Virginia House Democrats

9 days later, O'Bannon still trying to explain voting against 2,700 local jobs

Delegate John O'Bannon failed again to take responsibility for his vote last year, which caused the elimination of 2,700 Qimonda jobs in Henrico County. Today, O'Bannon tried again to explain away his vote against a grant for the chip-manufacturing company Qimonda, even though he knew at the time that his vote could cost over 1,000 jobs.

During floor debate at the House of Delegates before O'Bannon cast his vote, he was specifically informed that a vote against the grant could lead to over 1,000 lost Qimonda jobs in Henrico County, but O'Bannon voted against the grant anyway.

Then, last Tuesday, O'Bannon falsely claimed he didn't know at the time that his vote could cost local jobs. Today, he came up with a new explanation -- that it was ok for him to vote against local jobs because they might have been lost anyway.

"John O'Bannon needs to take responsibility for his actions and apologize to the 2,700 laid-off workers whose jobs he voted against," said Tom Shields, "We need a Delegate who will fight for every single job -- not one who comes up with a new explanation every week for why he can't be bothered to fight for workers in his own district."

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