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He has been a leader in the House on issues as diverse as protection of the Bull Run battlefield, health care and transportation, including the commuter rail from Fredericksburg and Manassas to Washington, D.C. Last year he spearheaded the bi-partisan effort that stopped the CIA’s move to West Virginia. Most recently he was a forceful supporter of the family leave bill, which was then vetoed by President Bush.
Wolf has been called a “pot-hole Congressman” by his detractors, but we don’t think that attention to .constituent problems should be a detriment. In fact, if more representatives spent more time listening and responding to their constituents the Congress might be a more esteemed body.
'Yes' on bond issues
Virginia voters will be asked to approve the issuance of three general obligation bonds on the Nov. 3 ballot: $95 million for parks and recreation, $45 million for mental health facilities, and $472 million for educational institutions.
For the past several years, funds for capital improvements to the state’s facilities have been frozen or severely cut. Meanwhile, the use of these same facilities continues to grow, and the cost of needed repairs and improvements gets higher each year.
In education, particularly, the number of students seeking higher education continues to grow, and the state’s public college system is strained to its limits. While we agree with those who feel that some restructuring of the system is needed to more effectively meet the educational needs of an increasingly diverse group of students, capital im-' provements remain necessary.
The state’s mental health system has been neglected during the best of times, and has suffered
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