Shawn Mitchell is currently the democrat’s candidate for state senate against Dick Black in the 13th district. What does anyone know about him? Precious little. He says he had a scholarship to attend Emory and Henry University but left there to enroll in Tech. We know that he attended Virginia Tech, and he implies that he graduated, but no graduation year is posted, anywhere. We know that he left Tech and enlisted in the National Guard, but no rank is given. We know that he worked for a heating and air conditioning company (HVAC), working his way up to Vice President. We know too that he started his own HVAC company, two years ago in his broadlands home. Source His company, Modern Mechanicals, has been quite successful. Mr. Mitchell now has 14 people working for him. According to him, his successful business experience will help him solve state problems if he is elected to represent us. But how did this rapid rise to success happen? And how will those lessons be applied in the state senate?
Prior to starting his own company, two years ago, Shawn worked for Parrish Services, based in Manassas, where he had moved up to Vice President. After he left their company, Parrish sued Shawn for theft of their data base of nearly 16,000 clients, for taking their trade secrets to his new business, and for violating a non compete clause that he had signed. That clause said that he would not open an HVAC business within 50 miles of Parrish’s business in Manassas. By his own admission in the previously sited source, he opened his business in his home in the Broadlands. His business is still located in Ashburn. Were all of these charges valid? We have no way of knowing because Mr.Mitchell made sure that voters would never know.
Before the case went to trial Mr. Mitchell’s attorneys asked that the case be dismissed. A judge heard their case and found enough evidence to deny their petition. But before that trial could happened, Mr. Mitchell made a deal with Parrish Services and settled the case. We do not know the details of that settlement because in March of this year, Mr. Mitchell petitioned the court to have the whole case sealed and hidden from the public. He had this done just prior to his filing to run for state senate.
We may not know the details of the settlement of the suit against Mr. Mitchell because he made sure the voters could never see the results, but we know that Mr.Mitchell’s success as a small businessman came not solely from his own hard work but came, at least in part, from taking information from his previous employer and violating their non compete clause. There will be no such short cuts to success in Richmond. It will take straight hard work, something that Dick Black knows about and is prepared to do. Is Shawn Mitchell prepared for that kind of hard work? Or does he think he can do it on the backs of others, looking for a short cut to success?
Parrish Services has donated $1,718 to Dick Black’s campaign, a rather odd amount. I can only guess at the significance. I suspect that Mr. Mitchell would know the significance of that amount. But it’s not likely he’ll let us know that either.
Update here, with many more details. Don’t miss page 2 where Mr. Mitchell admits to much of what he was charged with by Parrish, although he and his lawyers try to twist it into something else. Mitchell is an underhanded sleaze. Thank goodness he won’t be representing us in Richmond!
Filed under: 2011 Elections Tagged: | Dick Black, Shawn Mitchell
Met Mr. Mitchell at a recent forum. Had no idea at that time that he took a shortcut that you’ve described. It is ironic that he let someone else build a customerbase and thought he was entitled to it when he left. That speaks volumes about his outlook on business.
Good work LvL! I am very interested in the significance of the $1718 donation to Col Black.
Whoa. I’ve been intrigued by Mitchell, but this sheds a new light on the man. Thanks for sharing.
He’s running against Dick Black. How much more does anybody need to know?:-)
People who are not yet brainwashed to lather when they hear Black’s name.
Very good information here. Makes me wonder what else he may be hiding from voters. Just reviewed his website…not much substance, especially on issues.
More importantly, what did Mark Herring know and when did he know it?
Lovettsville Lady frames a rather skewed argument against Shawn Mitchell. I’m sure if you had questions about him or information posted on his site, you could email him via his site’s “contact us” page.
Food for thought: if Parrish Services had all of this legal ammo against Shawn Mitchell that you so dutifully reported, then why was Parrish willing to settle out of court? Why not go to court and bury the competition out-right?
That’s a big part of the picture you conveniently left out. Like you said, we don’t know all of the facts. You’re only providing us speculation at this point and not a lot of substance.
I will say you are good at reporting salacious political gossip.
Are these two candidates going to debate?
Perhaps Mitchell has the money to continue to litigate this suit, or maybe he capitulated because he knew that was the only way out? How is the public supposed to know if the court records are sealed? Which is very convenient.
Malone makes a good point, did Herring advise Mitchell to seal these records so they wouldn’t come back to bite him in the posterior? These and other questions are yet to be answered.
