“A massive new study, based on detailed interviews of nearly 30,000 people across America, has concluded just the opposite. Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam — famous for “Bowling Alone,” his 2000 book on declining civic engagement — has found that the greater the diversity in a community, the fewer people vote and the less they volunteer, the less they give to charity and work on community projects. In the most diverse communities, neighbors trust one another about half as much as they do in the most homogenous settings. The study, the largest ever on civic engagement in America, found that virtually all measures of civic health are lower in more diverse settings.”

Check it out on Google for more details.

Are you one of the Suarez twins?

While we’re distracted fighting the battle of the borders, their sliding this one in right under our noses. Speaking of nails…the employee incentive at the fertilizer plant is…. a box of nails!

re: Bill H.R.2265

I knew this was coming. Good grief, I guess Americans will never learn!

I bet the Iraqi newcomers will not be opening nail salons like the flood of immigrants from southeast Asia have done. Lets see…how about jobs in fertilizer plants. Lets make it easy for them.

After we deal with the Iraqis immigrants, who I am sure will all be given special status, those from south of the border are going to start looking like good neighbors.

Stewart is NOT in that league, nor will he ever be. He fooled us for a while but the honeymoon is over and his alliance with shady characters like Gill and *Norquist pose a serious threat to the security of our Nation.

His stand on immigration is phoney. He saw the press opportunity it got Stirrup and Greg L. and he jumped in on the action.

Not voting for Corey isn’t a strong enough stand, if elected Faisal Gill and Corey Stewart will be reforming immigration and opening up the flood gates.

Hopefully we will pick up an (R) Royse in Woodbridge, and Occoquan may go to an (I) who is really an (R) but the point is Pandak will have balance representation on the BoCS and we’ll have honest leadership.

http://www.mega.nu/ampp/gaffney_on_norquist.html

I am not thrilled with Pandak, but I am less so than with the Wilbourns and the Stewarts of the county. While she was County Attorney she did improve a few things for the residents. More than I can say for the board chair.

…..And I like both my hands and am not afraid to try something new. Beats clinging to the boulder with both hands as it rolls off the cliff.

Are you in reality Sharon Pandak?

I’ve seen enough of her citizen’s time at the BOCS meeting to convince me that she doesn’t care about the citizens of PWC.

If the citizens of this county are truly interested in something being done about illegal aliens, then you need to support Corey Stewart and John Stirrup.

Your day is about to be ruined, and good luck sleeping tonight.

The truth about who some of the members are that crafted this “act” is Grover Norquist, David Keene, CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood, and it is funded by Safa Trust and other foreign entities.

Fact 1.
Grover Norquist was at Faisla Gill’s kick off for HOD-51 located in eastern Prince William County.

Fact 2.
Gill lobbied for an organization that is deemed by the State Department to have Terrorist ties, and it’s founder Alamoudi to be a known supporter of Al Qaeda who is now imprisoned.

Fact 3.
Gill’s money has ended up in the hands of Steve Chapman ($3500.) Corey Stewart, Bill Bolling, Tom Davis, and others who happen to be Republican.

Fact 4.
Any candidate or politician who has accepted money from Faisal Gill or the organizations or people he has supported has BLOOD on their hands.

Fact 5.
It is the blood of 3,000 lives that were lost on 9-11.

Now Ms. Pratt, and others..where are you going to go when the flood gates of Middle Eastern immigrants of unidentifiyable or questionable backgrounds overcome our Nation?

How will you know if your new neighbor killed one of our young american solders that gave their life in Iraq? You won’t. It is time to clean house.

Bill H.R.2265 http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:h2265:

Where would you go? It seems to be everywhere.

Not that I am defending Stewart or any of the other lackeys on the BOCS (or multitude of other impotent politicians at the state, local and federal level), but at least finally they SEEM to see the light. It appears as if you have some kind of ax to grind with Stewart.

It’s time to clean house in Prince William.

Don’t be blinded by your own strong republican principles, you’re dealing with people who don’t have any principles.

Thank Corey Stewart for giving outsiders the impression that we are running an impoverished government that is over run with drunk illegals, criminals, gang violence, unsafe streets and schools, overcrowded classrooms because of the many illegal aliens that are now living here, an overburdened police department that is unable to manage the problem, forced library closings, and an overwhelming burden on our county resources for food stamps, Medicaid, welfare and subsidized housing needs.

