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Contents 1 Government Performance Project 2 Misc 3 Bush numbers 4 No Longer Governor 5 Accuracy of Fiscal Policy 6 NNDB Source 7 Merger Proposal 8 Views

[edit] Government Performance Project

I was reading this over, and did a quick lookup of this report. According to the web site, Virginia, in 2005, recieved a list of A- grades across the board except on money, which was an A ([Government Performance Project Report]), yet this article states:

"Virginia and Utah tied with an A- overall, but Virginia got A's across the board, prompting Warner to dub Virginia "the best managed state in the nation."

This statement appears to be completly innacurate, and there's no citation on his quote. I'm tempted to modify this section, but I wanted to put this in here in case i've somehow missed something. I'm sure it can be "reformulated" with more accurate information by those who maintain this article. --Jmathies 13:39, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I've done some cleanup, including the above reference to the study. The article rambles quite a bit and seems to get off topic, i've tried to remedy this a couple places but the article still needs some work. --Jmathies 14:06, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Misc

The List of Governors of Virginia lists 76 governors of Virginia under statehood. How, then, can Warner be the 69th, as claimed on this page? 69.19.2.225 08:15, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Some of the governors have held multiple non-consecutive terms; the number of 76 indicates the number of discrete terms held, but only 69 individuals have served in the office. The image claiming Warner is the 69th is from the Governor of Virginia's website, so apparently the state prefers to use that method of counting. Ground 19:09, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bush numbers

Why are we including this comparison in the lead of this article? The entire point seems to be to say that Warner is more popular than Bush in Virginia -- what is the point of this? Are the two in contending offices? Not really, since they are in different levels of government. Are the two likely to face each other in an election? No, obviously not. There are dozens of political figures who would be a more relevant comparison than Bush -- more interesting to compare, for instance, Virgina legislative leaders. Describing 40% as "tepid" is also POV. Frankly, the intention seems purely to get a dig in at Bush. Christopher Parham (talk) 02:33, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

40% is always a tepid number, be them Democrats or Republicans. Warner and Bush are the last two major officeholders to win a statewide election in the state of Virginia. However, I have now removed the mention to protect Bush from being compared with Warner. –Uris 02:37, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

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From tla. Clearly, the piece on Mark Warner is a puff piece and will be recommended for major change or outright removal. Only what Warner press releases consider his successes are sighted. This is as unbalanced an article on a Virginia governor as I've found so far. It is also as detailed as one might expect from a slavish Warner supporter, and completely lacks neutrality, when viewed by an actual citizen of Virginia who has seen the Warner term from within the state. Warner DID wangle the largest tax increase in Virginia history, and it DID extract far more money from the taxpayers than was needed for the state's budget. He DID declare a water emergency during a heavy rain in the areas affected by a short-term drought, and DID declare the state's right to ban the use of private wells in defiance of thousands of years of real estate law and any common-sense understanding of the state's right to control water sources on private property. Auto and driver's licenses increased drastically in expense during Warner's term, as did the cost of transferring property of any type. Any license or fee charged by the state increased in cost at a rate many times that of inflation during this governor's term of office. Just because a supporter doesn't want to include the facts, should they really get away with inflicting a puff piece like this article and be able to pass it off as factual? Well, there is a whole world outside of wiki that can be informed that this website is an unreliable source. It certainly relies on the selective urban and Northern Virginia press as major sources, and neither represents the state as a whole.

Actual citizens of Virginia are the ones that have made him their most popular Governor on record. By the way, I was born and raised and voted many times in western to central Virginia. You are free to cite newspapers from around the state other than the "selective urban and Northern Virginia press" but I don't think you can find any actual unbiased sources to support your position that is at odds with the vast majority of Virginians — all of whom, by the way, support Mark Warner far more than they supported Jim Gilmore or George Allen. –Uris 11:38, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Actually, the poll numbers for George Allen are higher, in a head to head race, for George Allen than Mark Warner. Still, no mention in your puff piece of the less than stellar moments of the Warner term, but that's fine, they'll come out if he runs for public office again. By the way, it's helpful if you know or care who commissions the poll before you cite it as inclusive of 'all or even a majority of Virginians'. The polls you cite, if you look into their methodology as I have, can be less random and more targeted to specific groups than you've suggested.

Wrong. The Roanoke Times, far from the urban centers of Virginia that you seem to despise (read: Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads) released this poll here in July showing Warner defeating Allen in a statewide race. But since you are a self-proclaimed expert on the polling process, why don't you explain to us how you've looked into their methodology, as you have, and have discovered their biased secrets. Those darned Southwest Virginia rural liberals! Care to elaborate? –Uris 16:57, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] No Longer Governor

I have tagged this article for clean-up. It needs to be updated to reflect the fact that as of today, he is a former governor. --TommyBoy 18:57, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup complete. --TommyBoy 10:08, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Accuracy of Fiscal Policy

I just wanted to say that the paragraph outlining Mark Warner's budget policies is accurate but it could say more: Warner broke a solemn campaign promise and OK'ed the largest tax increase in Virginia history. --StevenL 02:48, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NNDB Source

I noticed that this article contains an external link to NNDB. In comments on Talk:Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia co-founder Jimbo Wales suggested that NNDB should never be cited as a source on Wikipedia. Considering his comments, should that link be removed from this article? --TommyBoy 06:26, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Nevermind, User:WaldoJ has removed the external link. --TommyBoy 20:57, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry about that -- I should have checked the talk page. I'd known about Jimbo's views on NNDB -- plus, the information was useless -- so I just pulled it. --WaldoJ 15:36, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merger Proposal

I have proposed that the article on Warner'a wife, Lisa Collis should be merged with this article. See Talk:Lisa Collis for details. --TommyBoy 02:02, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

I have re-established Lisa Collis as a redirect to this article. --TommyBoy 09:57, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Views

I propose that there should be a "views" section for Warner, like there is for other presidential candidates. Schmorrell 01:54, 28 September 2006 (UTC)