Article: Baliles Seeks Local Tax for Roads; Optional Levy on Income Proposed as Virginia Legislature Convenes

Article: Baliles' Transportation Tax Seems En Route to Change; ...
The Washington Post;  January 15, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... Gov. Gerald L. Baliles' hastily conceived ... proposal for a local income tax for transportation ... consensus for the local income tax, Baliles waited until the ... days earlier. As Baliles explained it, the idea for the income tax surcharge crystallized ...

Article: Baliles Broke New Ground For Transportation System
The Washington Post;  December 24, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... package." Instead, Baliles came up with a plan ... to impose a local income tax for transportation ... Eventually, Baliles predicted, the local option income tax will be approved ... Douglas Wilder, Baliles said, "it's unlikely ...

Article: Baliles Asks Most of Windfall for Taxpayers
The Washington Post;  January 15, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... others, bases its income tax structure on the federal system. Baliles and leaders of both ... best to do that. Baliles proposed a five ... changes to state income tax laws in 60 years ... 000 by 1989, and income tax breaks for the blind ... benefit," said Baliles, adding ...

Article: Baliles, a Pragmatist, Wakens Virginia to New Role in ...
The Washington Post;  December 24, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... he proposed a local income tax dedicated to transportation ... a vote. In March, Baliles and other state officials ... McLean). Callahan said Baliles's first years were ... blew it on the local income tax; he blew it on the ... Philosophically, Baliles, 49, is first of all ...

Article: Baliles' Bills, Skills Evident in Assembly
The Washington Post;  February 8, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... Columbia and to endorse Baliles' plan to refund most of a so-called income tax windfall to residents ... detergents-all of which Baliles pledged to sign into ... because the state's income tax schedule is based on ... intensely partisan issue. Baliles' plan has prompted ...

Article: Baliles' Reputation At Stake in Session; Democrats ...
The Washington Post;  April 24, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... continuing embarrassment" for Baliles, he added. Many Democratic ... elections, are looking to Baliles to provide a "something ... expected to eliminate the state income tax on the pensions of the nearly ... retirees who live in Virginia, Baliles has considered an array of ...

Article: Baliles' `Robin Hood Tax Reform' at Issue in Va.
The Washington Post;  January 18, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... Gov. Gerald L. Baliles' proposed distribution ... resulting from federal income tax code changes. A ... political hazard. Under Baliles' plan, taxpayers ... percent of its annual income tax revenue, would ... contend, as do Baliles and his financial ... down" Virginia's income ...