There is nothing salacious about wanting answrs, and when I see Mr Mitchell crowing about building up a business so quickly in the middle of a recession, I have to wonder if he had an unfair advantage?
Unless of course Mr Mitchell wants to argue that signing a non-compete doesn’t mean anything. Or abiding by it after he leaves is no big deal. I mean, it’s not like he is running to be a legislator or anything ….. oh wait…..
TBPM: No brainwashing Monk. I’ve seen Black’s act, up close and personal. No thanks.
So have I. Steve. So have I. I had a sitdown with the man no longer than a month ago.
Loudoun Lady: trust me, I want to know all the facts too. But what good does it do to just speculate and say “oh this is what happened” or “I bet this is why he sealed court documents”…?
Having spoken with both candidates after the Haymarket Parade, I can tell you that neither one really has a clear idea on how to formulate policies that will improve our area. I got a lot of rhetoric, but not a lot of action.
I really hope this doesn’t dissolve into an election where Mr. Black is going to run on a platform of “look at this scandalous sealed court action – let’s guess what happened” and Mr. Mitchell is going to run on a “Hey, I’m not Dick Black” platform. Hopefully they’ll come up with some worthwhile plans and not just rely on prior political or business experience.
I would LOVE to see them debate. Dick Black was great at the debate with Stirrup and FitzSimmonds. My guess? Shawn Mitchell knows better than to agree to debate Dick Black. Black would clean his clock.
Can anyone really debate the fact that Shawn Mitchell violated his non-compete contract?
If Shawn had nothing to hide he would petition the court to unseal that record. Why isn’t he? Why did he ask that it be sealed, just before he began getting signatures to run for office?
“Can anyone really debate the fact that Shawn Mitchell violated his non-compete contract?”
Can you provide us a copy of Mr. Mitchell’s non-compete contract so we can read it for ourselves? If not, then your statement is erroneous.
Is it even really a fact that Mr. Mitchell violated it? Or an allegation? Our Constitution would say the latter, until proven guilty. It is one thing to ask for the court settlement records to be unsealed, but slinging wild accusations is another.
Since this post is all about speculation, how about this scenario: the non-compete agreement that Parrish Services presented to the judge was not the same one Mr. Mitchell originally signed. What if Mr. Mitchell retained a copy of his non-compete agreement, unbeknownst to Parrish Services, that proved Parrish’s to be a forgery? That would make Parrish settle the case in a heartbeat, don’t you think?
And a corporation has never tried to screw the little guy out of competition. Ever…
I don’t buy the baloney that non-competes don’t mean anything, or that the resolution (settling) was some kind of “gentleman’s agreement”.
Unfortunately I think this reflects poorly on Mark Herring, since he is the one that recruited Mitchell. When you recruit a candidate you might ask “hey, is there anything we need to know about that might come up in the election?”. Either Mitchell said NO or he told the truth and Herring brushed it off. I am guessing the later, considering there was no one else ready, willing or able to run – the D’s took what they could get. This is what happens when the candidate pool is so poor.
Let them debate!
Allen,
Mitchell admits he signed the non-compete. Then he incorporates his business in Richmond when it is really located in Ashburn. That tells you all you need to know. Mitchell knew he was violating his non-compete agreement and was trying to find a sneaky way around it.
Also, MItchell said he opened his business and was making a profit just a couple of days later. How many service businesses can you think of that are performing jobs and generating revenue after just a couple of days? It’s kind of hard to do unless you’ve got your hands on a client list…like a client list you took from your former company, maybe?
Are these the kind of actions you want for your State Senator? Do we want someone in charge of making the laws for Virginia that behaves like this?
Dick Black has a proven Conservative record. We know how he is going to vote because he has a record we can all see. Mitchell has no record. All we have from Mitchell is his word, and it is pretty clear know his word isn’t any good.
If Mitchell wants to end the ‘speculation’, then he can unseal the records. It’s that simple.
I agree, unseal the record. Hopefully that’ll clear the air.
You are right about Dick Black’s record. Essentially he’s just another ho-hum Republican that tows the party line. We’re not going to get anything new and innovative from him in office (again). Just another rubber stamp on the Republican agenda.
Why can’t we get sensible candidates with great ideas? Is that really too much to ask for?
Allen, Read the Washington Times article on this – Mitchell is quoted several times. He admits to just about everything.
Allen, Allen…
This is just so funny. Companies like Parish settle actions all the time.
Court costs money.
If they got their customer list back, or an agreement signed by both parties for even more punitive action the next time Shawn uses it, they have what they wanted. They probably even worked out something for territories. It’s cheaper that way for both parties.
