After word the long serving state senator would step down this year, the 84-year-old announced yesterday that couldn’t be further from the truth.
“I’m going to give it one more shot,” he said. “I talked to my family and a lot of my friends — I’ve gotten literally dozens of phone calls. I walked into McDonald’s and a man said, ‘I’ve been a Republican all my life and you’re my favorite Democrat. Don’t you dare quit.’ ” he told the Washington Post.
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Sen. Chuck Colgan (D, 29 – Manassas, Prince William) says he will make an announcement next week as to whether or not he’ll retire as the President Pro Tempore of Virginia’s Senate.
He’s going to take the Memorial Day weekend to work out some family issues and spend time with his wife, who would like to see more of him, said Colgan.
Stafford County, Va. –– Sheriff Charles E. Jett wants more deputies on the streets to engage in community policing. To do that, he’ll need at least seven new deputies.
The Stafford County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved his request to seek grant funding for the new deputies.
The Democrat has served the Neabsco District, which includes much of Dale City, for 28 years.
Though the average tax bill will go up over the next year, Jenkins says he’s worked over the years to lower taxes, built new schools, add officers to the county’s police department and helped to build sidewalks from his distort to Manassas.
Richmond, Va. –– Now that the governor has approved the General Assembly’s redistricting plans, the State Board of Elections must find millions of dollars to implement the new maps.
“They split over 500 precincts, and we have to equip them,” said Charles Judd, chairman of the State Board of Elections. He estimates that it would cost about $20,000 to equip each of the 500-plus new precincts. That would put the total price tag at more than $10 million.
North Stafford, Va. –– An open Virginia House of Delegates seat has a contender.
The plan identifies for the next 10 years the political boundaries that will be used to elect the county Board of Supervisors and School Board, as well as defines voting precincts for every election.
Three new precincts (one in the George Washington District, one in the Griffis-Widewater District and the other in the Aquia District) were created, and five polling places were moved to new locations.
