VA HB1737 Going to Vote 1/17/2005

With reference to this story on MANN, MANN received the following from Harold Leist:

Hello everyone,

Earlier we chatted about HB 1737. I have been
informed that today it came up for consideration in
the Virginia General Assembly House Courts of Justice
Criminal Subcommittee.

To refresh your memory, this is the bill where they
will put you in jail for being $25,000 behind in your
child support. Now for some that seems like a lot of
money. To some of you it would take a couple of years
of not paying to rake up that much past due. However,
to some on this list it is about 4-5 months. All it
would take is for someone in this range to have a
serious medical condition or get fired before they can
go to jail.

Click "Read more..." for the rest of Harold's note.

This Monday, 1-17-05, it’s going back to a vote. I
want to ask each of you to contact everyone on the
list below and express your displeasure over this
bill. It needs to die in the subcommittee where it
currently is.

For those who know me you know I’m not much on the
"slippery slope" thinking. However, what is next
year? Reduce it to $15,00 then what?

In the chat from the state coordinators it looks like
lots of state Attorney Generals, who want to run for
Governor, are making their bones on "being tough on
deadbeat dads". I wouldn’t put it past or AG Kilgore
for doing the same thing.

Please contact the people below. Please have your
friends do it also. Remember the vote comes up on
Monday. Please do this soon.

Harold

Chairman:

Albo, David B.

General Assembly Building

P.O. Box 406

Richmond, Virginia 23218

Phone: (804) 698-1042

Fax: (804) 786-6310

Constituent Viewpoint: (800)-889-0229

Email: Del_Albo@house.state.va.us

Room Number: 527

Legislative Assistant: Jeremy Greenfield/J.B. Young

Secretary During Session: Bonnie Yospin

Armstrong, Ward L.

General Assembly Building

P.O. Box 406

Richmond, Virginia 23218

Phone: (804) 698-1010

Fax: (804) 786-6310

Constituent Viewpoint: (800)-889-0229

Email: Del_Armstrong@house.state.va.us

Room Number: 501

Legislative Assistant: Anna McClain

Secretary During Session: Kay Smith

Bell, Robert B.

General Assembly Building

P.O. Box 406

Richmond, Virginia 23218

Phone: (804) 698-1058

Fax: (804) 786-6310

Constituent Viewpoint: (800)-889-0229

Email: Del_Bell@house.state.va.us

Room Number: 810

Legislative Assistant: Jo Viglione/Mick Bransfield

Secretary During Session: Sandy Talmadge

Griffith, H. Morgan

General Assembly Building

P.O. Box 406

Richmond, Virginia 23218

Phone: (804) 698-1008

Fax: (804) 786-6310

Constituent Viewpoint: (800)-889-0229

Email: Del_Griffith@house.state.va.us

Room Number: 607

Legislative Assistant: Karen Stephenson/Karla Boughey/Joshua Myers

Secretary During Session: Pat Lorimer

Hurt, Robert

General Assembly Building

P.O. Box 406

Richmond, Virginia 23218

Phone: (804) 698-1016

Fax: (804) 786-6310

Constituent Viewpoint: (800)-889-0229

Email: Del_Hurt@house.state.va.us

Room Number: 812

Legislative Assistant: Brenda Bowman/Denise Van Valkenburg

Secretary During Session: Julia Bouck

McDonnell, Robert F.

General Assembly Building

P.O. Box 406

Richmond, Virginia 23218

Phone: (804) 698-1084

Fax: (804) 786-6310

Constituent Viewpoint: (800)-889-0229

Email: Del_McDonnell@house.state.va.us

Room Number: 529

Legislative Assistant: James Toscano

Secretary During Session: Billie Thompson

McDougle, Ryan T.

General Assembly Building

P.O. Box 406

Richmond, Virginia 23218

Phone: (804) 698-1097

Fax: (804) 786-6310

Constituent Viewpoint: (800)-889-0229

Email: Del_McDougle@house.state.va.us

Room Number: 517

Legislative Assistant: Anne D. Korman

Secretary During Session: Frances Phillips

Melvin, Kenneth R.

General Assembly Building

P.O. Box 406

Richmond, Virginia 23218

Phone: (804) 698-1080

Fax: (804) 786-6310

Constituent Viewpoint: (800)-889-0229

Email: Del_Melvin@house.state.va.us

Room Number: 502

Legislative Assistant: Necole Hodges

Secretary During Session: Kay Smith

Moran, Brian J.

General Assembly Building

P.O. Box 406

Richmond, Virginia 23218

Phone: (804) 698-1046

Fax: (804) 786-6310

Constituent Viewpoint: (800)-889-0229

Email: Del_Moran@house.state.va.us

Room Number: 711

Legislative Assistant: Elsie Mosqueda/Audra Tafoya

Secretary During Session: Donna Knicely

Watts, Vivian E.

General Assembly Building

P.O. Box 406

Richmond, Virginia 23218

Phone: (804) 698-1039

Fax: (804) 786-6310

Constituent Viewpoint: (800)-889-0229

Email: Del_Watts@house.state.va.us

Room Number: 406

Legislative Assistant: Deborah Sherman

Secretary During Session: Cynthia Burkholder

Weatherholtz, Glenn M.

General Assembly Building

P.O. Box 406

Richmond, Virginia 23218

Phone: (804) 698-1026

Fax: (804) 786-6310

Constituent Viewpoint: (800)-889-0229

Email: Del_Weatherholtz@house.state.va.us

Room Number: 716

Legislative Assistant: John H. Elledge, III

Secretary During Session: June Stephenson

Robert F. McDonnell - (Ex-Officio)

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Harold Leist

VA Coordinator,

National Non-custodial Parent Class Action Law Suit

http://www.leist.us (read the suit)

E-mail address (contact me)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Virginiacivilrightscouncil

(discuss the case)

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