Please join us for The Prince William County 33rd Annual Jefferson/Jackson Dinner on Saturday, May 19, 2012.
Keynote Speaker: – Terry McAuliffe
Reception: 6:00 PM; Dinner: 7:00 PM.
Location:
VFW Post 1503
14631 Minnieville Road
Dale City, Virginia 22193
Questions? Please email chair@pwcdems.com
or call Dorothy Holley at (703)670-5413
Friday, June 1, 2012 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM (ET)
Fairfax, VA
The first Asian Americans Reception at Virginia State Convention. Reception hosted by Democratic Asian Americans of VA in partnership with Democratic Party of Virginia (DPVA) as part of the Democratic Party of VA’s State Convention.
Opportunity to meet & mingle with political and community activists.
Beverages and h’ordeuvres will be served.
Our 2 candidates running for Town Council in Dumfries were the top choice of the voters and were overwhelmingly elected. 5 Candidates were running for 3 Council slots, Willie Toney received 301 votes followed closely by Helen Reynolds with 295. Toney was an incumbent, while Reynolds was a newcomer to the race. The results: Willie Toney 301; Helen Reynolds 295; Cliff Brewer, who took the third slot 226; Dorothea Barr 200; Derrick Wood 155.
A special thanks from all of us to the Potomac Magisterial District, who organized much of the campaign, designed the literature, knocked doors and made phone calls; and the Prince William County Young Democrats for their canvassing effort to elect two good Democrats.
Congrats to Helen and Willie!
The number of persons filing to run for delegate to the 1st, 10th and 11th Congressional District conventions and the State Democratic Party convention does not exceed the number allowed by the Call to Caucus. Therefore, pursuant to the Call, the unassembled PWCDC Caucus scheduled for Saturday, April 21st from noon to 4PM has been cancelled. All persons who filed by 5PM on April 16th to become delegates are deemed elected. Congratulations to them!
If you have any questions, please contact: PWCDC Chair Harry Wiggins at hwiggins01@yahoo.com or (202) 255-6714; or Caucus Chair Keith Scarborough at kscarborough@ana.net or (703) 492-6245.
The Prince William County Young Democrats is an active group of young Democrats engaged in grassroots activism, campaigning, reaching out to allies and giving back to the community.
Our mission is to increase knowledge and participation of young men and women between the ages of 18-35, with a secondary focus of those 15-18, in the political process and role the Democratic Party plays in it.
As Democrats, we are dedicated to promoting policies that ensure every citizen the right to a first rate education, a clean environment, quality affordable healthcare and the freedom to follow his or her
dreams regardless of gender, race, religion, socio-economic status, disability, or sexual orientation. We hold deeply the values that have made America great and must guide our future: Equality, Opportunity,
Responsibility and Community.
Membership is open to all Democrats. Most of us are under the age of 36. But, anyone is welcome to join who is interested in learning about and promoting the issues important to young voters in Prince
William County, Virginia.
In the coming weeks this web-site will continue to evolve as we add more features and content relevant to politics in Prince William County. Ultimately, we hope this will be the place you can find everything you need to be an active and engaged young Democrat in PWC. If you’d like to join our team of writers, or have any questions or comments, send us an e-mail.
Please click the Facebook link below to visit and join our Facebook page. That’s where you’ll find the most up to date info about our events.
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The Democratic Party of Virginia (DPVA) will hold its State Convention on Saturday, June 2nd at the Patriot Center at George Mason University. Prince William County will have 111 delegates and 22 alternates at the state convention. They will be elected at a countywide caucus to be held on Saturday, April 21st from noon to 4PM at the McCoart Government Center.
Any Democrat who is a registered voter in Prince William County is eligible to run for delegate or alternate to the state convention. There is a $25 filing fee and persons interested in running must pre-file with Harry Wiggins, Chairman of the Prince William County Democratic Committee (PWCDC), by 5PM on Monday, April 16th. Filing forms and more information about the delegate selection process are available at this link.
The county caucus on April 21st is open to any Democrat who is a registered voter in the county. There is no fee to participate in the caucus. Those persons elected at the county caucus on April 21st will also attend Congressional District conventions in May.
The Virginia delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina on September 3-6 will include 123 delegates and 9 alternates. 69 of those National Convention Delegates and 7 National Convention Alternates will be elected at eleven Congressional District conventions in May. The rest will be elected at the state convention on June 2nd.
Contact: Myra Sawyers
571.233.6735
PRESS RELEASE
Citizens Launch Petition Supporting Joint Public Meeting of Board of County Supervisors and School Board
Haymarket, VA- Today a group of concerned citizens launched a petition urging members of the Board of County Supervisors and School Board to meet and work together to solve the ongoing teacher pay issue. The petition states, “We, the citizens of Prince William County, call upon the Board of County Supervisors and the County School Board to hold a joint public meeting to explain their positions and resolve this ongoing issue in our school system.” At a recent supervisors meeting, both Supervisor May and Supervisor Covington agreed that it would be a good idea for a meeting of the two governing boards to take place; since then, Supervisor Frank Principi has also formally called for such a meeting.
Recently, Prince William County Superintendent Steven Walts acknowledged that teachers in our county, despite lower per pupil expenditures and larger class sizes, are doing a “great job”; our students continue to perform and our schools continue to win awards. Along with this praise, Superintendent Waltz announced that teachers will not be receiving any pay raise until 2016. “This is unacceptable” states Myra Sawyers, parent and educator, who is one of the organizers of the petition. “Based on their performance, teachers should be given a significant pay raise. If they were working for a major corporation and were performing at this level, not only would they get a raise, but a bonus.”
Some of the well known achievements made by Prince William County school teachers are: 1.) 90% pass rates on math and reading SOLs, 2) All 10 eligible high schools are ranked in the top 7% nationally by the Washington Post, 3) All PWCS schools are accredited, and on-time graduation rate continues to increase, 4) 31% of our 2011 graduates had Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or Cambridge qualifying scores, far outpacing the national average of about 15%.
Despite their outstanding success in the classroom and overwhelming agreement among business and political leaders that teachers have a significant impact on the prosperity of our community and future of our children, we continue to ignore their worth and pay them sub-standard salaries. Instead of taking action to change this, the Board of County Supervisors and the School Board have been shifting the blame; so while the adults argue and posture, our children and community suffer. It is time for the Board of County Supervisors and the School Board to start working together and do what is in the best interest of our citizens and county.
Following is link to the online petition: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/support-a-joint-public-meeting-of-the-prince/
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