Letter: A Farewell to Mrs. Phan
Letter to the Editor
We would like to thank Reston Interfaith for giving Stonegate Community such an amazing coordinator, Mrs. Jackie Phan.
Letter: Taking Exception On Health Care Act
Letter to the Editor
Delegate Plum makes much of the "morality" of the mockingly entitled Affordable Health Care Act (Connection, July 25-31, 2012).
Letter: No Enemies on TJ Admissions Front
Letter to the Editor
I’m writing about the complaint filed by the Coalition of the Silence regarding the lack of representation of Black, Latino, poor, and disabled kids at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, and about why this issue is worthy of immediate community action, regardless of the complaint’s final disposition.
Column: Derive to Survive
Now that I can taste food again, or rather have food taste like normal again, my attitude is much improved.
Letter: Comstock Politicizes Wounded Warrior Event
As a Vietnam Era Veteran and one who has worked as a volunteer with veterans returning from deployments, I read with interest your Wednesday, Aug. 1 coverage of the Yellow Ribbon Fund picnic for wounded military personnel and their families.
Letter: Putting Aside Politics
Letter to the Editor
As the mother of a wounded warrior, I am appalled at Del. Barbara Comstock’s (R-34) apparent inability to put aside partisan politics to honor our wounded men and women and their families.
Letter: Lifting People Up
Letter to the EditorTo the Editor: In response to the letter from Gina Ryan of Great Falls (“Rejecting a Fairy Tale, Connection, July 25-31, 2012), I would like her to answer a few questions: *Can she
In response to the letter from Gina Ryan of Great Falls (“Rejecting a Fairy Tale, Connection, July 25-31, 2012), I would like her to answer a few questions...
Letter: Getting Our Trees Back
Letter to the Editor
When I returned to Great Falls, after only a week away, I was absolutely shocked to find that our small but charming shopping place was completely changed...
Storms Provide Wake-Up Call
Dust off emergency plans; sign-up for Fairfax County alerts.
I’ve been thinking a lot about emergencies lately—a derecho, four days without power in a heat wave with two small kids, and a flooded kitchen floor will do that to you. So will a magnitude 5.8 earthquake such as the one we experienced last August.
Letter: Taking Exception On Health Care Act
Letter to the Editor
Delegate Plum makes much of the "morality" of the mockingly entitled Affordable Health Care Act (Connection, July 25-31, 2012).
Column: Virginia’s Crooked Road
Jane and I are about to embark on an extended weekend visiting one major venue on Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail, The Crooked Road (www.thecrookedroad.org).
Letter
Competitive World
To the Editor: Interesting opinion piece [“Separate and Unequal?” editorial, Centre View, July 26].
On the Way To Improving U.S. 1 North of Fort Belvoir
The other day, I came across and article about the widening of Route 1 in Woodbridge. Between that and the coming federally-funded widening through Fort Belvoir, I often get queries from constituents who want to know why Route 1 is being improved there, but not between Woodlawn and the Beltway. There are two reasons — planning and money.
Letters to the Editor 8/1/12
Letters to the Editor
Column: Choosing My Words, Respectively
It has been brought to my attention by some regular Kenny-column readers – who are friends, too, and whose opinions I value, that my most recent batch of “cancer columns” (as I call them) were not funny; in fact, they were more depressing and negative than anything, and not nearly as uplifting and hopeful as many of my previous columns have been.