I hadn’t read your site in a couple weeks…

…and had received an e-mail and few calls

I’ll link to you

Marty has p’d off a lot of people, Tom has the guts to say no to developers and the guts to get government spending under control. The proposed budget amendments simply delay major expenditures with the expectation that taxes will start to raise after the election year.

Ottoman: A ruling member of the Turkish empire, or a short, squat piece of furniture, used to rest one’s feet on, usually well-padded.

I provided the definition straight from the dictionary.

Can we get the real TK to come in and make us all smile?

And I do think you are a great ottoman.

You are correct that the PWC Republican Commitee bylaws still refer to the position as “Chairman”. However, the more common and accepted term now for the position is “Chair”, as it does not imply a gender.

This definition of “Chair” has been in the dictionary for a long time now, and includes both the position of leadership, AND the person in that position.

For example:

the person occupying a seat of office, esp. the chairperson of a meeting: The speaker addressed the chair.

You are correct I mean no disrespect, but I believe incorrect in making an issue of my usage.

Charles keeps calling Tom Kopko “Chair”. Although I doubt he intended any disrespect, a “Chair” is a piece of furniture. If you respect the man and the job that he is doing, then one shoud refer to him as “Chairman”.

I think Charles is a very good Ottoman, and might make a good end-table.

Prince William is the only county in Northern VA that is building it’s own roads, why?

We waste financial resources on senior programs that operate at only 30% capacity.

Our IT department provides free web development, hosting, hardware and computer support to non-profits at their discretion.

Our Economic Development Department has become nothing more than an expensive real estate brokerage office with the highest paid Director in NoVA.

Our police department is understaffed, crime continues to grow, multiple families are living in one home with bunk beds in the living room and extension cords running from the house to a backyard shed were more family members stay.

Corey Stewart fought against the lofty budget that resulted in a 18 million dollar budget devicit. And he was right! Marty voted for it.

Our homes are dropping in value, the roadways over burdened because of irresponsible residential developments.

And we still don’t have a MORTONS STEAKHOUSE!

What we got was quantity and it’s time to put our foot down and demand QUALITY! Quality of Life.

Open space is at a premium and our community is already underserved when measuring and comparing regional standards of the number of residents to public park space.

Residential property taxes make up too great of a percentage of the counties revenue which further increases the risk of a budget deficit.

What has the county been doing the last 3-4 years to attract businesses outside of Innovation?

It’s time for change, time to take a fiscally conservative approach to the county budget, promote efficient government, keep taxes low and seek ways to reduce our energy needs in our new McMansions.

If given the choice for change in the Coles District, I will vote for Tom Kopko, a retired army Captain, not a career politician. Tom cares about what is best for the residents of Prince William. He is a strong, intelligent and passionate leader who will raise the bar not only for the Coles District but for the entire county.

I never consider accurate quotes of people, or accurate reports of their voting record, to be “negative campaigning”. Democrats regularly decry a campaign as negative if you actually quote what they say or report how they voted, but that doesn’t make it negative.

I know that Greg here doesn’t mind negative campaigning, having run multiple negative articles (of the sort Greg says would be negative) on a candidate who hasn’t even announced yet, plus some truly negative articles like one attacking that candidate for his weight and another suggesting he personally called for Jihad, among others.

But I hope we can avoid name-calling. If Nohe’s voting record aligns with Hilda Bargs voting record, it would be hard to support a republican against her “lousy record” but defend Nohe for the same record.

I’m not saying their records are the same, I’m just playing off the post Greg made above. My point is that we have to be true to our principles, and support the candidate that best represents our policies and philosophies, at least in primaries. In the general election, vote for the best candidate — which I can’t imagine being a democrat against EITHER Kopko or Nohe.

Whatever happens, I hope whatever primaries happen either for this or the delegate seats can rise above the personal attacks and namecalling and dredging up of old discredited charges, and focus on the future of our county and our commonwealth.