Month: January 2017
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Derecho: Those Senstive Special Snowflakes on the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
From Derecho – It would seem that some of the public testimony at yesterday’s Senate Commerce and Labor Hearing on SB1110 both hit the mark and left a mark on some of our more sensitive members of the upper house. It should be noted that Read More …
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REMINDER: Email Your Senators TODAY!
If you haven’t already done it, your click-to-send email to State Senators needs to go out! Senator Stanley, together with Delegate Habeeb, are trying to rob our local governments from having a say in decisions on local infrastructure – such as substations. Delegate Habeeb’s HB 1766 has Read More …
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Press Release: Habeeb-Stanley “Trojan Horse” Aims to Eliminate Local Voice in Utility Regulation
Executive director says: “The Habeeb-Stanley Trojan horse doesn’t just shorten the process – it short circuits it.” Haymarket, Virginia (January 30, 2017) – The Coalition to Protect Prince William County intensified its efforts to expose efforts in Richmond which will short circuit local participati
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ACTION REQUIRED: Va. Senate Must Vote NO!
Senator Stanley’s SB 1110 and Delegate Habeeb’s HB 1766 come before the Senate for the Senators’ review and votes next week, starting on Monday January 30. ALL state Senators need to hear from us why they must stop and kill these bills. Momentum is building throughout the Read More …
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Community-Wide Notification
Dear Coalition Members and Supporters: Over the last two months, our opposition to a project proposed by Dominion Power for Amazon (which includes transmission lines throughout western Prince William County communities), has taken three forms: 1) Fighting regulatory loopholes in Richmond (thanks for
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Richmond Times-Dispatch Letter to Editor: Decision on power lines was unfair
Editor, Times-Dispatch: The State Corporation Commission’s hearing examiner recently recommended approval of the above-ground Carver Road alternative power lines for the Amazon data center project in Haymarket. This recommended route parallels Route 29 from Gainesville before cutting through neighb
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Derecho: He can’t do that to our Delegate, Only we can do that to our Delegate
From The Derecho Love him or hate him, Del. Marshall belongs to his constituents in the 13th District, thus we alone are allowed to abuse and malign him. Thus you will understand that I am more than a bit miffed having watched Del. Habeeb (R-Meth Read More …
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VACo Opposes Bills to Exempt Electrical Substations from Local Approval
Sent to PWC Board of Supervisor Jeanine Lawson 1/25/17: Virginia Association of Counties (VACo) Opposes HB 1766 & SB 1110
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Jeffersoniad: Habeeb-Derecho conversation re HB 1766
Join the conversation on http://thejeffersoniad.com/ Greg Habeeb • I called Mr Riggelman yesterday to explain to him the numerous errors in this post. His office was not interested in hearing the facts since they were inconsistent with the misinformation he’s spreading for political purposes. Here’
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Video of Habeeb-Marshall discourse on House Floor – HB 1766 vote
Watch the video here: