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easily as it can mean productiveness. However, an urban electorate which is concerned about crime and the use of guns for those crimes, an urban electorate which wants better transportation faster than traditional payment plans will permit, and an urban electorate demanding action on environmental hazards is more likely to reward legislative accomplishment. A complacent legislator can easily, become a former legislator.
This, in fact, may be the biggest clue to the active - dare it be said - progressive nature of the modern Virginia General Assembly. The people of Virginia do not want it to be easy for criminals to buy guns. They need better roads. They deserve a clean environment and a marketplace fair for both producers and consumers.
The majority of legislators from urban Virginia know they represent a dynamic electorate. The Commonwealth’s “new” urban voters are informed and vitally interested in complex issues. They demand that government respond. They turn out in great numbers to cast their ballots for what they want. And what the people want, they usually get.
It ain’t like it use to be, Blackie.
Warren Stambaugh, an Arlington lawyer, has been a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for 15 years. He is the second ranking member of the powerful House Finance Committee and the leader of the House’s progressive Democratic wing.
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