Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor: American Legion Post # 295, here in Middleburg is getting a baseball team of 17- and 18-year-olds, to play in The American Legion League, which will include games against Leesburg, Winchester, Arlington, Warrenton, and several other teams in northern Virginia. Currently we are looking for coaches and players to join with us in…
Dear Editor: Loudoun’s Future PAC is thrilled that the Board of Supervisors rejected the proposed Belmont Innovation Campus data center project this month. This decision represents a triumph for residents who have long voiced concerns about the unchecked expansion of data centers in our area and the associated strain on our electrical infrastructure and environment. …
Dear Editor: I am writing to express my profound disappointment with the recent article titled Purcellville Utility Bills to Nearly Double Over Next 5 Years published in the March 28, 2024 edition of one of the local papers. The assertions made by Mayor Stan Milan and town management regarding the necessity of significant rate increases…
Dear Editor: Loudoun’s Future PAC is thrilled that the Board of Supervisors rejected the proposed Belmont Innovation Campus data center project this month. This decision represents a triumph for residents who have long voiced concerns about the unchecked expansion of data centers in our area and the associated strain on our electrical infrastructure and environment.…
Dear Editor: I am once again compelled to address Mayor Stan Milan’s recent statements regarding the Vineyard Square project. It seems Mayor Milan may have conveniently forgotten his own involvement as a member of the Town Council in crucial discussions surrounding this matter. During a Town Council meeting with Mayor Milan, then Council Member Milan…
Dear Editor: Supervisor Kershner (Catoctin) recently circulated a message pledging to hold down the County real estate tax rate. On the surface, that sounds great. But, unless the County also takes serious action to control its spending, his pledge is effectively a call for more data centers, more power lines, and higher electricity bills. In…
Dear Loudoun Community: Loudoun, on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, our community suffered an almost unbearable loss. As the governing body of Loudoun County, every member of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors understands and acknowledges the extent to which the men and women of our Loudoun County Combined Fire and Rescue System and the men…
Dear Editor: Delegate Kannan Srinivasan (HD-26, Brambleton to South Riding area) voted against a bill (HB 480) that would have protected parental rights in medical decisions regarding their children. Specifically, Srinivasan voted against the right of a parent to provide consent before a doctor withdraws life-sustaining treatment or places a Do Not Resuscitate order in…
Dear Editor: February 17 is the 224 th anniversary of Virginia native Thomas Jefferson’s election to the Presidency. From his time in the Virginia legislature to his time as President, he consistently defended the Press as an institution, saying in a 1876 letter to fellow Virginian James Currie, “Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press…
Dear Editor: Another commonsense bill was killed by democrats in our state Senate. SB 81 would have reduced our 45 days of early voting (first put into VA law in 2020 due to COVID) down to three weeks. Our Senators Perry and Subramanyam sit on the Privileges and Elections subcommittee. Both of them, along with all the…