This is a letter Al wrote to the editors of the Martinsville Bulletin, which they published on Wednesday, under the title "Goode Lacks Originality." It's also posted on the Al Weed blog.
It+óGé¼Gäós a good thing that Mr. Goode read the Danville Register and Bee on March 7th [Weed Proposes Three Point Plan for Farmers] or he wouldn+óGé¼Gäót have had anything to write about two months later. On March 6th I held a press conference in Danville to discuss the need for a biofuels industry in Southside. In the May 3rd edition of Mr. Goode+óGé¼Gäós newsletter he followed my lead and mentioned switchgrass research at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR).
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It+óGé¼Gäós also good that Mr. Goode read the Register & Bee again on April 12th [Weed Seek Federal Funds for College] to get another idea from me. In a press conference I called on the federal government to support the development of the New College Institute. Mr. Goode is now pretending to answer that call. The Martinsville Bulletin reported July 7 [New College funding may rise: U.S. House OKs $250,000 for NCI] that Mr. Goode is trying to get another of his patented, do-nothing, drop-in-the-bucket, great-photo-op-with-a-giant-cardboard-check earmarks.I+óGé¼Gäóm glad Mr. Goode is taking advice from someone who knows what a Congressman should be doing. Too bad he is off the mark on both issues. The IALR has been doing research on switchgrass, along with researchers at Virginia Tech, Auburn University, the National Resource Defense Council, Argonne National Laboratories, and many other institutions across the country. Research should continue, but we need the crop in our fields now. Congress needs to provide incentives for supply and demand and get this industry growing today. And $250,000 for a university, what does he think he+óGé¼Gäós selling? The New College Institute needs real investment, not earmarks. The state and the Harvest Foundation are ready to make that commitment with $5 million.
Apparently getting ideas from George Bush 80% of the time wasn+óGé¼Gäót working for Mr. Goode. I+óGé¼Gäóm glad I could be his new source, but one has to ask; where does he plan to get his ideas if he is re-elected? The voters can+óGé¼Gäót take that chance.
Al Weed
Democratic candidate for Congress
Apparently getting ideas from George Bush 80% of the time wasn’t working for Mr. Goode. I’m glad I could be his new source, but one has to ask; where does he plan to get his ideas if he is re-elected? The voters can’t take that chance.
Al is right, Virgil seems never to have an original idea in his head. If he isn't copying And fawning all over Bush, he is doing it to Allen.
It is time for Virgil to go away and let someone else look after our interests. Al Weed is that person.