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Wheeler says ‘obstructionists of social progress’ are calling for her recall, seeks donations to fight back

Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chair At-large Ann Wheeler.

Ann Wheeler has much to say in a fundraising email to constituents following bi-partisan calls for her to resign or be removed from office.

Wheeler, the top locally-elected policy maker in Prince William County, dodged a question from this news organization about her reaction to a bi-partisan effort to recall the Democrat, who's served as the At-large Chair of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors since 2020. However, in an email posted to the Coalition to Protect Prince William's website, one of the groups calling on Wheeler to resign, the chairwoman July 17, said those calling for her recall are detractors of the Board's progressive agenda.

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