Editor: The Arlington Way and Ellen Bozman’s name have both come up recently in policy debates.
The Sun Gazette recently reported on the County Board public comments forum on Missing Middle including a speaker citing Ellen Bozman, a long-serving member...
Editor: Initially, when I saw myself, a former chair of the McLean Citizens Association’s Budget and Taxation (B&T) Committee, described in your article as a “gadfly,” I was taken aback.
The article quoted me in regard to the my...
Editor: The following e-mail was sent to Fairfax County Supervisor Dalia Palchik (D-Providence).
I am responding to the Jan. 5 Sun Gazette article, “Staff Proposal to Upgrade Lane in Oakton Meets with Resistance” (thank you, Brian Trompeter, for writing it).
As...
Editor: In Loudoun County, Heritage High School is the latest school in the region in the process of becoming a new International Baccalaureate (IB) school.
The International Baccalaureate program includes a full courseload of classes, including the course Theory or...
Editor: The Arlington County Board prides itself on being progressive and forward-looking but seems to have adopted the Donald Trump playbook as it rushes to push through Missing Middle housing and zoning changes.
Like Trump on immigration, the County Board...
Editor: On Jan. 3, incoming Arlington County Board Chairman Christian Dorsey publicly laid out five principles which he recommended should guide the county government’s housing policy.
Chairman Dorsey’s principles are laudable. Unfortunately, unless his position on Missing Middle upzoning changes...
Editor: I’ve enjoyed reading the Sun Gazette for many years and think you do a great job of pulling together local news for the benefit of our community. Your reporting is unbiased and entertaining.
Alas, when I read the recent...
Editor: Intentional distribution of non-consensual porn, or “revenge porn,” is a type of online harassment that occurs when an ex-partner or even a hacker posts sexually-explicit images of a person online without their permission.
Revenge porn is a growing issue...
Editor: The resistance highlighted in the Jan. 5 Sun Gazette article regarding the Fairfax County government’s staff proposal to upgrade Hickory Hollow Lane in Oakton includes many more than the two residents identified in the piece.
The Fairfax County Road...
Editor: Kudos to the Sun Gazette for tackling the sensitive issue of real estate taxes and a recent editorial .
However, the editorial’s important input should be considered contextually. Virginia is considered by experts to be better than average when...
