The file is at http://www.bvbl.net/audio/Rishellmudsling18Sep07.wav

On the front it says: “Three Card Jackson Miller” with pictures of playing cards. On the first card it says: “Voted to Increase His Own Pay” On card number 2 it says: “Voted for Development Projects to Benefit Himself” On card number 3 it says: “Skipped or Was Late For 25% of All Manassas Council Meetings in 2006″. Also in very small letters on the lower left of the corner it says “Paid for and authorized by Friends of Jeanette Rishell.”

On the back it says: “Jackson Miller is Dealing Us a Bad Hand”,
“Miller has promised to fix the problem of illegal immigration, but he seems to be more interested in filling his own pockets.”

It continues with “It’s sad but true, Delegate Jackson Miller is better at serving himself than serving his district. When he’s down in Richmond, he votes to line his own pockets with pay raises but does nothing to help his constituents get ahead.”

“From supporting development projects that benefit him to skipping meetings, Miller is long on talk but short on results.”

“Now, he’s doing a lot of talking about illegal immigration, but he’s still just stacking the deck for himself.”

“It’s the same old Jackson Miller game, but we’re not playing along anymore.”

“Jackson Miller: When He’s down in Richmond, He’s dealing you a Bad Hand.”

It also has pictures of poker chips with a picture of Jackson Miller on the Joker card. Well, I went long on this but I decided you need to get the whole message.

I guess Rishell has to resort to negative campaigning early on in this race. She doesn’t have anything to offer. Maybe people will find out that she was/is involved with Unity in the Community.

She lives in Manassas Park. Has she done anything to help combat illegal aliens in Manassas Park? I’m sure those of you who live there can answer that question.

That claim seems to be even more bizarre than him voting for his own payraise. I would think if a freshman delegate tried to get away with that the media would have devoured him alive. You would also have to think that other challengers across the state would be using the same attack against other delegates. This is the only race that I have heard this claim this year.

Does anyone have any idea what votes she is talking about where he was “enriched” by the votes he made?

Perhaps, RH, but that still would not explain the blatant lies regarding Jackson Miller’s record on the illegal alien issue. Given that, I rather doubt that any other “mistakes” might be an accident.

If anyone would know what happened at the City Council meeting, it would be Steve. You can see the numbers for yourself at http://www.manassascity.org/documents/Finance/Budget/07ADBudget.pdf

Is it possible that Rishell’s campaign simply misread the Manassas City budget? That would make this whole incident just slightly less funny then Chapman forgetting to file his nomination papers.

The bottom line is still this - neither the Manassas City Council nor the Virginia General Assembly received a raise while Miller was a member. So reguardless of why, Rishell’s mailer and phone calls are dishonest.

Thank you for clearing up the issue. I believe the fact you are a sitting Councilman who was serving at the time in question is better then any political campaign literature.

Page 107 - City Council budget - please read the full page.
The City Council line actually went down $1,880 while
our yearly external audit cost went up $5,220 - thus,
the increase of $3,320.

The yearly external audit is of all city records and is done
for and paid for by the governing body.

Hope this helps.

As my brilliant child who CAN actually do research has pointed out Anonymous (5:13 PM), you might want to recant your statement.

BTW, my previous comment (8:11) was meant for es_la_ley.

To expound upon Councilman Randolph’s comment, There is a $3220 increase in the General Fund for the City Council over FY 2006, but if you’ll read a bit further, page 107 of the FY 2007 Budget Report, you will find this statement under the heading City Council “Budget Highlights”:

“The operating budget reflects maintenance level funding with $2,210 add costs for internal service charges and $4,090 reduction for salary and benefits.”

So as you can quite clearly read for yourself, the vote on 24 April 2006 (and then again on the 26th) to pass Ordinance #2006-26 actually put in place a $4400 REDUCTION in the members’ pay. Unless Miller lines his pockets with lint, he could not have found anything added there from this vote.

Jackson Miller, while serving on the Manassas City Council,
DID NOT recieve a pay increase. That is a fact and one
that could be easily verified. In fact, no pay increase
was granted to the Mayor or any Councilmember
(me included) during that period.

Hope this helps to set the record straight on this issue.