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Democratic candidate for the 73rd House District held by Republican John O’Bannon, MD sent out a flier this week to residents of the 73rd House District.

A few weeks ago, I attended a Town Hall meeting held by Shields to correct his false claims that Delegate O’Bannon was somehow responsible for the Qimonda failure and the loss of 2100 jobs. The fact is, nothing could have saved Qimonda. The owner of the company was not interested in saving it.

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Democratic candidate for 73rd House District Tom Shields held a Town Hall meeting today at the J.S. Reynolds Parham Road campus. A good audience of around 40 people showed up for the 1:00 PM gathering. Professor Shields introduced himself to everyone before the meeting began and had everyone introduce themselves, which was a good way to turn a room full of strangers into a room full of not so strangers. There were folks from every walk of life, some lived in the district, some outside. Two representatives from Shields’ opponent’s office, Delegate John O’Bannon, sat quietly in the back listening. Shields was cordial in thanking them for being there.

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It would seem that Democrat candidate for the 73rd House Seat Tom Shields is accusing Incumbent Delegate John O’Bannon, MD of rewriting history. One would think that Shields would at least check his facts before throwing such an accusation at his opponent. Delegate Joe Morrissey, in arguing for accelerated grant payments said the plant might close without the $14 million grant advance. Morrisey failed to mention that 2 months before his attempt to give money to Qimonda, they sold off a large piece of their 200mm chip equipment for $289 million. He also failed to mention that this money went to the parent company in Germany, who was struggling due to the sharp fall in computer memory prices.

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