With less than thirty days before the November 3rd Election, Prince William, Manassas and Manassas Park have an important choice to make when it comes to who will lead the Office of Commonwealth’s Attorney for the next four years.
I am asking for the chance to serve you in this important role. As you consider your choice over the next several weeks, we will be issuing weekly policy letters detailing my positions and plans for the office.
Less than a month to go and what should a candidate be most concerned about? Getting out to meet as much of the public as possible? Leaving literature when you go door-to-door and no one is home? Where to place my campaign signs so they are not removed or damaged? Many of these concerns headline my campaign, but the Number 1 concern is – How can I ensure that the voters know who I am and what I am all about.
My name is Joseph George, a resident within the Neabsco District, and I wanted to introduce myself to the public. I am a husband of almost 15 years and a father of three wonderful daughters that are currently in their last year of their particular schools (Woodbridge Senior High School, Woodbridge Middle School, and Minnieville Elementary).
At 18, I don’t understand the complexities of politics. It seems to me that a profession that should require the best of man, attracts the worst qualities in man, power hungry, egotistical, selfish.
They call themselves leaders but they use words that divide us. It doesn’t make sense, so why should we be engaged and pay attention?
Serving the Woodbridge Magisterial District as your full-time Supervisor for the last eight years has been a privilege and an honor.
I am thankful for the opportunity that the residents of eastern Woodbridge have given me and I never take for granted the awesome responsibility that is public service. During my time in office, we have accomplished great things together: widening Route 1 to improve safety and reduce travel times; building new schools and classrooms and hiring new teachers to help reduce overcrowded classrooms; and pushing for smart development like Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center while also investing in a new network of sidewalks, bike paths and walking trails.
Welcome back to another school year here in Prince William County; I am confident it will be a great one.
My name is Wendy Dempsey. I am a resident of Prince William County and a mother of two Prince William County School students: one is in middle school and the other is in elementary school. We have been in the Prince William County Public School System system going on seven years; I am a strong believer in Prince William County Schools. In 2013, I was appointed by my School Board representative, Loree Williams, to be a member of the Safe Schools Advisory Council.
Maureen Caddigan has served the Potomac District well for many years and continues to persevere on issues of smart growth, age restricted communities, big box stores, schools, parks, regional library, storm water management, transportation, and employment opportunities.
Take a drive along Route 234, Spriggs Road, Cardinal Drive, Route 1 to Quantico and Fuller Heights Road. You will see many of Maureen’s accomplishments.
Western Prince William County is a wonderful place to live. We chose to live here because we love the sense of community and the cost of living is lower.
Many other families chose this area for similar reasons. When we moved to Gainesville over a decade ago, traffic was challenging, but not impossible.
Prince William County is made up of close to half a million people.
Millennials (people born between 1980-2000) make up 23% of that population, though at the polls in an election year you wouldn’t know we existed. In a Presidential year, we are underrepresented, and in an off-year state and local election like this one, we might as well not exist.
Over the past decade, our local government, through its land use decisions and budget process, has created an infrastructure deficit that continues to have significant impacts on our quality of life as residents and our ability to entice businesses to bring more high-paying jobs to our community.
That infrastructure doesn’t just include roads – it’s also schools, public transportation, parks and libraries. These services, and their need for greater support and investment, frequently get the media coverage and attention they deserve.
When I moved to Prince William County in 1972, the population was 111,000. Today, we have almost 450,000 neighbors.
The County has had monumental growing pains in the interim with a need to build an infrastructure of roads, schools, and County services to this enormous population growth. Our population is 60,000 more than the City of Cleveland and more than twice the size of the City of Richmond.
Corey Stewart has been Chairman of the Board of County Supervisors for almost ten years. In order to fund his election campaigns, he has raised almost $1 million from real estate developers.
