Now, there are two houses on our street that have anywhere from 8 - 15 male borders renting space and those individuals seem to change quite frequently. A third house has two or three families renting (4 bedroom homes). These three properties are not maintained and have a very run down appearance. I have seen laundry hanging over the back fences, garbage in the yards and mattresses on one of the back decks. There are always so many cars parked in the street in front of these houses and on a few occasions, they have even parked the cars in the front yards. The persons renting these properties and their friends drive up and down the street blaring their stereos constantly and I have heard them as late as 1:30AM. I’ll admit I have no proof that they are all illegal, but my guess would be good that most, if not all, of them are.

I’ve read other posts on here where it’s mentioned if nothing is done soon, we will end up with violence. The “intimidation factor” seems to be starting here. Three neighbor ladies and I were out on the sidewalk talking the other day, and a guy drove by & basically stopped when he saw us, and was yelling at us in Spanish and shaking his fist. After he continued on his way, we noticed him pulling into the driveway of one of the three houses. He came by again, with a female passenger this time, stopped where we were and layed on the horn and both were yelling at us in Spanish. We were minding our own business and were clearly on the sidewalk, not in the street. We didn’t do anything to instigate this incident. Quite frankly, I really don’t feel safe here like I used to.

Another concern is the property values and how they have gone down quickly. Starting in 2001, many homes here were selling within days and some even had multiple bids, meaning the selling owners were often getting more than their asking price. Currently, there are three houses within a few doors of our house that have been for sale for over a year and the deterorating conditions have not helped. Two of the owners trying to sell have reduced their prices drastically. I’ve heard that some realtors won’t even show houses on our street to potential buyers because of the deteriorating conditions on our street.

It’s a shame that the MP Council Members have decided to “do nothing”. I will be keeping on top of this and if there are no changes, the current members of City Council will not be getting my vote next election.

*Enter through the right front side door, then go through the door marked “EMPLOYEES ONLY”, the stage is on your right!

Manassas Park will continue to be Manassas Park until they get new leaders who “CARE”.

And why do you associate this person to HSM? These are individual people stating their views and feelings on illegal aliens in the community. NO ONE has said they belong to HSM. And if you read this blog often enough some of these people have been asked, by the leader’s of HSM not to post inflammatory comments. HSM IS NOT a hate group, a group of racists, etc. and those of you, including Mayor Jones, should come to one of our meetings to see what we do and what we have accomplished.

BVBL is not the website of HSM. Go to www.helpsavemanassas.org that is what HSM is about. BVBL gives people an outlet of their frustrations over this issue and people do need an outlet. But you need to remember to separate the two.

Maureen Wood
Legislative Director
Help Save Manassas

Advocater,

They are here now, and they are HSM.

Please have patience and be persistent.
Remember, HSM was only a small meeting of two people in February 2007. That was only six quick months ago!
Now the numbers are growing at such a rate, many said this would / could not happen. Manassas Park residents will feel the power soon!

Anything I have ever wanted in life came to me as a result of just hanging in there and not giving up. This too will be the way in the Park. Just have patience. Give a little as you can. Take a well deserved break from it all as you need. You people are not quitters, that is quite apparent. You can’t quit, it’s just not you!

I have come to have a great deal of respect for all the posters on this blog, I am proud to be a part of what is happening here in Manassas, MP and PWC.

GO “HELP SAVE MANASSAS” members!

GOD bless you all.

They are speaking out about illegal immigration and are also being called racists for doing so. If I can find the article I recently read about this I’ll post it.

I’m terribly disappointed with Fran, at this point–she has been on city council for, oh, a year now, and has accomplished nothing. Big fat nothing. Now, these inane comments… I suppose I should have seen it when she was all up in arms last year over the coloring book and how it might be perceived as offensive to the Hispanic community.

[This was a coloring book they were using in the elementary schools to educate students about how to be a good neighbor, addressing such things as taking trash cans in after garbage day, mowing the lawn when the grass gets tall, etc. Ironically, Fran had never seen the book when she was talking about how offensive it was supposed to be….]

I know this is over the top, but many feel this way. Call me a racist, but for ten years I’ve watched our neiborhood become the HOOD. Unless something is done soon, be on the lookout for serious violence to begin.

Maybee our so-called leaders will take this serious!

You have my sympathies. Been there, done that, and might be doing it again sooner than I would like over here in Sudley.

I was stuck in Irongate back in the late 70’s. Same reason. Slumsville. It happened almost overnight. Nice when I bought. Turned to crap. I couldn’t sell my house for enough cash to move elsewhere.

I ended up renting out my house and I rented a house elsewhere for a couple of years. Market conditions changed (Irongate didn’t) and a house flipper bought it as an investment. I wasn’t even a slum lord. I found a realtor to handle the lease etc who dealt mainly with the CIA school down in Warrenton. All my leasees were CIA trainees.

I give you all the details of my life to let you know there is hope and there are ways to escape. No Surrender….the Boss!

Never announce to anyone again that you’re unarmed. Unarmed is synonymous in today’s society with helpless. Helpless people are victimized by criminals and liberals. Go get a gun. Get several. Don’t forget plenty of ammo. Carry them while you go for walks in your neighborhood. Wear them on your belt while you wash your car and do yard work. Your whole attitude on life will change.