Hoy en Delaware interviews Rob Robinson

When Joe Booth won the special election for the 19th District Senate seat, his seat opened up.

An special election for the 37th District will be held on Saturday, August 12.

Ruth Briggs and Rob Robinson are the Republican and Democrat candidates respectively for Booth's seat.

Both candidates have backgrounds of civic involvement.

Rob Robinson is a well-known politician for Hoy en Delaware. He and his elder son Clemence (4 years), were with the Hispanic community last August, 23 at Festival Hispano in Millsboro.

We made the first part of this interview there: Robinson told us about the importance of the Hispanic community that he respects because it shows a different language and tradition, which contributes to the American culture.

Thirty seven years old and an enjoyable family who is the five generation history of bipartisan public serve to Sussex County, Robert Robinson (Rob) grew up in Georgetown. Son of the former publisher of Sussex Countian and a republican attorney who ran for lieutenant governor in 1984, he was a republican too.

As a public defender, he protects the constitutional rights of citizens who cannot afford legal representation.

He loves this area and he is not running to increase taxes.

He thinks that together we can find solutions to the many key issues facing the state.

In private practice, Rob helps people started small businesses and helped local governments draft ordinances that improve government efficiency.

Nowadays he is chairman of the Georgetown Planning Commission.

He disagree with the bloc vote in reference to the tax increases proposed next year and he sad that he won't be part of a bloc vote because he knows that families and small businesses cannot afford more ...