Monday, December 08, 2008

Saxman townhall meeting Thursday

Delegate Chris Saxman (R-20th House) will be holding a townhall meeting this Thursday, December 11, 2008, at 6:00 pm at Staunton's City Hall.

His special guest will be Bill Leighty, former chief of staff to Governors Warner and Kaine.

His press release said:
As Chief of Staff to Governor Kaine, Mr. Leighty worked closely with Delegate Saxman and the Cost Cutting Caucus in implementing a series of "Operational Reviews" of Virginia state government in 2007. This bi-partisan effort conducted jointly by the executive and legislative branches, was a key initiative to implement performance management in the Commonwealth. Delegate Saxman and Mr. Leighty jointly presented on Virginia's experience with Operational Reviews to the American Legislative Exchange Council's Fiscal Policy Task Force and were also published in ALEC's magazine.

For their work to examine the operations of state government, Delegate Saxman and Mr. Leighty were jointly presently the annual "Making Government Better" award by the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy in December, 2007.

The Town Hall meeting is open to the public, and will be an opportunity for constituents to discuss the upcoming 2009 legislative session, including state budget issues.

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