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Virginia House of Delegates 48th District!
As redrawn in 2011, Virginia’s 48th Delegate District includes the area in Northern Virginia covering north Arlington, as well as much of McLean from the Arlington border to the Beltway. It also runs along the Potomac from Chain Bridge to National Airport and Crystal City.
I’m proud to have represented the 48th District’s citizens in Richmond since 1998. I hope you’ll take a few minutes to read about my background, the legislation I have championed in Richmond, and my stand on issues that matter to Northern Virginia and the Commonwealth.
I encourage you to visit my website often. Please contact me if you have any questions or if there’s an issue involving state government that I can help you resolve.
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Archive for the 'Public Meetings' Category
For the next nine weeks between now and November 8, I’ll be appearing with my two opponents at debates and campaign forums across Arlington and McLean. The first event was Tuesday’s Arlington Civic Federation Candidate Night for the three State Senate districts and four House districts that include Arlington. See and hear both my opening and closing statements at the Candidate Night here: Opening Statement and Closing statement. (Apologies for the sound quality).
:: I had the honor last week to address the graduates at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate Convocation
– dressed in a cap and gown, standing before an audience celebrating academic achievement! This address allowed me to reflect on the history, achievements and challenges facing the Commonwealth.
“Virginia is a place of contrast and change. Virginia was founded as an agrarian settlement on the banks of the James, but we’re on the cutting edge of the 21st century’s knowledge economy. We denied some of our citizens the fundamental right to a public education rather than comply with the law of the land, and yet Virginia was also the first state in the nation to elect an African-American as governor.
“To find common ground in the midst of all this diversity, to be able to understand the past and use it as a platform on which to build the future, is a difficult task in an increasingly impersonal and isolating world. In Virginia, it’s especially important for us to make the effort.” Read the text of the speech.
Governor McDonnell’s Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring, on which I serve, has scheduled a series of public town hall meetings to give Virginians a chance to present ideas on improving delivery of government services. The first town hall will be in Northern Virginia this Thursday (July 8th) from 2:00 to 3:30 PM at Capital One headquarters in Tysons Corner. Similar meetings are scheduled across the Commonwealth during the rest of July.
A town meeting is a form of democracy frequently used in the United States since the 1600s: people in a geographic area come together to discuss issues at a forum. It is often used as an opportunity for voters to ask questions of elected officials. And that is just what Senator Whipple, Delegate Hope and I are planning:
Town Meeting, Sat. June 19th 10:30 -11:30 AM: Westover Library, 1644 N. McKinley Rd., Arlington.
Priorities in education, transportation, the environment, health care and our community values are being questioned. It is time for us as a community to talk about what is important to us and what we must work to preserve. Please make your voice heard at the Town Meeting. If you can’t be there, send me an email to delbrink@comcast.net with your thoughts