Delegate Melanie Rapp (R-96th) today announced her retirement. If you want to help Troy Farlow win this seat for the Democrats, you can do so here. Thanks, and here's a press release from the Farlow campaign:
Farlow Ready to Step in and LeadTroy Farlow released this statement:
"I commend Delegate Rapp on her years of public service in the House of Delegates. Although Delegate Rapp and I disagreed on several issues, I appreciate her dedication to serving the public and constituents. I share Delegate Rapp's passion for the common good, and that's why I'm running for the House of Delegates. We need a strong advocate for us in Richmond to fix transportation, stop the sky-rocketing cost of healthcare, and provide tax relief for working people. I pledge that I will be that kind of Delegate.
"This is a great opportunity to let the people of the 96th District know that I want to work to represent the interests of each and everyone of us. These are challenging times with challenging issues in front of us. I will work with Republicans and Democrats to get things done. To meet our needs and goals, we don't need more politics; we need more citizens who put the needs of their neighbors over the needs of a lobbyist. I will work to move Virginia forward, not backward, when it comes to transportation, education, public safety and health care."
Go Troy!
The $70,000 he raised, more than 50% was from family. So lets just say he raised $35,000
Lets just state some facts:
1) Troy Farlow was never a successful business man on the shore, I don't think it even lasted a year, during the height of the building boom on the shore. Ask him how long his painting business was in business and how successful, you will be surprised to no it was run like a teenager cutting lawns in the summer, not very organized.
2) Troy considers himself wall street banker. He spent 5 months in NYC, the first 2 volunteering by getting coffee and the next 3 in aquistions and mergers. I don't think 3 months on the job qualifies as wall street experience. Troy will tell you he was a successfull Wall Street banker, that is simply not true, call the company he worked for and they will tell you how long he worked for them.
3) Troy was never a community leader on the shore. Never held any office or did any community volunteerism, except help L. Lewis with his campaign. Troy is such an embarrassment to the shore. I think you will be hard pressed to see Lewis endorse him for the 96th District. Lewis did not formally endorse Troy when he tried to run for the 2nd District. Troy never held any type of community leadership post on the ES, he was viewed as someone that could not hold on to a job.
3) Troy claims he went to Duke Grad School. He obvisiously was only there for a short time because according to an AP story he was laid off from PriceCooper in the spring of 2001. And we all know he left to go to Wall Street after 9/11/01. So he could have only been enrolled in the summer or got accepted in the fall and then never went because he went to go work on Wall Street for 5 months after 9/11/01. According to a book written in 2003, Troy states he drove overnight to Duke to meet with the head of the business school and she extended the enrollment by 15 days just for Troy with, by his own admission, a 2.4 gpa from Elon and he had not even taken the GMAT or GRE. Come On! As competitive as Duke is they let in Troy Farlow with a 2.4 gpa and no entrance exam. What about all of the people who filed properly with a 3.0 or better and acceptleable entrance exam from the GMAT or GRE, and did not get in. And they accepted Troy Farlow. Folks, I think Troy maybe applied and got denied. Troy is good at exaggerating the facts. This speaks for itself.