Progressive Democrat Issue 66: VIRGINIA FOCUS

Cunningham’s Corruption in Virginia!

From the Virginia Democratic Party:

Goode Receives Illegal Campaign Contributions

from the Richmond Times-Dispatch
Feb. 26, 2006

WASHINGTON -- When Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr. bolted the Democratic Party and got a seat on the House Appropriations Committee, it was considered a prize.
From that perch, he could bring home the bacon to a troubled district where textile and tobacco economies were declining and no substitute was in sight.
Six years later, Republican Goode's work to recruit jobs to the 5th District has suddenly landed him in a mess.
He was identified in court papers last week as "Representative A" who got $46,000 in illegal campaign donations from a defense contractor trying to curry his favor.

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Isn’t this the same thing that just got Randy Cunningham of California 8 years plus in prison? Sounds like Goode should be going to jail!

Please write the Virginia media complaining about Goode’s corruption, reminding them that 8 years 4 months (Cunningham’s sentence) is the going rate for this kind of corruption.