Albo Must Go

• Albo Battles "Ilegal" Immigration, Fails to Speak English

  Our good friend Dave Albo has always been a true patriot, defending his constituents from the brown hordes of illegal immigrants overrunning Springfield's Starbucks and clogging the roads with their Range Rovers on the way to the high-paying K Street jobs that they're taking from us [...]
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  Posted: July 07, 2009, 4:07pm EDT
  

• Albo Picks A Fight With The Internet

  Back in the middle of The Abuser Fee Revolt in 2007, Del. Dave Albo came up with this jem.
  
  "You Can't Fight The Internet."
  "Legislature's Short View Killed Va. Driver's Fees," Washington Post B1 (Mar. 8, 2008)
  
  Well, it now appears that Delegate' [...]
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  Posted: June 17, 2009, 11:06pm EDT
  

• Nine More Years of Abortion, Guns & Phone Taxes?

  On September 7, 2000 oil prices hit a 1o-year high, gasoline was selling for $1.57 per gallon, Intel was selling for $68/share ($15/sh. today), Tom Davis was 11th District Congressman and George W. Bush was duking it out with Al Gore for the Presidency. Microsoft was in the verge of [...]
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  Posted: May 14, 2009, 10:00pm EDT
  

• Albo's Totems for Bill Howell

  We've often highlighted the conflicts that Delegate Dave Albo feels as he is forced to toe the Rural Conservative Party line because the House Caucus is controlled by rural conservatives such as his law partner, Majority Leader Delegate Morgan Griffith.
  
  This is all part of a larger annual pattern.' [...]
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  Posted: April 19, 2009, 11:50pm EDT
  

• Albo Kneecaps Roe v. Wade & Sandbags Women

  We have previously covered Delegate Dave Albo's questionable record on issues important to women:
  
  On Electing Women's Judges
  AMG, Why Does Albo Hate Women? (Apr. 17, 2008)
  AMG: Albo to Rerras, Just Don't Grope the Applicant (Feb. 15, 2007)
  
  On Childcare
  AMG: Is' [...]
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  Posted: February 09, 2009, 7:41pm EST
  

• Albo Sacked for Safety on State of the Commonwealth

  In a sign of desperation, the Republican Caucus used embattled Delegate Dave Albo (R-Abuser Fees) for its response to the State of the Commonwealth. How successful was it? Well, here's what the conservative Fairfax Times had to say:
  Still hung over from a fruitless transportation special session last June' [...]
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  Posted: January 25, 2009, 1:59pm EST
  

• Albo Puts Ideology Before Northern Virginia

  Delegate Dave Albo loves to pretend like he cares about Northern Virginia more than keeping his leadership position in the Republican Party.
  
  See, he has a little problem. His law partner - Majority Leader Morgan Griffith is Chairman of the House Republican Caucus. AMG, Announcing Albo & [...]
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  Posted: January 20, 2009, 12:22am EST
  

• 42nd District Freedom is Coming

  
  
  
  
  The 42nd District Celebrates
  
  Werkheiser to Declare This Week!
  
  TO READ ABOUT IT CLICK HERE
  
  
  
  [...]
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  Posted: January 16, 2009, 4:37pm EST
  

• Former Republican Senator Calls Albo's Bluff

  Former Republican State Senator had this to say about Delegate Albo's new proposal to create smoking and non-smoking sections:
  This approach is kinda like Griffith's in '07. He had a bill that year just to get credit for doing something not a true solution. However if he can' [...]
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  Posted: January 14, 2009, 11:31pm EST
  

• Albo Proposes Smoking AND Non-Smoking Sections

  Last year, Virginia came tantalizingly close to banning smoking from restaurants. However, Delegate Dave Albo fought it the entire way arguing that regulation of smoke in restaurants was "unamerican."
  
