Manassas Journal Messenger 04-17-01
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Tuesday, April 17, 2001 |
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Board scrutinizes officials’ salaries By Caryn Goebel and Patrick Wilson Staff Writers The Prince William Board of County Supervisors is scrutinizing the salaries of Prince William’s sheriff, commonwealth’s attorney and circuit court clerk. Delegate Robert G. Marshall, R-Prince William, asked county supervisors in February to report back to him on their policies for supplementing the state salaries of constitutional officers. Prince William’s elected constitutional officers are Republican Circuit Court Clerk David C. Mabie and Democrats Sheriff E. Lee Stoffregen III and Commonwealth’s Attorney Paul Ebert.[more] |
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City budget sees late changes By Chris Newman Staff Writer MANASSAS – A last-minute $255,000 increase in funding requested by Prince William County officials for shared government services has city officials reshuffling budget items and delaying the passage of the budget next week. The city was notified of the higher estimate for the shared services budget on Friday, said City Manager Larry Hughes at the public hearings for the city budget Monday. It has put the city in a difficult position right before the public hearings, he said.[more] |
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Gas prices creep up again By Alfred M. Biddlecomb Staff Writer In addition to the sounds of song birds and cherry blossoms, an all-too-common sign of spring the past two years has been the annual spike in gasoline prices that hits just as the family travel season begins. This spring seems to be no different with gasoline prices jumping 13 cents during the past month, including a 7-cent increase since last Wednesday, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic.[more] |
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April 16 offers long lines to procrastinators By Kelly Campbell Staff Writer “Rainy days and Mondays always get me down,” goes the line from a popular song by the Carpenters. Add filing taxes into the mix and things really get murky, as they did Monday at area United States Postal Service offices. This tax day almost combined all three. Twenty-six million of the estimated 130 million tax returns, or 20 percent, are filed on the last day. That translated into jammed post office parking lots on an overcast Monday as last-minute tax filers scrambled to get the necessary stamp-cancellation mark signifying that their taxes were filed on time.[more] |
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Human services wait for funding By Louise Cannon Staff Writer Money for a new homeless shelter and more staff for Prince William County’s busy health clinics have fallen victim to the supervisors’ deadlock over funding for the Sheriff’s Office. These fiscal 2002 budget items were still on the table April 10 when the Board of County Supervisors split 4-4 over increased funding for the Sheriff’s Office and abruptly adjourned its budget mark-up meeting. Supervisors Mary Hill, R-Coles, John Jenkins, D-Neabsco, Hilda Barg, D-Woodbridge, and Edgar Wilbourn, R-Gainesville would not move forward with the mark-up agenda until more money was given to the Sheriff’s Office, Supervisor Sean Connaughton, R-at large, said.[more] |
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Report: Air controller ignored procedure By Nancy Carroll Staff Writer A preliminary report released Wednesday indicates that a Manassas air traffic controller failed to follow procedure a few weeks ago when a small one-man plane crashed, killing the pilot. According to a National Transportation Safety Board report, the Manassas Regional Airport air traffic controller on duty on the night of March 19 failed to initiate an extensive search for Thomas Reilly, 71, when his single-engine Piper Arrow did not land as scheduled.[more] |
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| Tait’s hat trick propels Tigers 5-0NOKESVILLE
– When Brentsville’s David Tait gets the ball close the goal, Tigers coach Chip Rohr knows good things will happen. It just took a little longer than usual on Monday. After scoring just one goal on 22 shots – 15 on goal – in the first half, the Tigers got three goals by Tait in a span of six minutes to lead Brentsville to a 5-0 win over Strasburg. Brentsville (3-1-1, 2-0-1 Bull Run District) dominated from the start against the Rams (2-4, 1-3) but virutally every attack by the Tigers was thwarted by Rams’ keeper Paul Ziacoma. [more] Gar-Field’sHooper signs with Navy The area’s top basketball player will continue his playing days in college while building another career for his after-hoops life. Gar-Field’s David Hooper, the Potomac News 2000-01 Player of the Year, committed to the United States Naval Academy on Saturday, the second of a two-day visit to the Annapolis school. Before attending the prestigious military academy, Hooper will spend one school year at the Naval Academy Prep School in Newport, R.I. [more] |
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