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May 25, 2018 Q R CBA B H H D S 55 Y Circulation 14,000 Free May 25, 2018 Q R CBA B H H D S 55 Y By Bill Sterling ary from $3,400 to $3,600. Bloxom Jr. Special to the Eastern Shore Post says the two-year budget is now about The four delegates who have served $115 billion. the 100th District and the Eastern Shore Even in 1973, McMath could secure a of Virginia in the House of Delegates for room at the Jefferson Hotel for as little as the past 55 years were all gathered at $15.50 a day, with no additional charge the Eastern Shore Christian Business- when your spouse visited Richmond. In men’s Prayer Breakfast recently to hear McMath’s early years, his hotel room also Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, another served as his office, but in 1970 the state native son of the Shore. bought two nearby hotels and converted Starting in 1963 with the election of them into offices for the legislators. George N. McMath at the age of 31, then During McMath’s first term, legisla- the youngest member of the House of tors were paid $126 per week and noth- Delegates, the seat has been held con- ing when not in session. Today, delegates tinuously by the quartet, with McMath are paid $17,640 per year ($18,000 for serving 14 years, Robert “Bob” S. Bloxom the Senate). serving 28 years, Sen. Lynwood W. Lewis Both Lewis and Bloxom say the posi- Jr. serving 10 years, and Del. Robert “Rob” tions are stretching way beyond the an- Bloxom Jr. elected in 2014. The span of nual sessions. “With the budget issues we service surpassing a half century, with all are facing and the various commissions, four legislators still living, is likely un- At the recent Eastern Shore Christian Businessmen’s Association, four committees and study groups we serve matched by any area in the state. men who have represented the Eastern Shore as delegates from the on now, the time we spend in Richmond Both Lewis and Bloxom Jr., the cur- 100th District for the past 55 years were gathered. From left to right gets longer every year,” says Lewis. rent holder of the 100th seat, say turn- are George N. McMath, Robert S. Bloxom, Sen. Lynwood W. Lewis, and Lewis Tested on Bridge-Tunnel over in the representation is greater than Del. Robert S. Bloxom Jr. Issue Early in past years. Lewis started at 99th in se- Lewis says one of the greatest chal- niority and moved up to the low 30s when the House. McMath and several other state mean?” asked McMath. “Friendly per- lenges he faced as a delegate was an at- he left the House to successfully run legislators switched parties in 1972 when suader,” responded Bloxom. tempt by several legislators from both for the state Senate seat, a position he George McGovern was nominated for pres- The makeup of the House was entire- the House and Senate to overthrow the holds today. Although only in the House ident and Henry Howell gained control of ly different in McMath’s time. Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Com- for four years now, Bloxom Jr. is already the state Democratic Party. “There wasn’t In 1963, there were 99 men and one mission, use toll revenues for other state 63rd in seniority after starting 100th. any room for conservative Democrats dur- woman with no African-Americans in transportation projects and kill the tun- While McMath agrees that a quick ing that time,” recalls McMath. the House. nel expansion plan. turnover in seats is prevalent today, he McMath Finds His Successor With the 2016 election, there are now Obviously, with the recent start of the notes he was 13th in seniority when he One of McMath’s jobs as party chair- 18 women and 12 African-Americans, a tunnel construction and the commission left in 1977 to devote more time to be- man was to recruit candidates for seats composition Lewis notes is much closer still in place, the effort to create a re- ing chairman of the Republican Party, a in the House of Delegates and the Senate. to representing our population than it gional bridge and tunnel authority that position he held for the next five years, One of the first candidates he recruited to was 55 years ago. would include the Chesapeake Bridge- leading significant gains for the GOP. run for the seat he was vacating was Bob Sometimes the issues don’t change Tunnel span was unsuccessful. McMath’s position as head of the Re- Bloxom, who owned an auto parts deal- all that much, but the numbers are Lewis said helping get the Space- publican Party was somewhat ironic be- ership in Mappsville. Bloxom resisted at much different. McMath notes that in port at NASA Wallops to the next level cause he was first elected as a Democrat first and then finally relented, calling Mc- his time, there was a great debate about with the introduction of Orbital ATK, when there were only five Republicans in Math by the initials F.P. “What does F.P. raising a teacher’s minimum annual sal- (Continued on Next Page) 2 • EASTERN SHORE POST • MAY 25, 2018 know the people in Middlesex. It was all of stacked on files, and my car was jammed (Continued From Front Page) ~ Shore Delegates ~ five minutes closer,” recalls Bloxom. with them when I came home.’ ” the dredging of waterways on both the McMath says that that dredging on the Later, the district was redrawn to in- The younger Bloxom told his father Shore and the Northern Neck, the ad- Intracoastal Waterway was another major clude portions of Norfolk and Ocean View. he only had a few papers he could easily dition of broadband and, just recently, project for which he helped obtain funding. But Bob Bloxom was best known for carry and everything else he needed was steps to battle the opioid crisis are But he is quick to add that it was of- being from the Eastern Shore and using stored on his computer or iPad. some of the key pieces of legislation in ten the smaller projects that were met “show and tell” tactics to explain his bills. There was a time every legislator would which he’s been involved that have giv- with the most enthusiasm. “I helped get More than once, a photo appeared in the have six or seven huge bill books. All that en him the most gratification represent- the Oyster and Maritime Museum $15,000 Richmond Times-Dispatch of him holding information is now sent electronically. ing the Eastern Shore. when the people of Chincoteague were try- up a crab pot on the floor of the General One other major change noted by Rob Although he represented a different ing to build it. Today it is the Museum of Assembly and explaining how it works. Bloxom is that when he first opened his party than his two predecessors, McMath Chincoteague. There could not have been Times Are Different for Rob Bloxom office in Richmond, he took only one cof- and Bloxom, Lewis cites their bipartisan- a more appreciative group of people.” The younger Bloxom says it is hard fee cup with him. “I recall Dad bring- ship when it came to serving the Eastern Bloxom Opposed Only Three of 14 to bring a crab scrape on the floor of the ing home boxes of coffee cups that were Shore. “I was maybe 10 when I was at one Elections General Assembly, but recently he gave an given to him by different groups. I think of George’s election parties, so I don’t re- One of the challenges of being a Vir- explanation of crabbing that included the I have only been given one coffee cup in call much about his time in the General ginia delegate is having to run for re-elec- terms “jimmies” and “sooks.” An urban leg- four years,” says Bloxom with a chuckle. Assembly,” says Lewis. “However, I knew tion every two years. All four past and islator raised his hand following Bloxom’s His larger point is that new eth- he was a man with an outstanding repu- current delegates say it feels like you are presentation and said, “I’m sorry, but I ics laws have impacted how legislators tation who was to be admired. I watched constantly campaigning once elected. didn’t understand a word you said.” spend their time. “In Dad’s day, there Bob closely for years in the House of Del- However, Bob Bloxom realizes he was Rob Bloxom, a Republican like his fa- were always nice affairs that included egates and saw he represented the Shore fortunate to have opposition only three ther, says that at the state level it’s not al- all kinds of food and entertainment. in what we call the ‘the Virginia Way.’ He times in 14 elections. His son, Rob, count- ways about party lines, but urban versus That’s just not done anymore. If I am in- was a true gentleman who often made ing a special election, already has faced rural interests. “I work with Lynwood on vited to a meal or an event that is more decisions that were in the best interest opposition three times in three elections. many issues that affect the Shore, and than $50, I have to report it. If it’s more of Eastern Shore but not necessarily sup- “I tell Dad I must be doing something I have a Republican friend who often than $100, I can’t accept it.” ported by his party.
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