Lyle Solla-YatesI missed this. West Virginia piloted Home Rule for local governments to be able to be creative in solving local problems in 2007 and made it permanent in 2019. This is very different from how we do things in Virginia. https://revenue.wv.gov/homerule/Pages/About.aspx #HomeRule #DillonRule #WV
https://cvillerightnow.com/news/208802-wallethub-survey-ranks-virginia-dead-last-in-the-nation-for-vehicle-tax-burden/ “Lupo notes Virginia as a Dillon Rule state has limited options when it comes to local tax options, and property taxes on vehicles is one of the allowed revenue sources that has been difficult to eliminate in the nearly 30 years of such efforts.” #CarTax #TaxReform #VAPol #DillonRule #WarOnCars
https://cardinalnews.org/2026/02/20/lynchburg-and-patrick-county-plan-votes-to-block-registrars-from-holding-election-until-court-rules-on-legality-of-redistricting/ “You can’t have Fairfax County voting and Patrick County not voting” #Virginia #VAPol #USPolitics #gerrymandering #DillonRule
Patrick County votes to block registrar from holding election until court rules on legality of redistricting; Lynchburg sets similar vote
They are part of a movement inspired by former Virginia Beach Del. Tim Anderson to force a Supreme Court ruling. Early voting is scheduled to begin March 6.
The lack of quality regional #transit in the #cville region has been recognized as a problem for decades, but fixing that problem requires many steps thanks to our #DillonRule form of state government https://www.cvillepedia.org/Regional_Transit_Authority
Some coverage on this. https://www.29news.com/2024/03/06/proposed-charlottesville-budget-includes-increase-real-estate-taxes/ I like how CM Sanders put this “it was a choice of which levers to they pull, they only have three really available to them”. That is a fixable problem I have been working on in Richmond for years. Decision makers can’t do the right thing if they aren’t permitted to. #dillonrule #homerule #taxreform