I like a stamp on the Republican agenda. Right now, so do the voters…by around 12 points, slick.
TBPM: love the generalizations and name calling. Legitimizes your argument 100%. Really top notch stuff. With those analytic abilities, you must be a “senior advisor” or some other fancy-pants federal worker with a cozy salary.
As for Parrish, you must not know the people that run it or you have never done business with them. I have. I also know their executive team and how nasty they can be in negotiations. No way they would file suit and settle unless there is more to the story than what has been so articulately written by others here.
What is it with you guys and not being able to stop yourselves from speculation when you don’t know all the facts?
If the same story broke about Mr. Black, I’m sure there would be a higher level of restraint. If I was the Republican candidate, with my list of defects and flaws, you’d still vote for me. Hell, if my dog ran as a Republican, you’d probably vote for him too.
PS – look for me as a write-in candidate on Nov 8!
Allen, The speculation is a result of the court file being sealed. Mitchell has admitted to much of what is being “alleged” so pointing the finger at people trying to get to the bottom of this is just blather.
There are legitimate questions here, and if the Democrats, to include Mark Herring, want to put up a candidate that was not properly vetted – it is par for the course. Don’t cry when questions are raised, get some answers. We know what happens when there is no vetting at the national level – why accept it in Virginia?
Here is a little Legal 101 for you: if something is sealed, it would be done by a protective order of the court, which means whatever has been filed in the case can’t be seen publicly.
If there is an agreement between parties in a lawsuit (plaintiff vs. defendant), they actually don’t file the agreement itself with the court, they just tell the judge that they settled and have it dismissed. Now based on what is said in the Washington Times article, there was a settlement between the two parties. They say sealed, but since there would be no reason to file the agreement with the court, it would not have been sealed. It is far more likely that the parties simply agreed to a settlement and agreed to keep the terms confidential.
Now that we have that cleared up, it sounds like saying that ‘Shawn had this sealed’ is a misstatement since both parties agreed to the settlement and the whole argument about ‘what he is hiding’ is bunk. Further, if they agreed to a settlement, it would seem that the other party is now satisfied and the matter is over.
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It is important to realize one important fact about this lawsuit. Given that both sides declined any opportunity to discuss the suit, the attempt by the Black campaign and the party leaders behind him to paint Shawn in a negative light over a case about which they have very little information strikes me as pretty desperate. Given the past bizarre behavior of Black, some of which is described in the same article, perhaps he should be better informed when he slings his mud. It looks like its another feeble attempt by a career politician to cover up his pathetic record when its come to actually working on issues that matter.
Thank you for the reply from the Mitchell campaign, however let me give you a little advise:
When you are trying to cast something as “speculation” and give legal lessons, don’t use assumptions – which from my limited legal knowledge have ZERO legal standing.
Nothing has been cleared up, and you saying so means there are more questions.
Can you explain to us again how you “Know Dick Black”? That was a really fantastic line of reasoning you whipped out of thin air on NVTH,
LL, you should take your own advice. Really you should. Everything about this attempt at mudslinging is based on assumptions. Stick to your assertion that you have limited legal knowledge. With that you can’t go wrong. Ask a lawyer, I wouldn’t expect you to listen to me. The post above is for anyone who by chance will read this non-sense.
You must never read what I post. I’ve stated numerous times how I know, worked with and communicated with Dick Black. If I get time I’ll look it up and repost for you. In the meantime, feel free to do the same.
I love being lectured by the Senior Fellow of Mudslinging, it is so entertaining to see you spin, spin, spin.
IF you read the all of my comments on Mitchell and his dishonesty, you will see that I don’t point to anything as fact except for the quotes from Mr Mitchell himself to a WashTimes reporter and former quotes on this case. He should really keep his mouth shut if he doesn’t want people to know the truth, which is why you are covering for him. Your assertion is that your assumptions should be considered facts, while everybody else’s assumtions (or “speculation”) are mud. Sorry, you can’t have it both ways. Your legal analysis sucks too.
Please, tell us the tall tales of your interaction and deep discussions with Dick Black, we all need a little story telling in the afternoon with our coffee.
Meeting someone in a park while dog walking, or asking directions, does not constitute ”communication with”. Just sayin’……………….
LL, of course you didn’t point to any facts. Thank you for agreeing with me. That is my whole point here. As I said, everything about this ridiculous attack is speculation.
