text: A random mom on the playground, looking serious and a little bit concerned, asks me, "Do you think your son might grow up to be gay?" 
   
   Random Moms across America think they know: My son has got to be gay. He wears khakis today but wore a dress to school from age 4 to 6; he used to do ballet and still doesn't like sports; in preschool he was all about playing princess but now is all about Pokemon; and, in spite of the clear gender divisions in third grade, he plays with both girls and boys. I mean, what straight boy is into that kinda freaky gender mash-up? 
   
   Well, my husband, for one. And all metrosexuals, for another coupla-million-ish. My husband used to help his mother choose curtains. He now drives a motorcycle and hunts deer. He still likes curtains, which he now calls "window treatments" (How gay is that? Random Mom mutters). But really, haven't you met a guy like this, the one you think is gay when you first met him, but then realize that his sexuality doesn't match his gender presentation? 
   
   And if you get busy thinking about femmy boys who grow up to be straight, you might also start thinking about butch boys who grow up to be gay, like all those bears and leather daddies I see walking around the Castro. Then you might have to admit that, though it often does, childhood gender expression doesn't always correlate to adult sexuality. 
   
   I recently discovered that America's favorite telepsychologist and I actually agree on that. Dr. Phil's website tells Robby, the mother of a 5-year-old boy who loves Barbies and wearing feminine clothes: "This is not a precursor to your son being gay." 
   
   I got a little excited reading this. The conflation of gender expression and sexuality is so ubiquitous in our society that it was refreshing to hear our country's second-highest-rated talk show host giving the same message to millions of Americans that I've given to dozens (literally dozens!) of Random Moms on playgrounds across my fair city. Reading on, however, the beautiful Dr. Phil/Ms. Hoffman mind-meld crumbles. 
   
   Dr. Phil -- who implores us all to "get real" -- tells Robby that she should not buy her son Barbie dolls or "girl's" clothes, and that she should "Take the girl things away, and buy him boy toys ... Support him in what he's doing, but not in the girl things." Support him, but take away the things he loves to play with? 
   
   And does Dr. Phil really imagine that Robby's son will stop being interested in Barbie just because Robby throws his dolls in the trash? What kid forgets about his favorite toy just because it's been taken away? (What kid doesn't want the forbidden thing more when it's taken away?) As Dr. Phil advises Robby, Random Moms advise me to encourage my son to do "boy" things like play soccer and get fixated on trains. But really, has that ever worked? Think about it: How easy is it to force a tomboy into a dress? A girly-girl into playing football? And I'd really like to see Dr. Phil make a sports-loving he-boy wear Tinkerbell underpants. And like it. 
   
   Gender identity isn't something we just impose on kids and expect them to suck it up, like eating vegetables or going to school. It's part of who they are, whether that satisfies us as parents or not. 
   
   I write (under a pen name) about raising my gender-nonconforming son for magazines, radio, and my blog. I get all kinds of e-mail from readers telling me that if I just stopped encouraging my son to be girly that he'd man up and try out for the football team. Ah, yes: I am the All Powerful Mother, whose magic is strong enough to make boys run from Thomas trains to pink tutus. Really, I'm that good. And if I just directed my magic toward good and not evil, then my boy would become all boy. 
   
   The problem is that, as a mother, I'm too powerful. Or too weak. We're not sure which. Because I've also been told that I need to learn to parent forcefully, to learn to stand up and say NO. That my son wouldn't be like he is if I simply didn't allow him to be like he is. But here's the truth: I'm actually kind of a NO-saying badass. Check me out: Can we throw this baseball in the kitchen? NO. Can we eat chocolate cake for breakfast? NO. Can we make fun of the girl in the wheelchair? NO. I really can haul out a NO when I need to, and I whip it out many times a day. But I try to save NO for things that actually cause demonstrable harm to property, to my children or to other people. 
   
   Is it really my maternal strength/weakness that caused my son to adore pink Marabou-feather slippers at age 3? You decide. But consider that mothers have regularly been blamed for their children's -- especially their sons' -- quirks and challenges. 
   
