funny letter to the editor today from chairman stewart accusing fairfax supervisor connolly of attacking 11th congressional district candidate keith fimian over his religious beliefs. in part it says as a devout catholic i am troubled to see this. as an american and a constituent of the 11th district .........
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number of comments 6the manassas journal messenger reports on the friday night screening of the latest version of the 9500 liberty screening. accordin g to the article the reaction to the film ran the gamut after its showing friday night at trinity episcopal church in manassas. chris pannell who left help save manassas this spring .........
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according to the manassas journal messenger the big difference seems to be price. at the same time prince williams sales statistics were soaring 72 percent median and average sales prices for homes were falling by 34 percent and 31 percent respectively. in the second quarter of 2008 the countys median .........
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the manassas journalmessenger reports that jose david martinezzeron plead guilty in the grisly 2007 murder of brenely ester lessingyanez but what they dont tell you is that martinezzeron is an illegal alien from guatemala nor that he had been released from police custody on a 1000 bond a day .........
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number of comments 4from todays edition of the potomac newsmanassas journal messenger our opinion published july 24 2008 as noted in a recent editorial in a nearby national newspaper its been a year since the board of supervisors in prince william county launched its drive to hound harass and humiliate illegal i mmigrants. the editorial .........
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suzie eskelund a 17yearold from manassas virginia recently wrote a tongueincheek letter to the editor in the manassas journal messenger. im going to reprint it here with a hat tip to antibvbl since it may be of interest to those whove been following my coverage of the postville immigration raids. i am a 17yearold caucasian girl who has lived in manassas my whole life. i just want to say thank you ...
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the manassas journal messenger reports that a local prince william county couple have recently received a sewer bill for 1760.31. however the bill is not for a single month of service but rather a billing oversight error whereby the county has neglected to charge the couple for the past .........
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i wrote a story yesterday about how rising gas prices was affecting local bands. kind of a nobrainer story that everyone seems to be doing these days doing better than me at least but its a good story for any features writer to steal and localize. staff photog jason hornick took a bad ass photo for my story which i couldnt help but reproduce here. the yreacalled madison apart theyre a local popmet...
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gaudencio fernandez gets a sixtyday reprieve courtesy of the courts according to the mjm.a that will make this act of civic vandalism a two year ordeal for the city of manassas at best. such is the nature of the courts.a they take what seems like forever to .........
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according to the journal messenger the hearing over the libery wall has been postponed until september 5th. .........
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starting july 1 anyone arrested in pwc will have their immigration status checked not just those for whom police have probable cause as the standard had been.a in addition anyone stopped by pwc police can have their immigration status questioned if police have a reasonable suspicion to do so such as being provided a false id. i found police chief good time charlie deanes aboutface on the issue of ...
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number of comments 6sharon pandak thinks you dont pay enough in taxes which is no surprise to any of us in prince william county who have been subject to her bizarre use of pizza as a measure of monetary value when describing her proposed tax increases.a her rantings have become .........
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manassas park vicemayor brian polk made some stunningly frank comments to the manassas journalmessenger this week that republicans might want to take note of.a it kinda goes a long way towards explaining why manassas park has the highest local tax rate in the region and has embarked on a .........
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after last weeks metropocalypse we all took in the reports as to how major loss of service happens and the fallout after the fact. but nothing really hit the nail on the head like lena h. suns halfreport halfplea for the future. sun touches on most of the points that seem at least to us to be regurgitated over and over these days metros infrastructure is old trains are past their primes overwor...
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a report from our local police files on indecent and perverse public sexual behavior.reports that one of the suspects is known by the alias loudoun insider author of this sophomoric smear have not been confirmed.i fail to understand why this deserved a special email .........
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carrie underwood greets her fans reigning cma female vocalist of the year carrie underwood was all smiles on saturday as she gave back to the fans whove made her career such a great success. the countrysinging cutie took part in a meet and greet for her loyal followers at the nashville convention centre during the third day of the cma music festival in nashville tennessee.......
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number of comments 6msnbc certainly seems to have a warm place in their heart for prince william county as the mjm points out in one of their rare lucid editorials andrea mitchell was referencing an appearance by sen. barack obama in bristol and used these words to describe the area this is real .........
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the manassas city police are searching for sebastian cortez hernandez who they believe is the person who shot and killed omar florenciovazquez on may 31 in the 9600 block of grant avenue according to the mjm. the suspect reportedly goes by the nickname of cebollameaning onion which added to .........
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with the election of del. jeff frederick as new rpv chairman and del. bob marshalls near upset of jim gilmore for the u.s. senate nomination prince william countybased candidates sent shockwaves throughout the virginia republican establishment at the weekend convo. before lt. gov. bill bolling announced his campaign for reelection in 2009 earlier this year pwc chairman corey stewart was a leading ...
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virginia unpopular republican former gov. jim gilmore barely squeaked by state delegate bob marshall at the vagop convention today winning the republican nomination 50.3 to 49.7 a 66vote victory out of more than 10000 votes. this is the best case scenario. a victory by marshall would have rallied conservatives in virginia. a squeakby win for gilmore both embarrasses him that he almost lost to a we...
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on the expand the map actblue page speaker jeff merkley has 14 contributions. lets get to twenty this weekend 33 readers offered rankings in the most recent cattle call surely 6 of you can send 20 to speaker merkley this weekend via the expand the map actblue page.new mexico heres something that may insert more divisiveness into the nasty nmgop primary retiring pete domenici may have endorsed heat...
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number of comments 1according to the inside nova rep. thomas m. davis iii r11th who once hoped to be the republican nominee for senate will not attend this weekends nominating convention in richmond. from the chatter on the local conservative blogs it appears that marshall has a lock on the nomination. apparently .........
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from the potomac news thirteen months after indianapolisbased simon property group acquired the mills corporation the investment group revealed plans for a multimillion dollar project that is bringing an upscale retailer and an expansion aimed at further ridding potomac mills mall of its warehouselike exterior. plans to add a neiman marcus last call clearance center into the malls 200plus store ro...
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according to the insidenova as of late april omearas old town manassas restaurant closed their doors after 5 years in business. equally as shocking to learn was the radio duo of don mike has ceased to exist. from what ive read mike source aka don geronimo has taken .........
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is there any wonder that the tax rate in manassas park is 1.24 per hundred of assessed value drawing howls of protest from residents from the mjm the manassas park city council approved a comprehensive agreement with blacksburgbased developer owpr inc. tuesday night to build a new parks .........
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