Sometimes elections come around where we have the opportunity to stand up for our values.  Next Tuesday, one of those elections is occurring in House of Delegates District 90 in Norfolk. 

Delegate Algie Howell has failed to represent our values of clean air and healthy waters in Richmond.  In 2011, he voted for legislation that would have removed Virginia from any efforts to improve conservation and reduce energy consumption, as well as refused to vote on a bill that sought to exempt coal and uranium mined in Virginia from any federal regulation.  Luckily, we have an alternative.

The Virginia Sierra Club has endorsed Rick James in his campaign for House of Delegates.  We've endorsed Rick because he's a proven community leader who is committed to standing up for our environment.  Rick has committed to supporting the ban on uranium mining and milling in the Commonwealth, and will be a tireless advocate on behalf of clean energy jobs from offshore wind for Norfolk.

It's an uphill battle to beat an entrenched incumbent in a primary, and Rick needs your help.

With just seven days to go until the primary, Sierra Club members from across the state are making phone calls to voters in the 90^th District asking for their support of Rick James.  For those of you who live locally our coalition partners at Virginia New Majority and Virginia League of Conservation Voters are helping us turnout voters by blanketing the district with canvassers.

Will you volunteer three hours on Saturday or Sunday to help elect Rick James?

If you can spare just a few hours of your time this weekend please contact me at, jr.tolbert@sierraclub.org or via phone at 804-225-9113 Ext.112. 

By working together we can win this election and send a message to Richmond that the environment matters.

Best,

J.R. Tolbert, Assistant Director

PS - If you can't volunteer, but would like to assist in our efforts to elect Rick James please donate today