Gratuitous Old Dominion Political Observation

I don't watch much tee vee so am generally not exposed to this sort of thing, but I couldn't help noticing while watching the Indians/Yankees game last night that the local ad spots were pretty well stocked with campaign ads damning and blasting Virginia's draconian new abusive driver fees and every politician on which they could be hung.

It strikes me that this could well be the numbero uno campaign issue here in the Commonwealth, as the fees - which took effect this summer - are almost universally despised, while urban legends about a friend of a friend of a friend getting popped for a thousand bucks for rolling through a stop sign are already beginning to sprout.

I would hate to be a House of Delegates member up for re-election with my name in any way attached to that particular piece of legislation.