   In the 1950s, psychologist Leo Kanner coined the phrase "refrigerator mother" and used it to blame mothers for causing autism in their children (needless to say, Kanner's theory was later discredited by actual science). From the academic paper Children, Work, and Family: Some Thoughts on "Mother Blame," we learn that mothers have similarly been blamed for a host of issues in their offspring including schizophrenia, bed-wetting, learning disabilities and, my personal favorite, "homicidal transsexualism." 
   
   You may remember momblogger Nerdy Apple Bottom (who goes by the name of Sarah -- no relation), whose November blog post My Son Is Gay went viral and has now generated over 46,000 comments. After her post, Sarah was chastised by her church for standing up to the other preschool mothers who criticized her and her son for the way he busted out of gender norms (on Halloween! We're not even talking about the glamfest that has walked out of my house on any old Tuesday). Her church accused her of "promoting gayness" and threatened to kick her out of the entire denomination. 
   
   The notion that parents are responsible for spreading gayness (like butter, or an STD) is one buoyed by conservative religious organizations like Exodus International and Focus on the Family. Focus' ousted founder, the famed radiovangelist James Dobson, offers his book "Bringing up Boys" as a guide for "parents to lay a healthy foundation for heterosexual identity for their children." In other words, to use reparative therapy to try to ungay them before the gayness spreads. 
   
   Joseph Nicolosi, founder of NARTH, the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality, penned the DIY reparative therapy bible, "A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality." NARTH has long and loudly argued that feminine boys are pre-homosexuals who can be ungayed with a just-so combination of a mom who backs off and a dad who takes his son out to pump gas and light the barbeque. 
   
   It would seem that Dr. Phil has torn a page from Nicolosi's book, a book in which Nicolosi tells parents to replace feminine toys, games and clothing with masculine ones, stressing the importance of "extinguishing feminine behavior" with "gentle and consistent disapproval." But where these two popular scolds differ is on the moral value of homosexuality. 
   
   Dr. Phil sides with the American Psychiatric Association, publisher of the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders," broadly considered the arbiter of mental health. The APA declassified homosexuality as a mental illness nearly 40 years ago. Dr. Phil tells Robby, "If your son is gay ... it won't be a choice. It will be something that he's pre-wired to do." Elsewhere on his website, Dr. Phil tells a mother concerned about her lesbian daughter, "Homosexuality is not a learned behavior. A sexual orientation is inherited. You are wired that way." He asks, "What difference does it make if she is gay? Accept her, support her, and do not be judgmental. It is difficult enough for her to live openly and honestly in this society. Don't put your judgment on top of that." 
   
   But definitely rain that judgment down on your 5-year-old son. 
   
   So I'm really trying to figure this out. Dr. Phil tells us that it's OK to be gay (just like the APA), but it's not OK for boys to play with Barbie (just like NARTH), because ... well, that's where I get stuck. Because ... they might grow up to be gay? But ... they won't necessarily, he says. And around we go. 
   
   Perhaps Dr. Phil's thought process is just terribly muddled (the more charitable explanation among those I've considered). A more likely explanation is that Dr. Phil really isn't OK with homosexuality and thinks that it can be prevented in boyhood if you just chuck the Barbies and say NO. If so, he hides this message fairly well -- or at least confuses his viewers with his homos-good/proto-homos-bad schtick. 
   
   And speaking of confusion, Dr. Phil tells Robby, "Direct your son in an unconfusing way ... You don't want to do things that seem to support the confusion at this stage of the game." 
   
   Who's confused? My son knows exactly what he likes. When Sam was 4 and his male peers trick-or-treated as Batman and Spiderman and gorillas, Sam was a princess. At 5, he was a queen, regal and proud and full of the royal prowess that Disney offers all little girls. He liked feather boas and lip gloss and dancing. Did he think he was a girl? Nope. Was he confused about being a boy? Nope. Did he need to be taught what boys are supposed to like? Nope -- how boys are supposed to behave was abundantly clear from the trains and trucks we bought him before we realized he was a pink boy, the behavior of all the boys he knew, the messages on TV, and the judgments of all the Random Moms. He just liked what he liked, the way other kids did -- only his likes were different. 
   
