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The club will sponsor a meet-and-greet event for Traci Dippert, our terrific candidate for Virginia House of Delegates on Sept. 19.
The event will be from 2 to 4 p.m. at the LOW Community Center.
Download the promotional flyer for this event, print it out and distribute it. Every voter needs to get to know Traci.
Traci Dippert, candidate for the House of Delegates from the 30th District, warned LOW Democrats and guests March 21 that citizen rights will continue to deteriorate unless they support new leadership in next fall’s election.
“Like me I know a lot of you are not happy with what happened last year in Richmond in regard to restriction of voter rights, assault on women’s rights and reproductive rights,” she said. “It happened again this year with the relentless, underhanded attack again on voter rights, the Electoral College and gerrymandering districts.
“Who would have thought that by us staying home in 2011 would have caused all this, but make no mistake, it did.
We cannot allow this to happen again.”
Ms. Dippert said that the current representative of the 30th District had been complicit in the General Assembly’s efforts to erode women’s rights, voter’s rights and civil rights.
“I see a future where Virginia leads in attracting new industries and entrepreneurs and helps existing businesses succeed without sacrificing our environment. A Virginia where farming can again be a sustainable way of life, and a future where there’s a quality job for every Virginian and our families stay strong and independent,” she said.
“I see a future where teachers like myself have all the necessary resources to prepare your children and grandchildren with a well-rounded education to face the challenges of the 21st Century. We must continue to lead the country in the talent pool and we must do so without guns in the classroom.”
Ms. Dippert, who teaches music to elementary school students at Rappahannock Elementary School, said “Every Virginian must have the opportunity to succeed whether a junior citizen in school or a senior citizen in retirement.”
“I need your help to secure that vision for Virginia,” she said. “This region has incredible untapped potential and deserves a representative who has the vision to move District 30 and all of Virginia forward.”
Dippert for Delegate campaign Web site
Traci Dippert, a Rappahannock County elementary school music teacher who is seeking the Democratic nomination for the 30th District seat in Virginia’s House of Delegates, will speak to the Lake of the Woods Democratic Club at its March 21 meeting.
Ms. Dippert, who live in Culpeper, offers a fresh alternative to Ed Scott of Madison, who has held the 30th District seat for nearly a decade.
The club meeting will be held at 1:30 p.m. in the lower level of the Lake of the Woods Clubhouse. Members of the public are welcome without regard to political affiliation.
Ms. Dippert is chairman of the Culpeper County Democratic Committee and has been a teacher for 16 years, previously in Culpeper and in upstate New York, where she grew up.
“I would like to be your delegate because I believe Virginia and the 30th District can do better,” Ms. Dippert said on announcing her candidacy earlier this year. “In the past, our district has supported delegates who were moderate. Although Ed Scott started out as a moderate, over the years and especially the last two sessions of the General Assembly, he has moved drastically to support the extreme right wing of his party.”
“I believe this area has incredible untapped potential, and deserves a representative with vision to move the 30th District and all of Virginia forward,” Ms. Dippert said in announcing her candidacy. “The potential is great, the opportunity is here and the time is now. I am ready to be your voice in Richmond.”
The candidate holds an undergraduate degree in music education from the State University of New York at Potsdam and a master’s degree in general education from Elmira College.
Ms. Dippert filed her paperwork with the Virginia Board of Elections Jan. 11 to run in this year’s election. If there are other Democratic applicants for the 30th District seat, a primary will be held June 11.
The election for the state office is Nov. 5, at the same time as those for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.
The 30th District covers Orange and Madison counties, and most of Culpeper County.
Bluegrass legend Dr. Ralph Stanley and the clinch Mountain Boys will rally for Wayne Powell, candidate for the U.S. Congress from Virginia’s 7th District with a series of appearances next week.
Stanley will be joined by his son, Ralph 2, and grandson Nathan, at a rallies around the district on Oct. 23 and 24.
Stanley is considered one of the grandfathers of modern bluegrass music; he and his brother Carter started playing publicly in the 1940s and 1950s, and after Carter’s death, Stanley pushed forward alone, with the Clinch Mountain Boys. More recently, Stanley helped spark a resurgence of interest in the bluegrass genre with his performance on the soundtrack of the 2000 movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou.”
The Powell rallies have been dubbed the “O Cantor Where Art Thou” tour, and the Powell campaign says they’ll focus on economic issues in the race.
Powell, a Democrat and Richmond attorney in his first political race, is waging an uphill battle against well-funded House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor, the man more responsible than anyone else for the failure of Congress to deal with the nation’s problems.
The two have had one raucous debate, and Powell has been vocal in criticizing Cantor’s policies, his leadership of the House of Representatives, and his connections to lobbyists.
This is going to be fun and informative,” Powell said in a press release. “Since Eric Cantor doesn’t spend much, if any, time with the people in the district, I think that the barnstorm title, O Cantor, Where Are Thou? is perfect.”
Powell campaign strategist Dave “Mudcat” Saunders has a history of using bluegrass music to help his Democratic candidates appeal to rural voters. In the 2001 governor’s race, Saunders wrote a bluegrass campaign theme song for Mark Warner and hired a band to perform it at campaign stops.
The rallies with Stanley are as follows:
October 23rd, 2012:
October 24th 2012:
Have you noticed that Obama-Biden yard signs are springing up on front lawns all over Lake of the Woods?
If you don’t have yours yet, contact Kerry Sipe at 972-2737 to arrange to pick one up. They’re free as long as current supplies last.
LOW regulations say that yard signs may be displayed six weeks prior to an election and up until the day after an election. You’re entitled to one sign per candidate, so pick up a sign for Tim Kaine and Wayne Powell while you’re at it.
(Update: Demand has been so great that we’ve temporarily run out of Kaine signs. The campaign says more may be available in a few days. Sorry.)