Local News Coverage of Virginia People's Assembly Rally and March

The Virginia People's Assembly held a rally and march in Richmond, Virginia on January 9, 2010. Here are reports that appeared on the 11 o'clock news of Channel 6, CBS affiliate, WTVR and Channel 12, NBC affiliate, WWBT.

From the website, http://www.vapeoplesassembly.org/

"Virginia coalition announces Jan. 9 march on State Capitol to oppose budget cuts & layoffs

On Saturday, Jan. 9, the Virginia Peoples Assembly, a statewide coalition of labor, community and peace organizations, will sponsor a march on the State Capitol to oppose more budget cuts and layoffs of state workers.

The demands of the march include: Jobs, Peace, Justice! Dont balance the budget on the backs of Virginias workers! Make the big corporations pay their fair share of Virginias tax burden!

The announcement of the march comes just hours after outgoing Gov. Tim Kaine unveiled his proposal for the 2010-2012 state budget, which includes $2.3 billion in new cuts, including the loss of 2,543 state jobs, 664 through direct layoffs, as well as slashing aid to cities and counties. The new cuts would be in addition to the more than $7 billion the Kaine administration has already cut from the present two-year budget in response to declining revenue caused by the ongoing national recession.

Gov. Tim Kaine and incoming Gov. Bob McDonnell are both talking about more layoffs of state workers, more cuts in social programs, higher university tuition and less aid to the cities and counties, said Lillie Branch-Kennedy, a prisoner rights advocate and founding member of the VPA. But nobody is talking about the fact that Virginia has the countrys second-lowest income tax rate for corporations. We say raise the tax rate for the biggest corporations and you wont have to balance the budget on the backs of working people and the poor."

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• Virginia
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• 2010
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• budget cuts
• Governor
• Bob McDonnell
• Tim Kaine
• Jan. 9

[thomaserossi]

"Rebalancing the wealth." What a bunch of liars and phonies. This is just a bunch of hate mongering Socialist cranks who want to steal money through government force. Fuck these assholes. Fire all of them and give them no welfare check.

[Michaelcorleone71]

V.A All day baby.

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