Letters to the editor
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…
I was pleased to read your article in the Blue Ridge Leader, in the sense that I’m glad there is at least some conversation about what is happening in Western Loudoun due to the abuse of the Cluster concept. We live adjacent to the proposed “Westview at Short Hill” development by Carrington and have sent…
Dear Editor: Laura Longley’s “Is Western Loudoun already gone?” certainly brings to mind Joni Mitchell’s lyric “they paved paradise … you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.” We live on a 36-acre farm just down the hill from the 47-acre property mentioned in the article, soon to be turned into a Cluster subdivision…
Dear Editor: During February, Black History Month is celebrated to recognize the hardships of African Americans, and their achievements. In the past, and even now African Americans were heavily discriminated against, survived the cruelty of slavery, and later on would be segregated against because of their race. Water fountains, bathrooms, and schools would be labeled…
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