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We are Democrats, neighbors, and fellow citizens of Prince William County who find ourselves on different sides of an issue that has pitched your fellow landowners along Pageland Lane against a huge majority of residents in the county and surrounding jurisdictions.

We respect the right you and other property owners have to your personal financial interests in this issue, and we had hoped you would show others the same respect.

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Masroor Mosque

"I am here to serve. I will serve all without any discrimination," are the words of Imam Shamshad Nasir, who is the new Imam at Masroor Mosque, at 5640 Hoadly Road near Dale City.

On August 15, the congregation formally welcomed Imam Shamshad Nasir at a dinner specially organized in his honor.

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QTS data center in Manassas [Photo: Google Maps]
The steady decay of our county is staggering.  It is not happening gradually, but by one gaping cavity after another.

The imminent approval of Devlin Technology Park, a site formerly planned for housing that morphed into yet another power-sucking eyesore, will bring the total capacity of data centers operating or planned in Prince William County to nearly 50 million square feet.

That doubles the current capacity of neighboring Loudoun county, and exceeds the 48 million a recent study projected to be the maximum demand for the next twenty years.

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Your mission states that you wish to "inform" the community about what is happening. Well, your writer's understanding of the recent removal of Henry "Hank" Scharpenberg from the Citizens Transportation Advisory Committee's (CTAC) leadership role is flawed and does not reflect the real issue at hand.

Had the reporter and the Stafford Board of Supervisors members who called for his ill-considered removal and ultimately yanked Mr. Scharpenberg from his leadership role of CTAC had attended more than one meeting, they would have understood the issues this group faces, works hard on, and discussed at length all year long.

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It's a bit unusual to have one-quarter of your county supervisors facing recall petitions from their constituents.  It's also unusual that Prince William County has no Ombudsman or Ethics Office.  So, what other recourse do our citizens have?

In the Navy, when a commanding officer is relieved for cause, it is usually not for specific misdeeds but for leadership failures that adversely affected subordinates or enabled their substandard performance.  You'll hear terms like "loss of trust and confidence in the ability to command" or "cultivating a poor command climate."  There is a recognition that bad leadership is unacceptably corrosive to an organization.

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Marilyn Karp, a long time activist in the Democratic Party leads residents gathered at the Prince William County Government Center to call for Board of Supervisors Chair At-large Ann Wheeler (D) to resign after she dumped $50,000 of stock in data center firms.

By Tom Coyle
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It seems clear to us that, as a group, our local elected leaders in Prince William County appear to be struggling to make decisions regarding the long-term strategic use of a scarce resource -- our land.

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