Letters to the Editor for Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Writer: Valentine a delegate for all
The problem with Del. Shannon Valentine is that she can’t be cloned.

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We walked into a local business establishment still wearing our Valentines buttons and were greeted by two professional women. Both told us how they were helped in business and in community service by Shannon Valentine. She delivers.

Her campaign is not one of telling us how superior she is, but what she has done. The list is long and benefits us all. Check her Web site, http://www.shannonvalentine.net.

She is approachable, down to earth, authentic, energetic, humble, upbeat, sincere, truthful and smart. Her credentials are what she has done for us and what she is doing.

Sorry she can’t be cloned. We will vote for the Valentine we have. Join us!
CAROL and BILL SCUDDER
Lynchburg

Outstanding delegate
Del. Shannon Valentine is an outstanding legislator who has represented all of us in Lynchburg and Madison Heights in the Virginia House of Delegates.

Her ability to work with delegates from both sides of the political scene is just what we need in these times of extreme partisan politics.

I urge all voters in Lynchburg and Madison Heights to join me at the poll on Nov. 3 to vote for her so she can continue her outstanding service as our delegate in Richmond.
PETE WARREN
Lynchburg

Vote for Valentine
After some 40 years of active political involvement on both sides, I have learned that people get into politics for very different reasons — usually with very different results.

Many are driven by ego or to advance a narrow self-serving agenda — and the locality and the state usually suffer. A few discover that politics is their only hope of making a living — and everybody suffers.

Then there are those who seek to serve, to give their time to benefit others — rich and poor, black and white, Republicans and Democrats. We have been fortunate here in Central Virginia to have elected many true public servants: Elliot Schewel, Joan Jones, Ted Harris, Joan MacCallum, Preston Bryant, Ebo Fauber, my wife Pat and now Shannon Valentine.

They and others like them seek to govern for the overall good. When they prove themselves able to do this, we all need to be thankful and keep them in office as long as we can. They get even better with experience.

On Nov. 3, you will best serve yourself, your children, your community and your state by voting for Shannon Valentine.
ED LOVERN
Lynchburg

No Democrats, period
I will not vote for Del. Shannon Valentine in November’s election because she is a Democrat. I will not vote for Sen. Creigh Deeds for governor because he is a Democrat.

My reasons are highly partisan and probably not fair. But I cannot ignore the enormous damage that the Democrats have done since Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have come into power.

Thanks to partisan Democrats, those of us who protest the policies of President Obama and his supporters have been called everything from Nazis to racists.

Well, Obama and those who support him are Democrats, and I will not vote for any Democrat for any office. Period. As my mama told me, “You are the company that you keep.”

The United States of America has been a wonderful change from kings, queens and dictators. Let’s not change for the sake of change. Let us preserve in this country what others in this world crave for.

Government is not the answer. We, the people are!
RICHARD EFTHIM
Lynchburg