  AMG: Albo & Big Tobacco Run with Jim Crow & Joe McCarthy (Jan. 2, 2008)
  AMG, Albo: Leveraging [...]
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  Posted: January 08, 2009, 9:12pm EST
  

• Albo Mines Uranium Dollars in the 42nd

  Delegate Dave Albo has a long history of special interests who he is beholden to:
  Alcohol Distributors - AMG, Cash, Booze & the Albo Cycle (Apr. 15, 2007).
  Winery Owners - - AMG, Fighting for the Wineries of the 42nd (Dec. 1, 2006)
  Tobacco Manufacturers - [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2008, 9:58am EST
  

• 750 Volts: Posts Some Shocking Results

  Our good friend over at 750 Volts, Kenton Ngo, has a great map of the 2008 election results in the 42nd District. Check it out.
  
  750 Volts, The Food Stamp Nation
  
  Even the precinct where he grew up, Irving, went more blue. In the entire district, [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2008, 7:19pm EST
  

• Albo Fiddles, While Planet Albo Burns....

  The most recent election bring a healthy dose of hope to the long-suffering residents of the 42nd District. Several writers have commented that the 42nd House of Delegates District voted 57% for Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Well, it's actually better than that. First, that only considers the presidential' [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2008, 11:07pm EST
  

• Foodstamps Up - Time for Albo to Call the Election

  This just in from The Washington Post - food stamp requests are up by 40,000 people in Virginia - from 517,101 to 556,134 according to the Washington Post. Remember what Del. Dave Albo's theory was about the Democratic Party's surge in Fairfax County?
  State Del David B. Albo [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2008, 3:57pm EDT
  

• Albo: Moving to Richmond?

  We have previously focused on Del. Dave Albo's fundraising habits as part of airing out his record on this blog.
  
  AMG, Albo: Leveraging Booze & Smokes for $$$ (Feb. 21, 2008)
  AMG, Albo: Yes to Walmart, No to Cops & Prosecutors (Dec. 23, 2007)
  AMG,' [...]
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  Posted: September 15, 2008, 6:06pm EDT
  

• Albo "Foolish" On Immigration

  Last month, we brought you news about how Delegate Albo's demagoguery on illegal immigration was an big government scare tactic that cost the taxpayers thousands of dollars for little return.
  
  Five days later, The Daily Press hammered Delegate Albo for the same thing in this editorial.
  Legislative Window' [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2008, 1:20pm EDT
  

• Putting Demagoguery Before Policy

  There is an interesting discussion going on over at Not Larry Sabato regarding a new bill championed by Del. Dave Albo that requires local sheriffs to run immigration background checks for every person who is foreign born (e.g. Alexander Hamilton (Virgin Islands), John McCain (Panama), Del. Dave [...]
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  Posted: July 28, 2008, 12:07am EDT
  

• Albo Rejects Ronald Reagan

  AMG did a double-take today. There are apparently some people left in the Republican Party who are actually still fiscal conservatives - that is, they believe that the government must actually pay its bills and that "starving the beast" is not a prudent fiscal policy.
  
  It's strange because those' [...]
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  Posted: July 13, 2008, 12:00am EDT
  

• Albo Puts Grover Norquist Ahead of His People

  After yesterday's General Assembly session, we heard that Del. Dave Albo's band, Albopalooza, is adding this Nine-Inch-Nails song to their repertoire:
  
  bow down before the one you serve.
  you're going to get what you deserve.
  god money i'll do anything for you.
  god money just tell [...]
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  Posted: July 10, 2008, 10:48am EDT
  

• Letters to the Editor #6: Albo Out of Touch

  In today's Washington Post, Barbara Paciejewski, reiterates what we've been saying over here about Del. Dave Albo (R - Abuser Fees):
  The Out-of-Touch Mr. Albo
  
  Friday, July 4, 2008; Page A16
  According to the Virginia Board of Elections, Tim Kaine won 60.15 [...]
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  Posted: July 04, 2008, 8:16am EDT
  

• Albo Insults His Constituents

  ****ALBITE ALERT****
  
  Our hero, Del. Dave Albo, once again shows his complete lack of understanding of the changing nature of his district. Ten years ago, the 42nd District was mostly West Springfield and the last remaining undeveloped part of Fairfax County - South County.
  
