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Wood Blasted
To the Editor: !
Last week’s story on the Repub-! lican Convention quoted me saying1, that Mr. Jerry Wood has broken all; three of his promises from his last* campaign. Here is how he did it. !
As far as I know, he took no ac-1 tion on his promise to cap property* tax increases in Fauquier County at! five per cent per year. ;
In his first year in Richmond he! did nothing to fulfill his second, promise, which was to obtain impact; fee authority for Fauquier and Rap-' pahannock Counties. During this! past session he introduced a bill, which had no support because he made no effort to develop it. The bill; failed in committee, just as Mr.* Wood figured.
The breaking of his third promise; was quite revealing. The promise was that he would not support any! new taxes or tax increses. He actu-! ally said, “Read my lips!” ;
Among his first acts as our dele-! gate was to declare his sponsorship! for Doug Wilder’s “Sick Tax,” which; was to be a sales tax on health prod-* ucts and services. Fortunately, it! didn’t pass. ' !
A reporter for this newspaper* asked Mr. Wood why he would spon-! sor such an initiative. His reply:! “I’ve been asking myself the same; question. Why would the governor* want a little old delegate from War-! renton on the health provider bill?! I’d already told him I wasn’t going to! vote for it.” •* <
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Mr. Wood is a big asset to the,' party leadership because he dofes{ what he is told. To the purest of lib-* eral Democrats, this is a virtue. !
The rest of us, who want! thoughtful, assertive representation! in Richmond, will vote for Mr. Jay! Katzen in November.
ROBERT M. DARBY;
Woodville*
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