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People are talking about this ticket,” Dolan continued. “Terry for governor, Beyer for lieutenant governor; what’s his name for attorney general. My plea tonight is very simple: don’t forget what’s his name. ”
Prior to the evening reception, Dolan met with the Times-Democrat during a campaign suing through Fauquier, and presented some of the ideas on attorney generalship that he would like to see become more familiar to 10th District voters.
“I see the office as kind of two sides,” he said. “First, the kind of technically enumerated duties. Then, secondarily, modern attorneys general have almost a bully pulpit, maybe best illustrated by Mary Sue and drunk driving.”
Identifying himself as “basically an education kind of guy,” Dolan said much of what he will preach from the bully pulpit concerns juveniles and juvenile crime.
“I have been talking about juvenile crime, about education, and what we ought to be doing differently as a matter of public policy in those areas,” Dolan said. “Part of this is public advocacy as a part of the Attorney General’s job, but another part of the Attorney General’s office provides the legal services for the policy entities in the Commonwealth.
“There is always the opportunity to present views, or suggest priority or perspective that can influence policy-makers,” he said of the office he is seeking. “What I am trying to argue is that every society is measured by what they do for children, for the next generation.”
According to the Democratic candidate, the juvenile court system is “the least prestigious, the most ignored, and as far as the legal and the general community, the most poorly-understood court,” in the state system.
“The legal system is like a pyramid in that the policies and the funding and the prestige create the pyramid. The Supreme Court is at the top and the juvenile court is at the bottom. The only thing wrong with the pyramid is that it is upside down as far as societal needs,” Dolan said.
“I think it’s the most important eourt in the system,” he suggested. “It is more important than the Virginia Supreme Court. It is the institutional part of the law that has the greatest impact directly on children.
“I’m a great believer in trying to front-load the amount of money we Spend where it’s going to do the greatest amount of good,” he said.
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