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which will provide that press information packets of working meetings held by Boards of Supervisors by made available to the media.
In further support of our First Amendment rights, I also presented two other bills which would enable the media, upon approval of the judge, to have better access to juvenile court hearings and records. Both of these initiatives, however, were defeated by the majority party, which continues to control the committee system. It is that very control, of course which was exercised this week to prevent key elements of Governor Allen’s agenda from even being considered on the House Floor.
Similarly, two anti-crime bills, submitted at the requests of both victims and law enforcement officers in our District, were defeated. One would have taken away the driver’s license of juveniles convicted of various crimes; the other would have tVeated juvenile drug king-pins as adults. Again, an approach prevailed more worried, apparently, over the rights of the perpetrator than are my concerns, which focus on the victim.
We were able, however, to include Fauquier among counties able to require a background check on prospective school employees. Further, by bill to simplify the driver’s license application process for Home Schoolers appears headed for passage. My bill to facilitate the administration of small estates of wards, requested by Warren County Sheriff Lynn Armentrout, also passed this week.
A bill I was very pleased to see defeated was, in fact, withdrawn in the face of a loss: Legislation backing river boat gambling. I opposed such a bill last year, and would have done the same this time around. My House
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