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Growing up in Maryland typically does not yield a Republican. Fortunately, Krystle Weeks was one of the lucky few booted to the Commonwealth for her staunch conservative views. From an early age, she has been debating politics, and since 2006, she has been involved here in the Commonwealth helping Republican candidates to victory. Aside from politics, Krystle is a runner and a dynamite cook. You can email her here. Krystle also blogs at Crystal Clear Conservative and Charm Offensive Cooking.

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2 Responses to "The Washington Post Endorses Gerry Connolly"

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   J.R. Hoeft October 21, 2010 14:54 pm

   Fiscal moderate? What the heck is that?

   Is this the same Gerry Connolly who saddled Faifax over the Tysons Tunnel project?

   I received this email from Tatyana Schum not long ago, and it about sums it up regarding Gerry Connolly and his “fiscal” moderation:

   Gerry CONOLLY DID NOT SUPPORT COMPETITIVE-BIDDING of the Dulles Rail Project,
   When offered a chance, then Chairman of the Fairfax Board of Supervisors Gerry CONNOLLY DID NOT SIGN THE STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR TYSONSTUNNEL’S MISSION of competitive-bidding. Other officials had no reservations in signing the statement,
   In February 2007, when sent a firm, fixed-price offer from ACS Infrastructure and Dragados USA – a major international construction group – to complete the final design for the 3.4-mile tunnel through Tysons for a fixed-price of $823 million (beating the prior estimated cost for the proposed elevated-rail option), Gerry CONNOLLY CHOSE TO IGNORE THE OFFER, opting instead for the more expensive, technologically-inferior, elevated rail,
   An independent (not TysonsTunnel) poll commissioned in September 2007 showed 8 out of 10 citizens favored the Tunnel versus the elevated rail alignment. CONNOLLY IGNORED PUBLIC OPINION WHICH HAD REACHED GROUNDSWELL PROPORTIONS,
   Gerry CONNOLLY IGNORED THE EXPERTS AND THE FACTS. Despite testimony and evidence from scores of world-class engineers and tunneling experts, Gerry Connolly favored inferior technology at inflated costs and a supported a predatory contract designed from the beginning to saddle taxpayers with the bill for the expected cost overruns,
   Gerry CONNOLLY KOWTOWED TO HIS PARTY AT THE EXPENSE OF CONSTITUENTS, deferring to the wishes of then-Governor Tim Kaine and the contractor, Bechtel, rather than do what was right for the people of Fairfax County,
   On December 4, 2006, TysonsTunnel sent a letter to Chairman Gerry Connolly asking that Fairfax County, as a major funding partner of the Dulles Rail Project, use its significant leverage to require competitive bidding of the Final Design and Construction. The County, as that funding partner, had tremendous influence on the project (in fact could have insisted on having the project done right), yet Chairman CONNOLLY PUT PARTISANSHIP ABOVE WHAT WAS BEST FOR THE LONG-TERM INTERESTS OF THE COUNTY and its citizens,
   Chairman Connolly cunningly crafted his messaging to appear as if he was a supporter of the Tysons Tunnel effort, while BEHIND THE SCENES, CONNOLLY WAS ACTIVELY WORKING TO SEE THAT THE CONTRACT REMAINED UNCHANGED, THEREBY UNDERMINING EFFORTS FOR A TUNNEL though Tysons,
   June 4, 2007: In a meeting of the Board of Supervisors (so full that attendees were forced to take turns sitting within council chambers), none of us will forget bearing witness to CONNOLLY’S TYPICAL CONDESCENDING TONE AND FINGER-WAGGING AT TYSONSTUNNEL PRESIDENT SCOTT MONETT. At this sham of a “public hearing”, over which Chairman Connolly presided, the public was not permitted to speak,
   Although TysonsTunnel requested repeatedly an open, public airing of details of the Dulles Rail Project contract; a hearing in which members of the public would have had the chance to express favor or disfavor with the elevated alignment, Chairman Gerry CONNOLLY OBSTRUCTED ANY SUCH EFFORTS TO HAVE A PUBLIC FORUM, EVEN DISMISSING SIMILAR CALLS FOR OPENNESS FROM HIS FELLOW SUPERVISORS,
   and lastly, something I will never forget:

   I witnessed Gerry CONNOLLY’S BEHIND-THE-SCENES, HEAVY-HANDED TACTICS DESIGNED TO CURB COMMERCIAL AND DEVELOPER SUPPORT FOR THE TUNNEL alignment. I am still not certain that these actions were legal but I am certain they were distasteful!

   Fiscal moderate, my eye.

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   T2T October 22, 2010 13:25 pm

   This is some funny stuff. I heard Gerry Connolly last evening during a debate. He brought up his backing by the Washington Post on more than on occasion. He was acting like he won an Oscar or something.

   Maybe, Hollywood might be ready for ol’ Gerry – he’s a damn good actor and very good at playing several roles in an attempt to make it appear that he’s serving everybody.