| Rust
the Reliable Source |
| Choosing the right political candidate is much like hiring
the right person in a business. |
| You read the person's cover letter, his resume, check his
references, education, experience, and through several interviews
you decide who the best person is for the job. |
| This is the case in voting for the right person in the Republican
primary on Aug. 21, which will determine the nominee for the
House of Delegates from the newly formed 86th District. |
| Read the resumes, check the references, the education, the
experience and read the interviews for Thomas D. Rust and
Steven D. Whitener, the two men facing off in the primary. |
| Clearly the best man for the job is Thomas D. Rust, long-time
mayor of Herndon and a dedicated public servant who will serve
all Herndon and Sterling residents well, Republicans and Democrats
alike. |
| Mayor Rust's credentials in leadership, integrity, effectiveness,
experience, and trust are so much stronger and more proven
than those of Mr. Whitener that the choice is clear. |
| The Observer chooses not to rehash or rekindle the mean-spirited
and negative campaigning and misrepresented and incorrect
facts from Mr. Whitener's office, but rather will take a look
at some of Mayor Rust's qualities. |
| Leadership: Mayor Rust has the knowledge and ability to
get things done by consensus, but can also take the leadership
on an issue without bending to those who find themselves in
the opposite camp. |
| The Observer has taken stands opposite of Mayor Rust on
several issues over the years, but the mayor has always been
true to his own beliefs. The development of downtown Herndon,
especially the municipal center, town green, parking garage
and the new council chambers is a prime example of his leadership,
without which it is doubtful the ønewÓ downtown would have
been completed. |
| Integrity: It is not by chance that the entire Herndon Town
Council is supporting Mayor Rust in his campaign to be the
Republican nominee for the 86 District delegate's seat. |
| The six members of the council, some of whom have worked
with the mayor for many years and some of whom are from different
political backgrounds, realize that regardless of a difference
of opinion they may have had with the mayor on some issues,
he always listened to their arguments. |
| It is also not by chance that many former members of the
Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, of which Mr. Whitener
was a member, have also endorsed Mayor Rust. |
| The council, the citizens of Herndon, and educators from
around the Commonwealth have never questioned his integrity. |
| Effectiveness: Tom Rust knows dozens, if not hundreds, of
people in local, county and state governments, and has the
full support of U.S. Congressman Tom Davis. The mayor has
worked for more than 25 years with Republicans, Democrats
and independents on a wide variety of political, social and
economic issues, including transportation, taxes and education.
He'll know which doors to knock on in Richmond to help the
Commonwealth, and, more importantly, the people in his district. |
| Herndon and Sterling have never had the opportunity to have
the effective leadership and knowledge of their area that
Mayor Rust will bring. His election can only bode well for
our locale. |
| Experience: Read the mayor's resume, because it speaks for
itself. There is a framed copy of the first Observer ever
published--March 1976--on the wall in our office. On the cover
of that first edition is a picture of Mayor Rust--25 years
younger than today--and a headline announcing that he was running
for mayor of Herndon. |
| His experience is a matter of record, and his commitment
to Herndon and to its citizens is a matter of fact. |
| One thing is needed for the election of Tom Rust: People
must get out and vote on Aug. 21. Both Republicans and Democrats
may vote in the primary. |
| And that's Our Town this week. |
