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Opinion: Racial & Social Justice Commission should set the agenda, not Prince William government staffers

The James McCoart Building at the Prince William County Government Center. [Photo by Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]
By Charles Haddow
Coles District Representative
Prince William County Racial & Social Justice Commission

A fellow commissioner asked me following the aborted March 31 meeting of the Racial and Social Justice Commission (RSJC) the following question: "What do you [Mac Haddow] want to allow the Commission to make progress?"

I understand the frustration because I share it - albeit for vastly different reasons.

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