  Since then, thousands [...]
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  Posted: June 29, 2008, 11:48am EDT
  

• Albo: Saving Us From the Commies

  There has been much discussion lately over Dominion Power's recent rate increase. The Washington Post says Dominion expects the average bill to increase $17/mo. or $204/yr. Panel Sees No Way Around Rate Increases, Washington Post, B01 (June 25, 2008).
  
  Some commentators have been critical' [...]
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  Posted: June 26, 2008, 6:41pm EDT
  

• Announcing Albo & Griffith, Attorneys At Law

  This just in from the blog of Waldo Jaquith!
  
  Announcement!
  We Are Pleased to Announce
  The Union of Del. David Barr Albo
  and
  Majority Leader Morgan Griffith
  In A Holy Rural-Conservative Alliance
  
  
  Del. Dave Albo has made his marriage to the [...]
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  Posted: June 24, 2008, 10:43am EDT
  

• Republicans to Albo: You're Abandoned

  What does Del. Dave Albo and this car have in common?
  
  Well in today's Richmond Times Dispatch Jeff Schapiro says that the House Republican Caucus has basically decided to abandon Del. Dave Albo and fellow Abuser Fee Mastermind Del. Tom Rust.
  
  Not' [...]
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  Posted: June 22, 2008, 10:34pm EDT
  

• Stuck in Traffic? Thank Albo

  Del. Dave Albo has been cruising along fighting taxes for a decade, signing anti-tax pledges, and refusing to enact statewide transportation tax increases. See AMG, Albo & Roads: Where's the Beef? (June 2, 2008).
  
  Well yesterday, the chickens came home to roost. According to a Press' [...]
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  Posted: June 15, 2008, 10:19am EDT
  

• Albo Snags The WaPo, Hook, Line & Sinker

  Yet again, we take issue with the MSM (mainstream media) for failing to present an accurate picture of the position of Delegate Dave Albo. One of these days, local reporters will actually study his record and actually ask him tough questions - like this one from this famous consumer advocate:
  [...]
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  Posted: June 03, 2008, 12:54am EDT
  

• Albo-Rust Redux!

  In today's Washington Post, Del. Dave Albo said he's back working with Del. Tom Rust to "solve" our transportation problems again.
  Albo said he hopes to team with May and Del. Thomas Davis Rust (R-Fairfax) to offer a compromise that includes sources for regional and [...]
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  Posted: June 01, 2008, 11:58pm EDT
  

• Stuck in Traffic? Call Dave Albo

  Yesterday, Governor Tim Kaine released his proposal to raise more than $1 billion per year for new transportation funding. The Washington Post lauded this plan and pointed out:
  Roughly half the funds also would be spent in Northern Virginia, which makes sense, given that the region accounts for such an [...]
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  Posted: May 13, 2008, 8:15am EDT
  

• Why Does Albo Hate Women?

  Over the years, Delegate Dave Albo has not been hospitable to women's issues. For example, last year, when a female judicial applicant complained when now former Sen. Nick Rerras cross-examined her about her views on (a) abortion, (b) requiring arrests for domestic violence, and (c) her views on "feminazi's," [...]
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  Posted: April 18, 2008, 12:50am EDT
  

• Albo's $84,000,000+ Motion

  Sometimes a 42nd District resident as to ask themselves whose side is Del. Dave Albo on - the rural conservative dominated Republican leadership's side or is he there to work for solving his constituents' problems?
  Albo's Millions
  

  
  

  So if Del. Dave Albo really cared about actually [...]

