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Vivian E. Watts (D, Incumbent)
About The Candidate
- Office Sought: State Delegate, Virginia (39)
- Occupation: Member, House of Delegates; retired executive director, Fairfax Court Appointed Special Advocates (C
- Web site: http://vivianwatts.com/
- E-mail address: vwatts@erols.com
Education
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BA, English, University of Michigan.
Offices and positions held
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Board, Fairfax Arts Council; board, Salvation Army; past board, Veteran Services; past chair, Sexual Violence Criminal Law Comm.; Biotech Commission; past chair, Virginia Chamber of Commerce Transportation Comm.; past chair, Fairfax Fiscal Commission; past pres., Fairfax League of Women Voters; pres., Wakefield Forest PTA; member, House of Delegates,1996-present,1982-85; Virginia sec. of transportation and public safety.
On the Issues
What is the most urgent problem facing your jurisdiction?
Transportation. Like most Northern Virginians, we are very concerned about congestion, overcrowded and aging transit, intersection safety and lack of basic maintenance. However, neighborhoods throughout the district also are impacted heavily by mega projects. They bear the brunt of 25 percent of Beltway HOT lane construction, Engineering Proving Grounds access for 8,200 workers and Fairfax County Parkway completion. Citizens helped me get $94 million diverted from shutdown projects downstate for enhanced Beltway sound-walls and landscaping. Federal stimulus funds diverted industrial traffic off Rolling Road. However, dealing with proposed I-395 and I-95 HOT lanes construction now challenges neighborhoods down the middle of the district.
Why should voters elect you?
I work hard to listen to all sides, ask tough questions, seek critical information and try to think through the future results of any decision.
