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By Cindy Brookshire
For PotomacLocal.com

Manassas, Va. — A Chevy Volt – the City of Manassas’ first electric car – will be in daily field use by a Utilities Department meter technician. The meter technician’s job is completing service requests by utility customers for connects, disconnects and transfers, as well as other metering functions. The meter technician used to work out of a Ford F-150, filling up on gas weekly to complete work assignments. The Chevy Volt requires a nightly charge and fill-up of the 10-gallon gas tank once a month – if that.


Politics

By Uriah Kiser

North Stafford, Va. — Republican Ty Schieber overwhelmingly won the support his party and the nomination for the Garrisonville District Supervisor seat.


Politics

STAFFORD. VA (Jan. 30,2012)…At a caucus Monday night the Stafford Democratic Party nominated retired Air Force Colonel John A. “Jac” Starkey by acclamation as its nominee for Garrisonville supervisor in the April 3rd Special Election.

After retirement from the Air Force in 2006, Jac Starkey settled with his family in their Austin Ridge home which they purchased in 1999. Because of redistricting his neighborhood is now in the Garrisonville District.


News

Obama adds staff, will open fourth office in Virginia
President Obama continues to build his campaign in Virginia by adding staff and opening a fourth office this weekend, The Washington Post reports.

Virginia Republicans gear up for legislative session
Republicans, led by Gov. Bob McDonnell, announced on the Capitol steps Tuesday that they stand united in forming a “more efficient, effective government.’’ (In case there was any confusion, they stood behind a massive banner that said just that, reports The Washington Post.


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Dale City, Va. — Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum suspended his campaign over the weekend after his daughter reportedly had a brush with death.

Now improving, Santorum’s three-year-old suffers from a condition known as Trisomy 18 – a genetic disorder that can cause severe developmental problems in those children afflicted with the condition.


Politics

Democrats will caucus tonight at the Stafford County Administration Building at 7:30 p.m., and are expected to select Ret. Col. John “Jac” Starkey as their party’s nominee to replace former Garrisonville rep and Board Chairman Mark Dudenhefer on the Stafford County Board of Supervisors.

Garrisonville District residents will go to the polls April 3 to select a permanent replacement for Dudenhefer, who was elected to serve in Virginia’s House of Delegates and left the Board earlier this month.


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