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The 11th District Convention Gets Crazy
By Greg L | 16 May 2012 | RPV, Fairfax County, Prince William County | No Comments
I get that candidates in a convention are going to try to make the rules as favorable to them as possible. That’s simply part of the political game. What I don’t get is when an incumbent district chairman is reported to have made a last-minute change in the rules that contradicts what was specified in the convention call. That’s not going to stand at a convention, and just makes the chairman look really, really bad.
Blogging Without Core Principles
By Greg L | 16 May 2012 | Virginia Politics, Blogs | 7 Comments
There’s quite a bit of chatter bouncing around the Virginia blogosphere about how the appointment of Tracy Thorne-Begland as a judge was shot down this week, most of which has wrongly claimed — and without any supporting evidence whatsoever — that anyone opposing this nomination was simply a bigot. Quite a few Republicans, most of whom should have known better since they’ve seen this tactic from the left over and over again, got roped into that ridiculous meme and became their ideological pawns.
Some actual truth might be a useful thing to add to this discussion. In fact, let’s see what the evidence shows us. I’m sure if all Republicans are bigots as some allege, that ought to show up in the record, right? (more…)
Peter Candland Proposes Eliminating Slush Funds
By Greg L | 16 May 2012 | Prince William County | 8 Comments
A while back, fellow blogger Al Alborn predicted that the debacle Wally Convington precipitated over his attempt to funnel about $200,000 in taxpayer money to the charity his wife runs would end the practice of allowing supervisors to dole out excess “magisterial district funds.” It looks like Al was right, with Supervisor Pete Candland making a motion on Tuesday that will likely be the final battle in the county over this slush fund.
The Establishment On The Ropes
By Greg L | 14 May 2012 | RPV | 4 Comments
The big story from this weekend’s Republican Congressional District conventions, and one that the mainstream media has so far missed, has been the remarkable inroads that Ron Paul supporters have made within the leadership structure of the Republican Party. These Ron Paul folks care more about what’s going on than the Republican rank and file, have turned out pretty incredible numbers of supporters to attend these conventions, and won a significant number of seats not only as convention delegates, but on the Republican State Central Committee. Change like this hasn’t happened within the party in decades, and the implications are fascinating.
Act Now To Stop A Radical Leftist
By Greg L | 12 May 2012 | Virginia Politics, Virginia House | 26 Comments
Call your Delegates and Senators right away and urge them to put a stop to efforts to appoint a homosexual activist to a District Court as a judge. Delegate Bob Marshall has proposed an amendment to the legislation appointing these judges that is scheduled on Monday, May 14th and unless that amendment prevails Virginia will ensconce a radical leftist in a position of judicial power. So far the Republican leadership has failed to act on this issue, trying to keep in place a legislative deal that will be bad for Virginia.
The Paulbot Factor
By Greg L | 12 May 2012 | RPV | 8 Comments
As has been going on for some time elsewhere, the Paulbots showed up in force to the Republican 1st District Convention trying to elect their slate of candidates to be delegates at the Republican National Convention. I have no idea why, since they will accomplish utterly nothing in doing so, but the display provoked an interesting exercise in “what if’s” that represents a huge lost opportunity for Bob Marshall’s run for US Senate.
Look Ma! I can Spell!
By Greg L | 11 May 2012 | Manassas City | 24 Comments
Apparently, this concept rendering represents Manassas City’s grand plan to promote tourism in Old Town. I can just imagine what kind of excitement and enthusiasm this will generate across the country, as people flock to come see that yes indeed, we in this part of the world can spell.
And produce art, at fairly substantial taxpayer expense, that can stand proudly alongside anything a third-grader can produce.
Illegal Alien Murders Man In Yorkshire
By Greg L | 11 May 2012 | Illegal Aliens, Crime, Prince William County | 4 Comments
In 2007 more people in the Prince William County area died at the hands of an illegal alien than by citizens or legal residents. After the Rule of Law Resolution, murder by illegal aliens dropped to zero. Now unfortunately that statistic is starting to rise again, with a murder allegedly committed by Elvin Yobex Guzman Lopez, someone who was released by local authorities nine months before his arrest for murder, after illegally re-entering the United States.
And More Illegal Alien Crime…
By Greg L | 10 May 2012 | Illegal Aliens, Virginia Politics, Crime | 7 Comments
A drug smuggling ring is taken down in Alexandria, and what a shocker, illegal aliens are part of the operation. It kinda figures that if we don’t know who is coming into the country, we also might not know they’re lugging kilos of Cocaine along with them. It also stands to reason that people whose first act upon entering the country is to commit an illegal act aren’t going to hold drug laws in any higher regard than our immigration laws.
Why Illegal Aliens “Pay” Taxes
By Greg L | 10 May 2012 | National Politics, Illegal Aliens, Crime | 10 Comments
Remember when open border advocates went to such great lengths to claim that illegal aliens pay taxes to justify their unlawful presence? When there’s an incentive to doing so, such as offering $1,000 refundable tax credits to illegal aliens for each child they claim as a dependent, sure they will. What a deal. It only costs US taxpayers $4.2 Billion annually.