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  Posted: March 21, 2008, 4:16am EDT
  

• Albo Hits The 2008 Trifecta

  Hat's off to Cville columnist Dan Catalano who featured this year's worst bills in a recent article. He had this to say about Del. Dave Albo:
  Now, the biggest loser in this year’s loony legislation race has to be our
  old pal Del. Dave Albo, who had a trifecta [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2008, 4:14am EDT
  

• GOP Blogs to Albo: You're The Luckiest Politician in VA

  Last November, the Mason Conservative labeled Del. Dave Albo the #4 Loser of this year's elections and had this to say:
  4. Delegate Dave Albo
  I can’t imagine a luckier politician in Virginia. Though Albo is now Chairman of the House Courts and Justice Committee, he has the daunting [...]
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  Posted: March 18, 2008, 5:18am EDT
  

• Albite Alert: "You Can't Fight the Internet"

  Del. Dave Albo on Abuser Fees:
  "You Can't Fight The Internet."
  "Legislature's Short View Killed Va. Driver's Fees," Washington Post B1 (Mar. 8, 2008)
  
  Raising Kaine has an excellent critique of this statement and the entire article which is anything but [...]
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  Posted: March 08, 2008, 9:38am EST
  

• Albo Felonizes Miscarriages

  Back in 1994, Del. Dave Albo got sued by the phone company and he struck back with a counterclaim complaining about charges on his bill. About six years later, he struck back with some comments in Committee which were reported in the Richmond Times.
  

  Del. David B. Albo, R-Fairfax, [...]

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  Posted: March 07, 2008, 12:00pm EST
  

• Resurrected & Rejected: Redux of the Abuser Fees Redux

  Rationale #1 - Only In-State "Road Abuser's" Should Pay "Abuser Fees"
  Back in the day when "Abuser Fees" were thought to be cool, Delegate Dave Albo proudly claimed that requiring those who "abuse the roads" to pay for them was a rational way to pay for the costs [...]
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  Posted: March 03, 2008, 9:51pm EST
  

• The Virginia Supreme Court Stomps Albo

  Talk about a bad two months for Delegate Dave Albo. First, his concealed box cutter law gets killed in committee along with his bill to regulate fireplace smoke, and his push to make it a felony to use an emergency exit after shoplifting (CLICK HERE).
  
  Then, today [...]
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  Posted: February 29, 2008, 11:18am EST
  

• It's Miller Time - Leveraging Booze & Smokes for $$$?

  Some people might wonder what motivates Del. Dave Albo to recently state that prohibiting smoking from restaurants "is a good idea," but that we can only do it AFTER we change some other laws first?
  Del. David Albo, R-Fairfax, said he would be willing to consider tighter smoking [...]
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  Posted: February 21, 2008, 1:00am EST
  

• Albo + Tobacco + $$$ = A Legislative Coward

  We bring you this from today's edition of our Tennessee border newspaper, The Bristol Herald Virginia Tri-Cities Courier:
  

  Doing the Bidding of Big Tobacco
  

  In a supreme show of political cowardice, six Virginia delegates acted unilaterally Thursday to prevent a floor vote on smoking ban legislation.

  They thwarted the [...]

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  Posted: February 17, 2008, 10:30am EST
  

• Albo: Just Don't Light Up In Your Fireplace

  Delegate Dave Albo has a long history of helping out the smoking industry that we've covered here before.
  
  AMG, Albo & Big Tobacco Run With Jim Crow & Joe McCarthy (Jan. 2, 2008)
  AMG, Albo - Nobody Expects Anything in Return (Apr. 23, 2007)
  AMG, [...]
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  Posted: February 15, 2008, 12:26am EST
  

• Living It Up At Hotel Albo?

