The flood victims will have a new temporary shelter as of 11 o’clock this morning. The new home will be at the First Mt. Zion Baptist Church on Dumfries Road. Democratic State Delegate (52 district) Luke Torian, pastor of that church, said church leadership voted unanimously to provide the shelter.
Del. Torian certainly has stepped up to the plate to provide community leaderhip in solving a critical problem. We are fortunately to have him representing Prince William County both as an elected official and as local pastor. This is certainly not the first time the good people of First Mt Zion Baptist have stepped up to the plate to highlight the needs of those less fortunate and those in temporary need. They have been community leaders who have talked the talk and WALKED the WALK.
Chairman Corey Stewart provides a stark contrast to those folks over at First Mt. Zion Baptist. He simply could not take off his political hat long enough to show human compassion. He had to play tough guy. He said a curt NO when he should have said that county officials were doing all they could do to relocate the flood victims until permanent housing could be found. Instead, he chose to look like some cruel Dickens character who directed the county to throwing families out in the cold. He should have been right out there on the media front lines, appealing for housing and reassuring the public that the county was on top of solving the problem.
