3 women make history as first-ever female slate of GOP candidates in Manassas Phillips, Jennings, Forkell Greene, Coates Ellis [Submitted photo]
Manassas is known for its place in history, and something historic is happening again in the city when it comes to the General Election this fall.
For the first time, Republicans have nominated a slate of women candidates.
Lynn Forkell Greene, City Council candidate
Anna Phillips, Treasurer candidate
Stacia Jennings, Commissioner of the Revenue candidate
And for the first time in recent memory, each woman is competing for a different seat. “We not only have a unique ticket this year, but we’re also not each other’s competition, and I believe we support each other equally,” said Forkell Greene, who is making her third run for City Council.
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Georgetown South residents attend a town hall meeting about the neighborhood s ongoing parking issues.
Parking spaces inside the Georgetown South neighborhood in Manassas are at a premium.
The city has distributed nearly 2,800 parking permits to neighborhood residents that have requested them. The problem: There are just 1,750 parking spaces in the neighborhood, located near the city’s downtown.
The nearly five miles of streets in Georgetown South are maintained by the city, which means when the roads need to be paved or need plowing, city crews do the work. It’s the only neighborhood with publicly maintained streets, which gives it less control over who and how many vehicles can park in the community.
Manassas leaders say no to U.S. flags on utility poles, kill pilot program
Updated at February 22, 2021 - Uriah Kiser
U.S. flags won’t be flying on utility poles in Manassas neighborhoods, after all.
City leaders on Saturday quashed a pilot program that would have expanded the city’s flag ordinance to include residential neighborhood streets. For the first time, Old Glory would be allowed to hang on city-owned utility poles in those neighborhoods, the same as it does downtown.
Under the plan, the city would agree to hang the flags. Residents would have needed to submit a petition with at least 60% approval from the street residents.