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

DATE: Tuesday, November 15, 1994             TAG: 9411150012
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A12  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   21 lines

. . . OR DID HE?

Santa Claus came early this year. Virginia checked its list and decided Oliver North was not the man to represent the state.

We should never allow special-interest groups to dictate what we need. We will get the changes we need in government, but we'll get it the old-fashioned way - we'll earn it.

In the meantime, Thomas Jefferson would be proud.

GLORIA SIMON

Virginia Beach, Nov. 9, 1994 by CNB