AAH, oh how Hal is raking in the bucks from the Virginia GOP. \u00a0Not one but two color mailings arrived in today’s mail. \u00a0Somehow he thinks that being Mayor of a small town, okay city, creates some “experience” that translates into an effective state Senator. \u00a0And reality check for Hal: \u00a0He had zero to do with the airport which opened in the 1960’s. \u00a0It has grown but not because of Hal other than his ability to fly. \u00a0He did not open or create his own business. \u00a0He inherited it. \u00a0He does not “work” . \u00a0He has never really had a job other than running his father’s business. \u00a0He has had plenty of time to be a professional politician with little connection to the real people who live in our community. \u00a0Shaking hands and cutting ribbons is hardly a requisite for being an effective Senator. \u00a0And since Hal does not have to work, he can also be a professional meeting attender. \u00a0If the number of flyers and yard signs make a Senator, Hal is a winner. If we want someone who lives the life, raises his children, actually participates as a parent in the schools and then spends his spare time helping as an EMT, we want Jeremy McPike, not another right wing free-loader like Hal.<\/p>\n
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