Prince William County Police Chief Barry Barnard announced on Wednesday that he plans to retire from the Police Department effective July 1, 2020. Chief Barnard joined the Prince William County Police Department in 1976 where he served as an officer in patrol. During his 44-year tenure, he has held many positions of leadership within the […]
Governor Ralph Northam issued Executive Order 62 on Tuesday, allowing specific localities in Northern Virginia to delay entering Phase One of the “Forward Virginia” plan to ease restrictions on certain business operations that were put in place in response to the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. Northam stated that Virginia as a whole may enter Phase […]
Supervisors Margaret Angela Franklin, Victor Angry, and Andrea Bailey sent a letter to the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) on Monday urging for better multi-lingual outreach and more resources to communities of color to combat COVID-19. Recent data from the VDH shows that the Woodbridge District zip codes 22191 and 2193 have the highest COVID-19 […]
I first met Qasim in 2019 when he was running for the State Senate in Northern Virginia. I had just come off my own campaign and was exhausted from the 18 months of continuous campaigning and time spent away from my family. After meeting with Qasim, I felt refreshed and saw what real positive, progressive […]
On Thursday, Dr. Steve Walts, Superintendent of Prince William County Schools, suspended his twitter account after the Prince William County School Board hired a law firm to review his interactions with students on social media. Prince William County Public Schools Policy 503.02-1 states, “Except as provided herein, employees shall not communicate with students using cell […]
Vangie Williams, a Democratic candidate for Virginia’s First Congressional District, announced on social media on Sunday that she will not participate in the Fredericksburg Area Candidate Forum on May 9, 2020 for the VA01 Democratic primary because of the questions. The PW Perspective obtained the questions that were shared with Williams’s campaign from an anonymous […]
The Prince William Board of County Supervisors adopted its fiscal year 2021 budget in their meeting on Tuesday. The $1.7 billion budget was based on a flat real estate tax rate of $1.125 per $100 of assessed value. A flat tax rate means it will remain the same as the fiscal year 2020 tax rate. […]
According to data from the Virginia Department of Health, Black people account for an imbalanced number of Coronavirus deaths that have been reported within the Prince William County area. As of Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 17 COVID-19 deaths have been reported in the Prince William Health District, and eight of those who died with the […]
Due to the current state of affairs with the Coronavirus pandemic, there have been changes made to Prince William County’s proposed budget. The county’s newest proposed budget protects essential services and funds human services with no increase in real estate tax. With the county’s budget season reaching its end, Chair At-Large Ann Wheeler of the […]
Prince William County’s budget hearings are coming up this week, so I spoke with Woodbridge District Supervisor Margaret Franklin to discuss what’s in the budget, her priorities, and the importance of county residents getting involved in the budget process. It’s important to know where we are in the budget process, and Supervisor Franklin was able […]
