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Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Expanding Awareness of Systemic Racism

To the Fairfax County Library Board of Trustees; The League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area supports and promotes the Fairfax County Public Library’s initiatives focused on diversity and inclusion, social and racial justice, and spotlighting authors from marginalized populations.

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: A Time for a Good Gun Safety Law

Back on Sept. 13, 2019, state Senator Scott Surovell, wrote an opinion article in the Connection newspapers about his father and son feeling scared and intimidated by four armed men walking through a farmer’s market carrying AR-15s.

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Democratic Endorsement Unwelcomed

In response to your article, “Fairfax County Democratic Committee Calls Virtual Unassembled Caucus” (8/4/20), the Democratic Party endorsement of Herndon Town Council candidates is unwelcomed by many town residents who wish to keep our elections as non-partisan as possible.

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Opinion: Letter to the Editor: First Hand View of Racism: Change the Name

Dear Elected Officials and ACPS Board Members, Nelson Greene Jr.’s letter to The Honorable Cindy M. Anderson, Chairperson; Members of the Alexandria City Public School Board; and Alexandria City Council Members is shared with the Gazette Packet

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: No to Belle View Shopping Center Redevelopment Proposal

The Belle View Shopping Center is located in a Community Planning Sector, a Suburban Neighborhood, according to Fairfax County.

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: First Homicide of the Year

This article is most notable for what it omitted.

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Witnessing Worship, Converging Paths

My husband and I had a wonderful experience recently at Alexandria History Museum at The Lyceum here in Old Town Alexandria.

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: If Not Now, When? Rename Alexandria’s High School

On behalf of the membership of the Departmental Progressive Club which includes many T.C. Williams High School alumni, we strongly and urgently request that the Alexandria School Board adopt and unanimously pass a resolution to remove the name of T.C. Williams from Alexandria’s public high school effective immediately.

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Helping Children Achieve Their Dreams

As a community, it is safe to say that we value youth development and empowerment.

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Symbols Matter

Arlington County’s most prominent symbol is its logo and seal.

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Citizen’s Guide to Better Times

Things each of us can do to help our country right now.

Don’t sit at home with your worry beads as you consume the news.

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Lobbying for Leniency?

The three prosecutors in the ultra-liberal dense urban core consisting of Alexandria, Arlington, and Fairfax have broken with their Commonwealth-wide association which includes prosecutors from less liberal places.

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: On the ‘First Principal of Parker-Gray School’

I would like to express my gratitude to one of your editors Char Bah.

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Thankful

I want to let you know how thankful I am for Mrs. Char McCargo Bah and the many articles she has written for the Alexandria Gazette.

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Tapestry of Experiences that Make Alexandria Special

It is always a pleasure to shout praises to you for covering and to Char Bah for writing stories so illustrative of the Black experience in Alexandria!

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Citizens’ Expressions of Venom, Ignorance, and Unsupported Statistics

The Gazette published several articles in last week’s edition in which citizens expressed venom, hate, ignorance, and questionable conclusions unsupported by the statistics cited.

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: It’s Not Too Late — Or Is It?

Regarding the presumed presidential candidates. we Americans can do better. The parties have better, they can do better. America — the World — needs better.

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Going Back to the Dark Ages

With the July 8 decision by the Supreme Court to ban insurance coverage for contraceptives for women, we have gone back to the Dark Ages, where men in management will decide “what is best” for women who work in their offices and in their companies.

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: New Name: Nolan Dawkins High School

I write today about the matter of renaming T. C. Williams High School.

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Relearning the Value of Private Charity

The cause behind the "More for Enforcement, Less for Assistance" phenomenon in Michael Lee Pope's feature about Alexandria spending more on policing but less on social services, ironically, is on the very next page.