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Wood for Delegate
In the 31st District race for the House of Delegates, incumbent Democrat Jerry Wood has faced a tough campaign from Republican challenger Jay Katzen. Mr. Katzen has seemed to spend more time in Rappahannock. Both men are affable and out-going.
The Rappahannock News tried unsuccessfully to get either candidate to promise to introduce a bill that would make all calls to and from the county seat in Washington toll free. If either one had done so, the choice would have been easier for us.
Both candidates promise to hold the line on taxes, and both oppose the five-day waiting period for handgun purchases.
Although Del. Wood comes to the abortion controversy from a pro-choice point of view, while Mr. Katzen comes from a pro-life point of view, their stands on specific proposals are not very different. Both say they would support bills requiring parental notification, a 24-hour waiting period, and giving a woman seeking an abortion information on alternatives.
We prefer Del. Wood’s proposal for parental notification, w’hich would expand the list of adults who could be notified to make certain a young girl has some adult support without requiring that her parents be told. We frankly don’t suppose that any woman or girl seeks an abortion without knowing that she could instead carry the pregnancy to term and either keep the baby or give it up for adoption and without considering it for 24 hours. .
Rural areas have less and less influence in the Virginia General Assembly. In the Decmocratic-controlled legislature most Republicans have even less influence than rural legislators.
We support Del. Wood’s proposal to get a portion of lottery profits returned to the county for education. We believe that he is, in general, likely to be more successful in seeing that county taxpayers get some benefits from the taxes they send to Richmond, and we urge our readers to support him Nov. 2.
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