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Gaudencio Fenandez Violates Yet Another Ordinance
By Greg L | 14 July 2008 | Crime, Manassas City | 25 Comments
In yet another demonstration of the anarchy that pervades the deranged mind of Gaudencio Fernandez, the MJM is reporting that he has again been cited for a violation of local ordinances, namely one that requires a special use permit to host public events on his property at the corner of Prince William and Liberty Streets. After having been warned previously that his behavior was a violation (and surprisingly, with no enforcement action taken in that regard), Fernandez went ahead and again flouted the law. His continuing self-destructive behavior further undermines his legal position, and hopefully hastens the day when his civic vandalism will be removed from the city.
In a letter dated Dec. 10, 2007, the city advised the owners not to use the property for these type of functions without first obtaining a permit. Fernandez had hosted several events on his property, including the fifth annual religious event Guadalupana in December.
A telephone message was left Monday for Fernandez, who has 30 days to appeal this violation. Failure to address this issue will “result in further legal action,” the letter states.
What a total idiot.
If there is a law, Mr. Fernandez and his Mexicans Without Borders buddies will willfully violate it. When called to account for this unlawful behavior, they predictably scream that everyone is a racist and that the law shouldn’t apply to Latinos Native Americans. Meanwhile, as Fernandez complains that our “artificial” borders are unfair to Latinos Native Americans, he has a fence surrounding his property that until recently was festooned with signs saying “No Trespassing” that he hopes all of us racists will respect.
The old mantra of the communists rears it’s ugly head once again: we are all equal, but some are more equal than others.
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Do you really need a special permit to have a gathering on your own property? Do I need to cancel my five year old’s birthday party?
The city of Manassas requires a special use permit to be issued when someone hosts a public event on their property. The usual social events one would hold are private and not publicly advertised, and require no permit.
Citation follows:
Chapter 14, Article 4, Division 2 of the Code of Ordinances for Manassas City:
No person shall conduct, maintain, organize, advertise, or permit the use of his premises for, any outdoor gathering, without first obtaining a permit so to do issued in accordance with this division.
Sec. 14-191. Filing and general contents of application.
Every person desiring a permit required by this division shall submit an original and five copies of his application therefor to the city manager. Such application shall be filed not less than 60 days prior to the beginning of the outdoor gathering and shall show thereon, or by attachment thereto, the following:
(1) The exact location, by street address and legal description, of the premises at which it is planned to conduct the outdoor gathering, including therein all land to be used for parking or other uses necessary or incidental to the outdoor gathering, together with leases, licenses, contracts or other written permission from the owner of such property authorizing or permitting such use.
(2) The names and residence and business addresses of all persons acting as promoters, proprietors, presenters or financial backers of the outdoor gathering, together with financial statements of such persons sufficient to give assurance of the ability of such persons to meet the conditions of the permit and respond in damages which may rise out of the outdoor gathering.
(3) The date or dates and hours during which the outdoor gathering is to be conducted, and during which the premises will be under the control of the applicant, together with an estimate or schedule of the dates and hours of performances, entertainments or other events.
(4) The type and nature of the performances, entertainments or floor shows, together with the names and addresses of the expected performers and their agents, if any.
(5) An estimate of the minimum and maximum number of customers, spectators, participants and other persons expected to attend the outdoor gathering for each day it is conducted, together with detailed information supporting such estimate. The applicant’s estimate shall not be binding upon the city council, which may independently estimate such numbers.
(6) Such maps or plans as may be necessary to show the means of access to the premises, including freeways and local roads, and demonstrating the feasibility of handling the projected amount of vehicular and pedestrian traffic entering or leaving the premises.
(7) The names and addresses of all persons who will or may act as security guards during the outdoor gathering, or the name and address of the private security services businesses that will supply such security guards, or both.
(8) A certified list, as shown on the latest available tax roll of the city, of the names and addresses of all persons to whom all property is assessed within 500 feet of the exterior boundaries of the premises proposed to be used for the outdoor gathering.
(9) A consent to the entry, pursuant to section, at any time in the course of his duties, by any duly authorized city official in the performance of his duties.
(Code 1978, § 4-121)
State law references: Private security services businesses, Code of Virginia, §§ 9-182, 9-183.1 et seq.; inspection warrants, Code of Virginia, § 19.2-393 et seq.; right of entry for enforcement of health laws, etc., Code of Virginia, § 32.1-25.
He was on fox news the other night. They also interviewed Stewart. Showed pics of his big sign. When is his court date??
Let’s see if the city follows through since they haven’t on most of the violations on that property.
Why would anyone be surprised about this? Remember, two sets of laws.
Division 1 of this section has some additional components that are relevant here:
Sec. 14-153. Advertising.
No person shall advertise or announce by any means or medium, including, but not confined to, pamphlets, handbills, newspapers, radio or television, the holding of an outdoor gathering prior to the granting of a permit under this article. The permittee or other persons shall not print, distribute, broadcast, or use any such advertising or announcement, or any other advertising of the outdoor gathering, which has not first been approved by the city council. The council shall approve such advertising, if it states that the admission is by ticket only, if all statements contained in the advertisement are true and if there is no statement which might imply any conclusion contrary to fact.