The “facts” are what Mitchell says, as he is quoted – unless you don’t believe him. I wouldn’t blame you, not sure I believe him either. Your boy admitted to quite a bit so perhaps you should be taking this up with him. Or Mark Herring? Did Mark recruit him or not? Did he know about this prior to his announcement? You seem to know so much, please share your in-depth knowledge.
I am still waiting for the indepth analysis from your communication and relationship with Mr Black over the years. You can post it here and we can all judge how much you “know” Dick Black.
LL, all this is a retread. There really is nothing to this story other than speculation. Keep trying as you will, but this thing ain’t getting any traction.
Again, now you’re not reading what I said about what I said. Referencing your Dick question. I’ve answer your question in great detail in bigger forums than this little blog. Go look it up. It will certainly shut down your speculation about me not knowing Dick.
LvL, I have no idea what you are talking about or referencing.
Direct quote from the Washington Times article: “Mr. Mitchell conceded that he signed an agreement but disputed that it was the one referenced in court papers. He said he did know about marketing strategies and denied breaching trade secrets. His attorneys also said in court papers that the agreement was unenforceable because of the vague definition of ‘in substantial competition’.”
Can you provide all the other “facts that Mr. Mitchell says”?
It would be great if you could get copies of the court papers like the WT reporter did. That way you could post them for all of us to read. If both parties reached a settlement, I’m still trying to understand why we’ve got our torches out to burn him at the stake. Are we trying to dig up any dirt on this guy since he doesn’t have a political track record?
Maybe Mr. Black should advocate for a bill that would disallow court documents from being sealed at all? Or maybe, Mr. Black could lobby to remove privacy altogether?
Good comment Allen,
I suspect Black would rather bring this bogus charge up than to actually talk about job creation.
Shawn has created something out of nothing and is gainfully employing 14 people.
Now Black on the other hand hasn’t done anything other than hire campaign workers and political aides. I don’t call that job creation. That’s sucking off the government tit. Something Black has done all his life.
It’s easy to create jobs when you leave your former employer with client lists and take staff with you. Hell, some might call that stealing! At least admit it is an unfair advantage and bad form to take client lists then taut your business acumen as a job creator. Sounds like he created jobs by quite literally moving them from one company to another. Allen, do you do business this way?
BlackOut: If you don’t like this “little blog” why are you here? I never saw an answer that would satisfy even your easiest critic on how you “know” Dick Black. You promised you would post your personal evidence and I fail to see how hard it is to copy and paste. Then the readers of this “little blog” can be the judge of your vast knowledge on Dick Black. We are all waiting.
LL, you just don’t get it. Everything you just said in the first paragraph is more of the same, assumptions. I noticed you said nothing at my truthful claim about Dick’s lack of building jobs.
Frankly LL, I think it is only you and LvL that are left here reading this so I’ll just say do your research and you’ll easily find the other 3 or 4 times I’ve answered that question.
You know what is really funny. If I was running and had an R by my name you’d all be voting for me. Haha. Can you imagine that? Amusing.
Is that your retort, HAHA. You are out of steam and have been outed as a sad, hateful hack over and over on this topic. Resorting to HAHA is really a way of saying, I can’t fight my way out of this.
Pick any social conservative and you will pick the similar tactics. Your assessment of Mitchell’s very serious problems has absolutely nothing to do with legal matters, court documents, or even basic fairness – it has to do with you having a personal problem with Mr Black. Mitchell could be a car-jacking armed robber and you’d make some feeble excuse for his because he is running against Mr Black. “Educating the Public” – my ass!
For the 4th time, will you please post your synopsis of your great and vast knowledge of Dick Black? Just 2-3 lines, so that we here at the “little blog” can get an overview? Thanks.
Blackout,
You know, you really have no credibility on this issue. You have a personal hatred for Dick Black that colors everything you say about him. Someone who can be so obsessed about a politician needs professional help.
Here are the facts.
1. Mitchell ADMITS signing a non-disclosure and non-compete agreement that says he can’t own a competing business within 50 miles of Manassas. In his response to the lawsuit, he admits he signed one, but denies it was the same one presented by Parrish services.
Hello?!?!? He HAS to say that! HE can’t rightly say he never signed one because they’ve got it on file, but he can’t admit he signed the one presented to the court or else he just admits he’s guilty.
2. MItchell incorporates his business at a Richmond address, even though he’s never lived there and never done business there. Why? Because he is trying a Clintonesque move to say his business is not within 50 miles of Manassas. That is an admission by his actions that he knew he was violating his non-compete agreement.
