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Opinion: Letter to the Editor: ‘These Kids Need To Be IN School’
I grew up with an absent father and an abusive mother.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Justice Delayed for Bijan Ghaisar, Justice Denied
In Letter from Birmingham Jail Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote, "Justice too long delayed is justice denied."
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: In-Person Class: More Focused, Engaged
I am writing in response to the article titled “Addressing the Demands of Virtual University Classrooms ” published in your newspaper on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Too Often Blaming the System
Re: “Matrix, Sunlight Discussed at Public Safety Committee,” Connection, November 18-24
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: “Forest-in-a-Can?”
Regarding post-construction stream project plantings, boasting "2,300 new trees and thousands of new shrubs" along post-construction Taylor Run, of various species that collectively bear no fidelity to a known natural community let alone the habitat it is replacing, does not constitute a functional natural forest community.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Let’s Pardon All Turkeys
Next week, President Trump will take a break from brooding over his election loss to pardon two turkeys.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: About the Boat Club, Alexandrians Need to Know
Alexandria taxpayers have a lot invested in the Old Dominion Boat Club’s plans for building a dock for boat slips in front of their new clubhouse.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Trumpism Shows Way Forward for Republicans?
Contrary to former Republican Del. David Ramadan's insistence that Republicans have to "denounce Trumpism" and go back to the "basic conservative principles" which cost them several elections, especially with Mitt Romney as their 2012 candidate, Trump's stronger than expected showing shows them the way forward is by reaching out to the very constituencies conservatives in the past ignored.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Just a Few Thoughts
So as I walk and drive around town, I find several things curious.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Why Is Dino Drudi Always the One?
Why am I always the one ending up critiquing Michael Pope's articles.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Troop 1104 Thanks Clifton Community
BSA Troop 1104 of Clifton wishes to thank the Clifton community for your generous donations of food and supplies to Western Fairfax Christian Ministry’s food pantry during the Troop’s Scouting for Food event in October.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Risks of Flying Over Residential Areas
Re: ‘No Way to Mitigate Roar of Jet Engines Overhead’, Connection, October 28-November 3, 2020
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Kindness During a Very Difficult Year
The lines to vote early at the Springfield-Franconia Government Center were a 3-4 hour wait every day for two weeks.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: A Generation Capable of Change
What kind of world do you want to live in, a world where you have no problems or issues to fix in your community?
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: River Farm
As a member of the American Horticultural Society and a volunteer at River Farm, I need to express my concern over the recent actions of the board.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Don’t Waste Your Vote
Maybe Joe Biden was not your preferred Democratic candidate and you would rather have supported Warren, Klobuchar, Sanders or Buttigieg.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Making Herndon Welcoming to All
A group of concerned citizens in town has come together to do our part to make our community welcoming for everyone.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: The Friends of Riverbend Park Strongly Support Park Bonds
The Friends of Riverbend Park, Inc. (FORB) is an independent non-stock, non-profit corporation, established in the Commonwealth of Virginia on Aug. 5, 1999, with the purpose of protecting, enhancing, and preserving the physical, cultural and natural heritage of Riverbend Park by educating the public to the value of environmental protection generally and of the park’s wildlife habitat specifically; providing volunteer services to the park; channeling donations of money, property, and materials to the park; providing citizen input to plans that may be proposed for the park; and performing any other activities or services necessary or convenient to carry out such purposes, to the extent permitted by Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Noisy in Mount Vernon; More Noise Coming?
If you spent anytime out on the patio in Mount Vernon this summer, I'm sure you've heard the loud, obnoxious cars and motorcycles with modified exhaust systems and screaming, roaring engines that pierce the serenity of our peaceful neighborhoods, ("Mount Vernon Serenity Cut Short By Noisy Tailpipes," Mount Vernon Gazette, 10/8/2020).
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Don’t Bulldoze Taylor Run
To reduce sediment and nutrient loads in the Chesapeake Bay, the City of Alexandria is proposing an ambitious $4.5 million plan to re-engineer 2,000 feet of Taylor Run, which courses through the woods in Chinquapin Park.