Opinion
Dear Editor: If Congress doesn’t act soon to extend federal health care tax credits, 350,000 Virginians could lose access to affordable health insurance. That includes the hardworking individuals who power our small businesses, whether they provide child care, repair our vehicles, or keep our homes clean. I’m the President and CEO of You’ve Got Maids…
Dear Editor: We write as concerned, longtime homeowners living near 19211 Silcott Springs Road in Purcellville, which is the subject of a pending Special Exception LEGI-2024-0014, SPEX 2024-0028 request to operate a 15-dog daycare and kennel 24/7. We oppose this special exception. Our neighborhood is not composed of large agricultural parcels but rather a rural…
By Delegate Geary Higgins You’ve probably heard the phrase “parental rights” a lot lately. Maybe you’ve even seen it dismissed by pundits, the school board, or activists as some kind of dog whistle. But here’s the truth: there’s nothing extreme about believing that moms and dads—not bureaucrats, not activists, and certainly not politicians—should be the…
By Frank Holtz, Chairman, Loudoun County Crime Commission In recent weeks we have witnessed a reckless effort by anti-public safety activists to undermine the outstanding work of Sheriff Chapman and our Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) in keeping Loudoun the safest locality in the metro Washington area—and one of the safest major counties in the…
Dear Editor: If Congress doesn’t act soon to extend federal health care tax credits, 350,000 Virginians could lose access to affordable health insurance. That includes the hardworking individuals who power our small businesses, whether they provide child care, repair our vehicles, or keep our homes clean. I’m the President and CEO of You’ve Got Maids…
Dear Editor: As Mayor, I cannot stay silent in the face of what’s unfolding in our town. Let me be clear, I stand firmly behind the principle that every individual is innocent until proven guilty. What we are witnessing today are serious charges, but they come at a time of deep political division and immediately…
By Lloyd Harting In March of 2025, the Town of Purcellville awarded a $12,000 service contract to perform a comprehensive organizational assessment of the Purcellville Police Department. What the town received instead was a six-page report, and one of those pages was the consultant’s biography. This so-called “organizational assessment” was performed by Major Consulting and…
By Charlie Houston Dictionaries define “bonehead” as a dumb or foolish person. My definition is broader and includes people or organizations which have done things that turn out to be glaringly wrong, such as athletes, actors, politicians, governments and others. Athletes Shaquille O’Neill on visiting the Parthenon in Greece said, “I really can’t remember all…
Density – overcrowding – has been a Loudoun problem for years. Some while back, voters rose up and tossed out the entire Board of Supervisors. That brought some help, but not for long. Since then, residential areas in eastern Loudoun have pretty much been built out. The Transition Policy Area was to be an area…
By Larry Campbell, Vice President on behalf of Friends of Paxson-Airmont, a 501(c)(3) Charitable organization Western Loudoun County—including the Paxson-Airmont community—is one of Virginia’s most valued rural landscapes. It is defined by open pastures, historic farmsteads, stone walls, and a way of life shaped by conservation and responsible land stewardship. That character is now at…