days of 2008, we are joined by Nick Howard and Steve Rossie to look back (briefly) on the year that was, and look forward to the legislative session and election to come.
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Date: 12/12/08
Guest: Virginia Senator Ken Cuccinelli
Sen. Ken Cuccinelli carried a budget transparency bill last year and is doing so again in the upcoming 2009 session. He outlines how his bill would lead to more accountable and fiscally responsible government. The bill would substantially enhance Virginia's existing budget website, making it not only searchable (the current one blocks search engines), but would put Virginia's spending in much-needed context. We discuss the costs, the obstacles and the opportunities, as well as the efforts to extend transparency to the local level.
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Date: 11/18/08
Guest: Nick Howard, Goochland County Republican Committee and contributor at the TQ blog
The rough-and-tumble fun of the next state legislative session is drawing closer. The budget will have to be balanced, and the statewide races are already heating up, and it's not even Thanksgiving. Nick Howard, a member of the Goochland County Republican Committee, a Tertium Quids House of Delegates district chairman, and contributor at the TQ blog, joins us to try to make some sense of it all.
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Date: 11/11/08
Guest: Steve Rossie, conservative lobbyist and commentator
The dust is still settling on the election and conservatives are, naturally, asking where they should go from here. That's especially true in Virginia, where the entire House, as well as all statewide offices, will be up for election next year. Conservative activist, commentator, and lobbyist Steve Rossie joins us to discuss the bumpy road ahead.
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Date: 11/4/08
Guest: Garren Shipley, the Northern Virginia Daily
A seemingly endless presidential contest comes to a close. Who's up? Who's down? And what's going on in Virginia, which finds itself in the unfamiliar role of "swing state"? The Northern Virginia Daily's Garren Shipley joins us to discuss these topics and more.
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Date: 10/28/08
Guest: Stephen Slivinski, author of "Buck Wild: How Republicans Broke the Bank and Became the Party of Big Government"
The "Gingrich Revolution" of 1994 swept the GOP into power on the promise that government would be re-made along conservative lines. But half a generation later, government is bigger and more costly than ever. What happened? Stephen Slivinski, the former director of budget studies at the Cato Institute and author of "Buck Wild" joins us to discuss the foundering revolution, and whether there's any hope for conservatives in the years ahead.
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Date: 10/21/08
Guest: Megan Rhyne, the Virginia Coalition for Open Government
Governments have secrets. Some are legitimate, but many are simply ruses to keep taxpayers in the dark. Megan Rhyne of the Virginia Coalition for Open Government joins us to discuss the basics of FOIA law -- how it works, how it can work for you and why it's important -- and how it all relates to increased budget transparency.
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Date: 10/14/08
Guest: Joe Waldo, the commonwealth's most prominent property rights attorney
Virginia made a huge step forward in property rights protection in 2007. But those gains, substantial as they are, remain tenuous. Joe Waldo, one of Virginia's most prominent property rights attorneys, joins us to discuss the current status of property rights protections and what additional steps we need to take to ensure that our homes remain our castles.
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Date: 10/7/08
Guest: Jeremy Hopkins, nationally-renowned property rights expert
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's Kelo ruling, Virginia passed a fairly strong property rights law to protect Virginians' homes and places of business. But is that law enough? Jeremy Hopkins, one of the nation's leading property rights attorneys, joins us to discuss this and much more.
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Date: 9/30/08
Guest: Wes Anderson, principle at OnMessage
We take the school choice discussion to the grassroots level, and talk polling, messaging, and more with Wes Anderson, a principle at OnMessage who has conducted extensive, on-the-ground research on school choice. Anderson is a key advisor to Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on that state's education reform efforts.
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Date: 9/23/08
Guest: Dr. Adam Schaeffer, the Cato Institute, and Virginia Institute for Public Policy's senior fellow on education reform
School choice advocates have made gains here and there, but widespread success remains elusive. The Cato Institute's and Virginia Institute's Adam Schaeffer joins TQ radio to discuss where the movement stands, as well as the strategies and tactics choice advocates should use to expand their gains.
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Date: 9/2/08
Guest: Dr. Don Boudreaux, chairman of George Mason University's economics department
The major party presidential campaigns are flooding the airwaves with their ideas for "fixing" the economy. Dr. Don Boudreaux, chairman of George Mason University's economics department, co-author of the Cafe Hayek blog, and senior fellow of the Virginia Institute for Public Policy, joins us to discuss the economics (and economic illiteracy) behind the politics.
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Date: 8/26/08
Guest: Jim Bacon, publisher, Bacon's Rebellion website
Virginia's budget may be up to $1.5 billion out of whack. What needs to be done to get the state's fiscal house in order, and what does all this red ink mean for perennial problems like transportation? Budget hawk, publisher, blogger, and serial entrepreneur Jim Bacon joins us to discuss ways to clean up the mess and restore some sanity to Virginia fiscal policy.
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Date: 8/19/08
Guest: Eric O'Keefe, chairman and CEO of the Sam Adams Alliance
Eric O'Keefe, chairman and CEO of the Sam Adams Alliance, joins us to discuss the strategies, tactics, and goals of America's re-energized left... and what free market supporters can do to fight back.
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Date: 8/12/08
Guest: Bob Gibson, executive director of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership
On this edition of TQ radio, we'll talk politics, politicians, and policy with Bob Gibson, the former political reporter for the Charlottesville Daily Progress and executive director of the Sorensen Institute at the University of Virginia.
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Date: 8/5/08
Guest: Dr. Ron Utt, The Heritage Foundation
How do we fix the road mess we're in? The Heritage Foundation's transportation expert, Dr. Ron Utt, joins us to discuss how we can clear the traffic snarls without blowing a hole in the budget (and your wallet).
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Date: 7/29/08
Guest: Krystal Slivinski, vice president for government affairs at Tertium Quids
Budget transparency has been a hot issue across the nation, with states opening up their check registers, contracts, and more to public scrutiny. Where does Virginia fit into all this?
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