   Anti-gay organizations are clear about why boys like Sam need to change. But Dr. Phil's muddled message reflects a broader, mostly unspoken cultural bias in America -- even among Americans who are accepting of gay people -- that femmy boys are somehow nebulously bad (though no one can actually articulate why). Dr. Phil -- or NARTH -- isn't making a stink over girls who wear jeans and play soccer. So what, exactly, is wrong with a boy who likes Barbie? 
   
   America, talk to me. I'm all ears. And if you can't think of an un-muddled answer, then think about this: Everywhere -- on playgrounds and in homes across America, in Disney movies and on national television, on high school and college campuses -- pink boys are the brunt of jokes, made to feel inferior, mocked until they take their own lives. Feminine boys are among the last people it's OK for our culture to hate. 
   
   Indeed, one of the most popular arguments against letting boys express their feminine sides is that people will make fun of them. Which makes me wonder: should we hide who we are because people are mean? Or should we -- parents, teachers, bystanders, infotainment talk-show hosts -- stand up and say it's not acceptable to make fun of people who are different? 
   
   Random Mom doesn't know who or what my son is going to grow up to be, any more than she knows who or what her kid is going to grow up to be. Whether or not she shares the judgments of America's religious conservatives and reparative therapists, or even Dr. Phil, she's repeating cultural biases that she's absorbed, raising her eyebrows at the things that might, to her, signal future gayness. In this I can hear the click of the first domino falling into the second in the cascade that flows from judgment to disapproval to bullying. As social acceptance of gay people grows, it's time to look critically at the lingering disapproval of things we once thought were precursors to gayness. 
   
   Because the problem ain't Barbies. It's bullies. ||||| There is, remarkably, a 28-year-old woman who is running for Congress from Virginia named Krystal Ball (JESUS CHRIST, BAD PARENTS). As we have, apparently, noted in the past, this woman is quite attractive, in terms of fornication. But we wrote that before photos showed up on the Internet of her fellating a Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer dildo on her then-husband’s face at a Christmas party. Will Krystal Ball be the first dildo-fellating member of Congress? No, certainly not! Probably every current member of Congress has done this. But it’s still fun to see, right? Especially when there are quite a few of these photos? 
   
   Krystal Ball has responded by saying it’s really sexist to post these photos. Because it’s not sexist to post male members of Congress fellating dildos? We don’t understand. Let us enjoy these photos of you, lady. And if anyone has photos of any candidates for Congress, male or female, sucking on dildos, please send them along. 
   
   If anything, that last one is sexist. Men are not animals you can simply exploit for your enjoyment at holiday parties, Ball. Or maybe they are, if you want them to be. [TBD/Gawker/BVBL] ||||| Driving liberals, dhimmis and illegal alien apologists absolutely insane since 2005... 
   
   By Greg L | 28 January 2018 | Crime, Prince William County | 8 Comments 
   
   First, I’d like to thank you for the unscheduled home defense drill late last night. I certainly don’t get enough opportunities to exercise these drills, and you volunteering yourself to participate is quite an unexpected blessing. I hope your nerves aren’t too shattered by the experience, but if it’s any comfort to you, I found the event to be absolutely thrilling! 
   
   My experience has taught me the immense value of a proper post-combat after-action report, and in return for your kindness last evening I’d like to share a few findings that might help make our next encounter even more productive for you. Take these to heart, as I’m sure after some reflection you’ll find them immensely valuable: 
   
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   By Greg L | 1 January 2018 | Manassas City | 7 Comments 
   
   Manassas City Councilman Mark Wolfe’s residence is to be sold at auction on January 17th in order to satisfy the creditors listed in his bankruptcy. 
   
   Even if he establishes a new residence somewhere in the city and thus retains maintains his legal eligibility to run for office, should someone with such dire personal financial issues be in a position to influence how public money is spent? Does this not tarnish every future vote regarding appropriations of the City of Manassas with unavoidable concerns of a conflict of interest? 
   
