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ers from a variety of ecology-minded groups, including the Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, the Audubon Society, the Wilderness Society, the Izaak Walton League and others.
According to the LCV, Ms. Slaughter supports all six of their major legislative issues. Mr. Allen opposes three and has what they term an ambiguous stance on the three others.
At the Rappahannock Democrats’ rally at Montpelier, Ms. Slaughter’s environmental work was defended by county resident Elizabeth Haskell, the Virginia secretary for natural resources.
“She’s the kind of person who knows how to get things done,” said Mrs. Haskell. “She’s a problemsolver environmentalist.”
Asked about possible confusion among voters stemming from her surname (she’s incumbent Rep. Slaughter’s first cousin), Ms. Slaughter conceded that there is “a minor amount of name confusion,” adding that hers is a “traditional name in the district,” and “something people are going to remember.”
Washington, Va. attorney Doug Baumgardner, chairman of the county Democratic Committee, began the Democrats’ speechmaking with a word of thanks to Sperryville attorney Jim Bill Fletcher, whose family’s estate, Montpelier, was the site of the rally.
Mr. Baumgardner introduced Ms. Slaughter as a woman “born and raised in this area” and as someone “who appreciates the need for preserving the countryside.”
Ms. Slaughter said the last month has reinforced her belief that the environment is “a major concern, not only here, but throughout the district.”
Other issues she said were of great interest to 7th District voters are health care, educational opportunities for children, “getting government out of women’s choice in family planning matters,” discontent with the status quo in D.C. and mass transportation.
In contrast with her opponent Pel. Allen, said Ms. Slaughter, she wants to go to Washington “not just to climb the career ladder.”
Next to address the 50-60 Democrats at the rally was Margaret Haynes, running against two-term
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