Letters to the editor

Jean Brown will be missed

February 5, 2021

Dear Editor:Jean Brown and I were political opposites, but we were also neighbors and friends. Countless times we would stop and chat in the aisles of the grocery store just catching up on the news of the day.She exemplified the civility that used to be characteristic of Virginia public life. I will miss our conversations…

Violation of Ethics Policy and Rules of Order

January 27, 2021

 Dear Editor: The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors’ resolution last week urging Delegate Dave LaRock to resign was a purely political stunt, a direct violation by the Democrats of their individually signed Ethics Policy, and two violations of their own Rules of Order, which each one of them agreed to at their first meeting in…

Fake news? Beyond the pale

January 15, 2021

Dear Editor: I’m writing this from the perspective of two days after a violent mob attacked the United States Capitol, resulting in several deaths, significant damage to our Capitol building, and irreparable damage to the stature of the United States.  This mob was driven by the spread of lies. Lies that were spread intentionally, for…

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…

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