Careful of the big weiner! Don’t get hamburgered!
Have a great 4th of July.
City of Manassas and Manassas Park have great fireworks. I have too many trees to see them.
Hopefully it won’t be too hot and it doesn’t rain.
Cuccinelli spurns the AARP/League of Women Voters Debate
The debate over debates in Virginia’s race for governor escalated Wednesday as Terry McAuliffe’s campaign pounced on Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II’s unwillingness to participate in one of the state’s best-known face-offs.
While Cuccinelli (R) has called for holding 15 debates all over the commonwealth, McAuliffe (D) has said he would do five — a number typical of recent statewide contests — including an event to be hosted Oct. 14 in Richmond by AARP and the League of Women Voters. The two groups sponsored debates together in the 2009 governor’s race and 2012 U.S. Senate race, and they have sponsored other debates separately going back more than a decade.
Open Thread…………………………………………………Tuesday, July 3
Everyone have a safe, healthy 4th of July.
What is everyone doing for the holiday?
Will the 4th parties and picnics get rained out?
Everyone build their arks and get ready for the heat wave!
287(g) Program extended in PWC
The 287(g) program which has been in effect in the county for about 5 years has been extended for another 3 years, according to BOCS chairman, Corey Stewart. The program was thought to be in jeopardy last fall when the Obama administration announced it was moving away from this type of enforcement of immigration law.
PWC applied to have the program extended and were granted the green light. The program features specially trained local officers to deal with the peculiarities of immigration. All arrests have immigration status checked while in custody. Those who do not have legal status are either reported or turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.)
This is a good thing. Prince William County has a great deal of money tied up in this program. Community safety is always a plus, regardless of issue. Not everyone appproves of 287(g). Prince William County is unique in that it screens every person arrested. This policy minimizes any implication of profiling.
Rachel Maddow takes a long, in-depth look at Bob McDonnell
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That sure is a long list of benefits our Governor has received without giving proper credit. His acquisitiveness should have some impact on Ken Cuccinelli as he campaigns to replace Governor Ultra-Sound.
Cuccinelli lags behind in fund-raising
Many of the most generous donors to past Virginia Republican campaigns are holding back in the heated race for governor, underscoring Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II’s challenge as he tries to keep financial pace with opponent Terry McAuliffe.
Cuccinelli (R) is specifically having trouble luring many of the key contributors who backed the 2009 bid of Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R), according to an analysis of the most recent campaign-finance records. For months, Cuccinelli has lagged in fundraising behind McAuliffe (D), a businessman with a long history of raising millions for the Democratic National Committee and Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Through May, Cuccinelli has raised nearly $4 million less than McAuliffe and $3.3 million less than McDonnell had at the same point in the 2009 gubernatorial contest. Although Cuccinelli has prevailed in races in which he was outspent by opponents, his fundraising deficit is a significant obstacle in what is likely to be a prohibitively expensive campaign.
