PWC sues feds over deportations

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Elena speaks with Channel 7 News:

 

 

According to insidenova.com, the county has filed suit against the federal government. 

Prince William County filed a lawsuit today against the Department of Homeland Security, according to a county press release.

In 2007 the Prince William Board of County Supervisors passed an ordinance that requires county police officers to check the immigration status of anyone they arrest.

If police find that they have arrested someone who is in the country illegally, they turn that person over to the department for deportation.

To date the county has turned over more that  [sic] 4,000 people over to DHS, the release stated.

At issue is the fact that an illegal immigrant who was an habitual offender hit a car carrying 3 elderly nuns.  One nun was killed and the other 2 were seriously injured.  The sisters belong to the Benedictine order and requested at the time of the tragedy that people not use the death of the sister to advance their political viewpoint.  The politicians and anti-immigration crowd of Prince William County have ignored the sisters’ request and have done quite the opposite.

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Colleagues admit to pulling punches on Palin

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Fox News severs contracts with those candidates who announce their candidacy for president.  (What’s worng with this picture?)  So far, Rick Santorim and Newt Gingrich have both been terminated.  No so with Sarah Palin.  She has not announced, therefore she is still an employee of Fox News. 

 

In The Five, Greg Gutfeld and Bob Beckel both manned up and admitted that they pulled punches when it came down to talking about Palin because she worked there. Beckel basically clarified and said really that it was because he got a paycheck. Do we interpret that as Palin is under the protection of Fox News?   Perhaps she will never declare and will have no one criticize her ever on Fox News.  That’s one way to keep things quiet. 

On the other hand, Palin does not disappoint.  She predictably threw out her victim card in the video.  Don’t you love someone that easy to predict?  Whine, Sarah, Whine.  Show a little tooth there, Mama Grizzly!  No one does victimizaton any better.

 

Missouri bans teacher/student contact via social networks

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This is a poorly worded law for sure.  It has vague ambiguities.  For instance, the law states no contact with former students.  That is absurd.  For how many years?  Does that mean you can’t befriend  someone you taught 10 years ago who is now a fellow teacher?  Why must lawmakers always demonstrate how little they understand about the arenas their bills impact? Read More

Christmas in August: Saddles and Leashes

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What a great idea! 

 

 

Buy a calendar & support K-9 and Horse Mounted Patrol units! Cost $24 (incl. mailing in US). Checks payable to: PWCCPAAA. Mail to: Paula Adams, 10508 Fairweather Court, Manassas, VA 20112. Show your support today!
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Too bad the firefighters of Prince William County don’t have their own calendar also.  I venture to say that PWC has some of the finest looking fire fighters in the State of Virginia, if not the entire east coast.  How about it, fire fighters?
If they are shy, perhaps the calendar could just be First Responders of PWC. 

Take me out to the ball game….

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The Prince William Park Authority has approved major renovations for the Pfitzner Field to begin after the Nationals’ season ends on September 6.  Renovations will include the installation  new grass, a new irrigation system, new sod and soil.  The cost of this project will be about $300,000 and will be shared by Prince William County and the Park Authority.  The Nationals will oversee the progress which is supposed to take 6 to 8 weeks to complete.

The field is 27 years old and was the subject of quite dust-up several weeks ago.  Quoting Potomac owner Art Silber, according to insidenova.com:

“The field is 27 years old and has never been rebuilt. With the amount of clay underneath it and the natural subsoil in the area, it’s difficult to develop a proper drainage system and develop some low spots in the outfield. It’s also impossible to get the water to not accumulate. That has created some situations that are less than ideal.”

Park Authority executive director Jay Ellington said that one of the project’s main purposes is to raise the elevation of the outfield and that the Nationals are working on obtaining a waiver from the office of minor league baseball that allows the field to be under the regular field standard.

This project will be the latest in an attempt to get Pfitzner Stadium’s field in proper playing shape to avoid the difficult predicaments Potomac has experienced this year.

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Spending cuts endanger NoVA

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From the Washington Post:

The agreement could immediately lift the cloud of uncertainty over the economy. It would end a political stalemate that could have caused the United States to default on its obligations for the first time. Over the long term, the deal could help free the nation from what is fast becoming a crushing debt.

