Al Bedrosian Takes on Roanoke Times Endorsed Republican for Board of Supervisors

Al Bedrosian is a long time friend, and a true conservative. If you know anyone in North Roanoke, please encourage them to read this and Vote for Al Bedrosian. Honestly this is similar to the Congressional race in NY-23 this weekend. When the Republicans become liberal, and forsake our party creed and the principles this party is supposed to stand for, it is not only our right, but our duty to challenge them in elections.

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I, Al Bedrosian, am running for Roanoke County Supervisor – Hollins District (North Roanoke County) this Tuesday, November 3rd. I will be running as a conservative write-in candidate – which means I need you to write in my name B-E-D-R-O-S-I-A-N as County Supervisor when you vote this Tuesday

My reasons for running as a write in candidate are as follows:
2 months ago, I was approached to write an article for the Roanoker Magazine about Roanoke County Government. My findings, which were published in the October 2009 issue of The Roanoker Magazine were disheartening to say the least:

- Size of Roanoke County budget nearly doubled in the past 10 years, while the population during that same time only increased by 15%.

- The tax burden per person in the county has nearly doubled to $2100. An average family of 5 has a county tax burden of over $10,000!

- Roanoke County has the second highest Real Estate rate in all of Virginia, second only to Loudon County in Northern Virginia. – that’s REAL MONEY that we pay in our monthly mortgage or mid/end of the year tax bill if you own your house.

- The County bypassed the voters (did not get their approval as they should) and passed an $83 million bond – which included spending $50 million on a new GYM with waterslides in North Roanoke County. Building gyms with our tax dollars, when people are struggling to make ends meet. This is NOT the role of government.

- The current Supervisors voted to accept federal STIMULUS money, with strings attached, to cover up shortfalls in the budget. Federal Stimulus money is money stolen from our children’s future.

The sad thing is that this Fiscal IRRESPONSIBILITY was performed under republican controlled County Supervisors!! Everything listed above is directly opposed to the Republican Creed of Virginia which calls for lower taxes, and government involvement ONLY when it cannot be done by the private sector.

Unfortunately, I uncovered these items after the Primary in June, 2009 so was unable to run in the Republican primary and remove our so-called Republican supervisor in the Hollins district. I did however approach Mr. Flora and ask him politely to step down and let a true Republican/conservative run for office. He refused. I took this issue up with the republican leadership, but they showed little interest. I thought there was really little I could do until the final nail in the coffin occurred this past week, THE ROANOKE TIMES endorsed Mr. Flora, our current Hollins Supervisor.

When a liberal newspaper endorses a Republican over a democrat start getting VERY nervous. The endorsement of the current Hollins County Supervisor by the Roanoke Times has made me say ENOUGH is ENGOUGH. If you vote in the following 6 voting places in North Roanoke County, I am asking for you to write in B-E-D-R-O-S-I-A-N as County Supervisor. PLEASE SEND WITH A personal NOTE TO YOUR FRIENDS….Let me know if you are in the district and would be willing to vote for me. I will be voting for Republicans: McDonnel, Bolling, and Cuccinelli

You can reach me on Facebook.

WE have less than a week to get this message circulated among conservatives in North Roanoke County!

-Roanoke Valley Christian Schools off of Williamson Rd.
-Burlington Elementary School – off of Peterscreek Rd.
-Mountain View Elementary School – off of Plantation Rd.
-Life Church – off of Peterscreek Rd.
-Bonsack Baptist Church off of 220 alternate
-Hollins Library off of Peterscreek Rd.

Thanks

Al

Barack Obama Breaks his Word Once Again

While the Obama administration is discussing the need for a second stimulus package, let's take some time to reflect on the success of the first one. The best person to tell us how successful President Obama's first stimulus package was is, Barack Obama. It is clear from listening to the president that the first stimulus failed. If the first one failed why do we need another one?

A Senator Who Keeps a Couple Guns Under Her Bed...

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, the new junior senator from New York, is now coming under criticism from gun control activists for keeping two rifles under her bed.  Liberals in New York criticized her selection as senator, because she was "too conservative."  

Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy, a congresswoman who is planning on giving Senator Gillibrand a primary challenge in 2010 because Gillibrand is too conservative, was quoted on the issue as saying, "I hope the guns didn't have bullets in them."  Congresswoman, I hope your pen doesn't have any ink in it, and your car doesn't have any gas in it for that matter.  What good is a gun if there isn't any bullets in it?

Senator Gillibrand was a blue dog democrat who voted against the Bush stimulus package, and has a very high rating from the NRA.  I must say there is definitely something exciting thinking that a U.S. Senator believes in the second amendment and self defense enough to keep guns under her bed.  The sad thing though, is that this is being used against her.  If she were a republican from the Texas instead of a Democrat from New York this might guarantee her reelection instead of giving a primary challenger ammunition against her.  

Welcome to the New Bipartisan Congress

Today the U.S. Congress passed a 787 billion stimulus bill.  TheDemocrats finally agreed on a bill they liked last night, and passed the 1,071 page, 8 inch thick bill today.  The bill passed the House of Representatives 246-183.  Once again, every single Republican voted against it, and they were joined by a mere 7 democrats.  This bipartisan bill received a grand total of three Republican votes in the entire U.S. Congress, the votes of three of the most liberal senate Republicans, who joined the Democrats and let them pass whatever they felt like.  Without Senators Specter, Snowe, and Collins suporting the stimulus bill, it wouldn't have passed the senate.

This clip from Boehner's floor speech against the stimulus bill illustrates the insanity of what our congress did today.

The New Stimulus Package May not Produce a Single Job

In a recent House Ways and Means Committee meeting, the ranking member, Dave Camp (R-MI), asked the Majority Tax Staff Director a very simple question. How many jobs will the Democrats proposed stimulus package create? The man who is supposedly the expert on this topic was forced to admit that he didn't know that any jobs would necessarily be created. Over $700 billion on a plan that won't necessarily do what it purports to do? Is this really smart?