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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

National Federation of Independent Businesses Endorse Bert Dodson

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NFIB   ENDORSES  BERT  DODSON

The people who represent small business and understand the job market have endorsed Bert Dodson based on his real life experiences running a small business, creating jobs and serving in local government as the best candidate to go to Richmond and help lead Virginia's continued stability and recovery.      For a strong, working Virginia Vote Bert Dodson for 22nd District Senate.
Bert Dodson

With the change of the seasons, campaign season is here.      This week our campaign received the strong support of the National Federation of Independent Businesses.      NFIB is the premier advocate for small businesses and works with legislators to create the best environment to create jobs.      I am proud to be one of only five Democrats for State Senate to receive this endorsement.      The NFIB knows that I’m the only candidate in this race who has real experience creating jobs and that I’ll take that experience to Richmond and focus on the issues important to real working families.
Bert Dodson

Follow this link to join NFIB in supporting a job creation agenda for Richmond - today!

KELSEY

Today I need your help as we continue to spread our message of creating jobs, investing in education, and serving the interest of our community in the Virginia State Senate.      Making sure everyone hears our message means contacting them through the mail, on radio, and television.      To make sure we keep these crucial paid communication programs in place through election day, I need your support today.

Please click here  to give $500, $250, $100, or what you can afford - today!
Bert Dodson
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Give me the chance to fight this battle and I promise to make you proud.      With a fundraising deadline at the end of September, your support before midnight on Friday means I can keep fighting for you.      Thank you for your generous support.      I look forward to celebrating victory with you.

Click this link  to help Bert before the September 30 deadline!

Sincerely,

Bert Dodson | Candidate, Virginia State Senate (22th District)

BRE,  Chair
Sweet Briar Young Democrats

P.S.    Your help by September 30th is very important to our success! Please remember to visit   www.dodsonforsenate.com   and process your secure online contribution or mail check to:     PO Box 464, Lynchburg VA 24505.


Elect Bert Dodson
Dave Burford, Chair
Amherst County Democrats

This is the most important mission facing Democrats.     Allowing the right wing tea party republicans to capture and control the agenda will spell disaster for Virginia and we must unite to stop the forces that threaten to damage our future.     The education of our children and a woman's rights to health care are as important as jobs for our people.     A vote for Bert Dodson is a vote to protect our benefits and guard our natural recources.     A vote for Bert Dodson is the right thing to do.
Ned Kable, Secretary
Amherst County Democrats

When it comes to support of WIFI and Broadband for all the areas of our district and the 22nd really spreads out, Vote Dodson.    If you want to  support education and the creation of jobs Bert Dodson is the only candidate in the race.     For your future and the futures of your children, grandchildren and loved ones Vote Bert Dodson.     This election is serious, it is about the quality of our present and future lives.      Vote Democratic, Vote Dodson.

Don't doze off and miss this election.      Vote first and then take the catnap.     Remember, Bert Dodson is purrrrrrfic!
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Protect Your Benefits, Vote Democratic
Vote Bert Dodson

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Monday, September 26, 2011

Dodson Campaign Meeting

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Please join us for a very important event tomorrow night:

Tuesday 27th, 7:00 PM
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE LIBRARY
Browsing Room - See Map Below

Sweet Briar Young Democrats with Rob Dean

The Sweet Briar Young Democrats are hosting this event, along with the Dodson Campaign and the Amherst County Democrats. You are invited to attend and to show your support for our next State Senator, Bert Dodson.      Only 6 weeks until Election Day. Now is the time to get involved.


The road shown at the bottom of the map is the one leading directly from the campus main entrance on 29.        Number 1 on the map is the guard shack if you need directions.

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Bert and  "The Hardest Working Campaign Team in Politics"

We will dedicate the entire evening to Bert's campaign staff.     They will seek our advice on some community-based operations we can put into place to help assure a Democratic Victory.

There is simply no other choice.

Bert will be a great State Senator, one we'll be proud to call our own.     We all know that.      But there's more...

The very narrow majority we now have in the VA Senate must be held.     It's the only thing protecting us now from a statewide Right-Wing majority - House of Delegates, State Senate, and Governor. We must not let this happen.

Imagine the likes of McDonnell, Cuccinelli, Cantor, and others of their ilk in the Party formerly known as Republican, running amok, unchecked, in our great Commonwealth.     Well, you get the idea.

We'll take a good look at Dodson's opponent, Tom Garrett, too.     It's not a pretty picture.

