Brilliant! :)
In a case of confusion with his own positions, Jim LeMunyon attacked Chuck Caputo for supporting a position with which Mr. LeMunyon agrees.
A recent mailer by Mr. LeMunyon attacks Delegate Caputo for voting to create a dedicated, sustainable revenue stream for transportation in Northern Virginia. But in a recent article in the Fairfax Times and just last week at the Loudoun Chamber of Commerce Candidate Forum, LeMunyon claimed that he wanted to raise the gasoline tax by indexing it to inflation. Indexing the gasoline tax to inflation would effectively place tax increases in Virginia on auto-pilot. Furthermore, indexing the gas tax to inflation would increase the gas tax from 17.5 cents in 1986 to 33 cents in 2009, according to the Consumer Price Index.
"Jim LeMunyon is either confused about his position, does not understand transportation funding issues, or wants to pull the wool over the eyes of voters," said Caputo campaign manager Max Glass. "Chuck Caputo has debated Jim LeMunyon but it appears Mr. LeMunyon's biggest debate is with himself."
Now personally, I'm all for increasing the gas tax to what it should have been if it had been indexed to inflation in 1986 - 33 cents per gallon. However, I'm surprised to hear the Republican candidate advocating this, albeit while contradicting his own (laudable) position by attacking Chuck Caputo for voting to create a dedicated, sustainable revenue stream for transportation in Northern Virginia. Got that? :)
