A case of blackmail and extortion: Where is Robin Hood?

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From the Sheriff of Nottingham PWC blog:

The Sheriff will make this offer:
The PWC Republican Committee passes a resolution strongly endorsing a Flat Tax Bill for FY 2014 for Prince William County that affirms the Republican principles of lower taxes and smaller government.  And then the PWC Republican Committee informs the Republican members of the BOCS that the Republican Party endorsement in the next election is contingent on their support for the Flat Tax Bill resolution and the principles that support it.
In return, The Sheriff agrees to muzzle his sharp tongue in the future and express only the most civil of criticisms when necessary.  Cross my heart, hope to die.
Seems like a fair deal to The Sheriff.
What say you?
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What say I?  I say that the Republican Party of Prince William County should not be held hostage or  allow itself to be a victim of extortion or blackmail.  There is room for debate regarding a flat tax.  However,  that debate in no way settles the issue.  We must consider education and public safety first.
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Most of us don’t really look at the R and the D behind a person’s name as much as we look at their vision for  the county.  I don’t really think property taxes have gone up much at all the last few years.  In fact, mine went down significantly there for a while.  I am tired of the whining.   We don’t have high taxes here in Prince William County.  Cheap isn’t necessarily better.
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If memory serves me correctly, Robin of Locksley came along to protect the people from the Sheriff of Nottingham.  Where is Robin Hood?

 

The Newtown, Connecticut Tragedy: Sandy Hook Elementary

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Most of us have shed  tears today.  I cannot imagine sending my children or grandchildren  to school to have them killed.  That is what many people in Newtown, Connecticut did today.  I have no idea how to even absorb what has really happened.  I have no idea what those people are feeling/thinking.  Can you think after losing your child in this senseless manner?

Principals and teachers are also dead.  No one signed on for a combat job.  There is no combat pay.  These were babies, for God’s sake.  Kindergartners. First graders.   They had done nothing but live their little lives.

The entire nation mourns.  There will be some serious questions needing serious answers in a few days.

New blog in the neighborhood–Queer at Patrick Henry College

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Tom Jackman has introduced a new Sh**-storm.  Its about time.  I have grown weary of our regular news.  Thanks, Tom.

The Washington Post:

A new blog launched this past summer called “Queer at Patrick Henry College,” written anonymously by several former students of the Purcellville-based institution for home-school grads. Without any notoriety, the blog might have toiled in relative anonymity, exploring the idea of homosexuality at a Christian college where it is, uh, frowned upon.

But then the president and founder of the school, Michael Farris, sent a threatening note to the bloggers, saying he would sue if they didn’t stop the unauthorized use of the college’s name. And now, Queer at Patrick Henry College is out there, blogospherically as well as sexually.

College President Mike Farris used to be the darling of all that was home school so I expect he is having one fit.  He has threatened to sue.  Well, anyone can threaten to sue.  He certainly doesn’t own the name “Patrick Henry.”  Farris also insists that homosexuality does not exist at Patrick Henry College.  I guess statistics isn’t taught at Patrick Henry?

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Testing the waters: unions and abortion

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Washington Post:

Virginia Republicans and Democrats will really go at it in the 2013 elections, but at least they’re talking to each other for now. Not directly, mind you. But on Thursday, both parties kinda, sorta reached out by publicly addressing the other camp.

Addressing them in a way meant to put them on the spot, but heck, it’s a start.

The Republican Party of Virginia opened the dialogue with a news release that began:

“As Democrats continue to celebrate and rally around President Obama, his actions in Michigan raise a critical question for Virginia voters: Where do the 2013 Democrat candidates stand on Right to Work? Do they stand with President Obama, or do they stand with Virginia?”

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