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November 28, 2010
The 2nd phase of trees in the center median of Sterling
Boulevard from Holly Avenue south to Davis Drive have been
planted.
11 photos posted at this link.
Prince William County Success: University of Virginia Illegal Immigration Survey Results
In 2008, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors took
the unprecedented step of commissioning the University of Virginia
Center for Survey Research to conduct an unbiased,
social-scientific investigation on the impact the immigration
policy would have on the local community.
Unlike the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors which voted 5
no to 4 yes to continue a focus on illegal aliens. This means that
a majority on the current board instituted a welcome to illegal
aliens policy.
But PW, the county to our immediate south, continued with
tougher policies and this resulted in across the board crime
reductions well out of proportion to Loudoun and the surrounding
counties of Northern Virginia.
Prince William County, Virginia saw a decline of 2,000 to
6,000 illegal aliens between 2006 and 2008. The UVA study shows
that the "Rule of Law" resolution is working. Below are the links
to the report and the power point presentation that was given to
the Board.
The report shows that overcrowding in houses has declined.
That the number of ESOL students declined (millions of local tax
dollars and other state and federal taxes saved) and violent crimes
decreased.
PDF Report Showing How Prince William County "Rule of Law"
Policies Saved Millions of Dollars
http://www.pwcgov.org/docLibrary/PDF/13187.pdf
Loudoun Commonwealth Attorney Jim Plowman Puts Child Molesters In Jail
I know it takes a team effort but CA Jim Plowman and his team represents all of us when they do their part.
I have posted 3 recent reports about 3 lowlife persons Roberto
Anthony Calderon, Carlos Mauricio Ruano and
Alcides De Jesus Guerra were tried and convicted of attacks on
children and then sentenced from 20 years to 35 years in
prison.
In one case the legal status of citizenship is unclear but in
the other 2 cases they are illegal aliens who will be turned over
to deportation proceedings after they serve their time.
For more details on this service by our Commonwealth attorney
Plowman click on this link
Gang Member and Repeat Felon Sentenced to Twenty Years
for Sexual Attack on Family Member
Roberto Anthony Calderon, 25, of Sterling was sentenced
Monday, August 9, 2010 for the Rape of a juvenile family member in
August 2009. Calderon appeared before the Hon. Herman A. Whisenant
in Loudoun County Circuit Court who sentenced Calderon to serve
forty years in the Virginia Department of Corrections with twenty
years suspended.
Calderon's prior history includes a 2002 conviction in Fairfax
County for Malicious Wounding by Mob. This conviction stemmed from
a gang related attack at the Reston Town Center in December 2001
where the victim was struck with a tire iron and beer bottles.
Calderon served four years in prison for his role in the attack.
He and his associates were known members of the MS-13 Criminal
Street Gang. Fairfax officials are currently reviewing whether his
five year suspended sentence there can be revoked by the courts.
Calderon was also convicted in Fairfax County Circuit Court in 1999
for Arson on School Property when he was just 14 years of
age.
"It's always rewarding when you can remove a dangerous person
such as this from the community," said Commonwealth's Attorney Jim
Plowman. "Unfortunately, when it comes at the expense of a victim,
the victory is a hollow one."
Upon his release, Calderon will be placed on supervised
probation and ordered to undergo sex offender and substance abuse
treatment. His legal status in the United States is unclear and is
currently being reviewed by the Loudoun County Sheriff's
Office.
Judge Sentences Child Molester to 35 Years in Prison
August 27, 2010. Carlos Mauricio Ruano, 23, an El Salvadoran
national who was residing in Leesburg, was sentenced to serve 35
years in prison for the rape of a 4 year old relative. The Hon.
Burke F. McCahill in Loudoun County Circuit Court expressed outrage
in announcing his sentence upon Ruano. "It is incomprehensible how
horrible this crime was," stated Judge McCahill during the
sentencing proceeding. "This child suffered incalculable damage;
no child should ever be subjected to such an offense," he
continued.
Commonwealth's Attorney Jim Plowman agreed. "These cases are
among the most grievous imaginable, they call for strong
punishment," he added. The non-binding, Virginia Sentencing
Guidelines called for a punishment range of 8 years, 2 months to 17
years, 7 months. "Most criminal matters cannot be dealt with by
applying statistical averages, which only serve to remove the
unique human element that is always present in each case," stated
Plowman.
Leesburg Man to Serve 20 Years for Child Sexual Abuse
September 27, 2010. Alcides De Jesus Guerra, 41, of
Guatemala, appeared in Loudoun County Circuit Court for sentencing
stemming from the rape of an 11 year old family member.
