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Opinion: Move forward with Digital Gateway

By Letters to the Editor

Following the Prince William Board of County Supervisors’ vote to approve the Comprehensive Plan Amendment for the Digital Gateway last November, I urge the Planning Commission and Board of County Supervisors to continue moving forward with efforts to implement the transformative vision of the project.

The Prince William Digital Gateway aligns with the county’s strategic plan. It provides an array of benefits through an increased tax base to fund opportunities for schools, affordable housing, parks, trails, public health, transportation, and other services.

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Adopted budget, flat tax ends 3 consecutive years of hikes

By Uriah Kiser

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors approved a $2.2 billion budget on Tuesday, April 25, 2023.

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Opinion

Opinion: Data center water, noise studies done as cement pours

By Letters to the Editor
The Occoquan Reservoir provides drinking water for 1.5 million people in Northern Virginia. [Photo: Fairfax Water]

Look at the creative ways they try to exploit your inattention.  Did you know that our board of county supervisors has authorized a water study of the Occoquan watershed, a Sustainability Commission Report, development of a revised noise ordinance, and considering enhanced building code standards for data centers?

The results are due back about the same time as they finish pouring cement for the millions of square feet of data centers they already rushed to approve.

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Breaking News

Former Supervisor John Stirrup collapses at board meeting

By Potomac Local News

Updated 1 p.m. April 19 — Former Gainesville District Supervisor John Stirrup collapsed at tonight’s Prince William Board of County Supervisors meeting on April 18, 2023.

According to sources, Stirrup, who is running for the House of Delegates District 21 seat in Haymarket, was rushed to Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center, where he’s lying in intensive care.

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Tuesday is budget mark-up day; Tax bills expected to rise despite surplus

By Potomac Local News

Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, we’ll see what Prince William County Supervisors leave in and what they cut out.

Elected leaders will hold a public meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the county government complex, 1 County Complex Court in Woodbridge, for budget markup. During a series of back-and-forth discussions and straw polls, supervisors will decide what programs to fund in the upcoming Fiscal 2024 budget, which takes effect July 1, 2024. You can watch the meeting online here.

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Prince William leaders project higher tax bills despite $10 million surplus, $34 million revenue increase

By Uriah Kiser

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors held its public hearing on a proposed tax increase, where the average homeowner could pay a $4,905 Real Estate tax bill, up $72 from last year, starting July 1.

County Executive Christopher Shorter dropped the proposed tax rate by one cent, to .966 cents on every $100 of assessed home value, from when he first proposed his 2024 budget on February 28. While the proposed rate is lower than the current $1.03 rate, increased property values mean homeowners will pay more.

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Opinion

Opinion: Wheeler dons environmental lipstick to gloss over her record

By Letters to the Editor
The view from a home in Gainesville, Virginia after Prince William County Supervisors approved rezoning 45 acres next to a residential neighborhood for a 70-foot-tall data center called Village Place Technology Park in June 2021. White posts indicate the location of where construction crews will erect the building.

The Prince William County circus is never short on sideshows.

In eastern Prince William, we’re gambling on “The Rose.”  In western Prince William, we’ve bet the house on data centers.

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Violent crime up 70% in Prince William County

By Potomac Local News

Prince William County Police Chief Peter Newsham will be front and center during the Board of County Supervisors meeting at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, 2023, to update elected leaders about crime in the county.

According to Newsham’s 2o22 executive summary, the violent crime rate jumped an eye-popping 70% from 2019 to 2022, which includes murder, manslaughter, rape, sodomy, and robbery (outlined on page 48 of the department’s 2021 report).

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