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It's sad to see the the proponents of the "grand immigration compromise" continue to blame the failure of its passage on American citizens who are "nativists" or "racists." They have to continue to tell anecdotal stories of bigoted comments in grocery stores. They don't want to credit the American people, both liberal and conservative, for learning the truth against all attempts by Congress, the administration, and the media to try and tell us that the "system is broken," we the giant Superpower, can't enforce our laws, and so forth. They now blame talk-radio for pointing out the ridiculousness and unworkability...

Several local officials -- facing overcrowding problems in their respective jurisdictions -- support the recent suspension of a ban on extended family members living under one roof in Manassas but said localities still must find a way to deter illegal aliens and others from cramming into single-family homes. "Overcrowding is a problem in a number of our neighborhoods and we have to find some way to address that problem [but] I don't believe the government can tell families which relatives can live with them," said Gerald E. Connolly, a Democrat who is chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors....

FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- As you may have heard, we in the Washington, D.C., area experienced a genuine, honest-to-goodness hurricane last week. The pre-storm hype was what we've come to expect here whenever nature shows the smallest signs of temper. I recall fondly a radio announcer from the 1980s who used to tease Washingtonians by leaning very close to the microphone on days when snow was in the forecast and intoning: "Ladies and gentlemen. It is going to snow. We are all doomed." Still, a hurricane is nothing to be cavalier about, and we took the necessary precautions -- batteries,...

<p>FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - Lawyers for sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo challenged the constitutionality of Virginia's death penalty law in court papers filed Wednesday. They also asked the judge to rule graphic crime scene photos inadmissible, grant access to evidence and regulate the number of deputies who will guard Malvo in the courtroom.</p>

House Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis, R-Va., said Wednesday that he plans to push legislation that would give the president broad authority to reorganize federal agencies. His goal is to get the measure through Congress by August. “It’s clear that you can’t take the existing structure into the 21st century,” Davis said during a luncheon sponsored by the Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit group focused on improving the government’s recruitment and retention record. “We need to give the administration reorganization authority…where they can move ahead without specific congressional authorization in every case.” According to Davis, the public holds...

<p>Republican lawmakers in Virginia say they will back legislation at the upcoming General Assembly session that would require noncitizens who apply for driver's licenses to prove they are in the country legally.</p> <p>The reaction followed a statement from Attorney General Jerry W. Kilgore, who said this week he would seek such legislation because seven of the 19 September 11 hijackers had illegally obtained driver's licenses issued in Virginia.</p>

Northern Virginia conservatives are getting the cold shoulder from moderates in the state Senate who are letting their bills sit or die in committee. Freshmen Sens. Jay O'Brien, R-39th District, Smyth, and Ken Cuccinelli, R-37th District, Fairfax, both went to Richmond this year promising more money for Northern Virginia from the rest of the state and limits to the growth of the state budget and local real estate taxes. Cuccinelli was surprised this week when the chairman of the influential Senate Finance Committee refused to allow a vote on his bill to cap local property taxes. "I'm not here for...

<p>WASHINGTON - Debbie Poore told police her husband of three weeks called her at work about 6 p.m. Thursday to say that their dog, a 2-year-old Chinese Shar-Pei, had bitten him on the hand - and that he was going to kill it.</p>

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. WASHINGTON (AP) — The first public toilet in the Washington area subway system would get a one-year trial under a recommendation Thursday from transit officials. If the full Metro Board approves Feb. 20, a self-cleaning single stall unit made in New Zealand will be placed inside the fare gates of the Huntington station in Fairfax County, Va. The test run, with a price tag of $66,500, will monitor customer acceptance, feasibility, safety and cleanliness, officials said. ``We're going to gauge it and see what happens,'' Metro chief engineer Pat Porzillo said....

State Senate District 037 Precincts Reporting: 37 of 37 (100.00%) Registered Voters: 111,236 Total Voting: 18,234 Voter Turnout: 16.39 % Candidates Party Vote Totals: K T Cuccinelli Republican 10,041 C A Belter Democrat 8,193 Total: 18,234

Excerpt The 40th District House seat opened this month, when voters elected James K. "Jay" O'Brien Jr., a Republican who held the seat for 11 years, to the state Senate. Voters will go to the polls Dec. 17 to choose his replacement.

