Bill Barlow

MARRIED? Yes. My wife is Taylor Rowell Barlow, originally of Surry County. We have two children, the oldest being our daughter, Amy Barlow Britt, who works part time at Southampton Memorial Hospital as a registered nurse and our son Todd R. Barlow, who lives in Raleigh, N.C., and has two children.

EDUCATION: Entire public school education is in Isle of Wight County, being a graduate of Smithfield High School; graduate of Virginia Tech; graduate of University of Virginia Law School.

CURRENT OCCUPATION: I have two jobs; I serve in the House of Delegates of Virginia, having held that state legislative position since 1992. Secondly, I continue to practice law at my Smithfield law office, having begun practice there in 1965.

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE: I have practiced law continuously since 1965; I have served in the state legislature since 1992.

CAMPAIGN WEB SITE:

http://barlowfordelegate. com/

QUESTION: Why do you want to be a state legislator?

ANSWER: I have approximately 18 years experience. I strongly believe in working in a bipartisan way in an attempt to reach a consensus on important issues that need to be resolved for the benefit of our citizens. I believe I bring a sense of vision to the office. I work hard to accomplish things that will have far reaching benefits for our citizens. I don’t mind taking on causes that may temporarily be defeated, but ultimately will be successful, and which improve the lives of our citizens.

QUESTION: If elected, what legislation would top your agenda?

ANSWER: My top priority would be the creation of jobs, using the following strategies: increase the Governor’s Opportunity Fund in order to attract new businesses to the Commonwealth and expand existing ones; increase research and development support for green energy industries; increase support for job training for those who have lost their jobs; increase access to high speed internet; help small rural businesses which have trouble getting financing through traditional sources, by creating a fund for rural businesses; tax credits for employers who create new jobs; continuing to support education so we will have skilled workers; continue to try to solve transportation problems.

QUESTION: What issues rank highest?

ANSWER: The three highest ranking are the economy, education and transportation.

QUESTION: Name three specific transportation projects you would fight for if elected.

ANSWER: Add turn lanes on Highway 460 of Windsor; construct a new interstate highway, roughly paralleling Highway 460, from the Hampton Roads area to Petersburg; and construction of interchange in the Franklin community.

QUESTION: Where do you stand on the following interests:

OLF: I am adamantly opposed to the location of an outlying landing field in any of the three Virginia counties, namely, Southampton, Surry or Sussex. The Navy must first decide if the master jet base for the east coast of the United States will continue to be located in the Oceana community of Virginia Beach. If it is moved from Oceana to another state, there will not be a need for an OLF at any one of the three proposed Virginia OLF sites. The Navy hasn’t been as diligent as it should have been in choosing a site. The Navy is taking the easy way out by attempting to grab pristine, “virgin” land. Instead, the Navy should be looking at existing sites the government already owns, such as the thousands of acreage at Fort Pickett. Virginia state legislators and the Governor have a role to play in this, but the major decisions will be made at the federal level in Washington, not in Richmond. Therefore, citizens should contact their federal legislative officials, that is, their representative in the House of Representatives, as well as the two U. S. Sens. Jim Webb and Mark Warner, as well as President Barack Obama’s recently appointed new Secretary of the Navy.

Coal fueled electricity generation plant in the Town of Dendron in Surry County: There are numerous alternative fuels potentially able to generate electricity. Our goals should be to provide our citizens and businesses with a plentiful supply of electricity produced in an environmentally safe way, at a reasonable cost to the citizen, and encourage voluntary (but not police enforced) conservation of electricity. Since this proposed project is still in its early stages, the earliest it would become operational would be 2016. I continue to strongly urge those who prefer a fuel other than coal to contact those non-coal businesses which may have that capacity, urging them to come in and offer to generate the needed electricity from such a non-coal fuel source.

PETERSBURG-SUFFOLK TOLL ROAD: I support the construction of this road, however, the public/private partnership plans to construct this road are now “on hold”, because of lack of state financing.

QUESTION: What additional taxes and fees, if any, would you support for transportation improvement?

ANSWER: It is vital, and has been for a number of years, that we make significant investments to improve our transportation infrastructure. Revenue sources should be regional and/or statewide with sources including bonds, financing. All of the construction and operating companies interested in bidding on ibis (and charge tolls) indicate that unless the Commonwealth of Virginia provides a significant portion of the construction costs, the tolls would have to be set so high that too few people would use the road. So, again, it gets back to lack of money being raised for transportation needs.

QUESTION: Where do you stand on the state budget?

ANSWER: Because of present economic conditions, unless the economic conditions improve, I would deal with the shortfall only with spending cuts, not increasing taxes or fees.

QUESTION: Do you have ideas about how the state can keep its budget under control?

ANSWER: Increase the frequency and thoroughness of efficiency audits of all state agencies. We must continue to maintain the reputation of Virginia as being the best managed state in the nation.

