The Roanoke Rumble
An interesting situation is beginning to form in Roanoke with Senator Brandon Bell.
Rumor has it Sen. Bell will be having a fundraiser in Richmond with John Chichester as the special guest. He then will have another fundraiser in Roanoke with LG Bill Bolling. This may cause quite a stir in the Roanoke area GOP.
A few weeks ago, Sen. Bell was one of the speakers at the Roanoke GOP luncheon. While there he was chided by a few of the attendees for supporting the new budget plan that included a tax increase. There were even flyers that were passed out at the entrance calling Bell a RINO. One of the members raising concern for Bell's vote pointed to Chichester's $6,000 donation that Bell received in the last cycle as evidence as to why he may be "indebted" to Chichester. This new fundraiser may not set well either.
Could Bell be another addition to the list of possible primary challenges in 2007?
Rumor has it Sen. Bell will be having a fundraiser in Richmond with John Chichester as the special guest. He then will have another fundraiser in Roanoke with LG Bill Bolling. This may cause quite a stir in the Roanoke area GOP.
A few weeks ago, Sen. Bell was one of the speakers at the Roanoke GOP luncheon. While there he was chided by a few of the attendees for supporting the new budget plan that included a tax increase. There were even flyers that were passed out at the entrance calling Bell a RINO. One of the members raising concern for Bell's vote pointed to Chichester's $6,000 donation that Bell received in the last cycle as evidence as to why he may be "indebted" to Chichester. This new fundraiser may not set well either.
Could Bell be another addition to the list of possible primary challenges in 2007?
posted by GOPHokie @ 7:27 AM
10 Comments:
At 5/06/2006 3:07 PM,
Anonymous said…
I was at that meeting, tensions where high all around when Sen. Bell talked.
At 5/06/2006 7:20 PM,
GOPHokie said…
Glad to get reinforcement of what I heard
Thanks
At 5/07/2006 10:33 AM,
Anonymous said…
We must run these people out of the party! They have no home with us! They're either with us, or against us. Their choice.
At 5/07/2006 11:07 AM,
Anonymous said…
Hey they are Republicans too. Anon 11:33 you are why good people hate us
At 5/07/2006 8:31 PM,
GOPHokie said…
The thing that I dont understand is why Bell needs to do this.
He is a pretty safe seat, fundraising should be no problem.
Why get people mad at you for having Chichester?
At 5/08/2006 3:50 PM,
Anonymous said…
I had not heard about an event Bell was doing with Bolling. Where did you hear about it? Do you have any details?
At 5/08/2006 3:58 PM,
GOPHokie said…
Not yet, hopefully I will soon.
All I know at this point is its supposed to be in Roanoke
At 5/08/2006 4:39 PM,
Anonymous said…
We must run these people out of the party! They have no home with us! They're either with us, or against us. Their choice.
It's been attempted before - the Party ended up with Mick Stanton and the district ended up with Mark Herring - it's your choice.
At 5/08/2006 8:48 PM,
GOPHokie said…
I have a feeling Minchew would have lost also.
At 5/09/2006 7:24 AM,
Anonymous said…
Anom 5:39 - Amen!
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