Manassas & Manassas Park Cities Democratic Committee

OneVirginia2021, in partnership with Richmond PBS affiliate WCVE, has produced a documentary movie on Virginia-centered redistricting, featuring Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, Ohio Governor John Kasich, Governor Terry McAuliffe, and former Senator George Allen. Learn about this rigging of our political system and what is being done to fix it! FREE and open to the public Tuesday, November 1st Reception – 6:00pm Movie – 6:30-8:00pm Manassas 4 Cinema 8890 Mathis Avenue Manassas, VA 20110 RSVP to the Facebook…

REDISTRICTING IN VIRGINIA: What’s next and how can you help? Join community leaders talking about redistricting reform. Saturday, September 24, 2016 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm At the Bull Run Regional Library Community Room 8051 Ashton Avenue, Manassas, VA 20109   For more information, contact OneVirginia2021 at 804-240-9933 or [email protected] 

Friday, July 29, 2016, 7:00 pm—9:00 pm First AME Church, 10313 S. Grant Ave, Manassas, Va 20110 SOMEHOW, SOMEWHERE, THE LINK WEAKENED “Working Toward Affirming the Link” Please join representatives of Police Departments from Manassas City, Manassas Park City, the Prince William County Sherriff Department, Prince William County Police, citizens, elected and local community leaders in the conversation on community and police relations.

A message from Manassas Park City Council member Jeanette Rishell: ==== A Town Hall for the purpose of receiving public comment on the FY 2017 Program list of projects for Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) funding will be held: May 25, 2016 at The Old Manassas Courthouse (9248 Lee Avenue, Manassas) from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. The NVTA Public Hearing for the same purpose will be held at the…

The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) is updating TransAction, its long-range transportation plan for Northern Virginia. As part of its public engagement process, the NVTA is conducting public workshops and pop-up events throughout the region, including an interactive workshop at the Manassas Park Community Center, 99 Adams St, on Saturday, May 21, from 10:00 am to noon. Click here for more information and to optionally register for this free event….

As noted by Allen Muchnick, a Virginia Constitutional Amendment entitled “Right to Work” should really be renamed as “Right to Fire.”  Here’s why from Ballotpedia: Virginia currently has a right-to-work statute that bans employers from requiring union membership. Supporters seek to add right-to-work regulations to the Virginia Constitution to prevent future lawmakers from undoing the state’s current laws, according to media reports. Sen. Mark Obenshain (R-26) argued Attorney General Mark…

On May 2nd, the Manassas & Manassas Park Cities Democratic Committee unanimously adopted the following resolution against a November 8, 2016 ballot measure–instigated by the Republican-dominated Virginia General Assembly–to enshrine Virginia’s nearly 70-year-old “right to work” laws in Virginia’s Constitution. With your help, MMPCDC will educate local voters in the November 8 General Election to defeat this unnecessary and anti-worker proposed amendment to our state Constitution. ==== RESOLUTION EXPRESSING the…

Governor McAuliffe has vetoed HB 1371, Delegate Jackson Miller’s (R-50th) bill that would have prohibited Virginia localities from requiring contractors that perform services for the locality to provide their employees “with a wage or employment benefit that exceeds the requirements of state or federal law.” As the Governor’s statement explains, [a] number of localities have enacted wage policies designed to allow the employees of contractors performing services for those localities…

I’ve been taking a break from this blog as I have a “real” part time job where I’m just starting to get into the groove.  But I can’t sit by and listen to the garbage and rhetoric being regurgitated by the GOP regarding the Syrian refugees not to mention Ben Carson’s WAPO editorial piece today.  Let’s get to that first. Carson is obviously not paying attention.  Every single one of…