Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 29, 1995 TAG: 9503290056
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: NEW RIVER VALLEY BUREAU
DATELINE: PULASKI LENGTH: Medium
"I haven't announced officially yet but I have all intentions of running," he said Tuesday on a visit to Pulaski, where he attended a ground-breaking ceremony for the new Community National Bank and presented a state flag to members of VFW Auxiliary 1184.
Trumbo said he had put some 50,000 miles on his car in the past year just for political use in his wide-ranging district.
He is not taking sides at this point in the squabble among Virginia Republicans over whether to support U.S. Sen. John Warner, R-Va., who did not support GOP contender Oliver North's Senate candidacy.
"My whole attitude toward that situation is we've got General Assembly elections in '95 and I don't look beyond that," he said. "Right now I couldn't care less who's running for Senate in '96."
In fact, he is not looking much beyond the upcoming veto session of the General Assembly that starts April 5.
The disposition of lottery proceeds will probably come up at the reconvened session, he said. He expects the issue of bonds for more prisons to be revisited as well.
Trumbo said his impression is that many Virginians believe state government has grown and spends too much, noting that state government spending has tripled in the last 10 years. He used the analogy of a speeding car, as he did recently in talking with Gov. George Allen, on two ways to deal with it.
"Either we can apply the brakes gradually and arrive at a safe stop," he said, "or we can slam on the brakes and chance going through the windshield." At times during the recent legislative session, he said, "I felt like I was fast approaching the glass."
by CNB