Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, April 25, 1994 TAG: 9404250078
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Dwyane Yancey
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
State Sen. Virgil Goode is pumping his loyal hometown following in Franklin County for all it's worth as he sets out to wrest the Democrats' U.S. Senate nomination away from incumbent Charles Robb.
The bulk of the 38,000 signatures that placed Goode on the June 14 primary ballot came from his Southside legislative district.
Now that he's officially on the ballot, Goode will formally kick off his campaign at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday with what's being billed as a humdinger of a rally and parade in downtown Rocky Mount.
After that, the publicity-hungry Goode will set off in a campaign caravan across Southside.
"Who's the last candidate you heard of who did that?" asks Campaign Manager Craig Beiber.
Hmm. Henry Howell, maybe?
\ Gilmore cowed on visit to Roanoke? Not quite
The Republican candidates for Roanoke City Council got a boost last week from a big-name visitor: state Attorney General Jim Gilmore.
Gilmore, a likely contender for governor in 1997, was in town to make some friends of his own.
After he defeated Steve Agee of Salem for the Republican nomination last year, Gilmore generally steered clear of the Roanoke Valley, lest he stir up any bad feelings left over from the nomination fight.
With that election past and others to come, he's now looking to make all the friends he can here - and made a point of holding a news conference to talk up GOP council candidates Barbara Duerk, John Parrott and John Voit.
Afterward, Duerk thanked Gilmore for his help, but explained she had to leave to dress her cow in springtime garb.
Gilmore seemed confused about Duerk's enthusiasm for bovine fashion until she explained that the cow in question is a statue in her yard - fashioned out of farm implements - and she always dresses it seasonal attire.
\ Roanoke police group endorses split ticket
There may be a new force rising on Roanoke's political landscape: the police force.
More precisely, the Roanoke chapter of the Virginia Police Benevolence Association.
For the first time, the group - which claims 164 members of the 258-strong city Police Department - has endorsed candidates for Roanoke City Council.
Moreover, the group plans a series of advertisements this week to call attention to its endorsements.
The police group is backing Democrat Linda Wyatt for the two-year term, but is pushing a split ticket for the three four-year terms: Democrats John Edwards and William White, along with Republican Barbara Duerk.
The issues the police group is most interested in, says chapter President David Mays, include better pay, more holidays, insurance matters and creating more senior police positions.
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