Chris S. Simmons

Office Sought: Soil and Water Conservation District Director
Age: 49
Residence: Leesburg.
Education: BA, history, Virginia Military Institute; MA, international affairs, American University.
Occupation: Shift leader, Wounded Soldier and Family Hotline, U.S. Army.
Web site: None given.
E-mail address: chris_simmons_2006@yahoo.com
Offices and positions held: Member, Sierra Club; member, Keep Loudoun Beautiful; member, Piedmont Environmental Council; member, Nature Conservancy; member, Potomac Riverkeepers; member, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; member, Northern Virginia Conservation Trust; member, North American Congress on Latin America; member, Latin American Studies Association; member, Caribbean Studies Association; member, Civil War Preservation Trust.

Why should voters elect you?

"Toxins in our river are a public safety issue. I have the vision and experience to help us do more to make our waterways safer."

What do you think is the most urgent problem facing your jurisdiction?

"Too often we're told traffic, schools, immigration or any one of several other 'hot button' issues is the most urgent problem facing Loudoun. They are all wrong. The most pressing problem we need to confront is the flow of toxins and other pollutants into our creeks and rivers. All those poisons flow into the Potomac River, the source of our drinking water. These toxins are already causing the fish to mutate. How much longer will it be before these poisons begin to seriously affect us, or more importantly, our children?"

What is your plan to address the traffic problems in Virginia?

*NR*

Do you think current policies governing growth & development in your area are too restrictive, not restrictive enough or just right?

not restrictive enough

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