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Parris has charged that Durrette supported a number of liberal positions during his service in the General Assembly during the early ’70s. In fact Durrette did, for a time, support the Equal Rights Amendment, collective bargaining for public service employees, and he cast several votes which appeared to indicate softness on the death penalty. He has recanted these errors, however, and has been told by the party elders that all was forgiven; to go and sin no more.
There is also evidence of “dirty tricks” on somebody’s part. Two weeks ago the Parris camp released a mysterious letter which seemed to indicate the Durrette strategists planned to use the “preachers” on the religious right only for purposes of gaining the nomination, and would then dump them. The letter was supposedly signed by Richmond financier Smith Ferebee and was addressed to former GOP National Committeewoman Judy Peachee, who is now an aide to Sen. Paul Trible.
Both Ferebee and Peachee denied any connection with the letter, and all concerned, including Parris, now agree it was a forgery. The Durrette people are still furious, however, because of the release of the letter by Parris without any effort being made to check its authenticity. As this is written, the origin of the letter remains unknown.
Durrette has been running for the nomination since he was defeated by Gerald Baliles in the 1981 attorney general’s race. He moved from Fairfax to Chesterfield in order to have a more cen
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