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By .MARY K BEEWITT
Arundel \r« spaprr Slate Writer Republican gubernatorial candidate.). Marshall Coleman denied opposing a western bypass around Washington, calling the road’s construction "inevitable" at an appearance before the- Farmer's Co-op Expo inx Culpeper County last j Thursday. Aug. HI, Amidst handshakes, barbecue i and bluegrass music, Coleman took a J few minutes to answer reporters’ questions before he spoke briefly about agriculture. ‘ Although it is mainly a rural county. Culpeper is on the edge of | development with Fauquier County, > its eastern neighbor, experiencing growth pressures. Reporters questioned Coleman on his stance on a proposed western bypass around Washington which would slice through Fdiuquier, Prince William and Loudoun counties effecting their surrounding neighbors.
“It appears to me that there will ultimately be a western bypass,” Coleman responded. "It’s just a question of where, not whether.”
Coleman’s attitude toward the western bypass appears to have changed considerably over the past two and a half months. The GOP candidate is quoted in the June 1 edition of The F<U1<11<1< r Democrat as speaking against a western bypass.
"I think we should get on with the eastern bypass. It's not part of my campaign to build the western bypass," he said in June.
Coleman also attempted to separate his position from that of former L'.S. Congressman Stan Parris, his opponent in the G.OP primary.
“Parris is saying build the western bypass. He doesn't care who it effects or who it knocks down. He’s going to build the western bypass. Well. 1 don't happen to agree with him," he said.
Following his primary election victory, however, Coleman received several large campaign contributions from Northern Virginia developers. His largest donor is currently Dwight Schar who, along with his wife, Martha McCartney, have given Coleman a total of $435,000.
Coleman has also had $200,000 placed in his campaign piggy bank '■ hy the Hazel brothers. .John T. "Til” Hazel .Jr. and William A., and their various enterprises. The Hazels were the largest financial backers of Rep. Parris in the gubernatorial primary.
When questioned' about his earlier position, Coleman implied that he had been misunderstood.
“I didn’t say 1 was opposed to it [the western bypassi," he said. "I sjiid I thought the eastern bypass would be built first.”
Recalling Coleman’s comments and the subsequent news story, ■ Democrat editor Dick Johnson said The GOP candidate was accurately ; quoted in full in the paper.
Johnson had interviewed Coleman late in May during the candidate’s primary campaign swing though the county. “His comments ■ were tape recorded and then tran* scribed for the story. He said he was ’for the eastern bypass and opposed 'to the western route.
“His opponent, Paul frible, had
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