Opinion

Each year in Virginia, we are tasked as citizens of our Commonwealth to exercise a tremendously important obligation: voting for leaders who will help shape our future. We’re inundated with issues, slammed with slogans. Our mailboxes fill up with glossy campaign literature, and television and radio ads fill the airwaves, all in an effort to convince us what matters in elections. Putting aside the rhetoric, I believe that one consideration rises above all others in determining who to support in any election: Commitment.

Issues come and go. Today’s challenges become tomorrow’s opportunities. And with the speed of change in almost every facet of our lives in the 21st century, we owe it to ourselves, as well as our families and friends, to elect leaders at all levels who are driven to serve for the right reasons and are firmly committed to placing the needs of our community above all else.


News

As sure as Spring has sprung (and now Summer too) so too will the city see an increase in quality of life issues. While the city has a strong team of folks working on these issues, we need all citizens to work together to be Good Neighbors.

I, like you, care deeply about our city and its neighborhoods. After all, our city is only as strong as the neighborhoods that comprise it. As the former Vice President of one of our City’s largest HOAs and as a member of the City Council, I know the challenges our home owners are facing every day.


Press Release

Author Jacqueline Principe announces the nationwide release of her new how-to book, “How to Make the 3D Double Drop Stitch.”

In “How to Make the 3D Double Drop Stitch,” Principe takes crocheting to the next level with its new 3D effect. This unique technique will change yarn colors in many different ways. Projects will be reversible. Bright yarn colors with dark yarn colors will look awesome together. Yarn work will never look the same with the use of the 3D drop double stitch.


Press Release

Manassas City Public School (MCPS) Osbourn students are teaming up with education and business leaders to integrate creative tools, technical equipment and marketing skills to form a Public Relations (PR) network. Talented photographers, videographers, artists, writers, designers and speakers are excited to be the faces and voices of the community.

Theresa Coates Ellis, of Tackle Managemen is developing the PR network program and recruiting additional students and leaders for the fall term. Mike Emanuel, MCPS Graphics instructor, will be volunteering his time and classroom to the network. Additional staff and instructors are jumping in to the project as the school year winds down.


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