Opinion
By Lisa Harcrow Have you enjoyed the last four years in Virginia with record breaking job growth, year over year surpluses, and record economic investments? If so, vote for Geary Higgins. Or, would you like to go back four years … with closed schools, churches and businesses, a wrecked economy, a failing education system, mask…
Dear Editor: You’ve likely seen the attack ads about my dad, Delegate Geary Higgins, lying that he sold out his neighbors promoting data centers. It’s tough to beat an incumbent with a family, solid character, and a legacy of service. Can’t compare resumes, right? Can’t lean on a non-existent reputation. Best chance is to spin…
Dear Editor: As Loudoun County approaches the finale of the 2025 election cycle, our communities and the nation writ large continue to be immersed in what author Deborah Tannen described as The Argument Culture. Public discourse has devolved into a war between two opposing factions represented by Democratic and Republican cabals whose hacks serve their personal interests vice the…
By Al Van Huyck One advantage, or perhaps disadvantage, of having lived in Loudoun County for 36 years many of which have been devoted to sustaining the quality of life and preserving the unique assets of the County, is you remember the lost battles. In 1991 Loudoun was largely green fields, productive farms, and hosted…
By Charles Houston This County-Loudoun Water idea faces near-unanimous opposition, based on survey results and even door-to-door canvassing. Almost every day some new and odious problem pops up. Most recently the groundwater crisis has sounded a countywide alarm. It’s a special problem for this County scheme. I’m finding it hard to write an update given…
By John Lovegrove, Chairman, Loudoun’s Future PAC Clean, reliable water is something most of us take for granted. In western Loudoun, that assumption is no longer guaranteed. A new groundwater study from the Loudoun County Preservation and Conservation Coalition confirms what many residents and farmers have already experienced: our wells, springs, and ponds are drying…
Dear Loudoun County School Board Members: I am writing as a parent to express my deep appreciation for the role Hillsboro Charter Academy (HCA) and Middleburg Charter Academy (MCA) play in Loudoun County’s education system—and to strongly urge you not to pass a policy that would prevent these existing schools from seeking county funds for capital improvements. My child…
By Michael Zuckerman While I admire and firmly support Abigail Spanberger’s forward leaning, detailed platform—to lower costs of healthcare, housing, and energy—it seems equally important that her candidacy promises to restore professional governance, ending the hazardous chaos generated by the grave political whims of the MAGA movement trickling down from Donald Trump’s unbridled childish need…
By Kathie Belrose-Ramey There’s a concept I’ve come to understand that finally gives language to the disorientation many of us have felt in recent years. It’s called a permission structure—the unwritten framework that tells people what they’re allowed to say, feel, or do without being punished or pushed out. It’s not just about laws or…