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Letter: Prince William Supervisors ignored residents on Route 28 bypass

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!”

Defunding the police is a bad idea

By Letters to the Editor

Published June 14, 2020 at 1:27PM | Updated December 4, 2020 at 10:36AM

By D.J. Jordan & Scott Martin

We join millions of people around the nation, and the world, in denouncing police brutality and injustice in America, and we grieve the senseless murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others.

Reader says PLN logo should include Eastern Shore

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 6, 2020 at 1:33PM

From a reader:

Good morning. Hope this finds you all well during this continued tough time.

Manassas schools leaders: Protests, conversation “necessary for us to move forward”

By Press Release

Published June 3, 2020 at 12:34PM

The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where they stand at times of challenge and controversy, paraphrasing Dr. King. In this moment of challenge and controversy, we stand with you. We are angry and grieved over the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor and we are committed to stand with you as we all fight the racism, inequality, and systemic oppression that continues to plague our society.

And as African-American men who care deeply about our country and our city, we are especially affected by these events.