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There were no campaign slogans or sound bites during the Senator's visit. He only obligingly referred to his opponent, Mr. Allen, when he stated, "former Governor Allen built so many prisons in the Commonwealth during his tenure that we now have to import prisoners from other states to pay for prison infrastructure costs. In addition, Virginia is presently facing several lawsuits from some of these very same "imported" prisoners."’
The problem of pervasive traffic congestion is a result of former Governor Allen's
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