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BY MEREDITH GORFEIN
Rappahannock News
Contributing Writer
The welcome spring rains did not dampen the spirits of the Rappahannock County Democrats attending the 2000 Presidential Caucus on Monday evening, April 17 at The Theatre at Washington; and the rain didn’t fall on A1 Gore's parade to the White House as the Vice President easily won all the Delegates from Rappahannock County.
The five Delegates elected to represent Rappahannock at the 10th Congressional District Convention and later at the State Democratic 2000 Convention were Ray Brown, Kage Gagnon, Meredith Gorfein, Bill Tieckelmann and Bob Weinberg. Kent Reeve, who is the Credentials Chair for the 10th Congressional Convention, will serve as an alternate.
In addition to sending the Delegation to the conventions in support of A1 Gore, the Caucus is also sending six Resolutions to be considered at the Conventions in the hope that they will be included in the Democratic Party’s platform adopted in August in Los Angeles at the Democratic National Convention. The issues covered in the resolutions were capital punishment, universal health care, sprawl, campaign finance reform, local control over cellular towers and the presidential selection process. All six of the Resolutions passed by overwhelming majorities with five passing unanimously.
The first Resolution, which passed unanimously, called for a moratorium on the imposition of Capital Punishment, noting the support for the moratorium from the Republican Governor of Illinois, the legislature of Nebraska, the American Bar Association and the Rev. Pat Robertson of Virginia. The Resolution supported the legislation introduced by Senator Leahy of Vermont to allow DNA evidence showing the innocence of a death row inmate to be considered by a federal court at any time; and called for an end to executions for juvenile offenders, which is contrary to the legal princi
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