Just yesterday, I received a postcard with Jacqueline Smith, Clerk of Prince William County Circuit Court, and Prince William County Potomac District Supervisor Andrea Bailey, pictures together.
The Circuit Court promotes Bailey when the State Supreme Court says she broke the law!
Am I missing something here?
Lucille Fry
Montclair
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The Virginia Supreme Court found five first-term Democrats on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors violated Virginia's open meetings laws on May 31, 2020, in the wake of riots outside Manassas.
The state's high court ruled a meeting of the county police department's Citizen Advisory Board held at 1 p.m. that day, less than 24 hours after police in riot gear, being pelted with rocks and bottles at Sudley and Sudley Manor roads, used tear gas to regain order at an unlawful protest following the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The supervisors and county leaders who attended the meeting, where the prior evening's action by state and local police were discussed, failed to notify their Republican counterparts on the Board of County Supervisors about the meeting, including Supervisor Peter Candland, who represented the people who live and work where the riots took place.
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The Virginia State Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of five Prince William Board of Supervisors accused of violating the state's open meetings laws in the hours after unprecedented riots.
Richmond attorney Patrick McSweeny argued for county residents Alan Gloss and Carol Fox. Both allege the five Democrats on the Board of County Supervisors violated the law when they attended a meeting of the county police department's Citizen Advisory Board, which hastily gathered at noon on May 30, 2020.
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The state high court agreed to hear the case brought by Alan "Brett" Gloss and Carol Fox, who are suing all five Democrats on the Board of County Supervisors individually. The suit alleges they violated Virginia's open meetings law in the days following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Board Chair At-large Ann Wheeler, Margaret Franklin (Woodbridge), Andrea Bailey (Potomac), Victor Angry (Neabsco), and Kenny Boddye (Occoquan) are the named defendants.
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Fairfax County Judge Dennis J. Smith on Wednesday moved to strike, effectively tossing out a case against five sitting Democrats on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors.
Brett “Alan” Gloss, a Prince William County resident, sued the Democrats individually, claiming they violated Virginia’s open meetings law when all five gathered at a 1 p.m. meeting of the Prince William police Citizens Advisory Board on Sunday, May 31, the day after five people were arrested, and multiple businesses were smashed during riots that took place at the intersection of Sudley Road and Sudley Manor Drive outside Manassas.
Smith heard the case after all Prince William County Circuit Court judges recused themselves.
