Letters to the editor

Don’t let affordable health insurance slip away 

September 3, 2025

Dear Editor: If Congress doesn’t act soon to extend federal health care tax credits, 350,000 Virginians could lose access to affordable health insurance. That includes the hardworking individuals who power our small businesses, whether they provide child care, repair our vehicles, or keep our homes clean. I’m the President and CEO of You’ve Got Maids…

Wrong location for a commercial kennel

September 3, 2025

Dear Editor: We write as concerned, longtime homeowners living near 19211 Silcott Springs Road in Purcellville, which is the subject of a pending Special Exception LEGI-2024-0014, SPEX 2024-0028 request to operate a 15-dog daycare and kennel 24/7. We oppose this special exception. Our neighborhood is not composed of large agricultural parcels but rather a rural…

Don’t let affordable health insurance slip away

August 14, 2025

Dear Editor: If Congress doesn’t act soon to extend federal health care tax credits, 350,000 Virginians could lose access to affordable health insurance. That includes the hardworking individuals who power our small businesses, whether they provide child care, repair our vehicles, or keep our homes clean. I’m the President and CEO of You’ve Got Maids…

Justice shouldn’t be politized

July 30, 2025

Dear Editor: As Mayor, I cannot stay silent in the face of what’s unfolding in our town. Let me be clear, I stand firmly behind the principle that every individual is innocent until proven guilty. What we are witnessing today are serious charges, but they come at a time of deep political division and immediately…

Are conservation easements truly permanent? Maybe not.

July 2, 2025

Density – overcrowding – has been a Loudoun problem for years. Some while back, voters rose up and tossed out the entire Board of Supervisors. That brought some help, but not for long. Since then, residential areas in eastern Loudoun have pretty much been built out.  The Transition Policy Area was to be an area…

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