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Bob Weir announced his intent to run for the vacant Prince William Board of County Supervisors Gainesville District seat.  Supervisor Peter Candland announced his resignation from the seat effective Friday, December 16.

Weir just won a seat on the Haymarket Town Council, where he has served five terms. He’s also served five terms on the Haymarket Planning Commission and has a proven track record and reputation for achieving results for the residents of Haymarket and the Gainesville District.


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Over the past 18 months, I have repeatedly heard the statement to the effect that it is the western end of the county’s turn to feel the pains of development. This statement ignores the fact that over the last two decades, the west end of Prince William has in fact experienced explosive growth.

Anyone who knows Prince William County and has lived in this county for the last two decades will agree that many areas in western Prince William have been completely transformed from what they once were.


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Prince William County residents asked the U.S. Department of Interior to step in to block the Board of County Supervisors from approving its 2040 comprehensive land-use plan.

The vote is tomorrow, Tuesday, December 13, at 7:30 p.m.


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Gainesville District Supervisor Peter Candland announced an abrupt end to his third term on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors.

Candland will resign on Friday, December 16, 2022 (not 2023), after spending nearly 10 years and three terms in office representing western Prince William County. The senior member of the Board of County Supervisors, his decision comes after supervisors approved the controversial Prince William Digital Gateway development, which cleared the way for data centers to be built on more than 800 acres next to Manassas National Battlefield Park.


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Candland’s final meeting will be Tuesday, December 13, when supervisors are set to vote on the 2040 Comprehensive [land-use] Plan, a document that guides the development of roads, housing, utilities, and just about everything else in the growing 348-square mile jurisdiction.

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Crime is up in Prince William County, and the local government aims to throw more than a half-million dollars at the problem.

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The effort to develop 240 homes on Kline Farm near Manassas is heading back to the planning commission.

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Quantico Marine Corps Base will tap on the shoulder of its neighbor, Prince William County, for help around the military installation.

On Monday, November 7, Quantico’s Commanding Officer, Col. Michael Brooks, met with Potomac District Supervisor Andrea Bailey to sign an amendment to an Intergovernmental Support Agreement between the base and the Board of County Supervisors.


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The Virginia State Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of five Prince William Board of Supervisors accused of violating the state’s open meetings laws in the hours after unprecedented riots. 

Richmond attorney Patrick McSweeny argued for county residents Alan Gloss and Carol Fox. Both allege the five Democrats on the Board of County Supervisors violated the law when they attended a meeting of the county police department’s Citizen Advisory Board, which hastily gathered at noon on May 30, 2020. 


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