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Article: THE GOP DELEGATE WILL SEEK RE-ELECTION, PUTTING HIS MORALS CASE BEHIND HIM. SUFFOLK LAWMAKER NELMS TRYING TO PUT POSITIVE FOCUS ON HIS WORK.(LOCAL)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- February 22, 1997
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Byline: DAVID M. POOLE, STAFF WRITER
RICHMOND -- Del. Robert E. Nelms' face lit up when the conversation turned to his proposed study that could have saved homeowners thousands of dollars in financing costs.
``That's a great bill,'' he said. ``That should have been front-page news across the state.''
But the Capitol press corps ignored the proposal, just as they have done with nearly every piece of legislation the Suffolk Republican has sponsored during his six-year tenure in the House of Delegates.
The only statewide headlines that Nelms has ever generated grew from his arrest for indecent exposure in a Richmond park last year and his ...