(Code 1978, § 4-94)
I am glad I don’t live in the City of Manassas. Too many rules.
[Ed note: you mean like having spitting on a sidewalk or committing adultery being misdemeanor offenses in Prince William County?]
I liked the “No Trespassing” signs and wish they remained. What a delicious irony. I’m wondering when he will turn the property into a day-laborer center.
how much credit has Chief Deane taken for the downturn in crime in the last year since the resolutions went into effect?
does Chief Deane bother to have his officers check whether this guy has a permit for his mulitple public demonstrations on his property? bet he doesn’t. that’s just too damn much work. nope, i don’t think too much of Charlie.
Greg, someone should see if Lou Dobbs can do a follow-up to the Fox News coverage, since Lou shows far less patience towards anarchists than does the fair-and-balanced network, and deservedly so.
ceejay, since sign inside the city of Manassas, it’s not really in preview of Chief Deane. If you want to file a complaint though, you might want to try Chief Skinner of Manassas City Police Department.
Interesting - the citation from the city actually says ANY outdoor gathering, not just public. So my daughter’s birthday party will also be in violation.
Anarchy Rules!!!
Anonymous 10:58 - this sounds like a common Anti(blog) reaction - to take the discussion to such an extreme that common sense is completely thrown out the window.
My apologies for having to dumb this down, but there is a difference between someone holding a birthday party for a child, and staging a march where many people are camped out on your lawn, and not to mention trouble (lots of people both for and against something we all feel strongly about). I would feel the same way if the Anti-illegals staged a march as well.
Then again, I don’t expect the illegal apologists to see any weight to following laws when they don’t understand the implications of them.
If perhaps you are going to instill in your 5 year old to break laws and inspire acts of civil disobedience, then perhaps you should get a permit.
When Herndon dragged its feet, it took a law suit to snap the town council back to reality. Maybe it’s time a group of town residents hire an attorney and take on the town with charges of selective enforcement.
What would be ideal if there was ever a similar incident where the town took immediate action to strengthen the case.
I can’t imagine someone, somewhere at some time didn’t try to cross the line by hosting a public demonstration without a permit - and got their hands slapped.
Point of clarification…that “old mantra of communists” is actually from Orwell’s skewering of Stalinist Communists in “Animal Farm.” (The actual quote is “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”) I doubt you’ll find anyone claiming to be a communist who recites this “mantra” as a tenet of their political views.
What else has this man done? I’m sure somewhere in his house he has 2 electrical outlets that are further than 8 feet apart. Aren’t there more important things to gripe about like Obama’s birth certificate?
The City of Manassas has assembly ordinances that the county does not have. Specifically the law quoted here that pertains to the Liberty Street property as well as having to have a permit for a demonstration.
I have never tested the county adultery or spitting laws so I do not know. I believe both of those antiquated laws are also in the Code of Virginia.
I love that sign!
I just saw the sign up close and personal for the first time last week and was shocked at how huge it actually is. The pictures in the paper don’t do it justice. I literally drove around the block so that I could see it again. What a huge and ugly eyesore. I used to live in Manassas and absolutely loved the charm of old town. THIS sign is completely ruins the landscape and quaintness of Manassas. The city officials should be ashamed. What’s next?
The sign “ruins the landscape and quaintness”?? Come on, that street is ugly, and the houses are run down. I dislike the sign too, but let’s not make this area out to be millionaire mile.
I am equally as disgusted by the ugly new cookie cutter office buildings popping up everywhere as I am by the sign. The city officials should be ashamed of these ugly buildings as well. Pretty soon, all of the old town area will be encased in four story brick buildings that will block out the sun.
There’s an article in today’s WashPost which provides, and IMHO, an insight into the mentality of Senor Fernandez and others of like ilk. Here is a link to the article. If the link does not work, I’ve pasted the article below.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/14/AR2008071402087.html
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Protest Fatigue in Mexico City, A Daily Mess of Demonstrations
By Manuel Roig-Franzia
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, July 15, 2008; Page A13
MEXICO CITY — On any given day, there are six or seven or eight demonstrations taking place in the Mexican capital. The city government keeps a running list of them on its Web site.
Teachers who want more money. State-employed oil workers who want to stop privatization. Campesinos who say the government stole their land.
There are naked protesters. Protesters in Aztec costumes. Protesters dressed like vampires.
And they are almost always in the way.
Blocking roads during a demonstration is considered by some Mexicans to be a kind of inalienable right. But a few politicians have begun to say — gently, lest they become targets of protests themselves — that enough is enough.
“Sometimes you end up sitting half your day waiting for the roads to clear — it’s irrational, it’s unjust!” Mariana Gómez del Campo, a member of Mexico City’s legislative assembly, said in an interview. “I don’t think there’s another city like this in the world.”
Gómez, who once missed a college exam because of gridlock caused by a protest, has been trying for months to pass legislation that will establish “rules of the game” for protests, which numbered 2,000 last year alone and drew more than 9 million people.
