Winter storm comes the inevitable announcement of states of emergency across the country in Virginia, no different.

And one of the things that are triggered when Virginia declares a state of emergency is the inevitable swooping in of a politician to say,

I'm going to go after anyone who's price gouging.

Joining us is Scott Goodman, one of the great defense attorneys in Virginia of the Goodman

law firm, and you can find them at Seavill Lawyer.com. Scott, thank you for taking a little

time out with us. How are you doing, sir?

I'm pretty good. Back in from, you know, backbreaking shoveling this morning,

but VDOT has done a pretty good job. Isn't it ice breaking shoveling? Because if your yard's

anything like mine, you stand on the snow for a few seconds until that first crust breaks and

then you come down about three inches. Yeah, you got to stare at it.

Hopefully it breaks up, right?

Yeah.

But, you know, hopefully you didn't overdue there.

And I appreciate you taking some time out with this.

And inevitably, there was Attorney General Jay Jones, who we all are still stinging from the

idea of what he said about political opponents, thinking

about him going out with his minions from the Attorney General's office looking for price

gouging.

And every year I feel this way, even during the Yonken administration, I wondered.

I said, is there really such a thing as price gouging in Virginia, or is this just low-hanging

political fruit giving somebody an opportunity to say, I'm going to go after you, mysterious lawbreaker?

Well, that's for sure. I mean, there's definitely politicians grandstanding, and then you can go over

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