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Month: April 2016

  • Bull Run Observer: Board to back citizens on power line, after all

    By Terri L. Erwin-Fitz – Observer staff Late in March Elena Schlossberg, executive director of the Coalition to Protect Prince William County, said she received word that the Prince William Board of County Supervisors in closed session withdrew its intent to be a respondent in Read More …

  • Bull Run Observer: Final SCC hearing here on power line

    By: Terri L. Erwin-Fitz – Observer staff The State Corporation Commission will hold the final hearing on Dominion Power’s proposed Haymarket 230kV and substation project on May 2 at 7 p.m. at the Battlefield High School Auditorium located at 5000 Graduation Drive in Haymarket. In Read More …

  • Press Release: Come, add your voice to ours…the citizens of Haymarket and Gainesville

    To:  All elected officials, all media outlets Coalition to Protect Prince William County PO Box 382 | Haymarket, VA 20168   Sometimes, constituents and other citizens ask for your vote. Today, I am asking you for your voice. Next Monday, May 2, is the last Read More …

  • Planning Commission: UNANIMOUS YES!

    Our county Planning Commissioners unanimously approved Alternative A for the Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) on April 20!   You, the people, spoke – and they listened! This couldn’t have happened without the phenomenal collaboration led by Planning Director, Chris Price, and his staff; as well as Read M

  • SEND EMAILS – Planning Commission Zoning Text Amendment Vote April 20

    When citizens pushed to have the Board of Supervisors’ resolution passed in August of last year, that resolution directed county Planning Staff to look at zoning which allowed data centers into Haymarket without any oversight.  It has become clear that county zoning ordinances need to be Read More …

  • Press Release: BOCS Reaffirms Commitment to Help Unplug Amazon Extension Cord

    BOCS REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO HELP UNPLUG AMAZON EXTENSION CORD Executive director says: ”Supervisors stayed the course and kept their commitment to progress, over plunder.” (The April 12 resolution was approved by County Board of Supervisors!  See final resolution here: April 12 Resolution) Haymarke

  • Final Resolution approved by the BOCS – April 12, 2016

    MOTION:      LAWSON                                                                  April 12, 2016      Regular Meeting SECOND:      CANDLAND                                                                        Res. No. 16 – RE:                 AFFIRM INTENT TO PARTICIPATE AS A PUBLIC WITNESS IN

  • PJM Reliability Analysis – March 2015

    PJM reliability-analysis-update

  • Easy Email to Board Supervisors – Approve April 12 Resolution

    The County Board of Supervisors will vote next Tuesday, April 12 in a 2 PM session on a resolution being put forward by Supervisors Lawson and Candland (see below), outlining multiple actions for the Board to take as a Public Witness in the SCC proceedings Read More …

  • Be a Somebody

    We recently figured out that there have only  been 105 comments submitted online since 12/11/15, when the SCC established the on-line site for the Haymarket transmission and substation project. Surely we can do better than this! This project impacts thousands of us across the Haymarket, Read More …