Geez. I never felt so much a part of things and yet so reviled in my life. Well, that actually isn’t true. I was in a job for many years where I often was memorialized in unflattering ways with graffiti. We don’t need to elaborate.
Now Elena and I are unintentionally part of a commando squad hated and reviled by THE County. We have even embarrassingly been linked in with everyone else as “conservative bloggers.” That last descriptor hurt the worst of all. No, we aren’t conservative and proud of it.
The strange part about all of this is we are really the only ones who aren’t conservative. I just don’t think that county business needs labels. Last Tuesday night I saw a board of 6 Republicans and 2 Democrats give a way lots and lots of money without so much as batting an eye. We were against some of this give away. We also are part of the public outcry demanding that county business be done in daylight. Surely that doesn’t wear a political label!
The blogs today are more interesting than the government business that has everyone up in arms. There sure is a difference in what I see and what others see. I was actually thinking that Mr. Candland asked some good questions that probably his colleagues didn’t know the answer to either. I know I didn’t know any of that stuff. As I watched, I thought how patient Ms. Peacor and Ms. Casiato were to instruct right there on the spot.
Apparently, that isn’t really what others saw. In fact, the Sheriff has blasted Ms. Peacor. That won’t happen here because of my rules on attacking county employees. I take down comments that attack the employees real fast. Why? County employees really can’t fight back in the public forum. (Take a good read, fellows.) You know, if I were Ms. Peacor I would be setting out a big chunk of cheese or snickers to catch myself a big rat. I wouldn’t care to work where that kind of tattling and lack of confidentiality existed. If she wants to go in her office and cuss about someone, have at it. Name me one of us who hasn’t done that. Its human nature.
Another blog message goes out to….RD. I am innocent of all Nazi costuming. Stop by. We have cookies and your types over here. [looking at marin and cargo, the gun nuts.]
Any time we divert and start attacking the county personnel we take our eyes off those who are responsible–those we elected to govern Prince William County. We take our eyes off the fiduciary part of their responsibility. We allow there to be the favored and the not so favored. We allow our elected officials to conduct business behind our backs. This is never a good thing.
From MoM:
I would encourage more arm-twisting at:
http://www.change.org/petitions/the-prince-william-county-delegation-to-the-virginia-general-assembly-extend-15-2-2287-1-of-the-code-of-virginia-to-all-local-governments?utm_campaign=petition_created_email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=guides
Simple Ven diagram. There comes a time when we all see it exactly the same regardless.
Or, even a broken clock is right 2 times a day. Now, figuring out who the broken clock is might be challenging.
Basically, things that really are wrong should be wrong to everyone. Political labels are superficial.
We win the boring award,
Yea us.
There really isn’t anything else to say. The people of Prince William got the short end of the stick.
Sometimes less is better and sticking to topic is better. Right now, we have no issues with anyone except the supervisors who wiggled around to give a non-profit nearly $200,000 yet still leaving Silver Lake pretty bare-bones.
It doesn’t matter. The signage is so bad no one can find it anyway.
The supervisors also made themselves exempt from what appears to many citizens like conflict of interest. Not only did they make themselves exempt, they hid from the public while tossing a moderate resolution that led to less conflict of interest or appearance of such, out the window. To date, there has been no explanation to the public why this happened. I want a public statement telling me why 7 people thought they could conduct the business of Prince William taxpayers in private, rather than in a public meeting.
There may have been good reason to reject the resolution. Let’s hear it. Lets hear it where we can ask some questions.
I feel certain that supervisors are more than happy for the other bloggers to attack the county employees. When those employees are being attacked, the focus isn’t on those who really did the things that I disapprove of.
Bloggers! We didn’t elect the county staff. We elected the supervisors. Keep the focus. The supervisors hired the person you are attacking.
Are you all the types who blame the wait staff if your steak is overcooked or do you blame the cook?
Perhaps Committee of 100 could sponsor such a night where the Prince William Supervisors served on a panel and we the people could ask them about this in the dark behavior as well as conflict of interest questions.
Apparently I don’t have the same sense of what constitutes conflict of interest.
Oh you naughty girls!!
“Last Tuesday night I saw a board of 6 Republicans and 2 Democrats give a way lots and lots of money without so much as batting an eye. We were against some of this give away. We also are part of the public outcry demanding that county business be done in daylight.”
Apparently, demanding accountability makes you conservative.
Not really. Non-conservatives demand accountability also. The people doing the big away would tell us they were conservative also.
I don’t think there should be labels on local politics–at least not around here. I saw mucho free spending without the necessary accountability.
@Moon-howler
I was making the comment because you were being called conservative because you were one of the blogs demanding accountability.
Maybe I should have used a smiley.
I read you loud and clear. I just wanted to clarify for those drive bys who read only.