Free-Lance Start
August 26, 2007 12:35 am
I was taken aback by Mark Dudenhefer's caustic reply ["Mr. Del Toro, please
don't politicize power lines," Aug. 16] to candidate Carlos Del Toro's
letter to the editor on power lines in Stafford. I'll concede Mr.
Dudenhefer's point that the power lines should not be a political issue.
But, sir, it is a moral one.
It deeply concerns me, as it should your editorial-page readers, that Del.
Mark Cole continues to accept annual campaign donations from Dominion
Virginia Power, while sponsoring legislation--expressly benefiting this
enormously profitable company--that would force Stafford residents to foot
the bill for the burial of their new power lines.
If enacted, Mr. Cole's bill will mean that my Stafford neighbors and I will
have to pay huge surcharges to our monthly bills, to cover the cost of
building Dominion's new lines.
That's corporate welfare. It is immoral. And we need a stronger and more
effective voice representing us in Richmond.
Cmdr. Del Toro has a better plan on the power lines: If Dominion wants to
build them, then it--and it alone--should bear the entire cost.
Just one of the many reasons why, come Election Day, I'll be casting my vote
for Mr. Del Toro.
Marsha D. Weiss Stafford
Veterans for Del Toro is a group of retired servicemembers who are committed to bringing focus, commitment and passion to the Virginia Legislature by helping elect Commander Carlos Del Toro (Ret).