What did the lawyer say when asked why Mitchell’s Company was incorporated in Richmond? Quote “For reasons I can’t go into.”
PLEASE!!! Translation, “Because we were trying to game the system.”
3. Mitchell settled the case three months before he announced he was running for office. He wanted to keep this quiet so it wouldn’t come out during the campaign.
I’m sure Parrish services agreed to sealing the records, or a gag order as part of the settlement, or whatever you want to call it, because they were getting what they wanted out of Mitchell. I doubt they ever thought that Mitchell was planning to announce a run for Senate just weeks after the ink was dry on their settlement agreement.
Here’s an easy way to end all this “speculation.” Have Shawn Mitchell agree to make the terms of the settlement public. Open up all the records so the public knows exactly what happened. I’m willing to bet that Parrish services would have no problem whatsoever with that arrangement.
Then we can go back to comparing DIck Black’s Conservative record of creating jobs in the General Assembly vs. Shawn Mitchell’s complete lack of a record (at least, a record he’ll let anyone see).
Mitchell’s job creation is moving jobs from one company to another. It’s not quite creation, it is “job reassignment to benefit me”.
LR, I’ve heard all that before, saying it over and over and louder and louder doesn’t change my assessment of this political muckracking.
Two parties seal a record, TWO PARTIES need to open it. This is a business deal that was made between two competing companies. Settled without a court ruling. That’s the way business works around here, much to your frustration. I see deals like this made all the time.
Oh,, as I have said many times I don’t hate Black. From many years of working with him, and seeing him in action I find him too extreme and too ineffective. For that he deserves all the criticism in the world. I try to do my little part to educate folks or to remind them. You do realize I am not the only to think this way?
Nope. Not true BO. One party can ask to seal a court record and a judge can agree. That same ONE party can ask that the seal be lifted. Mitchell petitioned to have it sealed, he can petition to have it opened. That would clear up everything, right? Or perhaps he had reasons to ask that it be sealed and those same reasons are still valid for him.
>>> In a civil case, a court may seal documents if it determines that one or both of the parties have an interest in keeping the documents confidential and that interest outweighs the presumptive right of the public in accessing the documents. The interest must be specific; the risk of damage to professional reputation, emotional damage, or financial harm, in the abstract is not sufficient to seal a record.<<<
http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide/virginia/virginia-state-court-records Now, just who convinced the court that their professional reputation/emotions/finances would be damaged by release of these documents? duh.
Since Mitchell petitioned the court to seal the record, he can also petition the court to open it to the public. Others could also petition the court to have it opened using the ”public has a right to know who they are electing”, or something to that effect. Will any reporter bother to do that? I doubt it, but I bet Mitchell is concerned about it.
Ladies ladies ladies. If you don’t know I think it’s my duty to tell you that Dick really would rather have you in the kitchen and not out here doing men’s work. Submission is a beautiful word in the Black household. You do realize this don’t you?
I suggest you check with the man of the house and make sure you’re supporting the correct candidate. Then follow your candidate. Stay beyond your man and have him drive you to the polling both to follow his wishes. No more no less.
Now have at it kids. I am sure you’ll use this forever. For the record it is sarcasm, but that never stopped you before.
BO – Who the hell are you to bring up people’s spouses and relationships in a marriage? Leave my family out of your disgusting attacks, this is proof that you will go to any level to disparage a social conservative because you don’t agree with them. Please never refer to my family again as I have never brought up yours.
When there is nothing left, pull out the poo and fling it. You are right back to your roots of hatred and this is more evidence that your analysis on this man,this race and any other race should be ignored.
Oh LvL, I never said one person could not seal a record, I inferred everyone with this case is assuming Mitchell was the only one to do so. Including the recent comments. Quoting a newspaper doesn’t make it a fact. Have a man go ask Mitchell if he can unseal it or if it was sealed by both parties.
LL, spoken as predicted.
Hey, if it isn’t “Satchmo”. Quit commenting on people’s personal lives.
My husband would love it if I had more interest cooking. I’d love it if he did too but I have no idea what this has to do with Shawn Mitchell’s case. We both love good food but not the time and effort that it takes.
Yes, I do know that Shawn Mitchell petitioned the court to seal the record and not Parrish. Feel free to take a trip to the PWC courthouse and check it out. I know you enjoy such trips, so get on the road to PWC! Then come back and let us know who filed the petition to seal the record.
I can’t believe that your hatred of Dick Black has caused you to defend this guy when it’s obvious to everyone that he’s a total sleazebag. It doesn’t say much for you.
