Opinion
Dear Editor: Like most people, I am giving serious thought about who to vote for in the 2024 Election. Managing the irrefutable warming of our atmosphere is the gravest issue the world faces. I am voting for the candidates who understand that this dramatic change in climate is a huge threat tolife as we know it. I am voting…
Dear Editor: Let’s go back to our country not being overrun by 21 million undocumented migrants and flooded with fentanyl that kills 65,000 Americans each year. Let’s go back to a country that considers the needs of its citizens ahead of illegals. Let’s go back to where inflation is not 26%, where we can afford groceries…
Dear Editor: Mickie Gordon Memorial Park is a special place among County parks. Being in the rural southwest, it’s appropriate to emphasize natural space, rather than to maximize active uses like athletic fields. The local community values a natural park, and visitors traveling to historic rural Middleburg also expect a more rustic, natural park experience—unlike…
Dear Editor: The developer-backed private Facebook Group Purcellville Matters Uncensored should change their name to Purcellville Matters Censored! This group was started by Sam Chapman, one of the owners of Vineyard Square after he lost his run for Purcellville Town Council. I was kicked off by the moderator just for asking questions and challenging Candidate…
Dear Editor: If readers are (somehow) still on the fence regarding the 2024 elections, they should consider the potential impact of Project 2025 on Loudoun County. It’s not pretty. The only thing preventing one-in-four county residents from facing unemployment, loss of essential health insurance, elimination of basic childhood nutrition and/or vaccinations, is the election of…
Dear Editor: We just made the connection that Purcellville Town Council candidate Carl B. “Ben” Nett is Officer Carl Benjamin Nett, who played an important role in last year’s investigation and arrest of an illegal alien MS-13-affiliated middle school student who was taken into custody near his bus stop with a stolen, loaded handgun in…
By Lloyd Harting The number of commercial trucks passing through Purcellville will increase significantly if the pending application submitted by 17110 Purcellville Road LLC for annexation of its 117-acre property along Purcellville Road is approved by the Purcellville Town Council and results in the construction of a 1.2 million square foot industrial/commercial Valley Commerce Center…
By David Eno and John Payne David Eno and John Payne have been friends for forty years. They have some things in common and others not in common at all. They both moved to Purcellville, but were raised in other states. David in New York, John in California. Both worked at one time or another…
By John Ellis The citizens of Purcellville love their beautiful small town, as do many others like me who live nearby. However, we do have some complaints, including our frustration with traffic congestion. And, unfortunately, that particular problem keeps getting worse. So how do we fix it? There are two general approaches. The “go to”…
By Charles Houston On October 16 our Board of Supervisors will vote on yet another rezoning request by JK Land Holdings, the biggest land speculator in the county and a frequent recipient of the Board’s favorable votes. The owner of JK Land Holdings has probably made a billion dollars on its land deals. (That amount’s…