Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Corey Stewart is a Big Fat Liar
It's now official: Prince William County Supervisor Corey Stewart is a big fat liar.
For those readers who may not be familiar with darling Corey, he is the idiot who ran off every Latino/a -- whether legally in the county or not -- created a real estate meltdown and initially lied to voters to get them to go along.
Promising the county would save millions of dollars once 'illegals' left, the promised payoff has turned out to be nothing but red ink.
Here's a little summary of the dire situation in the county:
For those readers who may not be familiar with darling Corey, he is the idiot who ran off every Latino/a -- whether legally in the county or not -- created a real estate meltdown and initially lied to voters to get them to go along.
Promising the county would save millions of dollars once 'illegals' left, the promised payoff has turned out to be nothing but red ink.
Here's a little summary of the dire situation in the county:
With Latinos fleeing the combined effects of the construction downturn, the mortgage crisis and new local laws aimed at catching illegal immigrants, Latino shops are on the brink of bankruptcy, church groups are hemorrhaging members, neighborhoods are dotted with for-sale signs, and once-busy strip malls have been transformed into ghost towns.The Washington Post reports today that even though Corey Stewart "asserted last month that an exodus of immigrant families after the county's crackdown on illegal immigration is saving the school system millions of dollars because it has to educate fewer students who are learning English as a second language," it ain't so.
Prince William school officials say that the departure of nearly 760 students this school year from the English for Speakers of Other Languages program has not brought a financial windfall to the school system, contrary to an estimate of $6 million in savings cited by Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chairman Corey A. Stewart (R-At Large).Oh, oh. Looks like Corey's nose is getting bigger and bigger and bigger; so big in fact that it can now transport some of those clueless voters who helped elect him to office. Hope they like their higher taxes and property value losses and enjoy the ride.
