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ons Club 1993 Annual Benefit Auction. A total of $3,945 was received from donated saleable items.
The $500 cash prize was won by Marion J. Edwards of Culpeper. The 50-50 Drawing for $54.50 was won by Sarah Brown of Washington.
From all sources of the benefit auction, the club realized $5,332.93.
All members, spouses and supporting friends are thanked for their unselfish and untiring extra efforts. Special thanks to auctioneer Bill Payne and his wife, auction clerk Mauri. Thanks to all involved, in whatever manner, for another successful Rappahannock Lions Club project.
BARCLAY H. PENDLETON
and KERMIT A. WEAKLEY
Auction Co-Chairmen
Lottery Move
Saves Bucks
To the Editor:
As Speaker of Virginia’s House of Delegates, I take strong exception to the misinformation in the press about the General Assembly’s recent decision to authorize construction of a state office building in downtown Richmond as one project in a bond issue comprised of adult prisons, juvenile facilities, and other structures to be built at various locations in the Commonwealth. Among the several agencies that are scheduled to be housed in that office building is the State Lottery Department.
The rhetoric that has emerged since that time simply is not supported by the facts.
Our action has been unfairly characterized as frivolous when in fact it makes good business sense. The General Assembly has an ongoing responsibility to conduct the Commonwealth’s business in a way that maximizes the return on taxes paid by Virginians. We cannot shrink from that responsibility on the chance that something will be politically unpopular.
Our April 7 decision to approve construction of a state office building had everything to do with prudent business and nothing to do with frivolity. I hope the following facts will lay to rest the second-guessing of our motives and wisdom with regard to this matter.
When all of the facts are considered, I believe the General Assembly made a prudent decision to invest in a new state office building. It is this prudent approach to conducting the people’s business that led Financial World magazine to designate Virginia the best managed state for the second consecutive year.
THOMAS W. MOSS JR.
Speaker, Va. House of Delegates
Norfolk
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