The four year old crime came to light in 2009 as Loudoun
County Child Protective Services was investigating the runaway of a
young girl and her claims of physical and sexual abuse. The
runaway's older sister, now 15 and fearing for the safety of her
younger sister, advised that she had been raped on at least six
occasions back in 2005 by the defendant.
When confronted by Loudoun County Sheriff's Investigators as
to the allegations, Guerra acknowledged the rapes had in fact
occurred. Throughout the course of the investigation, it was also
revealed that the victim's mother, Octavila Garcia de Garcia,
became aware of the sexual contact years before, but took no action
to ensure the safety of her daughter or to prevent future abuse.
Garcia was also prosecuted and convicted of Felony Child Abuse in
July 2010.
"Sadly, there appeared to have been several children within
this family that were the subject of some form of abuse," said
Commonwealth's Attorney Jim Plowman. "Hopefully this can be the
first of many steps toward a better childhood for all of
them."
The Hon. James H. Chamblin, citing aggravating factors with
this case, deviated from Virginia's Sentencing Guidelines which
recommended a punishment range from 4 to 12 years. Chamblin
sentenced Guerra to serve 20 years in the Virginia Department of
Corrections. A Federal Immigration Detainer was placed on the
defendant by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office and will trigger
his deportation upon completion of his prison term. Guerra has
been in the country illegally for 15 years.
Prince William: Update on Convicted Predator, Alledged Serial Predator, Kevin Ricks, former Teacher
Ricks was accused of molesting many young children. Last week
he was sentenced to serve one year and the judge suspend four
additional years of the sentence.
Kevin Ricks, the former Osbourn High School teacher who
admitted sexually molesting a 16-year-old boy, was sentenced
Thursday to one year in the Prince William County jail.
Prince William County Circuit Court Judge WIlliam D. Hamblen
suspended four years of a five-year sentence
Ricks faces federal child pornography charges in Virginia as
well as a local sex abuse charge in North Carolina.
FBI agents and local police have linked Ricks, 50, to a series
of sex abuses that goes back more than 30 years, with alleged
encounters with boys in North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, several
western states and Japan. Federal and state prosecutors are lining
up to file charges against Ricks, and law enforcement officials
said they hope to put together prosecutions that would net decades
of jail time.
Photo of former Teacher and alledged serial predator Kevin
Ricks
http://www.publicadvocateusa.org/photogallery/gallery.php?id=475
WP Video: Mother Warned Principal About Homosexual
Predator
Elena Kaiser, Joel's mother, caught her son moments before his
first scheduled meeting with Ricks, and then warned the principal
of Osbourn High School.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/28/AR2010102804951.html
http://www.publicadvocateusa.org/news/article.php?article=6353
WP Editorial CONDEMNS Education Establishment "Not blowing the whistle" on 30 Years of Child Molesting
Washington Post yes the Washington Post condemns the public
and private school system for not protecting young students from
the predator who used the public school system for THIRTY YEARS to
abuse young boys.
A FORMER Manassas schoolteacher suspected of decades of sexual
abuse of boys and young men is finally being held to account......
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The WP editorial says "A disturbing aspect about this case is
how Mr. Ricks was able to move from one teaching job to the next
with no one raising a red flag. Apparently he was able to game the
system by moving between states and switching between private and
public schools. Still, as The Post's investigation revealed, there
were cases in which school officials or foreign-exchange companies
knew of or suspected he was not behaving appropriately. Their
response, though, was simply to let his contract lapse without
revealing to his next employer what they suspected."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/04/AR2010110407623.html
http://www.publicadvocateusa.org/news/article.php?article=6352
ADAMS - Muslim Community Condemns the attempted plot to attack a Portland, Oregon Christmas tree lighting ceremony
For the statement please click on this link
The All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) and the entire
Muslim Community Condemn the attempted plot to attack a Portland,
Oregon Christmas tree lighting ceremony. ADAMS and all its members
vehemently denounce Terrorism and Extremism in all forms. We
commend and congratulate the FBI for arresting the alleged
perpetrator and for preventing the plot to attack the Christmas
tree lighting ceremony. We call for a swift investigation, trial,
and maximum prosecution of this or any other individuals if they
are found guilty and convicted of such heinous crimes.
