How dare they!
Yesterday, during Supervisor’s time, (# 8 at 5:06) John Stirrup asked for a directive to send the AG a letter thanking him for protecting their rights because he has filed suit against the federal government. John Jenkins apparently was the only one with stones enough to object. The directive was voted on and passed along party lines. There no citizen input.
Mr. Jenkins called the move political and said it should not be part of the governance of that body. Mr. Jenkins should be commended for speaking out and both he and Mr. Principi should be praised for going on record in opposition to this incredible outlandish show of partisanship. The BOCS has absolutely nothing to with the HCR law that just passed. They are a local governing body. If they want to individually write to the AG and kiss up to him, that is their business. Do it on their own time. They do not have the right to do it for the entire county and they do not speak for me.
They have pulled an end run. Those 6 Republican supervisors do not speak for me. They do not speak for all the citizens of Prince William County. They did not poll the citizens. There was no warning. Now my name goes to an attorney general whom I did not vote for praising him for wasting my money on something I disapprove of doing.
Didn’t they learn a lesson from the initial immigration resolution of July 10, 2007? John Stirrup must have that tingle going down his leg over this one. He seemed almost as giddy introducing the directive as he did that night we all saw him on TV at the Republican convention.
Stirrup, Stewart. May, Nohe, Caddigan, and Covington: You do not speak for me. Write your own suck up letter but do not do it in MY name.
Al is absolutely correct in his analysis! In a demoracy mob rule does NOT rule!
I would say Al is correct also. I don’t like our citizens marginalized. I don’t like our supervisors sending cheerleading letters to the AG under the county letterhead.
@Al
Yup.