A very busy mother, but not too busy to care

By Kathi R. Levin and Liz Walker There is a common saying that if you need something done, find a person who is already busy to do it.  That can truly be said of long time Centreville resident and active Sully District Democrat, Stella Pekarsky, who is running in the Nov 5th election for the Fairfax County School Board. “Rest”…

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New program teaches students grassroots organizing

It’s never too early to begin grassroots organizing. That is the concept behind an innovative program at Sully District Democratic Committee that enables students to organize and participate in political events in their own community. Gun violence, unsurprisingly, is one of the topics that students in the program – called GROWTH Student Interns – feel most strongly about. “I am…

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First Person: What Gay Pride means to me

By Bill Edgin: Growing up in Tomball, TX, I knew I was gay by the time I entered high school. But I also knew to bury this secret deep and never tell anyone, as I had been taught from an early age that being gay was a sin in the eyes of God. I lived in constant fear I would…

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The Supreme Court did not solve gerrymandering in Virginia — here’s how to do it

By Brad Swanson: The recent Supreme Court decision allowing Virginia legislative elections to go ahead this year under a map drawn by a court-appointed expert doesn’t solve the problem of gerrymandering. Only a state Constitutional amendment taking district-drawing power away from a partisan legislature can do it. That is the view of OneVirginia2021, a non-partisan group dedicated to fair redistricting.…

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