Virginia Governor Wants To Shift The Cost Of Highways Onto The Poor And Bikers: Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R), seeking to address a looming shortfall in his state’s transportation funds, has proposed a plan to boost transportation funding by repealing the state’s gas tax and replacing it with increased sales taxes and a surcharge on alternative-fuel vehicles, the Washington Post reports: Gov. Robert F. McDonnell proposed Tuesday an ambitious [...]/p