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to welfare but also stem the flow into overcrowded jails and prisons.
Infrastructure, particularly roads,needs a good hard look. The present ; pressure on transportation systems is almost unbearable and threatens to' become even worse. Without solid , means of transportation combined ! with sound environmental policies ' and quality education no matter what ' the level, the state will lose its com- ! petitive edge with other states. If that' happens and military cutbacks contin- ] ue, the standard and quality of living 1 for Virginians will inevitably go • down. ‘ ]
"Feel good” words uttered by] politicians won’t address the lurking,] problems, but 1997 is an election year . and a big one for both parties. So we-! will probably get spin doctors at work, ] instead of the neurosurgeons that are j needed. ’’ j
John Goolrick, a former political • reporter, is now an aide to 1st District • Rep. Herbert H. Bateman. Opiniqns { expressed are his own.
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