I was talking to a public official a few weeks ago and I mentioned to her how concerned I was about Fairfax County's $540M budget shortfall for FY2009.  She told me that Virginia is "not bad" at all in comparison to most states.  As I do some research on how "not bad" the situation is, I found  Virginia is one of 29 states that has a budget shortfall in FY2009 based on The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, http://www.cbpp.org/1-15-08sfp.htm, and Virginia (tied with Massachusetts) is in...