QUESTION: How much money has your campaign raised to date?

ANSWER: $144,607.27

QUESTION: Is your campaign running a deficit?

ANSWER: No

QUESTION: Tell our readers something interesting about yourself.

ANSWER: I was privileged to have been recruited to run for the House of Delegates by two distinguished statesmen, the late Richard J. Holland and the late J. Paul Councill, Jr. Further, it was an honor and privilege, after having been elected, for me to serve with both of them for a number of years until the service of each of them ended.

STAN CLARK

MARRIED? Yes

CHILDREN: Ashby, 26, 3rd year law student at Regent University; Patrick, 21, Senior at James Madison University

EDUCATION: 1973 graduate of Warwick High School; 1977 graduate of Christopher Newport University; 1982 graduate of George Mason University, School of Law

CURRENT OCCUPATION: Attorney

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE: Police officer, prosecutor, attorney, Isle of Wight Board of Supervisors (10 years), chairman of Board of Supervisors (two years), vice-chairman of Hampton Roads Planning District Commission, Chairman of Western Tidewater Regional Jail

CAMPAIGN WEB SITE: stanclark2009.com

QUESTION: Why do you want to be a state legislator?

ANSWER: First of all, I am very happy representing Isle of Wight County on the Board of Supervisors. I think a fiscal and constitutional conservative such as I am should represent the 64th District. I believe in limited government, providing sector economic development, job creation, low taxes and right to work laws. I will maximize personal freedom and work creating jobs and keep taxes at lowest level possible. I would streamline state government and eliminate waste.

I would support our Second Amendment and hunting rights. I would also increase animal cruelty penalties for all forms of animal abuse including dog fighting.

QUESTION: If elected, what legislation would top your agenda?

ANSWER: I would make sure the Dendron coal-fired power plant application is as heavily scrutinized as the regulation laws allowed. This project is bad for our district. We should encourage clean energy options, such as expanding Surry Nuclear Power Plant, wind and solar energy. My opponent support the coal fired power plant and has taken money from OPEC.

Post recession, I would sponsor a bill and invest in statewide transportation infrastructure and funding plan that would rely on statewide tolls, public private partnership, and other reliable revenue streams that have a nexus to transportation.

I would incentivize businesses that agree to flex time that pulls cars off road in peak commuting times and would consider this for car pooling as well. I would insure that our state government is more pro active on economic development and attracting new industry and commercial enterprises while retaining our existing large and small business base and our military and federal facilities.

I would conduct a cost benefit analysis of the entire state budget and achieve economies of scale and use savings to dedicate to increased salaries for state police and sheriff’s deputies and increased teacher pay and some percentage to transportation.

QUESTION: What issues rank highest?

ANSWER: My top issue would be preserving our air and water quality by denying the permits for the coal fired power plant.

I would also:

n Oppose any outlying landing field in Southampton County, Isle of Wight County or Surry

n Keep taxes low while trying to create jobs

n Focus on transportation infrastructure

QUESTION: What additional taxes and fees, if any, would you support for transportation improvement?

ANSWER: Statewide transportation funding should be funded by statewide tolls, public private partnerships, and other revenue streams with a nexus to transportation improvements.

QUESTION: Name three specific transportation projects you would fight for if elected.

ANSWER: Route 460 limited access highway, additional tube to Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, Interstate 64 lanes from north Newport News to Williamsburg.

QUESTION: Where do you stand on the following issues of local interest:

OLF: I do not support outlying landing fields in Isle of Wight County, Surry or Southampton County.

Coal-fired power plant in Surry County: I oppose the coal-fired power plant.

Petersburg-Suffolk toll road: I support the 460 limited access road.

State budget: Constitutionally, we have to balance the state budget. To do so, I would conduct a top to bottom cost analysis and eliminate all waste in state government but I would not reduce the public safety or mental health services. Consider cuts to corrections and paying welfare only to those truly disabled from working.

QUESTION: Do you have ideas about how the state can keep its budget under control?

ANSWER: The Democrats have failed to accurately predict budget shortfalls that were predicted by Republican House members. Our budget will rebound when the economy does, so our efforts should be on maintaining our business friendly status and maintain Virginia as a right to work state. My opponent has voted against right to work legislation.

QUESTION: How much money has your campaign raised to date?

ANSWER: $163,416.68

QUESTION: Is your campaign running a deficit?

ANSWER: No

QUESTION: Tell our readers something interesting about yourself.

ANSWER: I am a diver and a history buff, and I am pet-friendly. I would work to strengthen state animal cruelty laws. Isle of Wight is building a state approved animal shelter mainly on my motion. Every Wednesday evening, I work with at-risk young men ages 6 to 12 at West Hampton Baptist Church in Hampton. The most recent book I read was about the Normandy D-Day invasion.