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George Allen's accomplishments have been many; Virginia needs his services again Date published: 10/27/2006
RICHMOND--The Commonwealth George Allen and Jim Webb are both accomplished individuals, but with fundamentally different political philosophies. Votes Sen. George Allen casts in Washington are distinctly different from those that would be cast by a Sen. Webb. Those votes on the key issues of immigration, taxation, the war on terror, and federal spending are the ones voters need to hear more about. I urge my fellow voters to look past the overheated rhetoric, and focus on the records and positions of the two candidates. Jim Webb is an honorable and decent man who served valiantly in the military defending our freedoms. As a veteran myself, I respect his service to our country. As the father of a daughter who was returning from serving a year in Iraq just as Jim Webb's son was departing As governor, George Allen brought high academic standards and accountability to the commonwealth, and Virginia became a national model of educational excellence. He completely reformed Virginia's welfare system and put former welfare recipients on the path to good jobs and economic independence. As a result, the state's welfare rolls are down dramatically. His historic and innovative reform of Virginia's juvenile-justice laws fixed a broken system. George Allen abolished parole for criminals and instituted truth-in-sentencing. The results speak for themselves: Over the last decade violent crime in Virginia has decreased by 20 percent. And violent crime is at its lowest point since 1978. These statistics are directly attributable to the reforms put
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