Black in a Nutshell
The Top Ten Reasons to Get Black Out
10. Dick Black is tough on "crime," easy on stalkers
Dick Black tells his constituents that he's "tough on crime." They should read the fine print. His legislative record indicates that what he means by "crime" is his constituents' consensual intimate behavior. When it comes to actual, documented child abuse, marital rape, or repeated offenses by stalkers, he's less than interested. In fact, he actively opposes investigating and prosecuting these crimes.
9. Dick Black is not a Republican.
What Republican would support the unnecessary regulation of free enterprise, eliciting this remark from the Virginia Chamber of Commerce: "If you believe in a free market, then restrictions like this don't make any sense." What card-carrying Republican doesn't believe that the role and jurisdiction of government is clearly prescribed by our Constitution and consequently should be restrained from excessive involvement in the lives of citizens? Dick Black sticks his nose everywhere it doesn't belong . . your bedroom, your doctor's office, your public library, your child's classroom . . We don't know exactly what he is, but "Republican" doesn't come to mind.
8. Dick Black is no friend of public education.
Loudoun's excellent public education system is our single most important asset for attracting businesses to the county. The only education bills Dick Black has patroned siphon money away from our public schools in the form of tax credits for private education, or insert his personal beliefs into the classroom, or allow firearms in our schools. Other efforts to interfere with education professionals threaten to damage the reputation of our school system and expose the county to legal liability.
7. Dick Black's Extreme Makeover
Quick, hide the plastic fetuses and trot out the one and only transportation bill that doesn't involve slogans on license plates. It's time for Dick Black's post-session makeover.
No, Mr. Black, you had nothing to do with Ashburn Library. In fact, you hindered its construction and instead dragged Loudoun County through a costly lawsuit. That one transportation bill for Route 28 that you tout was a small bone tossed your way by Hobie Mitchell and Senator Bill Mims, so that you could take credit for the hard work of other people.
6. Must be something in the water.
Dick Black is a complete "Environmental Zero," according to the Virginia League of Conservation Voters. That would be one big goose egg for Goose Creek, the main source of drinking water for his entire district. Ozone levels exceed national standards and asthma is increasing, but Dick Black says that "the air at Broad Run is as clean and clear as on a mountain top in the Rockies." Cough.
5. Dick Black has a personal obsession with gay people.
So fascinated and horrified is he by the existence of homosexuality that Dick Black literally can't see (or doesn't want to see) the unintended victims of his vindictive legislative agenda. Autonomy for Virginia's small businesses, low-income people seeking housing loans, intellectual and religious freedom, children in foster care, and Loudoun's reputation for high quality schools and as a desirable location for employers are all put at risk by Black's single-minded obsession.
4. Dick Black is completely ineffective.
Dick Black has so squandered his political capital on eye-rolling sex legislation that he can't even influence his colleagues to support a positive idea. "Stay within the bounds of civility, Sir," said Delegate Jim Dillard (R-Fairfax) to Black. Black's antics are "way beyond the realm of acceptable behavior for the General Assembly," said Delegate Ken Stolle (R-Virginia Beach). Black's "Delgaudio-style" theatrics are legendary. Insulting one's colleagues is not the way to be effective, yet Dick Black recently told a radio audience that his Senate colleagues are "aligned with various elements of vice." This sort of behavior may help explain Black's failing grades with business think tank VA Foundation for Research and Economic Education. Black was rated in the bottom three of 99 delegates on Effectiveness, and dead last on Stewardship.
3. Dick Black is not "Pro-life."
If he were genuinely opposed to abortion, he would be advocating for the prevention of unwanted pregnancies. Instead, Dick Black is determined to outlaw common methods of birth control that thousands of his constituents take for granted. This is not a joke, nor is it "spin." The sobering truth is that Dick Black is trying to insert language into the Virginia code that redefines when pregnancy begins, language that would categorize the common birth control pill as an "abortifacient."
2. What was he thinking?
During the course of the "Eugenics movement", over 8,500 Virginians were involuntarily sterilized as genetically "unfit," as Virginia leaders of this movement expressed open admiration for the Nazis and their attention to "racial purity." Incredibly, this practice continued in Virginia as late as 1979. Dick Black was one of only ten legislators in the entire 150 member General Assembly to vote against a resolution that expressed "profound regret" for one of Virginia's most shameful contributions to history. His explanation was that he doesn't "support apologizing for other people's actions," but other remarks by Black suggest a chilling motivation. More . .
And the number one reason to Get Black Out:
1. Dick Black is a complete failure.
Our classrooms are overcrowded, traffic is a nightmare, and our taxes are spiraling out of control. Results count. What would you do if your child brought home the following grades? 49%, 52%, 40%, 0%, 0%, 0%, 0%, 0%, and a 0%.
What occupied 75% of Dick Black's time? Sex. Gays. Abortion. Guns. Birth control. License plates. Of the 15 bills he introduced in the 2005 legislative session, exactly one had to do with transportation funding, and 0 (zero!) with education. Enough is enough.
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