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While legislators make decisions based on what they consider to be the best public policy, they are understandably influenced by the views of their constituents and supporters. For us to maximize our effectiveness in influencing the General Assembly decision-makers, we need to support legislators who share our positions. One important way is to assist their re-elections to ensure we have receptive and right-thinking people making these important decisions.
Here is a sobering point of comparison. During the same time period JUST PAC was contributing less than $10,000 to members of the General Assembly, the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association contributed more than $354,700. This is a very sizeable imbalance. We do not need to and do not seek to match the contributions of the plaintiff’s bar. Our lobbyists, Bem Lacy and Bill Gray, will outwork them and will have better public policy arguments. We do need, however, to eliminate such an imbalance that is not helpful to our efforts.
Donations are encouraged throughout the year and should be sent to the VADA office. (Checks should be made payable to “JUST PAC.”)