But, many economists say, the agreement could endanger the anemic economic recovery — because of both what the deal includes and what it doesn’t. The government would cut back on spending, which has softened the blow of the slowdown, while failing to renew measures, such as a payroll tax cut, that have put money in consumers’ pockets.

The debt deal represents a striking reversal from a year ago, when jobs were atop the government’s agenda and both parties were arguing over who had the best plan to increase employment. But even as the agreement threatens to tamp down growth this year and next, it doesn’t go nearly as far as financial analysts and some senior officials had hoped toward reining in the national debt later this decade.

In short, some economists warn, deficit savings are too modest in the future and too severe in the present.

The Debt Crisis Bill could possibly crater Northern Virginia’s prosperity by immediately cutting hundreds of billions of dollars out of defense spending.  The defense industry is one of the engines driving the train here in Northern Virginia and has been the cause of our prosperity while other areas, even in Virginia languished with tempid economy. 

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Press Conference for Rural Crescent Signers

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Ten Candidates Sign Rural Crescent Pledge
Press Conference Aug. 4, 2:00 pm, McCoart Govt. Center

In 2000, Prince William citizens, concerned with protecting the integrity of the Rural Crescent and its associated community benefits, formed the Advocates for the Rural Crescent. We are a bipartisan organization comprised of community members throughout Prince William County.

The Rural Crescent stands as Prince William County’s unique land use tool. It is not merely a means of conserving open space, but just as importantly, it is a critical tool that directs high density development to areas where infrastructure is already in place and encourages redevelopment in targeted areas, such as the Route 1 corridor.

We all have a vested interest in Prince William County and the viability of the Rural Crescent. In the spirit of that endeavor, we invite all candidates – new and incumbent candidates who have honored previous pledges – to clarify their position by signing a pledge to uphold the Rural Crescent, as described in the Prince William County Comprehensive Plan.

We are pleased to announce that most candidates running for seats on the Prince William County Board of Supervisors have signed our pledge, committing to uphold the Rural Crescent and signaling their support for better managed growth Countywide. These candidates include:

Board Chairman – John Gray, Babur Lateef
Gainesville District – Martha Hendley, Ann Wheeler, Suzanne Miller, Michael High.
Brentsville District – Jeanine Lawson
Coles District – Bob Pugh, Anthony Arnold
Occoquan District – Mike May (Reaffirmation)

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Debt Ceiling Crisis: Holding the country hostage

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Late Sunday afternoon the leadership of  both chambers of both parties  and the president all came to an arrangement of sorts to end the stalemate over lifting the debt ceiling, thus avoiding  default.   The agreement comes just in the nick of time since August 2 was the drop dead date established by the Secretary of the Treasury. 

The economy is just too fragile to hold hostage and we aren’t out of the woods yet.  Both the House and the Senate now need to agree.  Will that happen?  It remains to be seen.  This is not the time for stubbornness.Extremist factions of both parties simply cannot hold the country hostage just to get their own way. 

What will happen?  Will the debt ceiling be lifted or will the president be forced to use section 4  of the 14th amendment that says “The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.” 

The devil is in the details.  Meanwhile, countries around the world see national crisis as a self-inflicted wound and suggest that the United States has already done a great deal of damage to its own reputation.  According to the New York Times:

The United States government may not be so lucky with its reputation.

Even before negotiations went down to the wire on Sunday night, the bitterness, division and dysfunction that resounded around the world in recent weeks as the United States veered toward default did more than just fuel a perception that Washington is approaching Japan-like levels of political gridlock. Among foreign leaders and in global markets, the political histrionics have eroded America’s already diminishing aura as the world’s economic haven and the sole country with the power to lead the rest of the world out of financial crisis and recession.

It has chipped away at the global authority of President Obama, who was celebrated abroad when he came to office as a man who would end an era of American unilateralism. Now the topic of discussion in other capitals is whether the Age of Obama is giving way to an Age of Austerity, one that will inevitably reduce America’s influence internationally.

Thanks a lot, folks.  But that was the grand plan anyway, wasn’t it?  Anything to damage  Obama.