Restricting protests could go a long way toward keeping the roads clear. Traffic has worsened here as the city has swelled from merely huge to one of the three or four biggest in the world, a sprawling, horizonless metropolis of more than 20 million. Everyone, it seems, is trying to get somewhere at the same time.
Roads are perpetually clogged, and don’t even ask what happens when it rains. Streets turn into lakes, alleys turn into rivers. Construction is everywhere.
But protests are the great traffic menaces, and there are all kinds.
There are “bloqueos,” or blockades, for instance, a lightning-strike sort of demonstration that often pops up in residential neighborhoods, trapping residents who want to get out and impeding those who want to get in. There are “plantons,” or sit-ins, which tend to be more permanent, complete with forests of folding chairs, supply tents, mattresses and latrines. The greatest planton of all was staged after the disputed 2006 presidential election, when supporters of failed candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador camped for weeks on Avenida Reforma, one of the city’s main thoroughfares. Congressman Ricardo Cantú Garza called the huge tent city “a necessary evil.”
But it is the daily, run-of-the-mill protests that seem to most infuriate commuters. Gómez calculates that the protests cost 1,056 man-hours and the equivalent of $8 million a day. She’d like to lessen that impact by corralling demonstrators and setting aside areas of the city where they can have their say without creating automobile logjams.
“Good luck,” said Francisco Ramírez, a vendor who sells fresh fruit juices near Mexico’s Interior Ministry. “People here like to protest — a lot.”
Ramírez, like many dwellers of the capital, has become an expert on protests. His stand is inside a fenced perimeter that has grown to several blocks around the ministry building, one of many protest hot spots. Inside the perimeter, there are businesses and houses — a kind of protest-free “green zone.” But even though protesters are kept on the outside, it doesn’t mean matters haven’t been complicated for residents and workers inside.
Demonstrators have simply shifted to blocking the streets around the perimeter. In some ways, things have gotten harder. Ramírez parks farther and farther away. Sometimes he’s so far away that he doesn’t even bother to break down his stand because he can’t imagine hauling it for blocks. Instead, before leaving for the night, he chains the industrial blender that is his livelihood to a post and hopes for the best.
Nelly Rodríguez, who works in the Interior Ministry, has found herself trapped inside the safety zone by the hordes. Sometimes she sneaks out a secret exit and wobbles for blocks on high heels to reach her car.
One recent afternoon, she was plotting her exit strategy.
“I don’t know what they’re protesting about today,” she said wearily. “But I know they’re coming. They’re always coming.”
OH well, the new leadership on the Council wants to move on with other issues and are more concerned with the opinions of outsiders then they are with the opinions of the Citizens and taxpayers of the City. They feel companies will not want to relocate here if the City continues to try and do something about illegal immigration.
If I read correctly the notice of violation came from the zoning department which relates to Chapter 130 the Code of Manassas, not Chapter 14 as shown above. I believe the Zoning Administrator has no authority to issue a NOV for any violation of chapter 14 of the City code. I am assumming he was cited for violations of the zoning ordinance, not the ordinance mentioned above, but I may be mistaken. Maybe Greg can research that and get back and let us know. The City only permits public gatherings on your property with a special use permit which is mentioned in Chapter 130. This does not include your children’s b-day party as certain individuals would have you believe. There may be a big difference in the penalties for violations of each ordinance. If the County has laws pertaining to spitting or adultry they would only be legal if allowed by the Commonwealth of VA as we are a Dillon Rule State. Meaning localitys may only enact laws which are specifically allowed by the Code of Virginia or in a localitys individual charter. Just some info I thought the readers on here might find helpful.
Dolph said on 14 Jul 2008 at 9:57 pm:
I am glad I don’t live in the City of Manassas.
They are probably just as glad!
Anonymous said on 16 Jul 2008 at 2:19 pm:
Just for the record I didn’t write this. Wish I had thought of it….
We really need to start using the tactics of the Left or we will certainly lose.
Start posting home addresses of council members who are enabling law breaking. That way we know where to send letters that say things like, “You support illegals. Americans hate you. 147 days until we vote you out.” Send them often. Tell all your friends to do the same.
Distribute pamphlets that urge citizens to quit buying any kind of permit since the city isn’t enforcing the law. Cite Gaudencio Fernandez as precedent. Put them on cars in at least two locations: 1) a shopping mall, and 2) the city government parking lot.
Post their pictures so that they can be easily recognized in public and thus targeted for public ridicule. (E.g. say loud enough to be heard by them, “Hey, isn’t that that spineless sellout who’s helping to turn the city into a third world province?” Or ask loudly of the target,”Is it true that you are taking bribes from Mexican drug lords?” (That’s a question I’d like to yell at George Bush.)
Pies.
The possibilities are endless.
As a final note, these illegals label anyone who complains about them or tries to enforce the law as being racist. They use it on anyone who is doing something they don’t like. Logically therefor , “racist” must mean “you’re doing something I don’t like.” We need to move this new definition into the popular lexicon. Your friend won’t loan you beer money? “Dude, quit being a racist!” If your car won’t start, “Dude, I need a ride - my car’s being racist.”
Get enough people doing this and the word will lose power.