David B. Albo* (R)

Office Sought: Va. House of Delegates District 42
Age: 47
Residence: South County.
Education: BA, economics, University of Virginia; law degree, University of Richmond.
Occupation: Founding partner, Albo & Oblon, LLP.
Web site:http://www.davealbo.com
E-mail address: dave@davealbo.com
Offices and positions held: Member, Virginia House of Delegates, 1994-present; chairman, Courts of Justice Committee; chairman, Crime Commission; co-chairman, Illegal Immigration Task Force.; past president, West Springfield Civic Association; past guardian ad litem for abused and neglected children; past prosecutor for Fairfax City; member, West Springfield Rotary Club.

Why should voters elect you?

I listen to my constituents and work to solve their problems. For example, my transportation bill widens Rolling Road and I-95, and completes the parkway.

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

Transportation and illegal immigration. My transportation bill delivers more money to Northern Virginia than any bill in history. Every illegal alien child costs $12,000 a year to educate. This costs Fairfax $240 million a year! We must preserve taxpayer resources for citizens and legal immigrants. In addition, illegal aliens comprise 6 percent of our prison population and 50 percent of MS-13. To combat this, I wrote and passed laws banning illegal aliens from acquiring driver's licenses, barring adult illegal aliens from non-emergency taxpayer benefits, and making Virginia's anti-gang laws the toughest in the U.S.

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

In a perfect Northern Virginia world, bills changing funding formulas or re-directing spending from general government to transportation would pass. But NOVA only has 26 of the 100 votes in the House.

I had a choice: Whine and cry about it, or do something about it. I chose to get the job done by proposing something not often heard in politics - compromise. My compromise delivers more transportation money than any bill in history. Best of all – 100% of the money raised in NOVA stays in NOVA. Here’s how I funded new roads and rail:

(1) 2/3 of the current surplus and 1/2 of future surpluses;

(2) $230 Million from general government to transportation;

(3) User Fees on activities generating congestion (e.g. charges on developers, commercial offices and heavy trucks; increased vehicle registration and inspection fees, and charges on traffic crimes - "Abuser Fees")

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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