Simply put, the role of government should be enforcement and regulating alcohol sales and not its retail sales or distribution. Here’s why …
Mike Thompson
Michael Thompson was Founder of the Thomas Jefferson Institute, starting the non-profit after twenty years as owner of his own marketing company in Springfield, Virginia. During eleven of these years he was also president of a family owned group of furniture stores in Georgia.
He was very active in national, state and local politics as well as a number of community organizations, commissions, and committees. He was the Past Chairman of the Virginia Leadership Council for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and served as Vice Chairman of the award-winning Fund for American Studies.
Mr. Thompson passed away in September, 2019 after an almost year-long battle against leukemia.
As Virginia continues with its Governor-inspired effort to modernize state government through the Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring, it might be helpful to learn […]
Economic hard times make all of us review our spending and how to cut costs. That is true at home, at church, in our businesses […]
Thomas Jefferson Institute President Mike Thompson, also serving as Special Advisor to Governor Bob McDonnell’s Government Reform and Restructuring Commission, made a powerpoint presentation to […]
The General Assembly produced a final budget that sets the stage for the next step. That next step should be reforming the way government works […]
The General Assembly produced a final budget that, all in all, is pretty good and sets the stage for the next step by our Governor. […]