Letters to the editor

Keep Loudoun history alive

January 6, 2021

Dear Editor: At a recent Loudoun County Board of Supervisors meeting earlier this month, a motion was passed to rename Rt. 50 John Singleton Mosby Highway to another name which does not celebrate a “traitor” as stated by Vice Chairman Koran T. Saines. It seems as though the members of the board have been “Cherry-picking”…

These are NOT just “Holiday Lights”

December 2, 2020

Dear Editor: To those of us who live in Bluemont, and to those organizations who support this small, historic village in the westernmost part of Loudoun County, it is time to wake up, and not by the 15,000 lights currently illuminating the side of the Blue Ridge Mountains next to us.  The recent commencement of…

Native Loudouner, proud to vote Democrat in 2020

November 4, 2020

Dear Editor: I grew up in Loudoun when Round Hill was still a small, sleepy farming town. People had political differences, but we operated from a common set of facts learned from the same newspapers, and the same network TV coverage. Today, we need to work harder to reach outside our cable news, talk radio,…

Gade is my choice for Senate

November 4, 2020

Dear Editor: Voting has started and election day will arrive swiftly. “We the people” are charged to select the civil servant who will represent us in the U.S. Senate.  This is a crucial election, and control of the Senate is at stake. Our choice will clearly reveal the values, and morals of the residents of…

Biden, Warner, Wexton, have my trust

November 4, 2020

Dear Editor: Before we know it, the future of our nation will be decided. President Trump has officially been running for office since Feb 2017 so, yes, I am exhausted by all the rallies. I hope that I can contribute to the discourse by endorsing, as a retired library assistant and ordinary voter, Joe Biden,…

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