Do you think that makes our county a desirable place to move your family or business?

Do you really think companies like Eli Lilly will be jumping at the chance to relocate their employees here to raise their families?

At this rate, we won’t be able to give away our homes.

And you want for more years of this?

Sharon PANDEK would NEVER knowingly turn a cheek to this if she had evidence of this type of abuse. Don’t be fooled.”
If you can prove this, it would be a very damning thing against Corey, but if it isn’t true, then you make the rest of us look like fools. I do not think that Sharon Pandak is not the answer at all. Corey is flawed, that I agree but not nearly as flawed as she is. She is a smug self satified typical Democrat who has never seen a tax she doesn’t love.
I have seen her debate against Corey and after that, I had no doubt who I would vote for.
I am glad to see Corey finally standing up against illegal aliens. I hope that he will also stand up against terrorism as well. I know Faisal and I find it hard to see him as a terrorist. My objection to him has been that he was basically a “do nothing” when he was given some responsibility in the PWCGOP. I don’t want a “do nothing” in Richmond. I don’t have a dog in that fight since I am not in the 51st, but for me electability is what is important as well as the principles the man stands for. Faisal always has been a conservative. I worked on several committee’s he was on and he doesn’t have a liberal bone in his body. I don’t like his associations and I would like to hear him come out against radical Islam. That I haven’t heard and I find that troubling. I also find it troubling in the PWCGOP, that if you didn’t support him, that you were not a member in good standing. And that was before the convention. I don’t like that Tom Kopko took a public stand and money from him. This has divided the party like nothing I have seen so far, and we were divided before that.
As for illegal immigrants, I am troubled that the liberals and some Republicans don’t have an issue with allowing a “slave class” to exist while yelling “racist” to those of us who find this disturbing. My issue isn’t about the way the houses look, although I don’t live near one of them, and if I did, I would have a different take on it. My issue is that this is basically human trafficing(sp?) and these people have come here to “work”. That is the big argument, that they are hard “workers”. Isn’t that what slaves were? Slaves didn’t exist to lie around, drinking mint julips! They were “workers” as well to do work that others didn’t want to do.
My personal feeling is that those who support this atrocity are the true racists. Just because people are willing to live in substandard housing and receive substandard pay, doesn’t make it right. Making them legal doesn’t either because we have a right to our country and to have our laws enforced and to decide how many people we can handle at a time. Also if these illegals are made legal, then they have right to better wages and the employers will just look for more illegals.
Throwing the word “racist” around is merely a cover for the subtle or maybe not so subtle arrogance of the upper class who feels the need to hire SLAVES.

I wonder how stringent the verification of U.S. citizenship really is with the Bar Association.

I hope it’s better than the hiring practices of Homeland Security and the FBI!

Attorney Jad Sarsour, who had recently passed the Virginia bar, signed the letter from Gill and Gallinger. Given the mistakes in the letter (Sarsour even incorrectly spelled “counselor”) I would say that Sarsour wrote it as well.

Stewart is an ISLAMIC TERRORIST SYMPATHIZER; he is turning his head to the illegal immigration of Muslim’s in favor of political favors. Is this who you want to put in charge of the county that you care so much about?

Make a point of speaking to LEGAL Hispanic Immigrants, and they’ll tell you Chesterfield County is the VA SANCTUARY for illegals, not Fairfax.

Most illegals can’t afford Prince William. What does help to draw them here is something we’re not talking enough about.

The message to HSM is that PWC must begin hunting down housing renovations being down without proper permitting for the purpose of providing low income housing tenements.

We must pass an ordinance IMMEDIATELY allowing only ONE FAMILY PER HOUSEHOLD. With all the foreclosures, we’re going to see a surge in investment properties with slum lords who will exploit our lack of enforcement. This has always been the problem and things will get worse no matter how many Illegal Alien Resolutions we pass at the BOCS.

STEWART knows this is the truth, but it is his MUSLIM friends buying the property and converting them to low income multi-family dwellings, unlawfully. It is also how they BUY their voting privileges in our county. Are you beginning to see the light?

Sharon PANDEK would NEVER knowingly turn a cheek to this if she had evidence of this type of abuse. Don’t be fooled.

By the way, PWC residents. You better support Corey in the upcoming election because if his opponent Pandak wins, you might as well raise the Mexican Flag over the McCoart building and over every PWC police station.