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Photo by Ray Boc
Campaigning
For Leslie Byrne, Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor, there is no doubt which is the big issue for Virginia voters: education. Byrne, speaking to a potluck supper at the Madison fairgrounds this past Sunday, lamented that across the Commonwealth, 30 percent of students entering the ninth grade will not graduate from high school. In some areas, said Byrne, the figure approaches fifty percent. “Too many of these kids”, said Byrne, “are working simply to help their families put food on the table” when they should, she insisted, be getting a complete education. Byrne worries that Virginia is thus forming a “permanent underclass”. The candidate, a longtime figure in Virginia politics, pointed to another big issue: pollution. Byrne reported that few in the media are writing about contamination of the waters, but she finds that “people really care about the environment.” Byme added, “fully half the rivers, streams and tributaries in the state are polluted. That’s not the Virginia and you and I want.” Rappahannock residents posed with Democratic candidates. Pictured from left to right are: Ray Boc, Jed Duval, Creigh Deeds, candidate for attorney general, Leslie Bryne, candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Bruce Sloane, Barbara Adolfi, Sharon Kilpatrick, Meredith Gorfein and Henry Gorfein.
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