One need not be a cynic – although it helps – to understand why Gov. Northam is attempting to use, on his way almost out the door, the legislative-amendment process to bring some legal doobie to the Old Dominion.
Northam...
Editor: In an era of extreme partisanship and polarization, there’s one common denominator between the two parties.
Both want to use ranked-choice voting, a ballot change that lets a voter rank the candidates. It works through a series of eliminations...
Editor: For the past year, there have been many ominous whispers of the Brood X cicadas coming. The message of the havoc wreaked on young trees and shrubs, and the month of constant shrill buzzing has sent home an...
by CAROL McEWEN, for the Sun Gazette
I have an idea to bolster our faltering economy, which I intend to send to our president any day now.
The solution? Bring back the custom of buying little girls new Easter outfits, like...
About two years ago – seems like two lifetimes ago, doesn’t it? – in a public forum, we asked a (non-Fairfax) elected official to help us understand what the word “equity” was intended to mean.
Why? Because, even by 2019,...
Editor: The 700-page zoning modernization (zMOD) adopted by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors can be described as nothing less than a boondoggle, including changes to accessory-living units, home-based businesses, freestanding accessory structures, food trucks and much more. These...
Editor: Lockdowns, school closures and movement restrictions have stimulated violence in families where it didn’t exist before, and worsened situations in places where mistreatment and violence had been a problem.
Too often in the pandemic, children have been stuck with...
Editor: I disagree with your March 26 editorial , opposing Virginia’s new requirement that all towns and cities hold elections in November.
As you readily admit, this new rule will increase voter turnout. In a representative democracy, making it more...
Editor: Milestone Communications wants a zoning exemption to build a 114-foot industrial cellular tower 350 feet from R-2 zoned homes . This tower fails to adequately improve cellular service, while seriously damaging area property values.
The tower will not remediate...