   Of course the law is silent on this, as I doubt anyone ever forsaw a situation where an elected official would became homeless due to his own reckless personal behavior. 
   
   By Greg L | 4 November 2017 | Manassas City | 6 Comments 
   
   Here is Patricia’s resume, the one she provided to the Manassas City Council in consideration for her first attempt to gain political power. 
   
   Highlights: 
   
   2011-2015: Secretary for a small magazine that went out of business 
   
   2008-2011: Telemarketer 
   
   2007-2008: Temp Office Help 
   
   1998-2007: Ran the laundry at a hospital 
   
   Based on her experience, would you hire Patricia to be the accountant for your small business? How about as your treasurer? Is it any wonder that the treasurer’s office in Manassas is in complete and utter chaos? 
   
   By Greg L | 4 November 2017 | 13th HOD District, Prince William County | 20 Comments 
   
   Danica Roem, picured on left 
   
   Every election cycle the strangest, most unqualified and thoroughly unelectable Democrat candidates come out of the woodwork to challenge Delegate Bob Marshall in the 13th District. I’d thought I’d seen just about everything, but then this Danica Roem character shows up. Good Lord, if this is the direction our political culture is lurching, heaven help us. 
   
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   By Greg L | 3 November 2017 | Manassas City | 3 Comments 
   
   We’ve decided to take a bit of a break from the web of deception Patricia (Fill-in-The-Blank) in the years prior to her relocating her flim-flam, here in Manassas. Pat has decided to make her case directly to the voters, as to why they should reelect her, and she remains true to form. In striving for a better-informed electorate, we’ve analyzed her statements made over at Potomac Local, and will dissect these statements, exposing the lies and half-truths contained therein: 
   
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   By Greg L | 31 October 2017 | Manassas City | 3 Comments 
   
   We’ve uncovered much regarding Patricia Ritchie-Folks (and all the other aliases she’s used over the years), and have started to dive down into what she’s done in the many places she’s lived, but really we’ve only covered her time in Georgia. Looking at it now, it’s as if Sherman’s March to the Sea got intermingled with a caravan of Gypsy fraudsters. Where did the “Pat Show” go next? Tough to say, what with all of those overlapping names and addresses, Paticia Richie-(Pick-a-name here) was using. As best as we can tell, Pat (is it REALLY Pat?) landed in Florida. Perhaps Florida was a chance to get a “fresh start”. She settled in a modest apartment, not far from the beach, near Miami. Who wouldn’t want a little time in the Sun? But, it seems that Pat couldn’t break some of her old habits. You know, like paying her bills. Pat was sued by a company that provides care for the elderly: (more…) 
   
   By Greg L | 26 October 2017 | Manassas City | 4 Comments 
   
   What a great question! So many aliases. So many addresses. So much overlap. We are sure that you can understand why it has taken so long to unravel this web, woven by this spider who now holds the city’s check-book in her hands. Undaunted, we entered her parlor of deception not as flies, but as wasps and hornets, looking for possible reasons as to “why” Pat (are we sure it’s Pat?) has gone to such great effort to hide her background. There are as many possibilities as there are names and addresses, but we managed to find that common thread, made of spider-silk, that leads to the center of the web: Money. 
   
   Pat (who currently goes by the name Patricia Richie-Folks) likes to talk about her “vast financial experience” that she brings to the office of treasurer. Oh, she does indeed have financial experience, just not the kind that many of us might aspire to have. (more…) 
   
   By Greg L | 25 October 2017 | Manassas City | 6 Comments 
   
   We all know who Patricia Richie-Folks claims to be. She’s a financial expert with deep connections to the City of Manassas, right?. She’s was a “co-owner” and “payroll manager” of a construction company. The problem is, “Pat” (can we call you Pat?) has presented little in the way of specifics regarding her life, prior to moving into the city. The local press, in an abdication of its traditional role as “seekers of the truth”, has done little except to print Pat’s vague descriptions of her vast experience, leaving it to someone else us to do the actual work normally associated with that arcane practice once known as “journalism.” 
   
