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  Al Weed for Congress P.O. Box 608 Lovingston, VA 22949 434-220-2434
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Goode helps top contributor get “things they want in the budget”
October 16, 2006
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This is the first of a series of releases outlining
Republican incumbent Virgil Goode’s pay to play
politics.
Goode has defended his relationship with convicted felon Mitchell Wade by saying he was trying to “help the district.” His argument loses credibility when it is part of a pattern. “Go over there and ask Sperry Marine if I haven’t been working with them on getting things that they want in the budget,” Virgil Goode said at a candidate forum in August (min. 40). Goode did not mention the company is his ninth largest contributor. “Washington really has changed Virgil Goode. This Sperry Marine stuff highlights the biggest problem with the MZM scandal. It’s not the illegal money; it’s the pay to play politics. 'You help me get elected, and I’ll help you make money.' He is elected to help constituents, but he neglects them in the name of contributors,” said Goode’s opponent, Al Weed. Sperry Marine, a Charlottesville based subsidiary company of Northrop Grummon, received a $5,000,000 government contract in 2005. This is just one of many. The $23,000 in donations came from Northrop Grummon and its subsidiary companies. The companies have clearly benefited financially from the relationship, just as Mitchell Wade did before he was convicted. |
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