In Prince William County, local elected politicians have access to a discretionary fund account, which is left over money – allotted by taxpayers – after all of the expenses of running a district office have been paid for.
It’s the only jurisdiction in Northern Virginia that allows such a fund, and The Washington Post takes a look at how some of the discretionary money is being spent, and who says they don’t feel comfortable donating to, of all things, charitable causes.
Update: 4 p.m.
At 11:50 this morning, fire and rescue units responded to the Target store located at 2460 Prince William Parkway for a reported structure fire. When units arrived, they discovered a fire inside the store and proceeded with evacuation of the building and primary search in conjunction with suppression operations.
Stafford, Va. — Susan Stimpson is expected to be named Stafford County Board of Supervisors Chairman this evening.
Sources tell PotomacLocal.com the Republican will replace Del. –Elect Mark Dudenhefer (R-Stafford, Woodbridge) who is heading to Richmond for his new post in Virginia’s House of Delegates.
Police were called to the 4100 block of Wind Flower Court at 9:46 a.m. Friday to investigate when the victim told police her brakes had been tampered with. Unaware of the faulty brakes, the 23-year-old woman and her 2-year-old boy got into the car and started driving, but the brakes were unresponsive.
The woman was able to safely bring the car to a stop without damaging it, said police.
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Police said the three victims, a 14-year-old girl and two 15-year-old males all from Woodbridge, were inside AMC Theaters Potomac Mills mall at 5:30 p.m. Thursday when three males walked up to them, two of them escorted the victims into the theater while a third acted as a look out, implied they had a gun, and then took an undisclosed amount of cash from the victim, said police.
The men were said to be between 18 and 25-years-old, two were thin and one had a heavyset build, said police. All were seen wearing blue jeans and dark-colored sweatshirts.
Four people have tossed their name into the hat to be appointed supervisor, replacing Del. -Elect Mark Dudenhefer (R—Stafford, Woodbridge) who had served on the Board since 2006 and as Chairman since 2010.
The sitting Board is expected this month to appoint a temporary replacement for Dudenhefer, who was elected to the House of Delegates in November. The General Assembly convenes Jan. 11.
Here is a question for you. What is a bright red circular sign you should not stop for? The Krispy Kreme “Hot Now” sign, that’s what.
The doughnut shop turns on this red neon sign when they have fresh hot doughnuts ready.
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