We are especially saddened that anyone would be so misguided
as to choose to attack a symbol of a holiday whose message of Peace
and Goodwill to All Men is universally shared not only by our
Christian brothers and sisters, but by Muslims, Jews and all other
members of the Interfaith Community across the United States. This
incident will remind us all of the commonality between men and
women of faith everywhere. We thank God that no one was injured in
this attempted outrage, and we pray that no one will ever believe
that such odious actions against innocent persons can ever be
justified.
Should Sterling District Be Dismembered or Kept Together?
This is a very hot, brief summary ofthe current
challenges to Preserve Sterling
click on this link for more details.
Having opinions during redistricting can take wild turns.
Stevens Miller claims he would like to run against me while making
dozens of statements about how he represents Dulles District with
60,000 people.
Imagine the gerrymandering necessary to accomplish his public
goal of opposing me for re-election to the board of supervisors. Of
course all he has to do is move a third time into whatever Sterling
district there is.
To accomplish this feat he would have to "surrender" at a
minimum 70 per cent of his current district so that one town house
in a small precinct be added to Sterling.
On the face of it Stevens Miller would cut out and not want
most of his own district. Quite an opinion-- you think?
What about me? I will fight to keep as much as Sterling as
possible and to add to the district to create equity and not
political assault. Mr. Miller usually does not allow his dislike
of my conservative politics to interfere with his public support of
fairness.
(Although I am worried he enlists twitter friends to assist
him in "fighting" me)
Nevertheless, he is suggesting dividing up Sterling and is
"merely" advocating that publicly to "oppose me".
Perish the thought of diminishing Sterling.
Every ten years under the census there must be a redistricting
or redrawing of the lines of Supervisor districts. This will happen
to Congressional, Delegate, and State Senate lines also.
In the year 2000, Sterling District was changed by
adding 2 more precincts from the Dulles District and a new District
Potomac was created to our west. So Mssr. Miller is not so wrong --
by accident.
The current board wrongfully decided to begin this process
before the actual census numbers come out. This is not allowed by
federal policies
From the federal policies (Voting Rights act of 1965),
Section 51.51 "In determining whether a submitted redistricting
plan has the prohibited purpose" the federal census policies refer
to sections" there are sections (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) and (g)
that spell out how any impact on minorities and their
representation will be considered unlawful.
I simply stated that the official numbers will tell us where
exactly the minorities are. And any use of county estimates would
be insufficient as the federal government does not count that. And
Sterling has a a great deal of minorities -larger in proportion to
other parts of the county.
This is a link to the overall Voting Rights
procedures.
http://www.justice.gov/crt/voting/28cfr/51/subpart_a.php
Nevertheless, the board voted 8 to 1 to continue with the
current process
So please consider how Sterling District goes from the current
(county estimate) of 21,000 to 35,000.
The county is stating that there has been no population growth
in Sterling since the year 2000.
(note: We have overcrowded schools and 100s of overcrowded
houses but no population growth according to the county.)
Does the county board wish to keep communities of interest together?
That would mean uniting Sterling District with similar
communities built in the same time frame as the existing community
in the same area. This is similar to ten years ago when the two
southern precincts were added.
This is a link to the current Sterling District
http://www.loudoun.gov/Portals/0/docs/Maps/sterling.pdf
Does the county board wish to dismember Sterling?
There is a guideline discussion that would seem to favor the
preservation of Sterling District and merely adding to it from
surrounding districts. But it is possible that liberal Loudoun
interests could control the process -- as indicated above -- and
dismember Sterling by dividing it so it would become a minority
population in several larger districts.
Loudoun County Schedules Redistricting Informational Meetings
Eastern Loudoun Meeting
Wednesday December 8 7 PM
Cascades Library
The process of redistricting - drawing new county election
district lines based on the 2010 Census - has begun and the Loudoun
County government has scheduled two community education meetings in
December on the topic. The goal of the meetings is to explain the
process of redistricting and to give citizens an opportunity to ask
questions.
The meetings will be held on Saturday, December 4, 2010, from
10 a.m. to 12 noon at the Loudoun County Government Center, 1
Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, and on Wednesday, December
8, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Cascades Library, 21030 Whitfield
Place, Sterling.
On September 8, 2010, the Board re-affirmed that the county
would maintain eight election districts and the Board also approved
a set of guidelines to be used in drawing the new district lines.
Initial redistricting scenarios will be based on county staff
population estimates. Once the U.S. Census Bureau releases the
official 2010 figures in February 2011, the plans/scenarios will be
adjusted accordingly.
For additional information about redistricting, visit
www.loudoun.gov/redistricting.