By J. Gazelle | AuxBeacon News Contributor
Virginians go to the polls again this November 5th, and all 140 seats in the General Assembly are up for grabs. Earlier this year I provided information about former Civil Air Patrol National Commander and Virginia Delegate Richard L. (Rich) Anderson, who lost his seat in 2017 after going dirty against his ethically and intellectually superior opposition, Hala Ayala.
Virginia Delegate Rich Anderson’s losing campaign mailer
Rich Anderson, a former Spaatz cadet and Air Force missile officer, served as Civil Air Patrol National Commander from August 1993 until August 1996. After that, he held sufficient influence to bring in a successive line of national commander replacements who turned out to be highly public national embarrassments:
• Paul M. Bergman 1996-1998 | Southeast Region Cruise scandal and forced out because of a sex scandal at NHQ.
• James C. Bobick 1998-2001 | Bergman’s vice who defied Air Force takeover leading to FBI raids.
• Richard Bowling 2000-2004 | NASCAR scam, attempted to make CAP to be for-profit and other scandals.
• Dwight Wheless 2004-2005 | Jayson Altieri‘s father-in-law forced out because of a sex scandal at NHQ. Both parties had been counseled.
• Antonio Pineda 2005-2007 | Terminated hundreds of members, removed for cheating on Air Force exams.
• Charles L Carr 2011-2014 | Concealed criminal activities of CAP members associated with a History Foundation, et. al.
Once Richard L. Anderson took office in the Virginia House of Delegates in January 2010, he was then tapped to become chairman of the Civil Air Patrol Board of Governors and held that position from February 2011 until February 2013. His influence over Civil Air Patrol only waned after his 2017 loss and the installation of former Air Force F-15 pilot Mark E. Smith as our latest national commander.
Anyone with seniority beyond the revolving door of Civil Air Patrol will attest that Rich Anderson has been a poor leader both in the spotlight and behind the scenes for Civil Air Patrol. It doesn’t end there, however.
Anderson’s performance as a Virginia delegate is comparable to his poor record with Civil Air Patrol. In that role, he pandered to the most ignorant and backward influences in the region. He’s an A-rating tool of the National Rifle Association and those fundamentalist males who believe they have a right to block a woman’s choice and access to contraception and abortion. He has never stood up to become a leader working to correct the state and national educational failures that have stunted the mental growth of his backward voter base, to include those breeding in Civil Air Patrol. He hasn’t done the work to understand the world around him and he is continuing to block others from achieving that understanding.
What I’ve written above is based on my personal experience in Civil Air Patrol over several decades. While many CAP people most certainly FEAR writing about Anderson openly, I wondered if anyone not affiliated with CAP might have acquired a similar view. I found support in this article:
Rich Anderson should be totally committed. Please do something on this:
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Now he will have more time to reign havoc in the CAP. And parade around as a fake general in the fake air force.
Man, Rich Anderson didn’t only lose, he was spanked. She got 55% of the vote and he only got 45%.
How come you guys aren’t gloating over the Dems flipping Virginia blue?
There is an article out there in the Washington Examiner, which I’m sure you will say is peddled by street corner moonies, entitled “The Ballad of Rich Anderson”. This morning Rich Anderson is staring at the Ballad of Tom Dooley.
You guys can now do a story telling everyone that Civil Air Patrol’s Rich Anderson is a two-time loser.
Rich Anderson isn’t getting much support. He says he wants to rock the Commonwealth and Hold the House, but only 8 people like him.
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Rich has the same dull enthusiasm as the Mark Smith video series:
https://omny.fm/shows/mornings-on-the-mall/wmal-interview-prince-william-candidates-11-01-19
Anyone notice? Rich doesn’t bring up his lifetime service with the Civil Air Patrol.
It blows my mind how stupid they think we are. In exchange for what favors I don’t know, our senior members conveniently forget who these remade people are. Then they trot them out to the cadets as spit-shined turds like with Richard Bowling and last year’s Cadet Aviation Ground School. Listen up – Cadets are not stoopid – we can look these people up and see that you are recycling.
You don’t seem to get very many comments but I for one am pleased to see Anderson finally being exposed for what he is.
Having attended THAT national conference, I am truly glad this dirt bag is finally getting the type of attention he truly deserves.
I still feel like an idiot for saluting his motor vehicle.
I found the following broken links in some of the earlier stories referenced by this one.
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