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Eby Debates Opponents in Northern Virginia
Chantilly - October 14, 2005 - Libertarian candidate for the 67th House of Delegates district, Chuck Eby, faced off against his two major party opponents last night at Westfield High School in Chantilly, Virginia. “You can continue to vote for the lesser of two evils, or you can vote for a candidate you can feel good about, and that candidate is me!” said Eby in his concluding remarks. Eby is competing for an open seat against Republican Chris Craddock and Democrat Chuck Caputo. The seat is open because Craddock defeated incumbent Gary Reese in the Republican primary in June. “Reese voted last year in favor of Governor Warner’s huge tax increase,” said Eby. “The fact that he was knocked out of the race shows that taxes is the big issue in my district this year.” After opening statements to an audience of about 300 people, the candidates answered approximately twenty questions that had been submitted by the audience. Although a wide variety of questions was posed, many centered on transportation, taxes, and education. “I would expand and promote the Public Private Transportation Act,” was Eby’s response when asked how he would get traffic moving in the area. “The Dulles Greenway, and the route 28 expansion project right in our own back yard show that free market solutions are superior to government solutions, and like these two examples, result in no expense to the taxpayer,” added Eby. As for taxes, Eby said he would repeal last year’s tax increase and issue refund checks to every Virginian who paid taxes last year. “But I won’t stop there,” said Eby. “I will work to pass a ‘Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights’ that will restrict future Virginia budgets to the previous year’s budget adjusted for inflation and population growth,” he continued. Unlike his opponents, Eby stated repeatedly how he would work to make government smaller, and taxes lower. “Both Craddock and Caputo said they would increase spending on transportation, and Caputo added that he would spend more on education,” said Eby. “Even though they both said they would not raise taxes, I asked the taxpayers in the audience where they thought that money would come from.” Audience response was positive. Both his opponents got heckled during the forum, but Eby didn’t. “Although most of the people in the audience were wearing ‘Caputo’ and ‘Craddock’ stickers, I saw a lot of heads nodding in agreement when I made my points,” said Eby, “and I was saying the exact opposite of what their candidate was saying!” “I believe I gave them a lot to think about,” Eby said with a grin. |
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