Mark Cole (politician)
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| Mark Cole | |
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| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 88th district |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Moss (redistricted) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 6, 1958 Louisville, Kentucky |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Eugenia Ann Fairchild |
| Residence | Spotsylvania County, Virginia |
| Alma mater | Western Kentucky University Germanna Community College Mary Washington College |
| Profession | Systems Analyst |
| Committees | Privileges and Elections Education Finance |
| Religion | Baptist |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1980–2004 |
| Rank | Commander |
| Unit | USS Mississippi (CGN-40) United States Naval Reserve (1985–2004) |
| Awards | Navy Commendation Medal (3) |
Mark L. Cole (born June 6, 1958, in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American politician of the Republican Party. Since 2002 he has been a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. He currently[update] represents the 88th district in the Virginia Piedmont, made up of parts of Fauquier, Spotsylvania and Stafford Counties.
[edit] Controversy
Cole was criticized by liberals February 2010 for comments made by him about his sponsorship of a bill in the House of Delegates which would ban implantation of microchips into humans by their employers:
| “ | "My understanding -- I'm not a theologian -- but there's a prophecy in the Bible that says you'll have to receive a mark, or you can neither buy nor sell things in end times, some people think these computer chips might be that mark."[1] | ” |
Robert Boston of Americans United for Separation of Church and State said of this on MSNBC that "the sort of paranoid strain of thinking among these folks just—it advances to meet the new technology that we have."[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Kunkle, Fredrick; Helderman, Rosalind S. (February 10, 2010). "Human microchips seen by some in Virginia House as device of antichrist". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/09/AR2010020903796.html. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35347645/ns/msnbc_tv-countdown_with_keith_olbermann/#storyContinued
[edit] External links
- "Richmond Sunlight; Delegate Mark Cole". http://www.richmondsunlight.com/legislator/mlcole/.
- "Virginia Public Access Project; Mark L Cole". http://www.vpap.org/candidates/profile/home/35256.
- "Virginia State Board of Elections; Election Information; Election Results". http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/Election_Information/Election_Results/Index.html.
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