Chet Nagle ——Bio and Archives--January 28, 2026

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When the new Governor of Virginia, Abigail Spanberger, cancelled the state’s cooperation with ICE under the federal 287(g) program, her move further to the left was celebrated by CASA In Action as “a major victory for immigrant communities across the Commonwealth.” Now that Virginia has joined the army of sanctuary states, we can expect harassment of ICE federal officers in Henrico County near the capitol, Richmond, and elsewhere.

What is CASA In Action? It was called CASA de Maryland before 2010 when it was a charity for immigrants. It was reorganized, and now is allowed to operate across the United States and:

How’s that for a charity turned into a left-wing political operator?

But there’s more. Much much more.

The General Assembly in Richmond is completely controlled by Democrat legislators, and they do whatever their Democrat governor commands. In a region where states are phasing out state income taxes they’ll do what Democrats do best.

Raise taxes.

Despite inheriting a $2.7 billion surplus left by Governor Youngkin, part of a $10 billion surplus he created for schools and tax relief, Governor Spanberger and her other Democrats in the General Assembly simply want more of our money. I write this as a citizen of the Commonwealth.

Even before the new Governor could change the curtains in the Governor’s mansion, Democrat legislators produced more than fifty new tax bills—Democrat Spanberger will sign every one that makes it to her desk. The end of the tax feeding frenzy in Richmond is not in sight, and it will not be in sight for years.

Among those noxious tax bills is HB 378. It imposes a 3.8% net investment income tax on individuals, trusts, and estates beginning in taxable year 2027. If enacted, HB 378 would raise VA’s top income tax rate on portfolio and passive income to 9.55%.

Nearly all the states around........

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