Some public officials are saying "Virginia is not for Gitmo detainees."
I'm pretty sure a hasty census would discover almost all Virginia politicians oppose the proposed transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to the Old Dominion.
From the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star:
Sheriff Charles Jett and Supervisor Cord Sterling recently sent a letter to Obama expressing their concerns about using Quantico to house those detainees.
"We have not been made aware of anything officially," Sterling said, "but I thought we should make our position known."
Federal officials such as congressmen Jim Moran and Frank Wolfe already are working to keep those prisoners out of Virginia, but this is the first time a Stafford County official has taken a position on the record. Thursday's meeting, at 7 p.m. at the county administration building. will give the supervisors the chance to make a collective statement.
"I think the board should make its feelings known," Supervisor George Schwartz said.
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