   Well, we’ve been working. Someone has to. Using publicly-available information and a high-level of determination, our team of citizen investigators have uncovered much in the way of the enigma that is the recently-elected City of Manassas Treasurer, and don’t think for a moment we’d keep all the juicy bits from you. 
   
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   By Greg L | 24 October 2017 | Manassas City | 4 Comments 
   
   Patricia Richie-Folks was elected City Treasurer during a special election last year, which happened to coincide with the Presidential and Congressional elections. Richie-Folks rode a wave of local anti-Trump sentiment and a woefully inept local press to a 2%-margin win over her opponent, Russ Harrison. It should be noted that this was Richie-Folks third attempt at elected office, having twice previously failed to garner enough support to be elected to Manassas City Council. 
   
   So why was “three the charm” for Richie-Folks? Why did she win over someone obviously better qualified for the position? Who is Patricia Richie-Folks? What special qualifications did she bring to the office? These are all legitimate questions that need to be answered…and we will answer them. However, the biggest question is, what in Patricia Richie-Folks background might otherwise disqualify her from office, or at least give the informed voter sufficient reason not to pull the lever for this individual of questionable character? 
   
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   By Greg L | 28 August 2017 | Crime, Manassas City, Prince William County | 1 Comment 
   
   The Manassas Tea Party released the following press advisory late Sunday evening: 
   
   Manassas Tea Party Denounces Arrival of Violent AntiFa Groups 
   
   Calls on Community to Refrain from Lending Support and Counter-Protesting 
   
   The Manassas Tea Party is denouncing a potential influx of AntiFa groups into Prince William County, Manassas City and the Manassas National Battlefield Park over the Labor Day weekend in what is being called “The March to Confront White Supremacy.” 
   
   “After the recent violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, citizens of Manassas and Prince William County, peace-loving, tolerant and law-abiding people, are broadly opposed to the potential for similar racial strife and bloodshed in their backyard.” Manassas Tea Party Chairman Dan Arnold said. “Whether it is being stirred up by white supremacists or by AntiFa activists, Manassas residents have no interest in having their community and history used as political pawns in an increasingly dangerous game of ‘Gotcha’”. 
   
   AntiFa-affiliated groups and white nationalists have a history of engaging in violence and destruction that is antithetical to the Constitution and the Rule of Law and neither should be welcomed in Manassas. The majority of agitators from these groups typically do not reside in the communities they infiltrate and are often bused in from outside locales. Thus they have to rely on support from local organizations for lodging, food, etc. 
   
   Manassas Tea Party is calling on all residents, businesses and religious entities in particular to refrain from lending support to this effort or any counter-protesting efforts which only seek to divide us, damage the historic nature of our community, and encourage violence and destruction. The organization is also calling on local governments and law enforcement to be vigilant in preparing for and acting upon the potential destruction of public property and the outbreak of violence. 
   
   There is no credible evidence that has been made public that such groups involved have applied or intend to apply for any permits to stage demonstrations in the City or at Manassas National Battlefield Park, a potential legal violation. 
   
   “We believe firmly in the First Amendment right to free speech but also advocate for upholding the rule of law. We’re not a political organization and we don’t take sides.” Arnold said. “But we hope that all citizens and organizations in the Manassas area will speak with one voice that manufactured political violence is not welcome in our town, regardless of ideology.” 
   
   The Manassas Tea Party is a 501(c)4 non-profit organization of hundreds of Manassas and greater Manassas area citizens dedicated to preserving constitutional principles of every level of government. Its mission is to inform about the issues of the day, influence friends and neighbors to engage, and inspire those around us with a message of hope. 
   
   By Greg L | 27 August 2017 | Crime, Manassas City | No Comments 
   
   AntiFa is coming to Manassas next weekend on their way to call for an overthrow of the federal government in DC. Let’s hope this faction of AntiFa isn’t in the lead. 
   
