VEA teachers union to hold press conferences across the state, endorsing Liberal Democrat ticket

[Gopher Broke]

August 9, 2005

Dear Cyber-lobbyist:

Between August 22nd and 25th VEA President Princess Moss and Vice President Jeff Cobb will be traversing the state holding a series of regional press conferences to announce and offer the basis for our VEA-PAC recommendations of the Kaine, Byrne and Deeds ticket.

They will reveal how Kaine and Kilgore?s positions differ on the state issues most important to VEA members by presenting a Gubernatorial Report Card for two students, Jerry and Tim.

Please encourage colleagues, friends and family to attend. These events should be relative brief and FUN. Our primary objectives are to inform our members of the differences between the candidates on education related issues and to gain press coverage of our issues.

Please attend if you can and encourage others to attend as well. The schedule is as follows:

August 22

Norfolk - 10 a.m. Location: Uncle Louie?s, Ward?s Corner, 132 East Little Creek Road

Newport News - 2 p.m. Creigh Deeds will attend. Location: Huntington Park Rose Garden, 9285 Warwick Boulevard (Exit 263A from I-64).

Fredericksburg - 10 a.m. Location: City Hall, 715 Princess Anne Street, Fredericksburg, VA

Fairfax - 2 p.m. Kaine and Byrne scheduled to attend. Location: Old Town Hall, 3999 University Dr., Fairfax, VA 22030

August 23

Danville - 4 p.m. Location: Courtyard Marriott, 2136 Riverside Drive, Danville, VA 24540

Harrisonburg - 10 a.m. Location: TBA

Charlottesville - 4:30 p.m. Location: Albemarle County Court House, 501 E. Jefferson Court Square, Charlottesville, Va. 22902

August 24

Bristol - 10 a.m. Location: Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites, 3005 Linden Drive, Bristol, Va. 24202, exit 7 off of I-81

Richmond - 10 a.m. Leslie Byre will attend. Location: In front of Linwood Holton Elementary School, 1600 W. Laburnum Ave., Richmond 23227

August 25

Roanoke - 2 p.m. Kaine scheduled to attend.

Location: Roanoke Higher Education Center, Room 104, 108 North Jefferson St., Roanoke, VA 24016

More information will follow. Please mark you calendars and please help us build the crowds.

Thanks,

Robley Jones

VEA GR

[HarleyLady27]

You take church out of the school (prayer, pledge of alligence) and now the school is out campaigning for liberal democRATS....whats wrong with this picture?????

[AppyPappy]

GASP!!! No way!!!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Stop the presses !

[newcthem]

My goodness.......what is this world comming to......imagine a teachers unions supporting a lib dimocrat.
My only real question is: why is this news?