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Year: 2016

  • SCC Hearing shut down by high school custodial staff – Police escort citizens out of building…..?!

    The SCC obviously didn’t make proper arrangements and believe us when we told them that the May 2 hearing would have significant (~500 people) citizen attendance, coming to testify into the wee hours of the night!  And  that they needed to make sure that the Read More …

  • Jeremy and Annie – Emails after May 2 SCC Hearing

    Jeremy and Annie heard each other’s testimony the night of the May 2 SCC local hearing at the Haymarket Battlefield High School. Jeremy is a friend of Karen Sheehan, who came with his guide dog, Legion, to give his eloquent and extemporaneous testimony on this Read More …

  • DON’T FORGET – FINAL LOCAL SCC HEARING – TONIGHT!

    DON’T FORGET – FINAL LOCAL SCC hearing for the Haymarket transmission and substation project: TONIGHT – MAY 2 7 PM BATTLEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL – AUDITORIUM 15000 Graduation Drive – Haymarket Show Our Unity – WEAR RED! UNPRECEDENTED:  One of the 3 SCC Commissioners who will decide this case will be at th

  • 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