Why Rainbow Riding Should Not Receive Over $200 Grand of Tax Payer Money

Elena

UPDATE:

(Paraphrased from the Sheriff)  The you-know-what is hitting the fan.  A confidential memo has been leaked from Angela Horan.  Athough the Resolution is on the Agenda, the County Attorney will advise that the current Resolution cannot be approved.  Apparently, having a conflict of interest makes it too difficult for Supervisors to perform their duties? Well, DUH!  That’s why we call it a conflict of interest.  Head on over to Nottingham (with an N not an F, Corey) and get the gory details.

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Apparently, Rainbow Riding is “set” to receive 211,000 dollars of carryover money, ie. taxpayer dollars this coming Tuesday.

The county board has already committed to spending $2.3 million on specific projects which were dropped from the budget in April. Peacor specifically mentioned the Rainbow Riding Center, a therapeutic horse-riding program on county-owned land in Silver Lake. It is set to receive $178,000 to pave its parking lot and other improvements, on top of $33,000 it received in April.

Rainbow Riding attracted attention because its former leader is married to Supervisor Wally Covington [who tried to give it $100,000 from his office account in November] and some felt it hadn’t gone through the same budget review as others. Peacor disagreed with that, saying it was fully examined by the board, and provided a service more cheaply than the government could.

Allow me to recap, to date, the tax payer investment of a very small non profit that serves a hundred  people or so.

First, Rainbow Riding,  at no cost, leases 45 acres, valued at approx 976, 000 thousand dollars annually.  Due to this lease,  Rainbow Riding was able to sell their own land, subsequently putting several hundred thousand dollars in the “bank”.

We also know, from their most recent 990, Rainbow Riding has over $800 THOUSAND in cash.

For the past two years, they have recieved approximately 33,000 dollars through the annual budget.

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County Fuster Clucks

MoonHowler
The Hammer of Stewart

The natives seem to be restless down at McCoart Building if one holds one’s ear to the ground and reads the blogs.

Although it does not seem like much is going on in Prince William County, actually, a great deal is happening, mostly behind the scenes.  Maybe what isn’t happening is even more telling.

The Sheriff apparently has a bounty on his head (and other parts) and has had what is more politely described as a change of venue in the eyes of the county chair….at least according to the Sheriff of …Not-tingham.   He has accused the chairman of having one outrageous temper tantrum over his mere existence.

Meanwhile, a little birdie has dropped a little roll of paper on my front porch telling of another temper tantrum directed at a rather high ranking employee.  Does anyone have confirmation of such a thing happening?  It was done in the public arena or semi-public.  How many tantrums can one person have?  I want a front row seat for this Tuesday’s BOCS meeting.

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Cluck-pocalypse! The Million Mouth March for Chick-Fil-A

MoonHowler

Wednesday was the big day for those who oppose same sex marriage to show their support for Chick-Fil-A   and its president and COO, Dan Cathy.  Chick-Fil-A reported that it had landmark sales.  Lines stretched outside the door and often around the building at hundreds of Chick-Fil-A stores.  The show of support was sponsored by none other than Faux News regular Mike Huckabee who declared that Wednesday was Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day.

WARNING:  Video is suggestive.  Some may consider verbage crass and vulgar.  (too busy laughing here to arbitrate)

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Today there will be a counter demonstration for those who oppose the” Chicken eating Judas” who supported Chick-Fil-A on Wednesday.  Most of the demonstrations will concentrate on same sex kissing.  This ought to be a good one.  The war of chicken culture warriors.

 

For those of us who passed on litmus test lunch day and will pass on chicken kisses today, it all seems rather foolish.  COO Cathy is entitled to his opinion and those culture warriors who oppose gay marriage are free to buy chicken sandwiches to their hearts content. Same sex marriage supporters are free to never buy another Chick-Fil-A as long as they live.   It seems like everyone comes out a winner.

Meanwhile, Dan Cathy will not be addressing Prince William Chamber of Commerce this November 27. He is staying off the lecture circuit for a while until the controversy dies down, according to insidenova.com.  (Actually other company leaders have him tied up somewhere with duct tape on his mouth.)  People will continue eating and loving Chick-Fil-A and life goes on.  Meanwhile, the company has released a statement that they serve everyone with dignity, which is as it should be.

WWhat a fuster cluck!

Prince William County: The new wild west

MoonHowler

 

Is gun safety an oxymoron?  For years we have been hearing that guns don’t kill people, people kill people.  Trying telling that to the 4 year old boy who shot himself in the head over in Dale City.  The gun he used was work related.  The gun owner was a security guard and he/she made every attempt to lock the vehicle.   The child apparently crawled in the back of a pick up rear window.

Reading on, I see that a man was shot in the head at Dennys and drove himself to the hospital.  Still another person, a woman, was shot at Hooters.  The shooter  was charged with discharging a firearm.

Why on earth are all these people packing heat to go to local restaurants?  Yes, I have a problem with guns in restaurants.

Yet another woman over off the Prince William Parkway was awakened in the middle of the night by a large BANG.  She called police who found a bullet lodged in her kitchen cabinet.  I guess that was her wake up call.

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