John S. Gray (I)

Office Sought: District Supervisor Occoquan
Age: 57
Residence: Lake Ridge.
Education: AA, Nassau Community College; BBA, Hofstra University.
Occupation: Self-employed certified public accountant.
Web site:http://johngrayforsupervisor.com
E-mail address: john@johngraycpa.com
Offices and positions held: Member, past president, Lake Ridge HOA board, 1995-2007; board member, Prince William Social Services, Prince William Educational Foundation, Prince William Regional Chamber of Commerce, Greater Prince William Community Health Center, Prince William Library Foundation, Prince William Conservation Alliance; past board member, United Way, Woodbridge Little League, Prince William Symphony; co-founder, Santa's Old Bridge Parade.

Why should voters elect you?

"As a 20-year Occoquan District resident and with 31 years' experience as a CPA, I offer reasoned, experienced, mature, responsible and objective solutions to problems."

What do you think is the most urgent problem facing your jurisdiction?

"Illegal aliens, how to address deporting under ICE 287, the criminal element of this population; how to fund in the county budget the constitutional requirement of educating and assimilating the children of these individuals into our society; get the federal and state legislatures to address illegal immigration, such as zoning and housing ordinance revision and to reimburse costs incurred by county taxpayers to pay for federal/state mandated programs to illegals; to get our federal legislators to reimburse our taxpayers for the federal failure to control our borders; fiscal challenges due to real estate tax assessment decreases and the credit 'crunch.'"

What is your plan to address the traffic problems in Virginia?

Locally, our County Board must work with surrounding County Boards for regional solutions. We must work in a bi-partisan manner. Traffic congestion is a quality of life issue, not a political issue. The State legislature must give Counties the authority to coordinate transporation improvements with development. The State needs to priortize its spending to address transporation. Our Northern Virginia delegates must act in unison, instead of individually, to form a voting block with the Hampton Road delegation to pass legislation revising the funding formula. State delegates all "talk" but they don't act as a unified voting block. We have the votes, we just don't cooperate with each other well! "Down state" delegates are never going to change that fomula and they have no incentive to, because "NoVa" pays the substantial portion of their transporation infrastructure costs. They are laughing all the way to the bank. Get it together!

Do you think current policies governing growth & development in your area are too restrictive, not restrictive enough or just right?

too restrictive

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