August 8, 2009
McDonnell Embarks on Month Long "New Jobs, More Opportunities" Statewide RV Tour
Will Visit Every Corner of the Commonwealth; Travel Over 1500 Miles in First Week Alone
- McDonnell Visits Communities from Tangier Island to Alexandria to Bristol-
RICHMOND - Bob McDonnell, Republican gubernatorial nominee and former Attorney General of Virginia, today announced his "New Jobs, More Opportunities" month long statewide RV tour of Virginia. The tour kicks off Saturday, August 8th at the Patrick County Peach Festival in Stuart and ends on Labor Day, Monday, September 7th when the RV tour concludes with an appearance in the Buena Vista Labor Day Parade.
Within the first week of the tour alone Bob will visit five major regions of the Commonwealth, traveling over 1500 miles.
Speaking about the tour Bob stated, "I can't wait to get out and visit Virginians in every region of our beautiful Commonwealth. Serving as Virginia's Attorney General I've had the opportunity to represent all Virginians at a statewide level. A large part of that service involved traveling Virginia and listening to citizens and what is on their minds. That continues with this tour. And I'm also going to be doing some talking of my own of course! I'm excited about taking our bold positive campaign proposals on energy, education, transportation, small business and every other issue directly to Virginians in their cities and counties. This is a difficult time in Virginia's history. Virginians need jobs, they need opportunities. That's what our campaign is all about."
McDonnell continued, "I'm looking forward to visiting with voters on Tangier Island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, to campaigning at the Peach Festival in Stuart, to speaking at historic Luray Caverns to stopping by events in Tysons Corner to listening to workers at the Shipyards in Newport News. There isn't one region of Virginia we won't visit; there isn't one single vote we will write off. This campaign is about bringing Virginians together to create new jobs and more opportunities for all our citizens. It is positive, upbeat, energetic and starting Monday: "on the road!"
Over the next month Bob will continue to roll out major policy proposals, building on the initiatives he has already rolled out. Since his campaign kicked-off in February, Bob has unveiled comprehensive plans to fix Virginia's transportation issues, improve education through the awarding of 100,000 more degrees and dramatically expand the number of quality charter schools, bring new energy technology to the state to make Virginia the "Energy Capital of the East Coast, and make Virginia the best state in America in which to open a small business.
Below is a schedule of the first week of the tour. Detailed public schedules of the RV tour for the rest of the month will be released daily in addition to the weekly public schedule put out on Fridays.
"New Jobs, More Opportunities" Statewide RV Tour Schedule 8/8 - 8/14
Saturday, August 8
· Patrick County Peach Festival, Stuart
· Fiddler's Convention, Galax
Sunday, August 9
· Event TBD, Hampton
Monday, August 10
· Press Event, Martinsville
· Tour of Bio Fuels Plant, Gretna
· Tour of Ikea Plant, Ringgold
· Sorensen Institute and Danville Register & Bee Town Hall, Danville
Tuesday, August 11
· Route 58 Tour from South Boston to Hampton
· Drop-by Victory Headquarters, Chesapeake
Wednesday, August 12
· Veterans Breakfast, Chesapeake
· Address to Virginia Chiefs of Police Annual Conference, Newport News
· Press Conference, Newport News
Thursday, August 13
· Press Conference, Wallops Island
· Lunch on Historic Tangier Island
Friday, August 14
· Address to Republican National Hispanic Assembly Dinner, Tyson's Corner
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