According to Warner, however, those voters failed to do much research into the tax plan. Long gone are platforms on broader issues like the environment, health care and education. In their place will come narrow promises. Clearly, this lack of obligation that Gilmore now has to us as students should greatly concern us. But the general message Virginia voters have sent us is even more disturbing.
Education lights the way.
His plan, the one that lost, was extensive, encompassing all aspects of education, from pre-kindergarten to college, and concerning both financial and academic matters. In contrast, Gilmore's plan, when it was mentioned at all, was narrow and vague. Yet, it is the education plan voters chose for Virginia, whether deliberately or not. The money must be made up somewhere. Education may not be too far down on that list.