The hatred has consumed this man’s life for the better part of the past decade. Think of all the children, or animals, or homeless people BO could have helped if he had harnessed all his negative energy and used it for good.
To be fair, the same can be said of all of us. We all harbor negativity as this blog demonstrates.
Now – how does one get access to these public court records? Before we rush to judgement (or is it too late for Mr. Mitchell), let’s get all the facts.
Before you post, just take a minute to imagine what life would be like if everyone judged you based on one questionable instance in your past. This reminds me of that Times article where a Stafford teacher was accused of inappropriate conduct with a student. The teacher lost his job (and any hope of a career in education), all of his friends and most of his family, and had to sell his home. Months later, it turns out the student made the whole thing up because she was mad he gave her a bad grade and didn’t want him to be her teacher anymore.
I believe he was later reinstated at the school, but his reputation and life will never be the same. Maybe I’m just an old man ramblin’, but I would like to get to the bottom of this. I would appreciate it if this blog could get those court documents that are available and let us look them over.
Or maybe I’m the only one here that hasn’t already locked in their vote for Mr. Black and maybe I’m just spinning my wheels.
It’s the hatred of Blackout for Mr Black. It is legendary here in Loudoun County and is quite disturbing. I can’t begin to tell you about the disgusting attacks BO has unleashed against Mr Black and many other social conservatives, and I will not let it go unchallenged.
What did Dick Black do for job creation in VA? Attach his name to any other Republican’s bill. That’s all. I have yet to find any piece of law enacted that HE himself originated.
For the record, I don’t know Dick Black. But I did talk to him at length about jobs and energy policies. He wants to put people to work to increase coal and oil production. And maybe put up a couple nuclear plants. That’s about it. Pretty much the same stuff he said 8 years ago. I asked him about sustainable, clean energy and he looked indifferent. I brought up wind and solar, and providing tax incentives for businesses and homeowners to start using them. He stuck to oil and coal like the lobby boys were watching him. Don’t know if he’s changed his views at all, but I plan on following-up with him. I do hope he wins because I’m sure his family is tired of moving every few years.
For the record, if you guys want to discuss this out in the open, I’ll be at the Heritage Hunt candidate forum, and maybe the Cornerstone forum. Maybe I’ll see you guys there.
When is the Heritage Hunt candidate forum? That is a long haul for me, but the folks in that community are fully engaged and vote overwhelmingly Republican.
Thank you Dick Black for not playing lip service to useless wind and solar “clean energy” options and promoting our abundant natural resources here in the great state of Virginia. I suggest that Mr Black answered your questions on principle, and that is why he needs to go to Richmond.
I know, but to not even acknowledge them as options? I would think they would also help with job creation here, especially since we have the land to do it in our District. And the energy generated would help our District’s power grid. How much will coal and oil help our area when our District has so little of it in its borders? Sure it helps the State, but wind and solar would provide a more direct and sustainable benefit. It would be great if our District could lead the way for Virginia with wind and solar energy.
It was just a thought, no need to pounce!
No one is pouncing, but it is pretty ironic that you bring up “alternative energy options” at the state level when the Solyndra scandal is portraying the many problems with viability in the market and huge dangers of misplaced priorties in such a poor economy – and that is putting it lightly!
They aren’t options! People have been trying these ”alternative energy” sources for 40 years! Wind and Solar are VERY expensive and neither work well. Dick Black doesn’t want to throw more money at things that have been proven, over and over, not to work!
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[...] Here is an interesting post by Lovettsville Lady about Virginia 13th District Senate race. Shawn Mitchell is currently the democrat’s candidate for state senate against Dick Black in the 13th district. What does anyone know about him? Precious little. He says he had a scholarship to attend Emory and Henry University but left there to enroll in Tech. We know that he attended Virginia Tech, and he implies that he graduated, but no graduation year is posted, anywhere. We know that he left Tech and enlisted in the National Guard, but no rank is given. We know that he worked for a heating and air conditioning company (HVAC), working his way up to Vice President. We know too that he started his own HVAC company, two years ago in his broadlands home. SourceHis company, Modern Mechanicals, has been quite successful. Mr. Mitchell now has 14 people working for him. According to him, his successful business experience will help him solve state problems if he is elected to represent us. But how did this rapid rise to success happen? And how will those lessons be applied in the state senate?…..Read More [...]
Here was the recent PWC100 debate between Mr. Black and Mr. Mitchell. This is the whole debate, no spin. Not too impressed with either, to be honest.
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/17661833