An excited crowd gathered this morning at Tuscarora Mill in downtown Leesburg to meet Brian. Included among the attendees were Delegate David Poisson, Senator Mark Herring, and former Congressman Bill Alexander. The meet and greet was hosted by Dean Read and Dave Culbert.

Delegate Moran spoke about Northern Virginia's struggles with transportation. Drawing on his personal experience running a business, Moran emphasized how the congestion crisis affects businesses statewide. He called for bipartisan cooperation in Richmond during the current special session. In addition, he talked about the importance of education in the growing global marketplace and how we must continue to provide a quality education to all Virginians – pre-K thru Graduate school.

Leesburg Today covered the event:

For the problems of Virginia's transportation network to be solved, residents and leaders from across the state must work together, Del. Brian Moran (D-46) told members of the Business and Citizens Political Action Committee this morning. Moran is running for governor in 2009.

"We're all in this together," Moran said. "We call ourselves a commonwealth. We have to work together."

At the inaugural breakfast of BAC PAC, Moran came to address the issues of business and education, the top topics for the new committee. But what started as a two-prong talk ultimately led to a discussion of the problems with transportation, as members asked, in the face of another unsuccessful special session, what needs to be done to help Northern Virginia drivers.

"All 140 of us, 40 in the Senate and 100 in the House, have our own plan," Moran said. "But at some point we have to realize we're stronger together than we are apart."