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man of the state board that governs community colleges and years of working within state Democratic Party circles to pile up political credibility and chits.
The coming campaign for the chief law enforcement officer’s job, says Dolan, should be based on a free exchange of ideas between the candidates and the public. He says he will commend whoever his opponent might be for a willingness to run and to serve and, “If we respect this special challenging democratic process we can at least show some respect for each other, regardless of party of differences of opinion.”
Regardless of my own political persuasion, I think that Dolan’s message calling for civility in campaigning and a focus on the hard issues facing Virginia will strike a responsive chord with voters fed up with political advertising designed more to drive up negatives of an opponent than to enlighten voters about the ideas of a particular candidate.
Civility in campaigning. Wouldn’t that be a refreshing change?
(Editor’s note: John Goolrick, a former political reporter, is now an aide to 1st District Rep. Herbert Batemart. Opinions expressed are his own and not necessarily those of this newspaper.)
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