   By Greg L | 14 July 2017 | Patriotism, Crime | 5 Comments 
   
   A lot of folks I know are quite concerned about large-scale civil disturbances after watching events unfold such as happened in DC, Ferguson and Baltimore, along with the re-emergence of violent anarchists such as AntiFa. Commercial property is set ablaze, cars are firebombed, cops get shot and wide swaths of the community are vandalized, looted and burned. When these happen our social media feeds get clobbered with posts displaying in real time the shocking violence perpetrated by rioters who seem rather insane, and ineffective law enforcement responses to this violence which only seems to make the problem worse. The question of how safe our families and communities are, and what we can do to address this threat inevitably rises. 
   
   Those aren’t easy question to definitively answer, but it certainly is a lot easier to get close when you consider that large-scale, violent civil disturbances aren’t anything new in this country. We just haven’t had a whole lot of them in most people’s memory, and the earlier ones happened before everyone was carrying around a mobile phone with a camera. 
   
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   By Greg L | 5 July 2017 | Illegal Aliens, Crime | No Comments 
   
   Of the 22 murders in Prince William County in 2016, eight of them were at the hands of persons known to be illegal aliens. The press also reports that 1 of the 10 persons arrested for rape in the county were illegal aliens as well. Gee, the press would have you think that crime coming from illegal aliens is becoming less and less of a problem now, wouldn’t you? Well, that’s what some folks want you to think. 
   
   The problem here is that Prince William County lost all visibility over whether an arrestee was an illegal alien back in 2012 when the federal government under the Obama Administration terminated the Section 287(g) program. Before then, law enforcement officials were able to verify a suspect’s immigration status when they were taken into custody using federal resources under the supervision of an ICE agent. If the individual was foreign-born and had a record of legal entry, was admitted as a nonresident or resident alien, or naturalized as a citizen, he was known to be a legal alien. The absence of such a record indicated he was an illegal alien, and that system swept up illegal aliens by the thousands. It worked very well. 
   
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   By Greg L | 30 June 2017 | Local Economy | 5 Comments 
   
   All you folks with a “verizon.net” email address are going to have a decision to make shortly. Do you pay extra for some unknown third-party email provider to provide you service at some unknown price just so you can continue to advertise the Verizon brand that has now abandoned you? Or do you sign up with someone else, tie their corporate identity to your own, tell all your friends about your new email address and hope that at some point they don’t do the same thing to you as Verizon just did and start this all over again? 
   
   Well, there’s another answer and long ago I charted a course that you’re free to follow. 
   
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   By Greg L | 28 June 2017 | Manassas City, 50th HOD District | 2 Comments 
   
   We’re saddened tonight by the news that Suzanne Miller, wife of Delegate Jackson Miller, has passed away following a long battle with cancer. This gracious and brilliant treasure was the mother of two very fine boys and the bedrock that made possible a lot of what Jackson accomplished. 
   
   When services are announced this post will be updated. 
   
   UPDATE: Memorial services have been announced: 
   
   Grace United Methodist Church 
   
   9750 Wellington Road 
   
   Manassas VA 20110 
   
   July 7th 
   
   Visitation from 12pm - 2pm 
   
   Services at 2pm 
   
   There will be a reception in the church hall following the service. 
   
   By Greg L | 23 June 2017 | Schools | 8 Comments 
   
   Back in 2009, when facebook was just starting to become “a thing,” a number of concerned parents joined together there to form a “Prince William County Education Reform” group to discuss the county’s math curriculum and coordinate efforts to advocate for reform. Eventually, the “Math Investigations” curriculum would be replaced and one of the leading proponents of that program on the school board would be defeated by Alyson Satterwhite. That group has been one of the most long-standing and impactful resources for parents who want to have a voice in how their taxpayer dollars are spent educating their children. 
   
   Of course the Prince William Education Association and the Virginia Education Association teacher lobbies felt threatened by this. These left-leaning lobbies, slavishly devoted to the Democrat party and the principle that elites should dictate what the proletariat is allowed to get, fought bitterly against the parents on PW Education Reform at every turn. After name calling and public bullying didn’t seem to work, they settled on a different strategy - to embed themselves in these parent resources, try to take them over, and eventually destroy them. Last night they celebrated what they think is a victory in wiping out this six year experiment in representative democracy. 
   
