The fall statewide fall conference will be on November 18th, 2017, at Delta Hotels Richmond Downtown (the old Crowne Plaza Hotel)
Tickets are $35 if you preregister, or $40 at the door
WHEN: November 18th (10am – 4pm)
WHERE: Delta by Marriott (Formerly Crowne Plaza), 555 E. Canal St., Richmond, VA 23219
HOTEL & PARKING:
Book by 11/15/17 – $119.00 per night plus tax. Reservations here
Hotel garage parking: $2 (pay at front desk)
Doors open: 9:15am
Registration: 9:15am – 10:00am
PROGRAM
– ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING –
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ELECTION
Official Launch of the
Local Government Evaluation and Comparison Project*
Speaker: Mark Daugherty (Chairman Emeritus, VTP)
*Does your local government collect $30 Million in annual taxes per square mile? One Virginia city does. Join our local government project!
FINANCIAL CLOUDS GATHERING IN VIRGINIA
Speaker: Ken Peterson
(Author, In Search of Good Government: The Goochland Revolution; Supervisor, Goochland County)
CONGRESSIONAL UPDATE
Speaker: Rep. Tom Garrett (VA-05)
THE DEMOCRAT’S ELECTORAL ‘LAW’FARE COMES TO STAFFORD COUNTY
Speaker : Steve Albertson
– MORNING BREAKOUTS –
DRAINING THE ENERGY SWAMP
Facilitated by CoLA Team Leader A.G. “Randy” Randol, PhD(co-founder, VA Scientists and Engineers for Energy and Environment)
“McAuliffe’s Green Kool-Aid Ration and Tax scheme”
Panelists Include:
Thomas Wysmuller, International speaker on Global Warming,
Is Virginia’s Sea-Level Rise a “Shore Thing?”
Ken Cuccinelli, Former VA Attorney General; President, Senate Conservative Fund,
“Dominion and APCo: Do they own the General Assembly, or merely rent it?”
K-12 EDUCATION REFORM NOW:
TURNING IDEAS INTO ACTION
Facilitated by CoLA Team Leader Kris Allen
(Virginia Education Coalition)
Panelists Include:
Antione M. Green, Foundation for Excellence in Education
Michelle McSweeney, President of VB Spark
Dr. Karen Hiltz, Franklin County School Board
Vicky Manning, Virginia Beach School Board
Nancy Smith, Middle Resolution
EXPOSING REGULATORY DARK MATTER:
A SERIOUS WORKSHOP
Facilitated by CoLA Team Leader Kathleen McCarthy
Panelists Include:
Clyde “Wayne” Crews, Vice President of Policy, Competitive Enterprise Institute,
“Exposing Regulatory Dark Matter”
Denver Riggleman, REF-PAC, Silverback Distillery, Former Candidate for Virginia Governor,
VA’s Regulatory Nightmare
Martha Boneta: “Freedom Fighter”
– AFTERNOON BREAKOUTS I –
REINING IN GOVERNMENT OVERREACH, “JUST SAY NO”
Part I
Facilitated by CoLA Director Carol Stopps
Panelists Include:
Ken Cuccinelli, Former VA Attorney General; President, Senate Conservative Fund,
Big Brother is Watching: What it knows. What you should know.
Richard Rothschild, Commissioner, Carroll County, MD,
Illegal Immigration Sanctuaries: Taking away the sanctity.
HEALTHCARE REFORM IN THE FACE OF LIBERAL SENSATIONALISM
Facilitated by CoLA Team Leader Deb Giffin
Panelists Include:
Senator Amanda Chase, Virginia General Assembly,
Transparency in Healthcare Pricing
Delegate John O’Bannon, Virginia General Assembly.
Repeal of the Certificate of Public Need (COPN)
Nancy Piotter, Executive Director, Virginians for Quality Healthcare,
“What to expect next from the federal Government”
– AFTERNOON BREAKOUTS II –
REINING IN GOVERNMENT OVERREACH: “JUST SAY NO”
Part II
Facilitated by CoLA Team Leader Dale Taylor
Panelists Include:
Mark Fitzgibbons, President of Corporate and Legal Affairs, American Target Advertising,
“Inherently Unreasonable Administrative Subpoenas Advance Police State, Violate the Constitution”
Claire Gastanaga, Executive Director, ACLU of Virginia,
Asset Forfeiture: “Policing for Profit”
Caleb Taylor, Tertium Quids,
“A bite as bad as it’s bark: installing the teeth of the 2012 VA Property Rights Amendment”
Delegate Nick Freitas, VA House of Delegates district #30 ,
Asset forfeiture legislation
VOTER FRAUD: THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Facilitated by CoLA Team Leader Susan Lascolette
(Supervisor, Goochland County)
Panelists Include:
Reagan George, Executive Director, Virginia Voter Alliance
AND Special Guests!
Breakout sessions subject to change to accommodate speakers!