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Weir elected to Board of Supervisors, vows to push back on data centers

By Potomac Local News
Kerensa Sumers and Bob Weir met for a candidate forum at Battlefield High School near Haymarket, sponsored by the Prince William Committee of 100 and the League of Women Voters. [Photo: Mike Beaty]

Bob Weir, the Republican who vows to push back against suburban sprawl and the proliferation of server farms across Prince William County, was elected to the Board of County Supervisors. 

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Special Election in Gainesville District is tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023

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Kerensa Sumers and Bob Weir met for a candidate forum at Battlefield High School near Haymarket, sponsored by the Prince William Committee of 100 and the League of Women Voters. [Photo: Mike Beaty]

Tomorrow,  Tuesday, February 21, 2023, is Election Day in Prince William County’s Gainesville Magisterial District.

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Quantico appointee replaces man, formerly of Stafford, who declined the job

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The Quantico Town Council appointed Brandi Maly as a member of the six-member governing board that oversees the only independent town in the U.S. located within the borders of a military base. 

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Senate panel kills several ‘parental rights,’ education, transgender bills

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Virignia State Capitol

(The Center Square) – A panel of Virginia state Senate lawmakers defeated a torrent of Republican-backed education bills Thursday, including measures to require schools to maintain a catalog and identify library books with “graphic sexual content” and prevent transgender students from participating in sports aligned with their gender identity.

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Sunday is the last to vote early in Gainesville Special Election

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This Sunday is the last to vote early in the Special Election for Gainesville District Supervisor on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors. 

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Gainesville Special Election: Sumers, Weir draws stark contrasts over data centers, development 

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Kerensa Sumers and Bob Weir met for a candidate forum at Battlefield High School near Haymarket, sponsored by the Prince William Committee of 100 and the League of Women Voters. [Photo: Mike Beaty]

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Sterne seeks second term as Stafford Circuit Court Clerk

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Stafford County Circuit Court Clerk Kathy M. Sterne announced her intention to seek a second term in office.

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LaCroix challenges Franklin for Woodbridge Supervisors seat

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The Woodbridge Magisterial District has a Republican seeking the seat on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors for the first time in eight years.

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Gainesville District Supervisor candidates to appear at forum; Data centers key issue in race

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Sumers (D) and Weir (R) are running in a February 21 Special Election for the Gainesville District seat on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors.

Two candidates vying for the Gainesville District Supervisors seat will participate in a voter forum on Thursday, February 9, 2023.

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Virginia House Republicans kill bill to study data center impacts statewide

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Left to right: Rep. Gerry Connolly, Va. Delegate Danica Roem, Prince William County Occoquan Supervisor Kenny Boddye [Photo: Uriah Kiser]

A bill from Delegate Danica Roem (D-Prince William) to study the impacts of data center development died today in the Hosue of Delegates.

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