House Minority Leader Ward Armstrong has made opposition to utility rate increases a signature issue,
One that he hopes might gain him a following for statewide office
Or, at the least, allow him to retain his seat in the House of Delegates even after a determined GOP effort to redistrict him out.
Many of Armstrong’s colleagues in the Assembly haven’t been too eager to embrace his perspective,
But the cause got a huge boost last week from an unexpected source.
Morgan Griffith
The congressman weighed in with a strong letter to the State Corporation Commission,
Noting the extent of recent increases and asking the Commissioners to pay special attention to citizen views that’ll be presented at the public hearings on the issue.
Armstrong still may face an uphill climb politically,
But his may have his finger on the pulse on an issue that transcends partisan identification in his region of the Commonwealth.
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