Politics

School Questions Swamp Budget Session

By Potomac Local News
Prince William County Budget Director Michelle Casiato held a public meeting about the county’s 2014 budget on Saturday at Woodbridge’s McCoart Building. (Photo: Al Alborn)

I attended the latest in a series of fiscal year 2014 budget information meetings on Saturday at the Prince William County Government Center.

I always enjoy watching budget director Michelle Casiato’s mastery of the process. Prince William has three Triple A bond ratings and has won numerous awards for their budgeting process. I understand that the process is “bullet proof.” I also understand that the process has nothing to do with how much money Prince William County collects or what the government spends it on.

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Connolly Introduces FAST Voting Bill

By Potomac Local News
Virginia Sen. Mark Warner and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Fairfax, Prince William) (Photo: George Burke)

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — After the fallout from long lines at the voting polls during the Nov. 6 General Election, Congressman Gerry Connolly introduced a bill that aims to make voting more accessible.

Many precincts in Prince William County saw long lines at the polls as 72 percent of the electorate came out to vote, according to the county’s registrar.

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Monies Would’ve Not Gone for New Voter Machines

By Potomac Local News
Outside Potomac Middle School.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Officials failed to forecast the record turnout at polls on Tuesday.

Woodbridge’s River Oaks voting precinct has more than 4,000 active registered voters assigned to it and saw a 64 percent voter turnout rate Tuesday. Voters here waited in long lines, and in line before the polls closed at 7 p.m. waited for up to four hours to cast their votes.

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Delegate Cole Holding Thanksgiving Open Houses

By Potomac Local News
Delegate Mark Cole, R-Fredericksburg, Stafford

STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Delegate Mark Cole (R- Fredericksburg, Stafford) will hold a series of upcoming town hall meetings to discuss the upcoming General Assembly session in Richmond that begins in January, and to raise money for his upcoming campaign.

More in a press release from the Delegate:

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Prince William Electoral Board: We’re Fully Funded

By Potomac Local News
Long lines inside Potomac Middle School.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Woodbridge’s elected leader Frank Principi is unhappy that some of the last votes cast in his district were at 10:45 p.m. Tuesday night.

Long lines and wait times of up to five hours at Potomac Middle School in the River Oaks Precinct, with only a handful polling machines processing about 30 voters per has now prompted a local town hall meeting, and a call from Democrats to investigate what went wrong.

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Stafford GOP Meets at Vinnys to Watch Election Returns

By Potomac Local News
Stafford County Board of Supervisors members Paul Milde and Bob Thomas use cell phones and a tablet computer to track the results of the 2012 General Election. (Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)

NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — Republicans met Tuesday night at Vinny’s Italian Restaurant in North Stafford to watch election returns roll in.

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