Manassas & Manassas Park Cities Democratic Committee

The Richmond Times-Dispatch has published a good overview of our local Virginia Senate race whose outcome may determine which party controls the Virginia Senate for the next four years. http://www.richmond.com/news/article_1dc167c9-b6bd-5adb-b22b-c5581b6cdb7b.html

Republican Hal Parrish Speaks To Only Republicans After refusing to sit down with reporters or to stand up at debates, Republican Hal Parrish has come out of seclusion to address only hand-picked Republican supporters. According to his email to supporters below, he’s willing to discuss a “Campaign Status Update” and take a “Supporter Q&A”.  As there are only 6 Days left until the election, here are 5 questions that we would…

Did you see the new TV ads where Hal Pal has claimed responsibility for “creating 1600 new jobs” in Manassas?  Interesting.  Hal Pal has been on the Manassas City Council in some capacity as either Councilman or Mayor for 22 years.  So over that 22 years, he is responsible for creating only 1600 new jobs while the while the population has increased from 26,000 to 40,000.  And this is a…

If it wasn’t so pathetic, it would be funny.  So Hal Pal has Sheriff Glen Hill (Republican) in his latest TV ad supporting him.   You need to know, first of all, that Sheriff Hill is not only a Republican, but he is running for Sheriff and will be on the ballot next Tuesday unopposed.  You also need to know that Sheriff Hill is African-American.  I suspect that this is…

Sadly, I’ve been around long enough to have known Harry Parrish, Hal Pal’s dad, who was a Manassas City Councilman and then Mayor of Manassas before he was elected to the House of Delegates in 1982 where he served until he died in 2006.  I guess this is a “back then” kind of thought but I never remember Harry as controversial or supporting anything except what was best for his…

Kyle McCullough, the Democratic candidate for House District 50 in the Virgina General Assembly, seeks volunteers to conduct weekend voter canvasses within the City of Manassas or in the Bristow area on Saturday, October 31 and on Sunday, November 1.  Canvass shifts of four hours or less will generally start at 2:00 PM.   For more information or to sign up, please contact the McCullough campaign at  703-772-7660 or [email protected].

What a wonderful day……

If you are on FB, I’m sure you got Hal Pal’s post that he has been endorsed by web-based Inside Nova and it’s print edition Prince William Today.  After reading the glowing endorsement, I went back to Hal Pal’s campaign website and couldn’t help but notice that the Nova editorial was basically a paraphrase of Hal Pal’s self promotion.  There’s an inference that Medicaid expansion and gun control measures may…

Don Shaw has been endorsed by Washington Post.  Hopefully, this election will be Bob Marshall’s last one.  He has been an embarrassment to all Virginians.  His views on women’s health are draconian and dangerous.  The comment that hit home with me was when Marshall claimed that women who underwent abortions subsequently would give birth to children with disabilities or birth defects.  It is incredible to me that anyone, man or…

Let me start:  Everyday the Virginia GOP sends out daily talking points.  Ever wonder why all of a sudden we have this I66 toll controversy?  Well, GOP leaders and specifically Jackson Miller  and Howell create these directives to the GOP candidates and legislators so that there is a unifying message to amp up the masses.  Unfortunately, this “toll” issue is almost a year old.  I agree that there are a…