THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, October 9, 1994                TAG: 9410070024
SECTION: COMMENTARY               PAGE: J4   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

BILLS MUST BE PAID

It is a sad day when we vote a dedicated public servant out of office because he wants us to pay our bills, and elect a person because he promises to lower our taxes and run our government by borrowing more and more money that our children will have to repay.

For years I have called this ``Little Lord Fauntleroy government.'' Little Lord Fauntleroy ran around the countryside for years spending daddy's money at an ever-increasing rate. If he ran a little short, he simply called his dad for a few hundred thousand more. One day his dad ran out of money, but Little Lord Fauntleroy could not stop.

You can guess the rest. If you and I must pay our bills, why shouldn't we demand that our elected officials do the same?

Elect Chuck Robb, a proven middle-of-the-road public servant, if you want our government to be run like a business. If not, elect Little Lord Fauntleroy.

WILSON GARLAND

Chesapeake, Oct. 4, 1994 by CNB