O'Brien Comments on Virginia Politics

Sean O'Brien was interviewed for a feature in the most recent edition of The New Dominion magazine. The story examines how abusive driver fees, illegal immigration, and the state budget will impact Virginia politics in coming months.

Virginia Democrats are playing up driver fees. Virginia Republicans are playing up immigration. It’s almost as if there are two different elections being held in the
Commonwealth in November - almost, because still there’s only the one
in which voters will be able to cast their lots...

“One of the things that Virginia prides itself on is the Dillon Rule
- and how that makes for a level playing field in terms of, say, taxes
and business regulations, because you can’t have the sort of patchwork
of different rules. And you’re starting to see a patchwork forming up
in Northern Virginia - of different regulations related to immigrants.
And the reaction from the immigrant community appears to be, Well, OK,
we’ll just go to the next county over, or, We’ll boycott the businesses
in this community that aren’t immigrant-friendly. And it’s actually
starting to create a little bit of the patchwork that the Dillon Rule
is supposed to prevent,” O’Brien said.

“The state level is certainly a more appropriate level to have this debate,” O’Brien said.

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