Yet ANOTHER Reason Why "Albo Must Go!"

By: Lowell
Published On: 12/24/2007 12:50:13 PM

See here for more on a bipartisan bill (Chap Petersen/Ken Cuccinelli), supported by prosecutors and police, to raise the absurdly low $200 threshold for felonies in Virginia.  See here and here for how our old friend Dave Albo has stood in the way of this important legislation in the past.  

Sen. Webb has spoken out forcefully about the cost of "mass incarceration in the United States." Absurdly low felony thresholds ($200?!?) are part of the problem here; unfortunately, legislators like Dave Albo have not been part of the solution.  We'll see what happens in 2008, whether -- as NLS says -- "Dave Albo is more about his own personal wealth than any sort of justice or fairness."

Comments



Lemme guess... (Eric - 12/24/2007 1:43:59 PM)
Aside from the usual corporate buy-off of a vote (in this case Albo taking $$$$ from the retail associations and corporations), I'll bet that Albo specializes in felony defense.  Just like he and his law buddies personally benefit from the DUI laws he wrote, I'm guessing that they also benefit by defending against the more serious felony charges.  

So, do we have anyone to run against him in 2009 yet?  Given that he would have lost this time but NO ONE RAN AGAINST HIM, seems like it's time to start recruiting NOW.  Hell, Deeds is already in for 2009.  Who's going to step up and take Albo's place????



Albo Will Have An Opponent in 2007 (Albo Must Go - 12/24/2007 2:30:20 PM)
The abuser fee explosion got people's attention.

When 19% of the people in the southern precincts cast a write-in vote, it gets people's attention.

Remember that the abuser fee tidal wave unfortunately hit on right before 7/1/07 when the law became effective and AFTER all of the candidate filing deadlines had run.  

Albo continuing to defend his abuser fee plan in the papers, in the legislature, and in all of his mail to his constituents repeatedly reminds them of his role in that mess and his refusal to acknowledge he was wrong.

People now know what Albo is about.  

There will be an opponent in 2009.