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Hectic
Pace
Marked
Assembly
By SEAN ADAMS
Arundel Newspaper! Staff Writer
RICHMOND — The 1985 General Assembly that slipped into history Saturday night will be remembered as much for its hectic pace and sometimes nasty battles as it will for what may be a historic realignment that bodes well for Northern Virginia.
Like their counterparts from other areas, local legislators were caught up in battles over uranium mining, a coal slurry pipeline, abortion, mandatory seatbelt legislation, the state budget and other bills that the assembly considered in the 46-day session.
But perhaps the most bitter battle, and one that occasionally turned to personal attacks in the usually gentile assembly, was over the bill that will change the way the state allocates highway money to localities.
The bill, called the “Manning compromise” after its sponsor, Del. L. Cleaves manning (D-Portsmouth), was signed into law Friday by Gov. Charles S. Robb, who said it was “one of the most important pieces of legislation...
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