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Letter: Social justice commission refused to hear plea for equitable vaccine distribution to minorities

Published February 16, 2021 at 11:00AM | Updated February 16, 2021 at 8:06PM

A Prince William County Public Schools teacher receives a coronavirus vaccination at Unity Reed High School outside Manassas. [Uriah Kiser/PLN]

The COVID virus is no respecter of race or ethnicity, but its infection rate ravages Black and Hispanic communities at far higher rates that White populations. Black and Hispanic hospitalizations and mortality also occur at far higher rates than among White populations, but their life-saving vaccination rates are far below that of Whites.

The reasons are not a mystery. Black and Hispanic workers are more likely to work in essential services where transmission of the virus is more frequent, they often live in multi-generational homes, and have less access to health care.

Opinion: Judge’s ruling on Prince William Supervisors’ actions sets dangerous precedent

By Potomac Local News

Published October 20, 2020 at 10:35AM | Updated November 20, 2020 at 5:42PM

Prince William Board of County Supervisors

We’ve been in close contact with Brett Gloss and other plaintiffs who filed the Freedom of Information Act legal complaint against the Prince William Board of County Supervisors Democratic majority regarding the Dems’ May 31 meeting that excluded the three Republican supervisors.

We are writing this message with the plaintiffs’ knowledge and support.

Defer action on Route 28 project due to flawed process

By Letters to the Editor

Published October 8, 2020 at 2:58PM

The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority is scheduled to approve a project agreement that will advance Alignment 2B for a Route 28 Bypass at their meeting on October 8.

“Our coalition of conservation, smart growth, and transportation reform groups is calling on the NVTA to delay action because of the negative environmental, regional travel, and community impacts of the proposed Alignment 2B and because of significant procedural failings that must be addressed,” said Stewart Schwartz, Executive Director of the Coalition for Smarter Growth.

Letter: Prince William Supervisors ignored residents on Route 28 bypass

By Uriah Kiser

Published September 10, 2020 at 3:48PM

My name is Kaycee Emilienburg and I reside in Coles District in Prince William County. On Tuesday, September 8, 2020, I waited, via Zoom, in a green room prepared to offer the following remarks to the Prince William County Board of Supervisors during the citizen’s comment time.

Four hours and 29 minutes later, I was given my three minutes in the sun to speak. By then, without hearing one word from me or the many others who were on deck to speak since 2 p.m., Chair Wheeler and her Democrat colleagues had elevated betrayal to an Olympic-quality event virtually rendering moot most of our remarks.

HOA opposes Dumfries homeless shelter, disappointed with town council

By Letters to the Editor

Published August 27, 2020 at 11:07AM

Dumfries Town Council

My name is Ebony Lofton and I am the President of South Cove HOA. We are located right next to Grace Church.

I read your article about the planned homeless shelter and hope you’d be willing to take a statement on our views. All of the residents I’ve talked to are not in support of this plan and we want to do all we can to share our views and to hopefully stop approval of this re-zoning plan.

Opinion: Route 28 bypass a bad investment for Prince William taxpayers

By Letters to the Editor

Published July 13, 2020 at 10:59PM | Updated July 14, 2020 at 4:23AM

On Tuesday, July 14, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors will vote whether or not to endorse the county transportation staff’s recommended Route 28 bypass project location – Alternative 2B.

Alternative 2B will extend Godwin Drive to existing Route 28 just south of Compton Road at the Fairfax County border and requires the condemnation of at least 50 single-family homes. In addition to the $89 million in Northern Virginia Transportation Authority funding already allocated, this project will also require the Board of County Supervisors to commit $200 million in bond funding in the near future which will require the Board to pay off this bond with some form of increased tax.

Letter: “What is school going to be like if students need to practice social distancing?”

By Gianna Jirak

Published June 29, 2020 at 11:36PM

Potomac Local News received a letter from an incoming 7th grader regarding social distancing in schools.

Greetings,

Letter: ‘Your coverage appears to be biased, and yes, somewhat racist’

By Letters to the Editor

Published June 18, 2020 at 1:44PM

Potomac Local News has received multiple emails following a newsletter that we sent out yesterday morning.

Sharon Terrill, of Occoquan, writes:

‘Chair-at-Large Wheeler and members of the Board of County Supervisors: set the rules for decorum now and make certain folks adhere to them or have them escorted from the premises’

By Letters to the Editor

Published June 18, 2020 at 8:31AM

The following was submitted to Potomac Local News as a letter to the editor:

Dear editor,

Prince William Supervisors: “Get a handle on this before it spins out of control”

By Letters to the Editor

Published June 17, 2020 at 9:05AM | Updated June 17, 2020 at 9:38AM

The McCoart Building at the Prince William County Government Center in Woodbridge.

Potomac Local News received this letter to the editor from William “Bill” Card, the Prince William County Republican Party Chairman in response to our reporting on last night’s Board of County Supervisors meeting.

Congratulations, your baby is all grown up now and it came to the McCoart Building on Tuesday to terrorize us all. To be sure, any of those people who had any interest in legitimate political discourse voted for you in November. As a famous leftist once said – your “chickens have come home to roost!”