  One head, one bed, two busoms & one troth....
  A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare
  
  This just in from the "You Gotta Be Kidding Me File." It turns out Delegate Dave Albo is friendlier with the lobbyists than we ever imagined. We already pointed out to you [...]
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  Posted: February 10, 2008, 4:38pm EST
  

• Albo Takes Down The Carpetlayers

  We've previously brought you stories about various groups Del. Dave Albo seems to hate. These include:
  
  

  • People who rent homes (AMG, Albo Hammers Renters Again & AMG, Albo Hates Renters)
  • Diabetics & Quadriplegics (AMG, Albo Hates Diabetics and Quadriplegics)
  • PTA Moms and their cookie sales (AMG, Dave [...]
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  Posted: January 31, 2008, 12:46am EST
  

• KO: Albo Knocked Off the Air By Repeal

  It looks like the first casualty of the repeal of "abuser fees" is Del. Dave Albo's website including his pro-abuser fee page which he put up to justify his plan.
  
  RIP davealbo.com
  
  
  (click to enlarge)
  [...]
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  Posted: January 29, 2008, 4:50pm EST
  

• Jim Gilmore Blasts Albo "Tax Increases"

  Former Governor Jim Gilmore issued the following press release today:

  "It is absolutely wrong for the state to be using the justice system to collect taxes."

  Jim Gilmore
  Dec. 22, 2007

  January 23, 2008
  
  For Immediate Release
  
  GILMORE LAUDS REPEAL OF THE ABUSIVE-DRIVER FEES
  Alexandria -- Former

  Governor Jim Gilmore [...]

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  Posted: January 24, 2008, 2:03am EST
  

• An Abuser Fee U-Turn or a Detour?

  Today, Del. Dave Albo announced he was voting to repeal abuser fees even though he thinks they are "a good concept" and after introducing a bill this session to expand abuser fees. Here's the video:
  
  
  
  Huh? Not Larry Sabato and Raising Kaine declared that Delegate [...]
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  Posted: January 21, 2008, 11:59pm EST
  

• The Connection Not Fooled by Albo's Head Fake

  The Burke Connection recently ran a story regarding Del. Dave Albo's continued push to keep his abuser fee's alive in the face of overwhelming opposition.
  
  In his interview with Julia O'Donoghue, Del. Albo apparently tried to downplay his personal financial stake this legislation. The Connection, didn't buy it:Some [...]
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  Posted: January 17, 2008, 12:59pm EST
  

• Constituent to Albo: "A Career Ending Exercise"

  A constituent to Del. Dave Albo recently sent him the following (which was also sent to most members of the Northern Virginia delegation):
  Albo defends driver fees - - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper [Jan. 15, 2008] David, it is heroic for a Captain [...]
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  Posted: January 16, 2008, 9:24am EST
  

• RTD Hammers Albo For Resume Padding

  From today's Richmond Times Dispatch Editorial:
  

  Transportation is becoming a hardy perennial: Almost certainly, the Assembly will revisit the abusive-driver fees and the enhanced fines for traffic infractions that it passed last year. And almost certainly, the session will see the usual bills about abortion, guns, and the other routine [...]

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  Posted: January 06, 2008, 9:53pm EST
  

• Lt. Governor Isolates Albo On Abuser Fees

  Republican Lt. Governor Bill Bolling sent out the press release below on January 3, 2008. The original release can be found here.
  
  Well here's one elected official who listened to The People. So Del. Albo - when are you going to listen to your constituents???
  
  Albo Must [...]
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  Posted: January 05, 2008, 3:59pm EST
  

• Albo & Big Tobacco Run With Jim Crow & Joe McCarthy?

  In 2007 session, a huge ruckus ensued after Gov. Tim Kaine attempted to amend legislation in order to ban smoking in restaurants. Delegate Dave Albo was roundly criticized here and on several other blogs for being one of only 3 Fairfax County legislators to vote against Governor [...]
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  Posted: January 02, 2008, 2:00pm EST
  

• Albo: Yes To Walmart, No Cops & Prosecutors

  Virginia has not raised the felony-misdemeanor distinction on things like shoplifting since 1979. What could $200 get you in 1979? According to this website, $200 in 1979 could buy you something worth $597.66 today.
  
  In a recent blog posting, Senator-Elect Chap Petersen recounts a conversation he had [...]
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  Posted: December 23, 2007, 4:00pm EST