Comments on: Robin Abbott, candidate in the 93rd

By: Torrey Shannon

Torrey Shannon — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:53:28 +0000

Go Robin! Our family is very grateful for all you do. Keep up the good fight!

By: Legislative Black Caucus reception « VIVIAN J. PAIGE | All Politics is Local

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:21:13 +0000

[...] Abbott, the recently announced candidate in the 93rd, was there as well. As pleasant in person as she was on the phone, Abbott [...]

By: Neil B ♪

Neil B ♪ — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:45:29 +0000

Wow, I am really impressed by all the positive inputs coming in here about Robin! At first I just wanted to better frame what Vivian’s post was all about and see what kind of responses it got. (I’m a blogger myself but usually more interested in physics and general philosophy; visit mine if you’ve a chance!)

At this point, I can second the articulate and studied praise Robin has received on this thread in only about 24 hours. I’ve known her for many years and she went into law to serve the public and consumers. She could have made more money defending the other side. Robin and her husband took and won my case against an auto dealer that did not file the warranty they promised to. The transmission failed a few months later costing $1,500. This sort of thing happens frequently, especially I am sad to say, in Virginia.

BTW Anon E. Mouse, not only does the state not have enough laws about consumer protection, but the ones we have aren’t enforced vigorously enough. Yet VA seems to love nickel-and-dimeing its citizens with petty laws about neon lights on cars, etc.

Virginia has long been too much in the pocket of the kind of business interests that would rather see how much they can get away with, rather than how well they can serve their customers and reward their employees. We have so much of pay-day and title loan scams running around, many kinds of rip offs as frequently reported on Ten-on-your-side, abuse of overtime rules, etc. There’s one auto dealer in town that is so corrupt (e.g. wont’ send car titles to the DMV), the police drop by several times a month because the owner is threatened by angry customers! I just talked to some last week. Yet somehow they keep their dealer’s license year after year.

I want that to change. In most states that couldn’t happen. I want Robin to fight for the consumer in Virginia. It isn’t that Hamilton is some kind of ogre, but rather let’s pick someone so well suited to accomplish the task.

Here’s an argument for why strong and fair oversight is actually good for the well-behaved business operator: He or she doesn’t have to compete against the sort of competitor that cuts costs by cheating and breaking rules. For example, I wouldn’t want to see business at my quality restaurant slip away to another one down the street that saved costs by cheating on health inspections and workers’ overtime.

Go Robin!

By: Tom Kline

Tom Kline — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:19:07 +0000

Robin is honest, straight-forward, hard-working, and most importantly has a huge heart. Robin cares about people and that is why she will be a terrific addition to the General Assembly.

You Go, Girl! We are behind you!

By: Anon E. Mouse

Anon E. Mouse — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:33:07 +0000

Just what we need — another lawyer making laws. “Lawyers making laws are like doctors making diseases.”

By: PDM

PDM — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:15:11 +0000

I’m an active duty military officer stationed in the local area. My wife and I were referred to Robin by a fellow pilot to take a case against a local contractor. Other attorneys we met with refused to help us because the case was “too small” and not worth their time. Robin, on the other hand, saw the facts and decided to engage. I believe her exact words were “I can’t let those people that are doing this to you get away with it.”
From the beginning Robin wasn’t ever concerned with getting more money for herself; she was with RIGHTING A WRONG. I doubt the fee we paid her can cover the time and effort she put into our case, and the fact that we knew we finally had someone on OUR side fighting for us made a world of difference. She is an individual of the highest character that can be taken at her word without question. A more dedicated public servant will be hard to find, I think.

By: vjp

vjp — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:35:36 +0000

Thanks, Neil. (Love the music sign )

By: vjp

vjp — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:35:22 +0000

Funded by Hamilton? Really? He must have a really big checkbook!

Seriously, dude, this was just an intro piece on Robin. More to come later.

By: Jason Krumbein

Jason Krumbein — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:23:50 +0000

Robin is a hard worker. More than being an advocate, she is a person who WORKS for the community. Her background is blue collar, and that gives her real insight into what the public needs, not what special interests need.
The grassroots that are there need people like her, protecting their interests from the big banks, and corporations that are there solely for the profit that they can make off the back of the poor. The working poor are the profit motive the the banks and corporations live off. She will be the sword of justice that stands between the working poor and the abusive policies and procedures of the big banks and payday lenders, and other predatory financial institutions, while protecting the financial institutions that do things right. You can pick those places out. She doesn’t need to sue them.

By: improv

improv — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:53:42 +0000

I think she would be more in tune to the general population. The fields she has worked in would give her great insight into the real world, unlike so many of our politicians, she could really make a difference. There is no greater way to understand what the economy needs and no better way to gain the needed foresight than what she has been doing. How many of our politicians were willing to put serious rate caps on lending institutions and how many were eager to stop predatory lending? She is just what this state and the country needs. The banks have needed to be put in check. The only problem is the politicians have given them too many loopholes. That is one of the reasons we are in the situation this country is in today. Thank goodness for people like her. Why is it the poorest of the poor get the highest rates of interest only to find themselves burdened to try to pay back and subsequently punished by the credit scoring industry? This is not just a lower income problem, this is a problem that has caused this country to be in the shape it is today. The lending practices are shameful and unfortunately the banks and small lending institutions are getting away with it. She deserves to be applauded for the work she has done. I know what I am talking about, I’ve done thousands of bankruptcies and I have seen this economic crisis coming. We need someone who can stomach working with dumbass politicians and make a difference.

By: Melody Thord

Melody Thord — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:04:45 +0000

I can give you ONE big reason why Hamilton needs to be replaced. HE VOTED FOR HB3202 THAT CREATED THE WHOLLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL REGIONAL TAXING AUTHORITIES. That means that Hamilton has violate his oath of office by supporting illegal government agencies!

Hamilton needs to go for the same reason that Williams needed to go! And the same reason that Oder should be booted from office. Lazy and living off the pork of the taxpayers!

She looks like she can do the job and all the pathetic Republicans can whimper, “why does he need to be replaced”?????

hahahahahahahahahaha

By: Neil B ♪

Neil B ♪ — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:54:27 +0000

Karl, Vivian apparently has a “viewpoint” but there’s nothing wrong with that unless the person misrepresents it (e.g. pretends falsely IMHO to be “fair and balanced” like Fox News.) She didn’t say Phil was an ogre, just positives about Robin. OK, fine for Phil if he supported those programs, now we can see all the pros and cons of his record and polices versus someone else. Finally: aside from who is the better choice, isn’t it better for voters to *have* a choice at all?

PS: I know Robin.

By: Karl Warner

Karl Warner — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:36:13 +0000

You are not biased at all are you? Alot of those social services
and community resources she depended on have been championed and
funded by Hamilton. Funny, neither of you say why he needs to be
replaced.