So, again, please join us tomorrow night:

SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE LIBRARY
Browsing Room
7:00 PM

Sincerely,
Dave Burford, Chairman
Amherst County Democrats

Your Amherst County Democratic Committee
www.AmherstDems.org

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Bert Dodson Day, November 8th, You're Invited

Bert Takes Questions From Media

Bert Knows How To Grow Jobs.
The American Dream is Fed by Good Government.

Bert knows what employers need to grow more jobs.    As our new senator, Bert will be committed to holding the line on taxes, creating incentives to attract new industry and being a partner in local recruiting efforts for our district.

Bert Has Real Experience In The Business Community.
Bert Will Look Out for Your Interest

Bert Dodson is President and CEO of Dodson Pest Control. With over 500 employees under his direction, Bert understands what businesses need to grow jobs.    He also served on Lynchburg City Council for 12 years, including six as Vice Mayor.    Bert will use his business experience to help create jobs and promote economic opportunity.    Bert believes that government should operate much the same as a business, where efficiency and accountability are more important than scoring political points.

Bert Stands Tall For Education.
Front row, Sweet Briar Young Democrats.     Dixie, Bre, Mackenzie and LaToya.    Back row, Skipper Fitts

Bert strongly believes the best investment we can give our children and grandchildren is a quality education.     Bert will also strive to fund workforce-retraining programs so all of our citizens can compete for the jobs of the future.     He will support renewed investment in public and higher education while striving for greater
accountability.

Bert Will Protect Our Resources.
Dave Burford, Chairman
Amherst County Democrats

The James River is a key resource that impacts all nine counties in the new 22nd Senate District which includes part of the City of Lynchburg, part of Louisa County and all of Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa and Prince Edward counties. Bert is committed to protecting that resource for future generations to come.

Bert Listens and His Answers are Thought Out and Individual.
Maggy Roza,  Lonny Paris,  Ned Kable

Bert knows that, in business, one can not be successful unless you are willing to listen and respond to your customers' needs.     We can count on Bert to listen to our concerns about the issues that matter most to us.

Election Day is November 8.     Register if you aren't already and vote to protect our benefits.   Vote Bert Dodson for Virginia Senate.
Bert Cares About The 22nd and Its People

Bert has a campaign office in Lynchburg:

1022 Commerce Street, Suite F
Lynchburg, VA 24504
Office Phone:  434-851-4885

Contact information for campaign staff:
Lynchburg Democrats Working For Bert

Campaign Manager
 Lonny Paris
 202-957-4551     parislonny@gmail.com


Political Director
 Gerald Cheatham
 434-851-2475     gicheatham@comcast.net

Kody

Field Director
 Kody Roza
 916-521-5915     kodyjroza@gmail.com

Lonny

You are welcome to visit Bert Dodson Headquarters but if you would like to contribute by mail, here's the address.

Friends of Bert Dodson
P.O. Box 10249
Lynchburg, Va  24506-0249

Please make checks payable to:
Friends of Bert Dodson

To comply with Virginia law please include
Name and Home Address,    City and Zip Code
Home Phone,    E-Mail Address
Occupation,    Employer
Kody and Maggy

If you would like to Volunteer,   If you would like a Yard Sign or If you would like to Host an Event.     If you would like to Make a Donation of any size it will be appeciated and put to good use telling all the citizens of the 22nd District about Bert Dodson and our campaign.

Thank You

Bert thanks You in advance for any help you are able to give.

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Saturday, September 10, 2011

Downtown Lynchburg Clebration

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When it comes to roping off Main and throwing a street celebration Lynchburg doesn't have to take a back seat to anybody.      It was the third year for the Get! Downtown Celebration and if there were ever any kinks they have all been worked out.     The Planners, The Lynchburg Police, The Exibitors and all the Merchants came together to deliver a perfect and enjoyable evening.

Buster Brown
I won't pretend that I captured every moment of the adventure but I do believe I can deliver to you the spirit.     Buster Brown was there.     Actually Buster lives close, he is the Mascot at the Craddock Terry Hotel.     Buster is quite well behaved and did the sniff greeting with all the pets who passed his station.     For a relaxing stay or a delightful meal visit Buster and the Staff at the Cradock Terry.

David  E. Mass, Counselor at Law
Young Lady with balloons

I hadn't seen my friend David E. Mass since an event we attended for Bert Dodson at the Stoney Badger a few days earlier.      It shouldn't have surprised me to run up on David since he is one of the Young Legal Lions of Lynchburg and has offices in the Allied Arts Building just one street up from Main where the celebration was going on.     We were celebrating, so to speak, in his back yard.

