I disagree with Mr. Jerome C. Burchard’s opinion piece published in the April 26 edition of this paper.

There is a new, heroic person in our community — Supervisor Frank Principi of Woodbridge.

Last Thanksgiving Day, this newspaper published a column from one of our regular writers titled “Give thanks to the troops.”  The gist of the column was that “giving thanks to our troops” meant anyone who opposed sending our troops to Iraq, for the privilege of getting killed or wounded, was accused of being a traitor.

I am so sorry Prince William became such wimps. It was great to know someone was actually trying to help true Americans, not the illegals who are sucking the life out of this once great country.

In light of Mr. Stewart’s recent actions to solicit support from the public for his “rule of law” resolution, I would like to encourage the board to be vigilant about getting the facts concerning immigrants in Prince William County.

I feel sorrow for the D.C. Madam.
I know prostitution is wrong.

A letter written by George Kraus, entitled “Orwellian update from Prince William County” appeared on this page on April 27.  Mr. Kraus referred to Board of Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart as Obergruppenführer, and said he was using the Prince William County police force “...as his own personal brown-shirt militia.”

Supposedly, Pennsylvania had approximately 4 million Democrat eligible voters, yet approximately 2,301,000, or about 58 percent voted. 

I grew up white and Puerto Rican in an all black neighborhood.  Based on that experience, let me give some advice to Mr. Clinton: when you are not of a particular race or community, don’t ever get too comfortable with your position within that community.

On behalf of the employees of the City of Manassas Fire and Rescue services, and the members of the IAFF Local 4466, we want to thank all who spoke out in our favor during recent public hearings.

I read with disgust the article concerning the sidewalk on Old Bridge road.

I’m glad that Steve Halleman thinks that Frank Principi is such a Godsend to this county. Since Mr. Halleman thinks so much of Principi he should try and contact him by any means of his choosing and let us know how that works out for him. He also needs to read and pay attention to Steve Bradish’s comments. I agree with him wholeheartedly. 

Good gosh, give it a rest. Your editorials are getting sillier by the day. I rarely write these letters, but the latest in a long line of vitriolic editorials (“Stand up before it’s too late,” April 7) by the Potomac News prompted me to pick up my pen.

Instead of this paper’s concern over waivers for those who have committed felonies, maybe the paper should ask where do all the brave men and women in our armed forces come from.

I am proud of my Supervisor, Frank Principi, for taking a stand. 

Six students who attend Battlefield High School in Haymarket, just returned from the 44th Annual Skills USA Virginia State Convention and Competitions held in Hampton, where five students placed high in different trade, technical and leadership fields. Daman Gill and Karim Sadek competed as a team in the Web Site Design contest and placed fourth overall in the state.

BMX (not a mainstream sport) is an Olympic sport. So is bouncing on a trampoline (who can figure the IOC reasoning for anything they do?).

I want to thank the Flower Gallery shop in Manassas for supporting the efforts of the group, Honor Flights. Honor Flights fundraise and arrange to fly our WWII veterans around the country to Washington, D.C., for the day to see their war memorial.

Isn’t it interesting that the Board of County Supervisors are willing to close a Prince William County Public School program at the Group Home for Boys and the Group Home for Girls (which is taught by highly-qualified Virginia certified PWCS teachers) and move to a program at a “faith” based private school without any public knowledge. Both of these programs have served PWC for over 20 years.

The Potomac News editorial of April 23 decrying the lowering of our military standards as a result of the war in Iraq was right on target.

Jerome C. Burchard takes this paper to task for its opinion of Prince William County’s illegal immigrant resolution; “Paper betrays its journalistic integrity,” April 26.

Recently at the Manassas Bowling Alley on Mathis Avenue during the Friday A.M. Senior bowling league, Richard Ray became a hero by performing the Heimlich Maneuver on a bowler who was choking on a piece of donut. 

The Board of County Supervisors is at a historic crossroads.  It can fund and continue to enforce the “rule of law” resolution, or it can let it go by the wayside and watch this county and the rest of the region degenerate into a third-world slum.

Although we are in a recession, few political leaders will admit it. Interest rates have been falling but not for the benefit of citizens.

Although it may be too late for publication prior to the county supervisors’ meeting,  I thought it best to offer thoughts on the state of today’s citizenry.

If I ever run for office again — which I doubt I will because I don’t want my house searched again for some fictitious 17 year old girl I’m holding hostage against her will — I now know how to do it right.

Happily, the Prince William Supervisors have nullified their recent mandate that county police check the immigration status of anyone suspected of being unlawfully in the country.

As you are reading this letter the results of the Pennsylvania primary are already history.

Members of the ACTS Food Pantry and many families through out the eastern part of Prince William County extend thanks to faculty and students at the PWC schools that collected food on April 25. 

In a column posted April 22, Mr. Gary Jacobsen writes about a legal concept wherein a person or company can be held liable for damages void of an overt causal act.