Letters to the editor
Dear Editor: On July 26, I attended a Purcellville Town Council meeting to better understand current traffic and safety issues. Little did I know I was walking into a forum that would display a pitiful political stunt that is seen way too often at the national level right before my eyes in small town Purcellville,…
Dear Editor: Hung Cao has once again met the enemy, but this time the enemy is the domestic kind. Cao, a retired US Navy Captain—who swore an oath “to support and defend the US Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic”—has previously met the enemy—the foreign kind—in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia, and his…
Dear Editor: Starting in the spring of 2023 West Virginia plans to close Rt. 340 at the VA/WV state line for at least 90 days to complete a Rock Slide Repair Project. The WVDOT had three options: a total closure, one lane with traffic lights at either end to allow for alternating traffic, or two…
Dear Editor: When a taxpayer and long-term resident of Loudoun County sends a letter of concern to a County official about a proposed development in their neighborhood, is it common practice for that letter to be forwarded to the developer’s consulting engineer? It wouldn’t seem so, but this is what we experienced. Just up the…
Dear Editor:May 10th is a big day! After a long effort, there’s some good news: Loudoun County Schools Superintendent Ziegler’s current budget proposal finally acknowledges the need to invest $3.6 million into the arts to provide adequate staffing for safety and to achieve equity with athletic staffing. BUT – he only wants to provide $1.2 million this year…
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