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Lt. Gov. Nod
Jones Enters Race
By JAMES MCMAHON
Capital News Service
RICHMOND — After completing one term and starting another in the Virginia General Assembly, Del. Jay Katzen, R-31st District, seeks a new challenge.
When Del. Katzen stood in front of more than 500 Republican political activists at the Republican Advance oii Saturday in Richmond, he announced his candidacy for lieutenant governor in the 1997 elections. '■*
Despite getting a late start, Katzen vowed to crisscross the state once the assembly session ends on March 9.
“I’m told I got a late start in this campaign,” Del. Katzen said. “Maybe so, but I had a lot to do to this point and will continue to focus my efforts on our legislation.
“If an early start has produced the squabbling we now already have — over a year before the selection of our nominee — maybe I haven’t missed much.” ' * ‘
After referring to the recent bickering between two other lieutenant governor hopefuls, John H. Hager, a Richmond businessman, and Coleman Andrew in, a McLean businessman, Del. Katzen told the audience that he would continue his quest to keep big government out of the lives of Virginians.
He also renewed his support for charter schools, 4 major issue he fought hard for — and lost — last year when it never left the committee. The assembly, however, did call for a yearlong pilot study to be conducted on the issue.
“There’s nothing new about my positions. I’ve always had them,” Del. Katzen said, adding that he sees an opporT tunity for the charter schools bill to move through this year’s assembly.
“I really feel that there is gathering support for the leg-; islation. The support is there. This is another innovation that is being offered, and I think that the youngsters of Virginia deserve that chance.”
The study completed by a bipartisan assembly panel recommended that school boards with the support of the community be allowed to establish autonomous charter schools. The panel also recoimh&nded that the board have
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