Letters to the editor

Let’s expand our parks and green spaces

October 9, 2021

Dear Editor: As Purcellville has grown, we have added the necessary infrastructure so our citizens can lead healthy, safe, and rewarding lives. In the time since my family moved to Purcellville, in 2002, I’ve seen the construction of three new schools, three new shopping centers, hundreds of new houses, a new road, among many other…

Elect Paul Siker—champion of rural interests—to Virginia House of Delegates

October 5, 2021

Dear Editor: Once again election season is upon us and as usual all sorts of promises and charges are flying around.  And by now most people have made their minds up about the national political scene and what they believe or don’t believe.  But is any of this useful in deciding who to vote for…

Glenn Youngkin? For Governor? Are you kidding me?

October 5, 2021

Dear Editor: Fellow Virginians, we have seen this movie before, and it doesn’t come with a Hollywood ending.  A BS Candidate (Blank Slate) with no record of public service, not one vote ever cast for him, a bio thick on making lots of dough, paper thin on making things happen on behalf of fellow citizens. But he…

Vote Nov. 2 to reelect Wendy Gooditis

October 5, 2021

Dear Editor: If you honestly care about quality, affordable health care, supporting our children’s education needs and protecting our community’s quality of life, you must vote on Nov. 2 to reelect Wendy Gooditis as Delegate for HD-10. It’s stunning to realize – and challenging to summarize here – just how much Wendy, a mother of…

Time for change in Virginia

September 29, 2021

Dear Editor: Over the past year, Virginians have struggled more and more with a rapidly declining education system, rising property taxes, small business closures, and infringements upon our constitutional rights. We are facing a pivotal choice this election season: to continue down the path of decline that this state has seen, or to put an…

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