Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor: I am writing regarding an email written by Sherita Hill Golden, PhD. Chief Diversity Officer at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Hill is the Director of the Diversity Equity and Inclusion office at Johns Hopkins. The email was sent to all Johns Hopkins faculty and was also shared online. In the email Dr. Hill…
Dear Editor: I was surprised to see an item on the January 10th Board of Supervisors meeting entitled “Belmont Innovation Center.” Sounds innocuous enough, right? Well, the devil is in the details. It turns out that the “Belmont Innovation Center” is the largest data center ever proposed in this country. And it is proposed right here in…
Dear Editor: As Loudoun County has grown, so too has its need for reliable rapid-transit. The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad once connected the county to the region’s core. In order to continue the growth and development of a modern regional transportation network and solve many of WMATA’s issues, I propose rebuilding the W&OD as…
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…
Dear Editor: It took time, but those of us who represent the vast majority of residents in the Village of Philomont were given the opportunity to speak, field questions, and have an overall productive discussion with County staff on the true feasibility of a design concept that gives Loudoun County Fire Rescue all the health,…
Dear Editor: In early January, the Purcellville Town Council will be reviewing again the proposed interchange at the junction of Route 7 and Route 690 (Hillsboro Road). The Council should reject this project. Citizens have been led to believe that the interchange would significantly reduce traffic congestion. That is a fable invented by County staff…
Dear Editor: Vladimer Putin last week said that Russia will not end its war against Ukraine until his country achieves “denazification,” “demilitarization,” and neutrality in Ukraine; i.e., no peace until Russia controls all of Ukraine and purges its perceived enemies. It is also clear that Russia’s ambitions include control over Georgia, Moldova, the Baltic states,…
Dear Editor: Congratulations! Loudoun County has a new zoning ordinance – adopted by the Board of Supervisors on December 13. Everyone involved should be proud – the County Planning Staff, the Planning Commission, the Board of Supervisors and the hundreds of organizations, businesses and individual citizens that invested the time and energy to follow, understand…
Dear Dr. Spence, I have learned of your “listening” sessions you are hosting at all the schools in Loudoun County. I wish to speak up; I hope you are listening. LGBTQ issues do not belong in the public schools. This is a private matter between the child and the child’s parents. The only reason for…
Dear Editor: Loudoun’s growing data center industry needs more power than the electric power utilities can provide with current infrastructure. As a result, the regional power industry consortium, PJM, is considering a package of proposals to expand the high voltage transmission line network (link to a 27 MB file) in order to bring additional power…