Muslim Groups in Terror Probe Gave Thousands to GOP Races   By Lisa Rein Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, January 22, 2003; Page B01 Two Republican state lawmakers from Northern Virginia received thousands of dollars in the summer and fall from the leaders of several Muslim groups whose Herndon headquarters were raided in March by federal agents investigating possible terrorist financing.The network of individuals, foundations and businesses gave $8,000 to the reelection campaign of Del. Richard H. Black (Loudoun), campaign finance reports filed last week show. Ken Cuccinelli (Fairfax) took $5,400 in campaign cash from some of the same...

For Immediate Release Contact: Dan Scandling, (202) 225-5136 WOLF TO HOLD TOWN MEETINGS IN HERNDON, McLEAN ON JANUARY 25 Washington, D.C. - Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10th) will hold Town Hall meetings in Herndon and McLean on Saturday, January 25. The meetings times and places are: -- Herndon -- 9 a.m. Herndon Town Council Chambers 765 Lynn Street -- McLean -- 11 a.m McLean Governmental Center 1437 Balls Hill Road Both meetings are open to the public. Wolf usually opens with a few brief remarks then takes questions from the audience. Del. Tom Rust will be Wolf's special guest at the...

<p>FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A grand jury indicted 17-year-old Lee Boyd Malvo on two counts of capital murder in last fall's sniper shootings, setting the stage for a death penalty trial.</p> <p>The indictment, issued Tuesday and made public Wednesday, also includes one count of using a firearm in a murder. Both capital murder counts stem from the Oct. 14 slaying of FBI agent Linda Franklin.</p>

<p>Fairfax County parents, upset about a school district plan to administer a sex survey to high school sophomores and seniors, are asking the county's Board of Supervisors, which is paying for the study, to quash the questionnaire.</p> <p>"The schools are getting out of control," said Karen Budd, an Oakton mother of two. Her younger child attends a public middle school and her elder child attends a private Catholic high school. "They are assuming parents' responsibilities, and parents are letting them," she said.</p>

Malvo can be tried as adult 01/16/2003 Associated Press FAIRFAX, Va. - Citing what he called strong circumstantial evidence, a judge ruled Wednesday that 17-year-old sniper suspect John Lee Malvo can be tried as an adult, making him eligible for the death penalty. Juvenile Court Judge Charles Maxfield made his decision after a hearing in which prosecutors said that Mr. Malvo tried to extort $10 million from authorities during the killing spree and that fingerprints on the murder weapon and other evidence tied the teenager to four attacks, three of them fatal. Mr. Malvo and John Allen Muhammad, 42,...

<p>FAIRFAX, Va. — With another set of indictments returned against the sniper suspects, Attorney General John Ashcroft said officials are weighing who has the best evidence to deliver the "ultimate sanction" — death.</p> <p>A Virginia prosecutor says he is satisfied he has the evidence to immediately try John Allen Muhammad and 17-year-old John Lee Malvo. The two were charged with murder Wednesday in the Oct. 14 slaying of an FBI analyst in Fairfax County.</p>

A judge ruled Wednesday that 17-year-old sniper suspect John Lee Malvo can be tried as an adult, making him eligible for the death penalty.

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) -- He never saw the gunman, or the car in which the killer fled. There was only a noise, and a feeling of something hitting his face. Fighting back tears, William Franklin said he learned later the night of Oct. 14 that the sound he heard was gunfire -- and what had hit him in the face was the blood of his wife, Linda Franklin. Speaking for the first time at a hearing Tuesday for teenage sniper suspect John Lee Malvo, Franklin said he watched helplessly as his wife lay still, her skull split open by a...

The Free Lance-Star CHARM, GUILE MAKE EBERT A DEADLY FOE Using country charm and legal guile, Prince William Commonwealth's Attorney Paul Ebert has sent more men to death row than any other prosecutor. By KARI PUGH Minutes after announcing capital-murder indictments against sniper suspects John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo, the man most likely to send one of them to death row skipped town. Prince William County's top prosecutor slipped away "to the country" for the night--leaving a dozen reporters from around the world clamoring outside the courthouse and his voice mail clogged with 108 unanswered messages. "I've...