Jim Rich, The Undead Politician
By Greg L | 7 May 2012 | RPV, Virginia Politics | 9 Comments
When the Washington Post needs a quote from someone to pursue their attacks against Ken Cuccinelli, they have a new useful idiot to draw on – disgraced former 10th District Chairman Jim Rich. This is telling in two respects: First is that the Post had to venture as far as Fauquier County to find someone to attack Ken, and second the only person they managed to dredge up was a washed-up has-been whose history of political corruption is strikingly similar to the kind of journalistic malfeasance the Post is so well known for.
Manassas City Elections: Winners and Losers
By Greg L | 3 May 2012 | Manassas City | 24 Comments
This one goes out to the leftist wackjob, ridden with grief about the performance of Democrats in Manassas City elections, who whines that people are starting to wake up about this “hate filled blog.” It’s only taken them seven years to do so. Sheesh.
This was the first city election in several cycles that was little more than the crowning of Republican nominees. Conservative, Tea Party adherents competed both in the Republican nominations and the general election, Democrats nominated a candidate and there was even a write-in campaign to keep things interesting. Now that the dust has settled, the victors and the vanquished are clear.
Understanding The Left
By Greg L | 1 May 2012 | National Politics | 9 Comments
Today is International Worker’s Day, a celebration invented by Marxists. In honor of this occasion, and while we await the Supreme Court’s decision on ObamaCare, it’s a good time to dig deep into why anyone would think ObamaCare is a good idea. Anyone who has listened to Ken Cuccinelli talk about the case such as I understands well that the issue that concerns conservatives is about liberty, and that healthcare is merely the venue in which this particular contest about liberty is taking place. What many of my fellow conservatives don’t understand however is the deeper philosophical position that underpins the argument of our opponents.
The Manassas Political Establishment Fires Back
By Greg L | 1 May 2012 | Manassas City | 21 Comments
Your kids are kidnapped, you give up your high paying job to go rescue them in a foreign country and suffer terrible financial consequences as a result. Then some miscreant decides to attack you for having gone into debt at one point in order to save your children. Yep, that’s how afraid some establishment types in Manassas are at the prospect of having their lap dogs tossed out of office.
Read more about it here. I get the impression the establishment is very concerned about today’s election if it has to try this garbage.
Manassas City Council Endorsements
By Greg L | 29 April 2012 | Manassas City | 5 Comments
Doug Brown at Manassas Open Forum has endorsed a slate of candidates for City Council, and he has absolutely made the right picks. Print this out and bring it with you to the polls, and then hand it to another voter before you leave.
Ding Dong, The Campaign Is Dead
By Greg L | 29 April 2012 | RPV, Loudoun County, Manassas City, Prince William County | 11 Comments
It would appear that Anna Lee has informally “suspended” her campaign for Chairman of the 10th District Committee. Although no formal announcement has been made, her decision to boycott all meetings of the FCRC after it decided it couldn’t hire her daughter for a staff position because of her school schedule, her absence at recent LCRC meetings and notable non-attendance of the 10th District Dinner this Friday leaves little else as an explanation. No one runs a campaign for a congressional district chairman by not attending district events for over a month.
I don’t think even some magic spell can resuscitate a campaign this moribund, not even the one that somehow caused Jo Ann Chase to wear a prom dress to the 10th District dinner. Poor thing. People thought she was crazy or something.
Jerry Carman
By Greg L | 25 April 2012 | Manassas City | 8 Comments
I spent a little time with Jerry this afternoon and shot this short film about him. To learn more about Jerry visit his website at jerrycarman2012.com. I think he’d make a great addition to the Manassas City Council along with Ian Lovejoy and a returning Jon Way.
Our Local Fiscal Conservatives
By Greg L | 23 April 2012 | Prince William County | 25 Comments
So let me get this straight here… The county doesn’t have enough money to finance essential government operations, so in addition to hiking my tax assessment at the same time residential real estate prices have again dropped in my area, they’re also going to raise my tax rate.
And what pray tell is one of these essential government operations that so desperately need more of my money? $200,000 to fund the charity that operates Rainbow Riding Center, which primarily serves residents of Fairfax County.
Yeah, that makes sense. In some alternate reality, somewhere.
UPDATE: Tom Jackman covers this in today’s WashPo, with yours truly getting an opportunity to be the mean, bad guy.
UPDATE 2: The adopted budget doles out $33,000 to Rainbow Riding Center, with an additional $178,000 allocation to be voted on in August. Unbelievable.
Manassas City Council Candidates 2012
By Greg L | 23 April 2012 | Manassas City | 33 Comments
Voters will officially have five candidates to choose from for the Manassas City Council elections on May 1st and keeping up with the candidates and all the dynamics of the past few weeks has been a challenge for many. Here’s a run-down of the candidates and what they’ve been doing that will hopefully prove useful in deciding which ones deserve your support.
The PWEA Can Stuff It
By Greg L | 20 April 2012 | Prince William County | 16 Comments
One hallmark of every budget season is the annual parade of members of public employee “associations” who cry out for higher government spending and higher tax bills. Usually this doesn’t merit much commentary, as the exercise never seems to actually change the outcome of budget discussions, and it’s not likely the never ending cries of doom from members of the Prince William Education Association will have any impact this time around. With no immediate end in sight to very tough economic times along with gas at $4 a gallon, rising food prices and the life savings of many residents starting to tap out, these cries for higher taxes start to become much more important. Those cries are rapidly becoming utterly enraging.
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