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The street was full of children with bright rainbows and other decorations on their faces and I was able to track this down to its source. 

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A Clown that had mastered the art of making animals and hats out of balloons.     Look at the helmet on the young man below and ask yourself if you could make it if you had the balloons already inflated and 30 minutes.     The clown did it in a couple of minutes and all the while joking and talking to the crowd. 
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One very happy young gentleman displaying his balloon helmet.

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Singer in the middle of the roadway, wailing!
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A wall of guitars and a picker/singer.
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Dancers
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Sweet Briar College
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Lynchburg Democrats and interns from the Bert Dodson Campaign for Virginia's 22nd Districe Senate seat.
Bert and the Hardest Working Team in Politics
Here's a photo of Bert and his Team taken on Main Street on a less crowded day.

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Here's another crowd shot from the Get Downtown! celebration.

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A Voice for the Worker

I had a short off the record conversation with a leader of the GOP in Lynchburg and to my surprise there is a movement to Elect Bert Dodson within Republican ranks.     I asked why?      The answer made sense.     The Appomattox, Amherst, Lynchburg areas of the 22nd want to be represented by someone who knows the issues, problems and needs of the area.      They don't trust the man from Louisa to look out for their needs.      They don't plan to make a big show of it.      They'll just use their secret ballot vote to back up their judgement.
Bert Dodson
Standing Up for Education

Bert thanks you for any help you can give.
Protect Your Benefits, Vote Democratic
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Friday, September 9, 2011

Sweet Briar Young Dems Active and Involved

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Rest assured the next time someone tells you young adults are not involved in solving the problems the older generation has created that the person talking to you is simply misinformed.      The Young Democats at Sweet Briar College are living proof that the thought is untrue.

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I attended a "meet the candidate" and open Q and A session for Bert Dodson that was sponsored by the Young Dems of Sweet Briar and Chaired by Rob Dean, Ass. Commonwealth Att in Lynchburg.     The meeting was lively and the Young Dems were as President Obama said many times during his 2008 race  "Fired Up and Ready to Go".
Bert Dodson

Bert is running for Virinia Senate in the newly created 22nd district and without question the district is massive.     It is made up of Lynchburg City and the counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Prince Edward, Louisa and Goochland.      The Democrats control the Senate by a slim margin of 22 to 18 and Bert's success is important to Democrats.
Dave Burford
Dave Burford, Chair of the Amherst County Democrats spoke to group and extended the invitation to attend his meetings any time.    The next meeting is Tuesday, September 13th at 7pm at the Madison Heights Library (below the Lowes Store in the River James shopping center).
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A good sized crowd attended the event which finished up in time for everyone to watch President Obama address both Houses of Congress and President Obama finished up in time to watch the football game.
Here's a great photo of Rob and the Sweet Briar Young Dems.
Thank You for all your help
Bert

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The Dancing Chicken
Americans favor a tune up of Social Security and not its destruction like the tea party and Rick Perry and several GOP candidates for President.    These same republican tea party politicians also want to end Medicare, Women's Health Services and Pell Grants for Education and anything that if ended might yeild a savings that can be directed toward a tax break for big business and the upper two per cent.  

Years ago on the circus midway there used to be an act called the dancing chicken.   The chicken appeared to dance because heat was being applied to the floor of the platform the chicken stood on.    No one in the audience knew how it was done and thought that the chicken liked the music and danced when he heard it.   Today we know it was not that music had charms to thrill the savage beast, the chicken had hot feet.    The voters both Democratic and Republican because they like Medicare and Social Security have turned the heat up on Rick Perry and Rick is dancing and shuffling like that hot footed chicken trying to restructure and backtrack on his positions.

I can Dance

In Fed Up!,  Perry explains on page 51 how Medicare is a misreading of the Commerce Clause.    On page 48, he calls Social Security  “ by far the best example”  of a program that  “violently tosses aside any respect for our founding principles.”      And on page 50, he says that we have Social Security  “at the expense of respect for the Constitution and limited government.”

For Perry to claim that he “never said” Medicare and Social Security are unconstitutional is either a blatant flip-flop, a Texas size whopper or a significant case of amnesia.    In either case, with statements like these, one has to ask:    has Rick Perry read his own book?    Who was the ghost writer of Perry's book?    Will Ricks next book be titled  "The Dancing Chicken".


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