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   By Greg L | 22 June 2017 | 13th HOD District | 8 Comments 
   
   Danica Roem is the 33 year-old “transgender” former reporter who still hasn’t moved out of his parent’s house, but is running for the 13th District House of Delegates seat as a Democrat. Not too surprisingly he’s getting a lot of his funding for the campaign with out-of-state donors, one of which is Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele who coughed up a remarkable $25,000. 
   
   It turns out that this multi-millionaire can easily afford to be this generous with Roem’s campaign given that he hasn’t paid any state taxes in Wisconsin since 2010. 
   
   When Roem inevitably starts talking about the rich “paying their fair share” of taxes I hope he can use his donors as a demonstration of the problem. 
   
   By Greg L | 20 June 2017 | Schools, PWCDC, Prince William County | 11 Comments 
   
   Here’s the story that the leftists supporting Prince William County School Board Chairman desperately do not want you to see on social media, so perhaps it’s time to at least suspend my hiatus from blogging. 
   
   Tomorrow night the School Board is going to have a meeting where Democrats are almost certainly going to enshrine special protections for “transgender” staff and students in official school policy. Given that in the past five years there hasn’t been a single incident where any “transgender” persons has reported any problems, the result of this policy will be to arm activists with a cudgel to beat down anyone who even expresses discomfort when they’re forced to share private areas with people of the opposite sex. It’s a tremendously effective way to enforce groupthink, as the purpose of policy is to define behavior deserving of punishment, not to enable anyone to do anything. 
   
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   By Greg L | 4 January 2017 | 13th HOD District | 6 Comments 
   
   If you were a Democrat not suffering from a mental disability, the announcement of your candidate running against Bob Marshall probably wouldn’t be headlined “Transgender journalist challenges Bob Marshall for 13th House seat.” No, I’m not making this up. 
   
   The mainstream media’s approval rate is a mere 32% according to Gallup, so 68% of the electorate already thinks journalists are inherently untrustworthy. It’s all downhill from there. 
   
   Roem joins Mansimran Kahlon, an avid Bernie Sanders supporter, in the race for the Democratic nomination who apparently thinks the purpose of the First Amendment of the Constitution is to guarantee “equality.” 
   
   By Greg L | 19 October 2016 | Manassas City | 46 Comments 
   
   I’d been under the impression that if you’re able to funnel public money to your private business because you’re voting on those specific municipal appropriations, going broke would be a near impossibility. It’s not as if government is running out of money any time soon, right? Well, Mark Wolfe has apparently accomplished the impossible after filing for Chapter 13 bankruptcy earlier this month while at the same time campaigning about what a responsible steward he is with the money you are forced to give government. 
   
   You just can’t make this stuff up. 
   
   No mention has been made so far about his firing of Patricia Richie-Folks as treasurer of the Manassas Ballet (at the same time she apparently owns a construction company, curiously enough) for incompetence. Word is that Richie-Folks couldn’t manage to execute a T-shirt sale without basic math errors, requiring the Manassas Ballet to reach back with an additional assessment for $15 items unless they wanted to lose money on their fund raiser. And yes, this individual is running for City Treasurer. 
   
   What a pair. A person who can’t pay his bills spending your money, and someone who can’t do basic math cutting the checks. That’s your Democrat ticket in Manassas. 
   
   Hang on for a data dump of some court filings. I bet they’ll be real interesting. 
   
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target: – Sometimes your Newser Virginia bureau feels like it should really be the Alternative Reality bureau (see here and here and here), but even we can't make up this story: A 28-year-old Democrat named Krystal Ball—who is running for a seat in Virginia's 1st District—was somehow blindsided by the online release of party pics of her fellating a reindeer dildo her then-husband was wearing on his nose. Best part? She's not so much embarrassed as pissed, blaming her opponent for the leak, which she calls "sexist." "I have a message for any young woman who is thinking about running for office and has ever attended a costume party ... or done anything stupid on camera," Ball tells the Richmond Times-Dispatch. "Run for office. Fight for this country. Don't let this sort of tactic deter you." The blog that dug up the images is currently down; for the photos and Wonkette's chortling, click here. Ball talked to Salon about the pics; click here for that.