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Editorials
Troubling start
7/22/2008
HOT lanes-related incidents could be avoided with better planning | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Socioeconomic playing field not level
7/22/2008
Steven David Stone, the attorney for the Fairfax Coalition of Advocates for Public Schools (FairfaxCAPS), has a “let them eat cake” attitude toward poor children in Fairfax County. I would be ashamed to be associated with his assertions if I were involved in the lawsuit against the FCPS School Board. ... | 0 comments
State desperately needs transportation reform
7/22/2008
If Virginia Democrats and Republicans are really interested in building a 21st-century transportation system, embracing the 13-point Transportation Reform Agenda described below is a positive way to start that process. This set of actions and strategies will relieve congestion in key parts of Virginia, repair many of our roads and ... | 0 comments
The speed limit and sacrifice
7/22/2008
I turn to the question that confronts America today; namely, the energy crisis. I use the word "crisis"’ advisedly, because today no less than a third of Americans are absolutely struggling night and day to find the funds necessary to meet ever increasing food prices and ever increasing energy prices. ... | 0 comments
Education crisis
7/17/2008
When I was accepted to the University of Virginia, one of the best public universities in the nation, my mother cried and thanked God for giving me the opportunity to get a great education at a reasonable cost. Although I had always imagined myself attending school in a metropolitan area ... | 0 comments
Real alternatives for Lake Anne
7/11/2008
During July, Fairfax County staff planning staff are drafting a new Comprehensive Plan for “revitalizing” Lake Anne. It turns out there are very good alternatives for this redevelopment (not the “tweaking Supervisor Hudgins promised).County consultants from the firm BBPA recommend an extreme density model that staff are using, I fear, ... | 1 comment