Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, October 17, 1993 TAG: 9310150214
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
One of the candidates in NOT a lawyer.
One of the candidates completed course work in a premed program and then decided NOT to become a doctor.
One of the candidates is a licensed automobile mechanic. This candidate's father is a former NASCAR driver.
One of the candidates attended college on a prestigious national presidential scholarship and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
One of the candidates is a former used-car dealer and auto-parts truck driver.
One of the candidates has a hobby of taking IQ tests - and making extremely high scores.
If you are trying to sort out which description applies to which candidate, you can rest easy. They all apply to Don Beyer, the present lieutenant governor and candidate for re-election.
The qualifications that Don Beyer is most proud of, however, are that he is a devoted family man, a person of deep religious convictions and a relentless optimist. He loves children (a new daughter born recently) and despises abortion but insists on a woman's right to choose. He recognizes that sometimes people need weapons for self-defense - he grew up, after all, in the metro D.C. area! - but thinks that there are far too many handguns in the wrong hands. For his stands on this and other crime-and-punishment issues, he has won the endorsement of the State Fraternal Order of Police. At the individual level, Beyer maintains that we must re-create the social environment in which people take personal responsibility for their actions.
Rarely has there been such a gifted person available for elected office. Don Beyer asks for and deserves Montgomery County's vote Nov. 2.\ Ken Shaw Blacksburg
by CNB