The state legislature in Virginia is a part-time position, and very low-paying. Bob Marshall has had a real job the past 16 years.
In fact, Bob Marshall is a very unique politician. For example, he does not have a paid campaign staff — he has always run his campaigns with volunteers. It makes his entry on our state campaign finance web site different from the others, because his “pie chart” of expenditures always has 2 slices instead of three.
Bob Marshall was the author of the Marshall-Neuman amendment. That’s our Pro-family Marriage Amendment, which prohibits same-sex marriage and civil unions, as well as any attempt to make a legislative equivalent or be forced to honors other state’s versions.
Marshall has been a strong advocate for reducing government spending, having voted against tax increases and for tax cuts, and against spending increases.
He’s also a nice guy, a good family man, an excellent speaker, and really smart.
Gilmore is not a bad man, or a bad candidate. But Marshall is more conservative, more consistant, and would be a fabulous representative for our state in the Senate.
I’m guessing he’ll have a paid staff for this race, but who knows? :-)
You’re a real hoot, Chuck. You can shamelessly pimp for a liberal RINO Joe Isuzu Romney, yet you are touting a man who is as far afield politically from Precious Willard as can be. Don’t you get whiplash from the hypocrisy ?