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Tuesday’s Circuit Court ruling dismissing the recall petition filed against him.
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he effort to remove Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio (R) from the Sterling District seat he has held since 1999 died in Loudoun Circuit Court Tuesday. Judge Paul Sheridan granted the motion by Arlington Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos to dismiss the recall case initiated by Sterling District voters. Stamos concluded that there was a lack of clear and convincing evidence to prove Delgaulido had misused his office and county resources as outlined in seven allegations contained in the petition signed by 686 voters. While Delgaudio’s attorney Charles King agreed with Stamos’ findings, attorney John Flannery, representing the petitioners, urged
Sheridan to allow the case to move forward to trial. The action effectively ends two years of controversy spurred by allegations made by a fired member of Delgaudio’s countyfunded constituent office staff that he used taxpayer resources to support campaign financings, intermingled county resources with the conservative lobby nonprofit he leads, the Public Advocate of the United States, and was discriminatory in hiring. The allegations gave rise to a special grand jury investigation, which ended without criminal charges in June 2013. Also Delgaudio was formally censured by the allRepublican Board of Supervisors, an action Ashburn Today/Norman K. Styer that included the loss of staff aides in Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio (R-Sterling), left, and his attorney Charles King meet with reporters following January.
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over again—the whole 47-and-a-half years—I would not change one thing,” he said, fighting back tears. “It has been just that wonderful to be able to work with you to build up this school system.” Hatrick, 68, retires Monday as the region’s longest serving superintendent. More than 500 people crowded the National Conference Center ballroom Friday to thank Hatrick for his service to help shape the learning experiences of hundreds of thousands of students in Virginia. Continued on Page 16
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lead goose through their honking, and when the lead goose tires, another pulls forward to take the lead. The story left many in the room chuckling. They’d heard it repeated at staff meetings and back-to-school orientations over the years. Hatrick laughed with them, before finally interrupting the chatter to say, “That’s what being in Loudoun County Public Schools has been all about. “I have felt the warmth, the support and the understanding that has led me to say if I had to do it all
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