Comments on: Peter Farrell Must Have Something Really Juicy

By: Gordon Monsen

Gordon Monsen — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:51:47 +0000

While Peter Farrell may not have risen to whatever the appropriate level of wrong-doings were yet, one should be reminded of his earlier conviction for fraud and consumer deception in Federal court earlier in this decade. I know. I brought the suit after he deceived and defrauded me. But, hey, that was just business. This is after all, government…

Gordon

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:28:18 +0000

So what has happened to Peter Farrell? He wasn’t in his seat at the last council meeting?

By: park'd

park'd — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:18:02 +0000

I agree. Assuming this is true then he should be held to the letter of the law. If I have to live in this wrecked and ruined town then so should the people who are supposed to govern it and who ultimately through their reckless decisions and incompetence caused all of the problems that we the citizens have to deal with on a daily basis around here.

By: A non-anon-anon

A non-anon-anon — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:09:05 +0000

I have become somewhat numb to the gaul and arrogance of many electeds who feel that by virtue of their offices, they are the “pigs” Orwell wrote of. We have Obama trampling the constitution, Tim Kaine drawing a full taxpayer funded paycheck while serving part time, refusing to answer FOIA requests, and then the goat-rope that is Manassas Park Council.

Let’s see how Ebert prosecutes this one.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:04:51 +0000

Maybe Rishell should try and take his spot on the City Council. The cabal seems to love her over there. Then she might actually get some real experience before trying to run for a higher office.

By: Notsuprised

Notsuprised — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:39:46 +0000

You are right there is a lot bad in MP and with council.
Lots of problems here, but bottom line. You can not break the law and say you live in a district to run for election and not really do so.
That is the one unescapable fact, and I actually thought Peter was well spoken but now has proven to be self serving as any other politician, he only now has the clout of a used tissue due to this revelation and appears to have hurt the people who live here by only caring really about his business.
That is the truth.
Great job Pete…..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:37:13 +0000

No surprise here. I heard during the election that he and his wife lived in Fairfax.

By: Gurduloo

Gurduloo — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:27:54 +0000

The rules for establishing residency may change in the near future — here’s a quote from proposed regulations from SBE up for public comments. This would be too late to help Farrell though.

“4) A residence can be established in a commercial, industrial or other building that is not normally used for residential purposes if the building serves as the applicant’s primary nighttime residence.”

By: Prester John

Prester John — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:08:16 +0000

Interesting how, according to the MJM, when asked if he was in fact a resident of MP Farrell said, “It’s inappropriate at this time to answer that question.”

Huh?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:45:17 +0000

Farrell owns three residential properties in the Park, and lists as his address for those properties an office building on Manassas Drive. A search of the property assessments don’t seem to show a residential address for Farrell in the Park, and an office building can’t be used to establish residency. Campaign finance disclosures list the same office building address for his donations to Rishell.

By: Loudoun Insider

Loudoun Insider — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:33:57 +0000

Ebert is pulling a Plowman!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:01:55 +0000

This is what I feared during the Rack’n'Roll scandal. The Manassas Park City government will find a way to destroy anyone who doesn’t play ball in the corruption….or rather their ongoing criminal enterprise.

We have yet another local businessman who dared to shake things up and will pay the price if the public doesn’t unite behind him.

By: Deep Throat

Deep Throat — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:01:18 +0000

Farrell must have been close to finding out about the kickbacks from the construction projects the city is doing, and they preemptively nailed him. Farrell has been scared to death about what’s happening - he sunk over 3 million into an office building and figured the only way to protect himself was to join the cabal. Since he’s a pretty stand up guy, he was a threat. Instead of letting him find out about what’s going on, it was easier to get the wife of kiddie porn producer Kevin Brendel - she counts to votes behind closed doors in the Park as registrar - to come up with trumped up charges and cut him off at th knees.

If Farrell knew anything, the cabal would be protecting him out of fear he could turn on them. They’re nailing him before he knows anything because they can’t risk an honest man finding out what is really going on there.

Funny how being trustworthy gets you kneecapped in the Park like this.

By: Brian Leeper

Brian Leeper — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:34:20 +0000

There’s an update to the story on the MJM:

” The indictment, handed up by a grand jury in Prince William Circuit Court, charges that Farrell lied about being a resident of Manassas Park.

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“The basis of the charge is that he is not a resident of the city of Manassas Park and he said that he was,” Prince William County Commonwealth’s Attorney Paul Ebert said Wednesday. “

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:08:25 +0000

I don’t think Farrell is the one who altered council meeting minutes after the fact. He’s not the one who pulled public documents from the library, or even the one who tried to keep secret a redevelopment plan for the Manassas Park Shopping Center so insiders could use non-public information in order to line their pockets. Farrell is the little fish in this pond.

The big fish want him gone. I got to wonder why.