Manassas & Manassas Park Cities Democratic Committee

Well, I guess you could call it that.  Yes.  I actually stayed up and watched to the bitter end.  I came away with some new impressions that I can share.  First, let’s get The Donald out of the way.  I didn’t see anything that would change anyone’s mind who likes him.  He hung in there albeit his lack of concrete foreign policy plans.  Nonetheless, I would give him a pass….

On Monday, September 14, Bernie Sanders appeared before 2000-3000 folks at the Manassas Fair Grounds.  I could not attend but as I understand it, he addressed subjects such as income inequality, racism/police brutality and respect for the police.  Earlier in the day, he addressed the students at Liberty University.  I noticed that he was very honest and straight-forward about his positions.  His social positions are inconsistent with Liberty University’s culture….

Last night attorney Jacqueline Smith joined us for the meeting of the Manassas/Manassas Park Democratic Committee.  She spoke about the Clerk of Court position and how she can modernize the system which has been neglected by the current Clerk.  Digitizing the court is necessary to keep files safe and accessible.  The surrounding jurisdictions are way ahead of Prince William County simply because the current incumbent clerk has made a decision…

On September 12, 2015, we were fortunate to have Senator Mark Warner attend a reception for Virginia’s 29th District Democratic Senatorial Candidate Jeremy McPike held at the home of Ken and Molly Elston.  Manassas businesses KO Distilling, El Cactus, Manassas Olive Oil (Chocolate infused olive oil – yum) and one of fine beer breweries (Sorry I can’t remember the name) were well represented.  This was a very large group.  Other…

I’m sure that each of us can remember where we were on September 11, 2001.  I was on a TWA flight that had taken off from Dulles around 9:00 a.m. bound for St. Louis.  My flight was work related and was a day trip.  I was defending an expert witness deposition.  Mid-flight our pilot announced that no one was permitted to leave his or her seat.  No explanation why.  The…

Potomac Local has apparently “invited” Don Shaw and Bob Marshall to debate on October 13, 2015 in Manassas Park.  Invited?  Does that mean that Bob accepted the invitation?  Such an odd way to publish the event.  The event is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at the Manassas Park Community Center, one of my favorite venues.  I think I’ve mentioned previously that the MP Community Center is a real gem.  And we…

Potomac Local invited Candidate for 13th District Delegate Don Shaw and incumbent Bob Marshall to debate on October 8, 2015.  Bob has not responded which indicates to me that he is not interested in debating.  The last time I saw him debate, he was disinterested and basically argued that he was the only qualified candidate.  I would characterize his attitude as arrogant.  But no surprise there.  The people of the…

I hope that we will be seeing our candidates (or their representatives) along with members and new faces at our next meeting.  We really need as many participants as possible to get our Democratic candidates elected. The New York Times is reporting that Judge Banning released Kim Davis from jail if and only if she does not interfere with issuing marriage licenses.  If the folks in Rowan County want to…

Sometimes we need a little humor in this crazy world.  Thank you New Yorker.

Yes, that’s the return address on Hal’s latest daily mailing where he has enclosed an absentee voter application.  He’s asking voters to complete the application and return it to not the official registrar but to him to decide which applications he will submit to the registrar which is apparently legal.   Absentee Processing Center?  I would characterize it as the voter suppression center.  Many Manassas Democrats have received these applications…