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Editorials
Looking for good news on roads; Ready for Journey
5/6/2008
The first few months of 2008 brought one bad news item after another to our door. Not only was the national housing market tanking, but plans to untangle the region's transportation mess unraveled with alarming speed. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
'No substitution for face-to-face conversations'
5/6/2008
As one of the citizens that attended a Sterling and Potomac community outreach meeting, I am asking if you would remind residents to participate in one of the remaining meetings scheduled May 10 and May 14. I attended the May 3 meeting with approximately 70 other residents. There is no ... | 0 comments
Kudos to teens who stayed away from drugs, booze
5/6/2008
This past Saturday, many teens from Loudoun Valley High School attended Prom. It was fun to see them dressed with class and style in elegant gowns and tuxes. I know I wasn’t the only parent who proudly captured the moment on film before giving a hug and kiss goodbye to ... | 0 comments
'Building an efficient transportation system is Commonwealth's responsibility'
5/6/2008
Northern Virginia legislators and those of the Hampton Roads area, the representatives of two high-growth areas in the commonwealth, are going to meet in Richmond to try to solve our transportation problems. I would like to give them my bottom-line viewpoint: no local taxes and no local debt.Building an efficient ... | 0 comments
'We need to learn from the good and the bad in our past'
5/6/2008
Mrs. Randall, I am sorry that you need to interject race into this request for funding by the United Daughters of the Confederacy to rededicate the Silent Sentinel ["Please don't celebrate confederacy on my dime," Times-Mirror, April 30]. Why does everything have to be about race these days? By making ... | 1 comment
Tell Kaine Northern Virginia doesn't want new coal
5/6/2008
Why is Gov. Tim Kaine (D) supporting the construction of a new coal-fired power plant in Wise County? This new plant will be expensive for all of us. It will be devastating to our environment, destroying more of our mountains and polluting our air and water.At his recent town hall ... | 0 comments