The Forward Together PAC has up a good comparison of President Bush’s unkept campaign promises and Governor Mark Warner’s proven record of helping rural residents in Virginia.
They say:
This week’s Hilltown Democratic Dispatch remembers President Bush’s promise from April 2004 during a campaign stop in Iowa, to bring broadband access ‘to every rural county by 2007′. But, as the Dispatch notes, with a year to go, the goal is far from being met.
In Virginia, the Dispatch notes, ‘former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner compiled quite a record on behalf of rural residents during his just-completed four-year term in the Old Dominion. From investing regional venture capital funds in Southside and Southwest Virginia to establishing the Center for Rural Virginia and luring more than 16,000 new jobs to the state’s rural areas.’
With people making comparisons like that, one might think Warner is running for president.
Carrico has introduced a scary pair of bills, one dealing with DUI and another dealing with concealed handgun permits. HB 401 would take away from localities the option to mandate fingerprinting for concealed handgun permits. Why? Good question. Localities are better in tune with the crime situation within their borders: top-down decrees to set their policies are probably not the best way to stop gun crimes.
Perhaps the scariest one of all, though, is HB 364. HB 364 would eliminate references to “trains” in the DUI and drugs statute, presumably making it easier for train conductors to be stoned drunkards.
Coming off two strong special election victories (3rd and 23rd Districts), Democrats are gaining some momentum. Even though the Third District was not a pickup like the 23rd District, it was a district that went for Kilgore and some considered in play.
Ben thinks this momentum comes down to the Kaine campaign’s strong Get Out the Vote organization and the Republicans lack thereof. I know my experience with the call lists here in Dickenson County was phenomenal. The calls they had us making were very well targeted and effective.
Third District Del. Dan Bowling, Southwest Virginia’s only new guy in town, was assigned to the Militia, Police, and Public Safety and Transportation committees.
Time and again, as I have traveled this commonwealth, Virginians have told me three things. That results matter. That they’re proud of the direction we’re going. And a third thing: they appreciate it when we work out our differences and work together to get things done.
Governor Warner will be missed by many in Virginia, but a lot of us are hoping he will get a chance to serve the entire country as well as he has Virginia.
The Forward Together PAC has up a good comparison of President Bush’s unkept campaign promises and Governor Mark Warner’s proven record of helping rural residents in Virginia. 
